The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16
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ABOUT THE WAR

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Russia urge republic.
Rumania has reorganized her army
and is ready to fight again.
Portion of General Pershing's staff
in France arranging for camps.
Russians are showing considerable
activity against the Teutonic allies.
French troops repulse surprise at
tacks by the Teutonic allies in Mace
donia.
The Bulgarian premier asserts that
Bulgaria will not carry the war into
Greece.
The situation in Kronstadt remains
tense. The fleet, however, is loyal to
the government.
British take a mile front trenches
and seven field guns in another drive
on the Germans near Messines.
Italians have launched another Of
fenslve southeast of Trent and have
captured numerous Austrian positions.
Germans assert they surprised a
French trench on the Chemin des
Danes Sunday night and killed all the
occupants.
The entente allies have forced the
abdication of King Constantine of
Greece in favor of his second son,
Prince Alexander.
Germans and French continue artil-
lery duels in various sectors and par
ticularly in the Chemin des Danes and
in the Champagne.
The British stormed and captured
nearly two miles of German trenches
east and northeast of Messines, follow
ing up their great drive.
England is spending 97,750,000 a
day ($37, PIT 500 in her warning, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law
told the House of Commons.
Great Britain follows the United
States in a note to Russia on war
aims and indorses Wilson's principles
laid down in his message to Congress.
Two of five hostile seaplanes that
were sighted by drifter of the Dover
patrol were destroyed by the British
aircraft, it was officially announced at
London.
Bad Gather has caused some ces-
sation in the Italian-Austrian fighting.
The Austrians have been active with
big guns on the Vodice and on the
heights northeast of Goriza.
British entered German positions on
two-mile front south of Lens to depth
of half a mile. Germans have not at
tempted to counter-attack the British,
but south of Ypres heavily bombarded
British positions.
WESTERN
The income tax for Colorado and
Wyoming will exceed $3,000,000 for the
fiscal year.
Sunday newspapers are a necessity,
it was held in court at Waterloo, Ia,
when a complaint against the Times,
Tribune for violating the Iowa blue
laws" was dismissed.
At Sanderson, Tex, a jury in the
District Court brought in a verdict of
guilty in the cases of NJ. Alvarez and
Y. Garcia on trial for participation in
the Glen Springs raid.
The receivership for the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Com
pany one of the great systems of the
country, was terminated by order of
Judge Carpenter III lne OHlleu oldleS
District Court at Chicago.
More than 100 delegates from Mon
tana, wyoming, Colorado and New
Mexico will attend the meeting of the
National Military Highway Associa-
ton in the assembly chamber of the
state house in Denver, Monday, June
18th.
WA ACuJNnTnN
Prohibition takes forward steps in
Congress.
Radical changes to be made in in
come tax section of war tax bill.
Valuable news is leaking to Ger
many, declares Secretary Daniels.
House committee agrees on second
of administrators food control bills.
The Supreme Court named Jan. 7th
as the date for hearing arguments
of Wyoming's suit against Colorado to
enjoin diversion OF water from the
Laramie river for the Greeley-Poudre
irrigation district.
The War Department called for TO-
900 additional recruits in order to fill
the regular army to war strength be-
fore June 30th.
A campaign to recruit and train TO-,
600 men to officer the ships of the new
American merchant marine was an
nounced by the federal shipping board
and the Department of Commerce.
Germany has notified the United
States that she regards the seventy
four American merchant sailors
brought in by the raider Moewe as
prisoners of war and that they will be
treated as such.