The Ordway new era., 1917-01-26


Atlantic
Rome reports battle O. Italians in
Tripoii with rebels n which the -a--
ter lost 1900 men
On the western front there have
been several small patrol engagements
along the British portion OF the !L1e-
Near Zborow, in GaIicia, an AUstro-
German raid, was frustrated b. the
Russians, who drove the invaders out
after they had entered some trenches
A Russian squadron Is reported TO
have raided the Anatolian coast OF the
Black Sea and sunk forty Turkish sail
ing vessels carrying food 10 CONSTANT
nople.
Austro-Germaa guns pounded al
Ocna, railroad town il the TEotus
valley. according to Petrograd. In the
Suchitza valley, farther southwark,
Russian attacks, Berlin says, failed
with heavy losses
After defeating Gen. Hernandez and
his Carranza command OF 1900 in the
vicinity of Satevo, on the wagon road
to Parral, villa drove the detacto col
umn to La Jolla, eighteen miles north
OF Sateyo, where another defeat was
administered and the column was
forced to retreat 10 Santa Ysabel and
then to Palomas.
The British troops in France have
hit the German line hard at two
places for good gains. Northeast OF
Cite Calonne, the Canadians carried
out a brilliant raid OF German
trenches on a front of TOO yards. At
Beaucourt Sur Ancre another drive
by the British gave them German
positions over front Of 600 yards.
Fierce fighting along the lower Ser
eth line resulted in the capture by
Turkish troops of the Rumanian town
Of Mihalea, northwest OF Braila. and
400 men of its garrison. Others OF
the defending force, attempting to es-
cape, were drowned in the Sereth.
The Bulgarians have taken monas-
tery near the confluence Of the Buzeu
and Sereth rivers.
WESTERN
Flat owners and rental agents
donned oyeralls at Chicago and stocked
the furnaces deserted by striking
janitors
Elbert ". Blancett, charged with
the murder of Clyde D. Armour, is in
the hospital of the New Mexico peni-
tentiary at Santa Fe-
The wholesale liquor dealers and
the brewers Of San Francisco have
taken hand in the control and reg
ulation of the saloons
James E. Wetz, "egg king" has quit
and announced that he will withdraw
from the Chicago butter and egg board
and go South with his family for the
winter
Her accompaniment played on
three-legged piano propped up with
bricks, Mary Garden sang to 1000
wanderers at the Hoboes' College in
Chicago.
Oscar De Priest, a negro alderman,
who with police captain and nine
teen others was indicted in Chicago
on charges of conspiracy in connection
with graft, surrendered and prepared
to give bonds Of $4,000.
WASHINGTON
The House passed omnibus public
buildings bill, carrying s37, 100000
The right TO borrow under the farm
loan act is limited to farmers and
prospective farmers.
Germany has withdrawn her charges
of unneutrai conduct against Minister
Vopicka, accredited to Rumania, Ser
bia and Bulgaria, it was announced at
the State Department.
Test cases regarded as decisive OF
about 800 railroad claims against the
government for approximately 1885,
100000 additional compensation for
were decided by the Supreme Cour.
against the railroads
Increases of pay for government
clerks, approved by the House, were
stricken from the appropriation bill by
the Senate committee. II also recon-
Eended reducing the salaries of the
members OF the farm loan board from
$4,000 year to 1880 a year and
cutting the secretary's pay from So
600 to $4,000
More than 1000 Americans have pc
tft1oned Ambassador Elkus at Con
stantinopie to get them out of Syria
and Palestine.
The Senate confirmed William Den
man, Bernard n Baker, James 3.
White and Theodore Brent as mem
bers Of Shipping Board, but held up
confirmation Of John A. Mcdonald.
Nine Americans were among the
esew o. the British steamers st. Theo-
eofs - Nfnieh. taken by the Ger
nAn raider end la1ded With other sur
ysyes1 q Pernambuco on the Japanese
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