Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-26
Happenings
Of the World
Iersely Told
European War Mems

~. A new general offensive along q
front of almost 100 miles has been
undertaken in the Caucasus by Rus
SLAMS, according to an official state
iment of the Turkish war office. Re-
pulse of all attacks are claimed by
fConstantinople Check of the Russian
forces on the East Galician and Bessa-
rabian fronts also reported by Vienna.
Reports reaching Ottawa, Ont, in
dictate that Canadian troops have been
in an important engagement, presum7
ably on the west front, and have sufi
fered severely. The losses are Off
cially stated to have been 535 killed
and wounded.
Hope for the rescue of the 10000
beleaguered British troops at Kut-el1
Amara, Mesopotamia, was revealed
in an official announcement at Lon!
don that the relief expedition routed,
the Turks opposing the advance IL
miles south of the besieged city.
lin says: Reports from Vienna say!
that the stefani agency announced
that the French submarine Foucaulr
sank an Austro-Hungarian cruiser!
Since no Austro-Hungarian ship is
missing, the Foucault must have sunk
q ship of the entente powers by mis-
take"
Austro- Hungarian troops took an
Italian trench near Tolmino and cap
tured 933 men, according to an OFF,
cial statement issued at Berlin.
A Constantinople dispatch to Am
sterdam says that the governor gen.
eral of Lucristan, Samsan-Es-Sultanc
has taken over the national forces and
declared war on Great Britain and
Russia and opened hostilities.
1t is officially announced at Rome
that the French submarine Foucault,,
attached to the Italian fleet, torpedoedl
and sank in the Adriatic sea an AUS
trian scout cruiser of the Novara
type. The cruiser was sunk near Cat
taro, the Austrian naval base. :
The Montenegrin government has!
evacuated Cetinje. Last reports from
the Montenegro front, coming through;
German sources, were that the AUS
TRANS were within six miles of the
Montenegrin capital. The entire Aus
trian fleet, including three dread
Gulf of Cattaro. This is a grave,
menace to Italy's activity in the
Adriatic
Together with our king and en-
peror we march toward the turning Of
the road sure of victory" declared,
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg in.
his address opening the 1916 sessie i
sof the Prussian diet at Berlin.
The shooting down of four British;
;aeroplanes, the repulse of a British at,
tack near Armentieres and the de-
astruction of German trenches near
Lille are the stirring war events chron-,
icled in official reports from Berlin.
Domestic
In a pitched battle between 80
state troopers and mob of 500 in
furiated men and women in front Of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish
Roman Catholic church at Du Pont,
near Pittston, Pa, one of the troopers
was killed and many of the rioters
were hurt.
Several thousand barrels of naptha
and gasoline were burned in fire
that did $150,000 damage to the rolling
stock, buildings and equipment of the
Electric Short Nuce) line at Mime
apolis, MINI.
Fire caused a loss of approximately
$780, 900 to two buildings and stock
of Kuhles & Stock company, cigar
manufacturers, in st. Paul.
Progressive leaders selected for
their convention hall the Auditorium
theater at Chicago.
&
Mathew A. Schmidt. convicted OF
murder two weeks ago in connection
with the dynamiting of the Times
sbuilding five years ago, was sentenced
to life imprisonment in San Quentin
prison.
William Smith hall, the main build
ing of Washington college at Chester
town, Md, was wrecked by fire. All
q the archives, including many historic
documents. some of them in the hand
writing of George Washington, were
burned.
Three persons were probably fatally
hurt when q Chicago bound Chicago
& Northwestern passenger train
crashed into the rear Of q Madison
train at Allis, suburban station Of
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