The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1917-08-03

navoda falls. Defenders blow up grea
bridge across Danube.
October 26.-Light craft clash Il
boats. a transport and destroyer ant
one German destroyer sunk.
November 1.-Deutschland reache
New London, Conn, on second trans
Atlantic trip with cargo worth SO.
600 900. U-53 arrives In a German
port.
November 2-Germans evacuat'
Fort Vau1, at verdun. Italians TAX
Abb in new offensive.
more prisoners.
November 5.-Central powers pro
claim kingdom OF Poland. Italiani
announce, have taken 40,365 Austriani
since fall of Gorilla.
November 9.-Teutons driven bach
| twelve miles in Dobrudja.
November 13.-British advance nortf
of Ancre; take $500 prisoners.
November 15.-England announces
food controller will be appointed.
November 17.-News received OF
| wholesale deportations of Belgians fol
| forced labor In Germany.
November 19-Allies take Monastir
Macedonia.
November 21.-Emperor Francis Jo
seph of Austria dies and Charles Fran.
els becomes ruler. Teutons take Graf.
oya in drive on western Roumanis
November 23.-Russian dreadnaught
Imperatrita Maria sunk by internal ex.
plosion; 200 killed.
November 24.-Teutons capture Tur.
nu-Severin and Orsova from Rouma-
mans.
November 25-Teutons cross Alt
river and sweep rapidly through Rou.
mania.
November 26.-venizelos party de-
Teutons invading Roumania from
north and south form junction.
November 27.-Teutons take Alex
andria, Roumania. Zeppelins raid
England; two downed by gunfire.
November 29.-Beatty replaces Jelli-
coe in command of British feet.
December French and Greeks
clash In Athens streets. Teutons win
great battle for Bucharest.
December 6.-Bucharest falls.
December Lloyd George becomes
premier Of Great Britain.
December 8. Twenty-seven thou
sand Roumanians surrender.
December 1O.-Deutschland arrives
home.
December 12.-Germany announces
she Is ready for peace parleys.
December 14.-Russia officially re-
buffs German peace OFFER
December 15.-French under Nivelle
take 5000 prisoners on seven-mile
front at Verdun. Nivelle then leaves
to become commander in chief Of all
Frances home armies. Buzcu and all
Wallachia lost to Roumanians.
December 1S.-Russian troops take
over whole Roumanian front.
December 19.-Lloyd George tells
commons Germans must make resti-
tuition and reparation to get peace.
December 20.-Wilson sends notes
to both sides in war asking their aims.
December A.-Switzerland officially
Endorses Wilson's plea for statement
of war aims.
December 25.-Teutons take 1900
Russians in Roumania.
December 26-Germany replies to
Wilson, suggesting peace conference,
but not stating own war aims or terms
of peace.
December 30.-Allies in reply to Ger
man peace proposal call offer empty
and insincere and refuse conference.
December 31.-King Constantine Of
Greece thanks President Wilson for his
note to the belligerents.
January 4, 1917.-British transport
Icernia sunk by U-boat In Mediterra-
mean; $50 lost.
tives rules committee begins investiga-
ton OF Wall street leak" of Wilson
peace note news.
January 6.-Russians retreat across
Sereth river In Roumania.
January S.-Russians launch often
sive near Riga.
January 11.-Allies in reply to Will
son note outline aims. but refuse to
parley with an unbeaten Germany.
January 17.-Learn German raider
Moewe has sunk 81 ships and seized
three others in South Atlantic. En-
tente. in supplementary note to Wilson,
amplifies war aims.
January 19.-British steamer FAR
rowdale, Moewe's prize. reaches a
German port with 469 prisoners.
January o. Wilson makes his
"peace without victory" address in SEN
ate. demanding United States enter
world league at close of war.
January 24.-After initial successes,
Russians are forced back near Riga.
January 25.-Aiine sinks British aux
iliary cruiser Laurentic of Irish coast.
January 31.-Germany declares ruth
less submarine war, revoking all
pledges to the United States.
February 3.-United States sewers
diplomatic relations with Germany.