The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-22

formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21-RusSian forces cross
Persian border into Turkish territory !;
American oil steamer Healdton torpe-
doed without warning.
March 22-United States recognizes
new government of Russia
March 27-General Murray's British
expedition into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near GAIA.
April president Wilson asks CON-
gress to declare that acts of Germany
constitute state of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April limited States senate passes
resolution declaring a state of war ex-
lists with Germany.
April 6-House passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton of congress.
April 8-Austria declares severance
of diplomatic relations with United
States.
April 9-British defeat Germans at
Vimy Ridge and take 5000 prisoners !;
United States seizes IA Austrian in
termed ships.
Oct. 24-French win back Douau-
mont, ThiaumOnt field work, Haudro-
mont quarries, and Gillette wood near
Verdun. in smash of two miles.
Nov. Italians, in new offensive on
the Carso plateau. capture 5000 Aus
trians.
Nov. 2-Germans evacuate Fort
Vaux at Verdun.
Nov. Germans and Austrians pro-
claim new kingdom of Poland of ter
ritory captured from Russia.
/, Nov. 6-Submarilne sinks British
passenger steamer Arabia.
Nov. Cardinal Mercier protests
against German deportation of Bel
gians; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. S-Russian army invades
Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov. 9-Austro-German armies de-
feat Russians in Volhynia and take
1000 prisoners.
Nov. 13-British launch new often
sive in Somme region. on both sides Of
Ancre.
Nov. 14-British capture fortified vii
lage Of Beaucourt, near the Ancre.
Nov. 19-Serbian, French and Rus
sian troops recapture Monastir; Ger
mans cross Pennsylvania Alps and en-
ter western Roumania.
Nov. 21-British hospital ship Brit
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreats
90 miles from Bucharest.
Nov. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS armies
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25-Greek provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Nov. 2S-Roumanian government
abandons Bucharest and moves capital
to Jassy.
Dec. premier Herbert Asquith Of
England resigns.
Dec david Lloyd George accepts
British premiership.
Dec. Seen. Won Mackensen cap
lures big Roumanian army in Prohova
valley.
Dec 12-Chancellor Won Bethmann-
HOllweg announces in reichstag that
Germany will propose peace; new cab
iaet in France under Aristide BRAND
IS premier, and Gen. Robert Georges
%ivelle given chief OF command of
French army.
Dec 15-French at Verdun win two
miles of front and capture 1900.
Dec9 l0-Lloyd George declines Ger
man peace proposals.
Dec. 23-Baron Burian succeeded as
minister of foreign affairs in Austria
by Count Czernin.
Dec. 26-Germany proposes to Presi-
dent Wilson San immediate meeting of
delegates of the belligerents."
Dec. 27-Russians defeated in FIVE
day battle in eastern Wallachia, Rou-
mania.
April 2O-Turkey sewers diplomatic
relations with the U. S.
April 2S-Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army, of 500,-
600; Guatemala sewers diplomatic re-
lations with Germany.
May War department. orders rails
ing of nine volunteer regiments of en-
gineers to go to France.
May 14-Espionage act becomes law
by passing senate.
May 1S-President Wilson signs Sc
lective service act Also directs ex-
peditionary force of regulars under
General Pershing to go to France.
May 19-Congress passes war appro-
priation bill of $3,000.000,000.
June 5-Nearly 100000 men in
q. S. register for military service.
June - King Constantine of Greece
abdicates.
June 13General Pershing and staff
arrive in Paris.
June 15-F'irst Liberty loan closes
with large oversubscriptiOn.
June 26-First contingent American
troops under General Sibert arrives in
France.
June 29-Greece sewers diplomatic
relations with Teutonic allies.
July president Wilson drafts
state militia into federal service. Also
places food and fuel under federal con-
troll
July 13-War department. order
drafts 67S,0OO men into military SER
vice.
July 14-Aircraft appropriation bill
Of $640,O00,0QO passes house; Chancel-
Tor Won Hollweg's resigna
ton forced by German political crisis
July 1S-United States government
orders censorship of kilograms and
cablegrams crossing frontiers.