The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-06-22
WORLDS DO|NCS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS N A NUTSHELL
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.

IOf uul busy ReduciS.
The Austrians have evacuated Ger
nowitz, capital of Bukowina, according
to dispatches to the semi-official Petro-
grad News agency from Bukowina by
way Of Bucharest
Two suits to recover $40 acres of oil
land in the San Joaquin valley, valued
at $3.50, 600, were filed by the govern
ment against FIVE companies Fraud
was alleged by the government
The British column which is advanc-
ing into German East Africa along
the seaboard has occupied several more
towns A report from General SHUTS,
the British commander, says that
June l3 this force reached Makuyuni-
Wilhelmsthal has been occupied and
Tanga cleared of opposing forces
The fighting on the Austro-Italian
line in Tyrol seemingly has died down
in violence. only artillery duels and
small infantry engagements having
been reported. To the east of Monfal-
cone, which lies short distance from
the head of the Gulf of Trieste, the
Italians have captured Austrian posi-
tions and taken prisoner 4e8 officers
and men
Near Felahie, on the Tigris river,
the Turks have repulsed an attempt of
the British to advance, according to
Constantinople The humiliation Of
400 British troops on the Euphrates
sector also is reported by the Turkish
war Office. Persian volunteers are de-
clared to be attacking the Russians
near the Persian border, INJECTING
heavy losses
More than 500. 900 union and non
union workers of America will vote
within month on the ACCESSIBILITY of
calling general strike TO enforce
their demands for an eight-hour day
and time and half for overtime, as 9
result of the failure by representatives
of the railroads and the men to reach 9
settlement in New York, after a two
weeks conference
The French on the slopes south Of
lie Mort Homme, northwest of Yer
dun, have attacked and captured
German trench The Germans ar
still violently bombarding the sector
. of Thiaumont and Fort Souville, north
east of Verdun, probably preparation
to another infantry attack, with tn
hope of further advance toward tn
fortress. Only artillery activity is i
progress on the remainder of the from
in France and Belgium
Fire destroyed 200 feet of the Be
!. bingham & Northern Railway tunne
half a mile east of Deming. Wash. o
structing between Goshen and Wei
come The damage is estimated q
$40, 900 and will delay opening tn
new line at least 60 days. The timbe
lining of the tunnel caught fire fror
the sparks from steam shovel whic
was working inside removing sma
slide Firemen were sent from Bel
Z bingham to assist in fighting the fire
The Italians have continued thei
advance in the Arsa valley, in tn
Pasubio sector and along the Posin
Astico line in the Southern Tyrol.
Formation of National Democrat
Women's league was announced in CHI
i cago recently by Mrs. Joanna
p Downes, president of an Illinois Dem,
70 cratic women's organization 1t wi
: represent, she declares, rs, 600 wome
le throughout the United States
/, German infantry attacked Frenc
positions west of Fort Vaux on II
IN verdun front Tuesday night The a
er sault failed entirely, the official repol
ls says The Germans continued the
IS heavy bombardment in the regic
north of Souville and Tavannes fort
= West of the Meuse there was hea,
artillery action in the vicinity of Cha
tancourt-
Russian torpedo boat destroyers ha'
= sunk Is large Turkish ships laden vii
merchandise off the Anatolian coast
The Bulgarian legation at Buchsre
, has received information that the BIZ
- garia- Roumanian frontier will be tel
porarily closed against passengers
merchandise, says Reuter- dispat
p from the Roumsnian capital It is B
Z. lieved that Bulgaria has taken ii
~ step to mask important troop NOV
3 ments-
King Constantine of Greece has Z
- cided to order the complete dem
- Utilization of the Greek army
ed The Norwegian steamer Prosper
ly has struck mine and sunk The fl
u officer of the vessel is believed to
er the only survivor She sailed frS
Nv Newport News May 20 for La Pallis
We France
an Bryant ]. C. O'Connor. q me-
"a worker at San Francisco. falls sew
o. stories to the pavement from scaff'
on an office building and surprises sp'
~ tators by rising and attempting
va walk away
no Liquor shipments to Portland 9
u Multnomsh county consumers for M
Is totaled 10, April records sb
ne 1888 consumers. In May there VI
1929 purchasers of pure alcohol
dy external use