Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-24
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

ADoO LIE w An
Fighting around verdun dwindled in
intensity the last of the week.
Russians capture Mamakhuatan,
Turkish town sixty miles west OF Err
zerum.
North of Aisne river. German az
pulsed.
Germans suffered heavy losses in
attempt to capture Dead Mans hill
ut Verdun.
Villa bandits burned a bridge on the
Northwestern railroad near San Pc
dro, chihuahua.
Important German ammunition de-
pots north of Verdun were blown up
by French guns.
Hard fighting between Austrians
and Italians continues with no i'm
portant change in positions.
Dutch passenger ship Tubantia
sunk by submarine of mine, with 3Si
aboard. United States will investi'
gate.
The British report that the upris-
ing of the Senussi tribes in western
Egypt is being broken. The head
men of the tribes are asking for par
dons, it is said.
Around Riga terrific artillery duels
are raging. In Galicia southeast OF
Kolki and along the middle of the
Stripa river the Russians have made
small gains.
A message from Berne says that
Naby Bey, former Turkish am
bassador at Rome. is reported to be
endeavoring to negotiate separate
peace for Turkey with the allies.
The various federal states which
with Prussia constitute the empire of
Germany have shown signs of dis
satisfaction with the manner IN
which the kaisers government is car
rying on the war.
WESTERN
The postoffice and public baths at
Monterey, Mexico, were destroyed oy
tire.
Mrs. Annie Asenath Adams Kiskad
den, mother OF Maude Adams, died at
Salt Lake.
The price of sugar is advancing
steadily with no prospect for any
immediate reduction.
John Lightburn was stabbed and
probably fatally wounded in an anti
American outbreak at Point Isabel.
Tex
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hagadorn.
formerly of Denver, but now OF Ration,
n. NJ, are principals in a divorce
proceeding in the New Mexico city.
William t. Thornton. governor of
New Mexico from 1893 to 1897, who
also served in the territorial Leglsla-
ture and as mayor of Santa Fe, died
ut Santa Fe at the age of 73.
While most of the reports reaching
Columbus, N. NJ, unofflcially from the
Mexican border Indicated that the
American troops in Mexico were un-
moiested in their advance, there
were also reports that few snipers
had been encountered.
Jose PeTeyra. Carranza consul at
Columbus. who was killed by the villa
raiders. met death trying to save the
lives of American women, according
to story told at FL Paso, Tex, by
Mrs. w. L. Richie. Mrs. Ritchie's
husband ran the hotel at Columbus
and was shot to death before her eyes
by the Villistas.
WASHINGTON
Senator Benjamin F. Shively of In
diana died at Washington hospital
after an illness of many months.
The Senate passed bill to appropri-
ate s2.50G,000 for equipping Puget
Sound navy yard to build battleships.
Brig. Gen. John Cameron Mullen
berg, retired, former paymaster gen-
eral of the army, died at his home in
Washington.
The Senate adopted resolution to
bring the mobile army to its full
strength Immediately. which had al.
ready been passed by the House.
Senator Shafroth was the principal
speaker in the Senate Thursday
against the Myers bill to lease the
public lands for water power sites.
Federico Alfonso Pezet, the Peru.
Wan minister. issued statement say
ing reports that President Pardo Of
Peru would resign were withou'
foundation.
The Senate adopted a resolution in
dorsing President Wilson's course in
sending troops into Mexico and assur.
ins DieAican people the expedition is
punitive only.
The diplomatic and consular ap.
preparation bill for 1917, carrying
s5,426,.S3 or s1.421 ,9G6 more than was
appropriated for 1916. was reported Il
the House by the foreign affairs com.
mittee.
Tho Sennto passed the House bIl