The Colorado statesman., 1916-12-02
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
isHoWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
western Newspaper union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR


Villa is reported moving on JuareH
after driving Trevino out of Chihua-
hua City.
Entente allies have met with a Sc
we're check north of Monastir, Berlin
reports Attack over a front of sew
enteen miles repulsed.
Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa
Maria sunk by an internal explosion
off the Rumanian Black sea coast,
with loss Of 200 lives.
The Rumanian government and dip
Iomatic authorities have left Bucharest
and gone to Jassy, according to a
Havas dispatch from Bucharest.
Russians and Rumanians have taken
the offensive in Dobrudja, north Of
the Tchernavoda-C Constanza railway.
The Rumanians advance on the
whole front and occupied five towns
fifteen miles north of the railway.
The entire line of the Alt river now
is in the hands of the Austro-Germ
and converging armies are making
rapid progress in their drive toward
Bucharest. Armies cross Topolog
river Mackensen captures Alexandria.
Near Orsova, Rumanian army has
been caught between two German
forces and 1900 men, besides a large
amount of war supplies, have been
captured. Four hundred men taken
in similar action near Tigveni, in the
Alt region.
The British cruiser Newcastle is re-
ported to have been sunk at the en-
trance to the Firth of Forth, Scotland,
Nov. Is, by coming in contact with a
mine, according to the Overseas News
agency. The total losses to the Brit
ish navy with this loss, as far as can
be ascertained, have reached 121 ships
of 56795O tons, not counting auxiliary
cruisers and auxiliary ships.
With the forces of the central pow
ers in possession according to Ger
man official reports, which hitherto
have proved accurate with regard to
recent events in Rumania-of Curtea
de Argos, an important railway termi-
nus ninety miles from Bucharest, and
Guirgiu, on the railway forty miles
southwest of the capital, anxiety as to
the fate of Bucharest is greatly in
creased
WESTERN
Joseph Diovardi, grocer in Little
Italy" in Chicago, lies dead, the thirty
fifth victim this year of the sawed-off
shotgun of the BLACK Hand"
Nearly 5000 pies and $500 cakes
were baked by the housewives of San
Antonio for the $4,000 soldiers at Fort
Sam Houston and Camp Wilson for
Thanksgiving.
Major Bosse announced that he will
take steps at once to open wholesale
municipal markets at Evansville, Ind,
where food products will be sold to
the consumers at cost.
A nationwide movement for an in
crease in wages for the 100000 rail
road employees not recognized in the
Adamson eight-hour law was initiated
at meeting held at Denver.
P. H. Morrissey, assistant to the vice
president of the Burlington railroad,
for many years head of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, and one of
in the country, died at the family home
in Galesburg. ILL.,, of tumor of the
brain.
Merchants of Leroy, ILL.,, in order to
attract out of town trade, gave away
turkeys and other kinds of poultry.
The birds were permitted to fly from
the roof of tall building, one at
mn hn hn
birds were declared the owners Sew
eral thousand persons joined the
chase
WASHINGTON
The secretary of state and Mrs.
Lansing entertained at dinner in hon
or of the German ambassador and
Countess Won Bernstorff.
American bankers were warned by
the federal reserve board to avoid
locking up their funds by purchasing
treasury bills of foreign governments
involving long term obligations.
President Wilson and his closest
personal advisers, in a series of con-
ferences in quick succession, decided
not to make any definite movement
toward obtaining peace in Europe at
this time, it was announced in official
circles.
The Polish National Defense COM
mittee of Chicago in letter to Count
Won Bernstorff. the German ambassa-
dor, made public in Washington, de-
clares that establishment by Germany
of the kingdom of Poland is a corner
stone for permanent peace in Europe.
A plea for preparedness at coal and
metal mines. SO that If a disaster
comes and imprisons many miners the
officials may have a definite plan for