Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union views Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
Cettinje, capital of Montenegro, cap
tured by Austrians.
French submarine sinks Austrian
scout cruiser in Adriatic sea.
Italian steamer sunk by mine and
200 Montenegrin recruits drowned.
Russian torpedo boats destroy sub
marine of central powers in Black
sea.
French troops have taken posses
sion of Corfu, a Greek island posses
sion.
Leyland liner Huronian torpedoed
by submarine near spot where Lusi-
tania sank.
Two Italian steamers were sunk by
mines. The loss of life was great, ae-
cording to reports.
Austria and Montenegro agree to
srmlstice and absorption of latter by
former is now conceded.
The British steamer Clan MacFar-
land of 1923 tons has been sunk in
the Mediterranean.
BY an overwhelming majority the
conscription bill was approved when
the British commons refused to pass
a bill killing the conscript measure.
Attack of central powers on Sal
oniki develops on large scale. Ger
mans, Austrians, ,Bulgars and Turks
to take part in advance.
Germany notifies Great Britain re-
prisal measures Will be adopted for
alleged shooting of crew OF German
submarine which was sunk by the
patrol boat Baralong.
Gen. Benjamin Argumedo, in COM
mand of 5000 Oaxaca troops, is re-
ported to have been victorious in a
battle at Escalon with $500 de facto
government troops from chihuahua.
WESTERN
Typhus fever has become epidemic
in Juarez.
The safe of the Bank of Clayton,
Ala, was cracked and S25,000 stolen.
More than fifty Americans have
been killed in Mexico since the Unit
ed States troops occupied Vera Cruz
in April, 1914.
The funeral of the Right Rev. Rich
ard Scannell. bishop of the Catholic
diocese of Omaha, was held at St.
Johns collegiate church In Omaha.
At Santa Fe, N. NJ, Miss Margaret
Waddell, of Los Angeles, was given a
Judgment for S1j,70O for breach of
promise against A. r. Manly OF Taos,
N. NJ.
Harold ]. Cummings, As, conductor,
and Fred C. Selby, %, brakeman, botd
OF Laramie, were instantly killed at
Fort Steele, Wyo., when they were
struck by Union Pacific Los Angeles
Limited, No. 10. westbound.
WASHINGTON
Representative Hayden of Arizona
spoke against the pending mineral
lands bill.
Practically the entire United States
Friday night was in the grip of the
winters most severe cold wave.
Senator Clarke introduced reso.
of the United States from the Philip
pines and recognize an independent
government.
Secretary McAdoo. in response to
Senator Cores request. estimated
that $130,000,000 in revenue could be
gained from taxes on tea. sugar and
automobiles.
Senator Fall introduced a resolu.
ton to exempt from Panama canal
tolls American coastwise ships and
Pan-American vessels trading be,
tween the Americans.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has sent a communication to Con.
gress, requesting urgency approprla'
tions for construction work on Colo,
RADIO public buildings as follows: Du,
range, $4,000; Fort Morgan. $500;
La Junta, $4,000. For Wyoming he
recommended Cody, $500, and Basin
$500
Secretary Lansing telegraphed Gen.
Carranza calling tor the prompt pun.
ishment of the bandits who executed
sixteen Americans near chihuahua on
the 10th. Through Eliseo Arredondo
the newly-appointed Mexican ambass
ador, it was arranged to bring the
bodies from Chihuahua to Juarez on
special train.
Senator Sherman introduced a reso
luton expressing the sense of Con
gress that the United States, with the
cooperation of Pan-American nations
demand of Gen. Carranza protection
for Americans and other foreigner.
In Mexico. and proposing joint inter
Vention II such demand is no
promptly complied with.
Enormous increase OF the United
States artillery strength, costing bc