Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
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ABOUT THE WAR

Russians continue to drive Turks
from strong mountain positions near
Ognott, in Armenia.
Germans surrender to British the
city of Dare Salaam. chief seaport
of German East Africa.
British and French, in Somme re-
gion, capture four towns from Ger
mans and take more than 5000 pris-
oners.
Tho Rumanians continue their Of
censive in eastern Pennsylvania and
also have occupied Orsova on the Dan
ube
The Albanian front reports further
advances by the Italian troops. al
though Berlin claims the recapture of
recently lost positions.
Bulgarian and Turkish troops have
occupied Baltjik annd two other sea
prots. Sofia reports. and the fortress
of Dobritch or Bazardjik has been
taken.
Russians push back center of the
Austrian army commanded by Arch
duke Charles in Galicia and have cap
tured 4,50O prisoners. Berlin admits
the reverse.
Eastern Rumania has become
fighting ground and the opposing arm
les are engaged from the Black Sea
to the Danube, along front of about
seventy miles.
That another Zeppelin airship was
badly damaged In the raid on the Eng
lish southeastern counties in addition
to the one destroyed was indicated in
an official statement given out at Lon
don by the government press bureau.
Austro-Germans are fighting desper-
ately to hold back the Russians ad-
yancing on Halicz. Petrograd says
the Austro-Gcrman forces have fallen
back to the western bank of the Gnita
Lipa, while Vienna asserts troops OF
the central powers are holding their
own.
German and Bulgarian troops have
captured the Rumanian stronghold of
Turtakai, with 10000 prisoners and
100 guns. Both armies lost heavily
in the battle for possession of the
fortress. Vienna admits retirement
on both the Russian and Rumanian
fronts under pressure.
WESTERN
The larger sugar refineries of San
Francisco announced drop of rs
cents a hundred pounds in refined
sugar.
Prompt action by the American con.
sui in Alexandria, Egypt. prevented
the execution of Henry Hoelecher on
the charge of being German spy.
Hoelcher is an American citizen.
Gov. Hiram w. Johnson character
ized ut Sacramento. Calf. as mon.
sense" threats made in two letters to
kill him If he did not have certain
large sums of money in a designated
place near the state capitol.
That definite plans were outlined
at recent conferences between Presi-
dent Wilson and peace advocates for
bringing about peace in Europe. was
the declaration made by Chancellor
David Starr Jordan of Stanford Uni
versity. who returned from Washing
ton.
WASHINGTON
the border by the recent order of the
War Department were ordered out of
the federal service. The guardsmen
remaining on the border stay there
for the present.
The session of the Sixty-fourth Con-
gress which closed Sept. was re.
markable chiefly for the enormous in
crease 1t made in the army and navy
for the defense of the country. I'M
portant bills passed by the Congress
since last December include: Pre-
pnredness. rural credits, Philippines.
child labor, vocational training, work
mems compensation, shipping, good
roads, emergency revenue, rivers and
harbors, railroad eighthour day. Other
important acts were the ratification of
the Nicaraguan and Haitian treaties
and the confirmation of Louis d. Bran
deis as associate justice. SI. the United
States Supreme Court.
An amendment to the emergency
revenue bill offered by Senator Lee of
Maryland. and accepted by the Sen
ate, extends to all men in the service
the benefits of the law appropriating
S2,000,000 for relief of dependents of
National guardsmen and regulars sent
to the border in response to President
Wilson's call on June IS.
A report from the foreign relations
committee, recommending ratification
OF the treaty with Denmark ior pur-
chase of the Danish West Indies for
100000 was submitted to the Sen
ate in executive session