The Ordway new era., 1916-09-01
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RECORD or IMPORTANT EVENTS
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Western Newspaper Union Csws Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

home port.
Weather hampers efforts CT Italian
In the Dolomites.
land, say the appearance OF Englis'
Zeppelins is causing much anxiety II
Germany.
The sinking of the Italian steamer
Erik, Of Ss5 tons gross. and the Italian
sailing vessel Dea of 167 tons gross
is announced.
Passage of Wami river, an import
ant strategic feat, reported by Gen
Smuts from the British front in Ger
man East Africa.
Two British light cruisers sunk by
German submarines in an encounter
in the North sea, London admitting
the loss, but claiming that at least
one submarine was sent down also.
The Turkish attempt to encircle the
left flank of the Russian Caucasian
army appears to have received 4
crushing blow from the troops OF
Grand Duke Nicholas in the region of
Lake Van.
The Twenty-second battalion, Son
ora infantry, was practically annihil-
ated after 1t had been ambushed by
Yaquis near Batamonte. in the Ala
mos district, according to reports
brought to Douglas, Ariz.. by arrivals
from Sahuaripa, $50 miles south OF
the frontier.
The British and French, striking
simultaneously, have made substan-
tial advances on the Somme front.
The British report a 3O0-yard advance
south Of Thiepval and the capture OF
many prisoners, while Maurepas has
fallen to the French. who have pushed
forward more than 200 yards beyond
the town on front Of mile and a
quarter.
The Serbians Friday made appreci
able progress on the left wing of the
Saloniki front and have taken several
hundred prisoners, according to the
official statement issued by Paris war
oiAce. German assaults at St. Mihiel,
on the Somme front, repulsed Maure-
pas captured by French. British
lines advance several hundred yards
on the Somme front.
WESTERN
A committee Of women who voted
in 1872 participated in the reception
to Charles E. Hughes at Laramie,
Wyo.
tnt
perhaps fatally, when a large oil tank
belonging to the Standard Oil Com
pany exploded at Charles City la.
New Mexico Republicans nominated
H. o. Bursum for governor and Frank
A. Hubbel for U. s. Senator Con
gressman B. c. Hernandez was re-
nominated.
Capt. Edgar ]. Spratlins of Com
pany F, Fifth regiment, National
Guard Of Georgia. was shot and killed
in his tent at the state mobilization
camp near Macon, Ca, by Mrs. II. c.
Adams Of Atlanta.
Archbishop John Lancaster Spald-
Ing, noted prelate of the Catholic
church in Illinois and a resident OF
Peoria continuously since 1877, when
he was elected bishop of the newly
created Peoria diocese, is dead.
Planks for the submission of pro-
posed amendments to the constitution
providing for statewide prohibition
and votes for women, part Of the Re-
publican platform. were adopted At
Santa Fe, N. NJ, by the parry's state
convention.
WASHINGTON
Senator Hitchcock proposed /. tax
on news print paper sold so- uaose
than $4s ton
Since the establishment nearly tpe
years ago, the bureau OF wa- rfsx s-~
surance has brought net p-rtsz 10
the Treasury Department u sza/
$50.
The House pszsed ksIla 5<rz-s.rE-x
use Of special stamp csacsEszx saex
ut Springfield. III, zsf Gzss5.vz. xs,s.
post0ffices to cognne-Borxte Esrxx e.ss-
brations.
Secretary Lansing rsu xs.eze sz.e
first meeting Of the Amerzesr1Aexx,zz
commission to adjust boreer esss,exl
ties which will be held fn cs-w Yorx
on Sept. 4.
President Wilson spposn.sd DIR.
Francis Hector McNaugbt of Dsnrer,
and Carey Robert Pollock ~ colors,
do to be first lfeutenants Of the Hed5-
cal reserve corps.
The senate foreign relations CON,
nittse reported misrstory bird ppo-
lectt1n trsaty with Great Br1tasn AT
EatIed to act % treaty for purehass
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