The Lovington leader., 1916-04-28

IN late DISPATCHES
ABOUT THE War

Mans bill at Vordun.
Russians push forward In drive on
Turks In Asiatic Turkey.
Germans claim to have captured 600
yards Of British positions near Ypres.
French redouble airship activity. |
Smelling many German positions from
aeroplanes.
Large numbers Of Russian troops
have arrived In France to reinforce
allies on western battle front.
French troops repulsed three Ger.
man attacks Wednesday on trenches
at Les Eparges. the latter suffering |
heavily.
Germans reported withdrawing large |
forces from their fronts in Russia,
Serbia and Macedonia and concentrat.
ing them at verdun.
Russians capture Trebizond, most
important port on the Black sea, after
long campaign. and push drive to iso-
late Turkish forces In Mesopotsmia.
Constantinople reports that the
British force besieged In Kut.el.Amara
IL near famine and has ordered the
civil population to evacuate the town
The German losses since the begin.
ming Of the war are placed at $780,.
9l6. according to figures which are
taken from lists prepared by several
London newspapers.
The French have captured the
submarine which torpedoed the Sus.
sex and have made prisoners the cap.
tain and crew." says the London
Daily Mail.
Gen. Funston is sending to Gen.
Pershing more than 1000 additional
troops and there Is reason to believe
that even more win be placed at his
disposal II the campaign against villa
\ is continued.
The sinking Of a neutral ship and
q British steamship was reported by
LlOyds. The Norwegian ship Glen.
doom was sunk by gunfire. The lost
British steamship was the Harrovian,
which was unarmed.
Successes achieved by Italians In.
clude capture Of Monte Fume pass
and extreme western peak of Monte
Ancona, with severe losses for the
Austrians. Petrograd reports com.
plete defeat Of Turks In Erzerum re.
sion.
Overshadowing all other phases OF
the war Is President Wilson's ultima
tum to Germany insisting on an i'm
mediate abandonment of Germany's
submarine warfare. under pain Of a
cessation Of diplomatic relations with
the United States.
WESTERN
California has Japanese popua.
tion Of approximately 10000.
Harry X. Thaw was granted di.
vorce from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw at
Pittsburg, Pa.
Twenty persons are reported dead
and more than 100 injured, several
critically, In succession of tornadoes
which swept thru the central portions
Of eastern Kansas and western Mis-
souri,. Property damage totals at least
$75O,O00.
Gen. Gavira, commander of the
Juarez garrison, received a message
from Gen. Gutierrez. military governor
Of chihuahua. stating that fifteen civil
ians concerned in Villista plot tC
seize the Chihuahua garrison were ex
ecuted by the firing squad.
A man who gives his name as Cam
eron and woman who declares she
is his wife, were arrested In Laramie
Wyo.. on suspicion OF having beer
concerned in the robbing Of George
Hobart, q Cripple Creek mining man
OF $3.50 at a Sand Creek road house
north OF Denver, on the night O.
April 8.
Frightful destruction Of the coun
try thru which the American troop
have been operating south Of Casa,
Grandes was pictured In long repor
/ received by Gen. Funston at San An
tonic. Tex. from Gen. Pershing. Tn,
report was written at Satevo befor'
Gen. Pershing had learned the detail
Of the fight at Parral. Aprih IL.
WASHINGTON
Honduran cattle growers, long barre,
from American markets by the prel
ence Of the cattle tick, are treatinI
their herds and will begin shipment
no Now York soon.
The Shredded Wheat Company 1
charged In q formal complaint issue
by the federal trade commission wit
nnfair trade methods In the alleges
Destruction Of q competitors bushes,
Senate Democrats In conference d.
lded to enact into law the house bil
ppealing the provision In the Undel
d.Simmons tariff law, which woul
I've placed sugar on the tree ID
~ I. 1Sls.
Bsnator Nswlands introduced Q rea
tioa - urgs bellissrsnt nations q
NO. b eoasidsr peace terms.