The Colorado statesman., 1916-11-25
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
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PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
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STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union news Service
ABOUT THE WAR

Italian statement admits further
gains by Austrians in the Carso, where
Italian trenches have been captured.
Vice Admiral Fournet. acting for
entente, demands surrender of all
Greek arms and ammunition except
$4,000 rifles.
London issues statement concern
ing battle fought on Afghan border, in
which 5000 tribesmen were defeated
by the British.
Italian forces have repulsed coun-
ter attack to the west of Monastir.
French troops have occupied the viii
lage of Kroni, west of Monastir on
Lake Presba.
The important railway town of
Craiova, in western Wallachia, was
occupied by German troops invading
Rumania, it was semi-officially an
nounced at Berlin.
Berlin claims the complete failure
of the Anglo-French offensive on the
Somme after 136 days of fighting, in
which the entente's casualties were
more than 100000.
Allied troops have been completely
victorious on the Macedonian front
from the river Cerna to Lake Presba,
according to announcement made by
the French war office
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.
According to the central identified
tion office at Kiev, Russia, says the
Overseas News Agency, the number
of Russian casualties since June 1,
1916, has reached 100,621 officers and
2,027,S53 men. Among the officers are
one general of brigade, four colonels
and four lieutenant colonels 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, Bilyanik,
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
The Republican state central COM
mittee at San Francisco estimated
that President Wilson's plurality in
California will be in excess of 3,400.
Chester A. Congdon of Duluth, Re-
publican national committeeman from
Minnesota, died at st. Paul hotel
after an illness of two weeks, of pleur-
isy.
Chicagoans through the medium of
Christmas savings clubs, featured by
many local banks this year and last
have accumulated $1,O00,0OO with
which to celebrate the Yuletide this
year.
Pursued by offers of marriage, ad-
vertising agencies wanting her pic
ture, cranks and beggars, Miss Jean
nette Rankin, Montana's new con-
gresswoman, took refuge behind
locked doors and stationed her
brother, a former Havard University
football player, at. the front gate to
meet visitors.
Andrew Howell, SO, is an applicant
for a position in the Chicago water
department basing his application up
on the plea that worry, not work, is
the rust on the blade" Howell retired
several weeks ago after sixty-three
years service in the department and
says he has done nothing but worry
about his idleness since.
WASHINGTON
Early Christmas shopping and mail
ing was commended by the National
Association of Assistant Postmasters
meeting at Washington
Despite much agitation in its favor,
President Wilson is not expected to
urge an embargo on food exports in
his address to Congress-.
The National Grange, in session at
Washington, named a committee to
prepare a brief freeing the farmer of
blame for the high cost Of living.
In opening the first session of the
joint congressional committee to in
vestigate railroad problems, Senator
Francis G. Newlands Of Nevada, the
chairman, explained that the inquiry
would cover wide field.
President Wilson's first step toward
entering the controversy that has
broken out anew between railroads
and employees over the eight-hour day
was taken when he agreed to meet the
leaders of the four railroad brother
hoods.
That the price of preparedness
comes high was shown in the hearings
of the naval committe on the 1917 bill
when it was brought out that il will