Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-08-09

uuNOua IallS, DeIenderS dow up great
bridge across Danube.
October Delight craft clash In
English channel. Six British drift-net
boats, transport and destroyer and
one German destroyer sunk.
November deutschland reaches
New London, Conn, on second trans
Atlantic trip with cargo worth S1O,-
100000. U-53 arrives in q German
port.
November 2.-Germans evacuate
Fort Vaux, at Verdun. Italians take
4,731 in new offensive.
November Galatians take 3.495
more prisoners.
November 5.-Central powers pro-
claim kingdom of Poland. Italians
announce, have taken 40,365 Austrians
since fall of Gorilla.
November 9.-Teutons driven back
twelve miles In Dobrudja.
November 13--British advance north
of Ancre; take $500 prisoners.
November 15.-England announces
food controller will be appointed.
November 17.-News received of
wholesale deportatlons of Belgians for
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
ova in drive on western Roumania.
November 23.-Russian dreG dnaught
lmperatrita Maria sunk by internal ex-
plosion; 200 killed.
November 24.-TeutOns capture Tur-
nu-Severln and Orsova from Rouma-
mans.
November 25.-Teutons cross Alt
river and sweep rapidly through Rou-
mania.
November 26.-Venizelos party de-
clares war on Germany and Bulgaria
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 fleet.
December 2.-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 s. Twenty-seven thou
sand Roumanians surrender.
December 10.-Deutschland arrives
home.
December 12.-Germany announces
she Is ready for peace parleys.
December 14.-Russia officially re-
Bluffs German peace offer.
December 15.-French under Nivelle
take 1900 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 19.-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 24.-Switzerland officially
Endorses Wilson's plea for statement
of war aims.
December 25.-Teutons take 5000
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 inslncere 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.
January 5.-House OF representa-
tives rules committee begins investiga-
ton of Wall street "Ieak" 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.--Britlsh steamer Var
rowdale, Moewe's prize. reaches a
German port with 469 prisoners.
January %. - 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.-Miue sinks British aux
illary cruiser Laurentlc off Irish coast.
January S1.-Germany declares ruth
less submarine war, revoklng all
pledges TO the United States.
February 8.-United States sewers