The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-01-04
AN EPI1OME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD o. YHF
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
hoMG AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAVINGS. ooIM q ., ACHIEVE.
MEMrs, sUFFGRlNes, HOPES
AND FEARS or MANKIND.
ABOUT THE War

western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE War
The Rumanian province Of Dobrudjs
oow is almost cleared Of defenders.
French forces made counter attacks
- the new position captured by the
Germans ON Dead Man Hill northwest
sf Verdun.
Germany IL ready to grant greatly
modified terms. according to informs-
tion obtained in official circles At
Warrington.
In Mesopotamia the British forces
are still in quest OF Kut-el-Amara. In
which sector they have made further
advances on the right bank OF the IT.
Sris.
South of Brody in Galicia the Ger
mans have brought their howitzers in
tc play against Russian positions and
af various points have damaged their
trenches.
Pressing in upbl southern Moldavia
from three sides. apparently with all
their vigor. the forces OF the central
powers are making progress, against
stif resistance.
West Of the Neuse in the Verdun
region. the forces Of the German
Crown Prince repulsed attacks by
French troops against the new Ger
man positions on LIE Mort Homme.
The battle of the somme is pictured
as q sweeping triumph for the entente
allied arms. in q detailed report by
Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, which covers
operations from July to Nov. 1s.
On the Transylvanian Moldavian
frontier, in the region north Of Rim
nik-sarat. and in the DobrYdja oppo-
site Braila, Berlin reports the Austro-
German and Bulgarian troops are ad-
vancing.
Villa partisans at Ell Paso, Texas.
announced Friday that forces operat-
ing under the banner of Villa had oc-
cupied Saltillo. the capital Of the state
Of Coahuila, located between Torreon
and Monterey. The report was denied
by Carranza officials,
Berlin records fresh advances for
the Teutonic allies against the Rus
SLAMS in Wallachit. Three thousand
more prisoners and twenty-five ma
chine guns have been captured by the
Invaders. bringing the number of men
taken in the Rimnik.Sarat maneuver
up to 1920.
The Teutonic allies have captured
Rimnik-sarat. thirty miles southwest
of Braila. Rumania's oil and grain
center on the Danube. The guns OF
the Dobrudja army are hammering on
the bridgehead Of Matchin, on the
east bank Of the Danube opposite
Braila. Previous to the fall of Rim.
nik-Sarat the Teutonic allies defeated
the Russians on front of ten and a
half miles southwest Of the town,
WESTERN
A fire caused loss of approximate
ly 935. 1000 worth of property at Win
nemucca, New.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
resorted to old ties for fuel in the alb
sence OF coal
Five robbers blew open the safe o.
the Hagerman State Bank at Hager
man, Tex, and escaped in an automo
bile with $4,000.
Two Colorado guardsmen and ;
member of the Montana troops wer.
shot by a Colorado sentry at Douglas
Ariz. when the Montana guardsma1
attempted to escape from the guard
house. according to q dispatch re
Deived at Denver.
David Caplan, last Of the alleged dy
namtters brought to trial for the dc
struction Of the Los Angeles Time
building in 1910. when twenty mel
we're killed. was sentenced at Los An
geles to ten years in San Quentil
penitenttary on charge of man
slaughter.
WASHINGTON
American exports to Italy in tn
first eight months of 1916 were doubl
those of the corresponding period i
1915. figures made public by the B,
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Con
nerce show. That country's purchase
amounted to $3O0,OO0.0OO.
Every able-bodied male citizen {
the United States between the ages {
Is and As years is held liable for ser
vice in the National Guard in wa
time without further act of Congress
by War Department regulations Il
the government Of the guard issue
under the national defense act.
President Wilson has tentative
agreed with administration leaders
Congress on bond issue to meet pa
Of the treasury deficit which confron
the government for the fiscal ye
ending June 80. 1918, estimated
about $1SO,0O0,OOO.
The worlds wheat production
the past season was approximately