The Ordway new era., 1916-12-01
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN G 8, ACHIEVE
MENrs, suFFERiNGS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

pesh, east of Monastir.
Western Wallachia seems to be in
the hands of the Germans.
Violent fighting has been renewed
in Dobrudja An attempt of the Ger
mans to cross the Danube at Zimnitza
failed.
Russian dreadnought Imperatrttsa
Maria sunk by an internal explosion
off the Rumanian Black sea coast,
with loss of 200 lives.
Britannia, former White Star liner
of 1880 tons displacement. destroyed
by a bomb or torpedo in the Aegean
sea, with the loss of fifty lives,
After two days of almost continuous
fighting, Villa has been driven from
the vicinity of Chihuahua city and has
left for the northwest with the rem
nants of his command.
Germans and Bulgars evacuate
Monastir under pressure of the French
and Serbians. Berlin denies capture
of city is of military Importance, but
Paris declares victory one of the most
important of the war.
Russians and Rumanians have taken
the Tchernavoda- Constanza railway.
The Rumanians advance on the
whole front and occupied five towns
fifteen miles north of the railway.
Teutonic army reinforced north OF
Monastir and is offering stubborn
and successful resistance to the allied
advance. French, Serbian and Italian
lines all have made progress not
withstandins, according to the official
statement.
Central power forces are driving on
bucharest from three directions. Won
Falkenhayn's troops have reached the
Alt: Germans and Austro Hungarians
are pressing southwark, and some
where along the Danube Won Macken-
sen is crossing the river.
According to the central Identified
tion office at Kiev, Russia, says the
Overseas News Agency. the number
of Russian casualties since June l,
1916, has reached 1O0,62l officers and
2,O27,S53 men. Among the officers are
one general of brigade. four colonels
and four lieutenant colopels in com
mand of regiments.
Continuing their pursuit of the de-
feated German and Bulgarian troops
on the Macedonian front. the Serbians
captured the villages of Makovo, Ora
hovo, Vranovtsi, Ribartsi, Blyanik.
Novak and Suhdol, all west and north
west OF Monastir. In addition to
many prisoners the Serbians are said
to have taken field guns. a consider
able number Of machine guns and a
great quantity of other war materials.
WESTERN
Wilson's plurality in New Mexico
was 2,502.
H. c. Ford of Denver was arraigned
in the Fort Worth, Tex, Federal
Court, charged with using the mails
to defraud
At meeting the East St Louis, Ill.
real estate exchange formally re-
solved to increase the rent of all ten
able houses in the city 25 per cent.
The children of the Stafford. Ariz..
school were thrown into a panic by
the explosion of several dynamite caps
found in rubbish the janitor was
sweeping from under the school build
ing.
Gen. Angel Flores, military COVER
nor OF Sinaloa, will come to Sonora to
lead the column of Carranza troops
from that state into Chihuahua, &C
cording to a rumor current in Aqua
Prieta-
WASHINGTON
Prtsident Wilson plans to spend
Thanksgiving day at the White
House with members of his family.
Population Of continental United
States on Jan 1. 1917, will be 1O2. $780,
309, and with It's outlying possessions.
113,309,285, the census bureau esti.
mates.
Cotton ginned prior to Nov. IA
amounted to 9.615,833 running bales,
including 168,34s round bales and
9a,004 bales of Sea Island, the census
bureau announced.
/. The 1918 naval appropriation bill
probably will be one of the first great
supply bills ready for consideration in
the House when Congress convenes.
Il will carry total Of nearly $4oo,.
000. 900.
An embargo on the expectation OF
fooAstuffs. with the double object OF
checking the rising cost Of living and
Of rstAliating upon England and heI
alliss for the depredations upon
A1ssriean trade. censorship Of Ameri
- nalls and hlscklisting Of A. sri
Gnm flsnass was proposed by Represen
x111yasEl1sosFa3d of New York, chair
1San II - h0uDe committee on
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