Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — Happenings of the World Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Happenings of the World Tersely Told

European War News The French torpedo-boat destroyer Fantassia has been -sunk in collision with another ship, says a statement issued at Paris. The crew was saved. The total number of prisoners taken by the Russians in their giant offensive against the Austrians on the 250mile Pii pet-1 ’rnth front has now reached 40,060. according to an official : statem-nt from P'tiograd. In addii lion POO officers are prisoners. Terj fine fighting continues. ♦ » Fort Vaux. one of, the main defenses of Verdun, has fallen, according, to an official statement issued by the German war office at Berlin, which asserts that the fortress fell into German hands Tuesday night. Seven hundred prisoners; were taken, The Greek government is preparing to declare martial law throughout the kingdom and arrest ex Premier Venizelos and his chief supporters, according to a Reuter, telegram to London from Petrograd. • « • The British cruiser Hampshire, on which Lord Kitchener and his staff were on their way to Russia, has been sunk off the Scottish coast by a mine or a German submarine. Search was made for survivors, but none was found. Official announcement 5,0 f the destruction of the Hampshire was made by the British admiralty at London. • • * The sudden blow struck by the Russians along the entire Galician front of 275 miles from the Pripet to Roumania, is considered in London a brilliant beginning of the long-awaited Russian offensive. The Russians captured 4SO officers and 25,000 men. ♦ ♦ ♦ France has informed Greece the permitted violation of her territory by the Bulgarians is not in accord with her promises and may lead to serious consequences, says the Paris Matin. .*. ? ■ Vienna says: “The attack of the Russian southwestern army, which had been expected for a long time, has commenced on the whole front between the River Pruth and the bend ofthe Styr, near Kolki, A great battle has developed,” « • * Russian forces have won great successes along the front from the Pripet marshes to the Roumanian frontier, according to an official statement issued at Petrograd. It is stated that the Russians took 13.000 prisoners. * * * Repulse of strong attacks by the Austrians southeast of Arslero, in the southern Tyrol, in the Posina sector, was announced by the war office at Rome. The desperate struggle for the possession of Monte Cengio is continuing. ' ’

Troops of the allies have occupied the telegraph offices the port and customhouse at Saloniki, according to a Reuter dispatch to London from that jetty. » * * Wounded men from the battle in the North sea reached London. Survivors picked up in the water are also arriving. At the railroad stations crowds cheered the wounded sailors enthusiastically. * * * Replying to British reports that several German dreadnaughts and battle cruisers were destroyed in the sea fight off Skager-Rak. the German admiralty officially reiterated at Berlin that all the German losses had been announced. * * ♦ The British admiralty issued a statement in London saying there was the strongest grounds for the belief that the British navy in the battle with the Germans off Jutland last week had accounted for a total of 18 German men-of-war. • * • Domestic Fifty-nine persons have been reported dead and more than 100 injured in a series of tornadoes that swept Arkansas. Three deaths were reported at Hot Springs. • • • To the rallying cry of “Votes for Women” thousands of women, from New York to California, and from Maine to Texas, met in Chicago at the Blackstone theater in the first convention of the Woman’s party. ♦ * » Woman suffrage in Louisiana lost out when the house of representatives at Baton Rouge failed to pass the bill by a two-thirds majority, as required by law. The final vote was: For woman suffrage, 59; against woman Buffrage, 50. • • • Governor Ortiz of Union province has been arrested charged with instigating an attempted robbery of the provincial treasury, according to a dispatch from Manila. One of the treasury guards was murdered by the rob bers.

Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, denied at Washington that he had resigned. He indicated, however, that he would retire soon. William G. Lee of Cleveland was reelected president of the International I Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at the Triennial convention of the order, In session at Detroit, Mich. • • • Arthur Warren Waite obtained a , stay of execution on an appeal notice 1 filed at New York by Attorney W. R. I Duel. Waite was sentenced to die the week of July 10 for the murder of John E. Peck * * • Incomplete returns received at Jacksonville, Fla., indicate that Governor Park Trammell defeated United States Senator N. P. Bryan for renomination in the Democratic primary.: * * ♦ Telegrams urging the adoption of an “aerial preparedness’' plank were sent from New York to the leading delegates of the Republican national convention at Chicago by the Aero Club of America. Three men were killed and three were hurt as a result of ah explosion at the plant of the United States Incandescent Lamp company at St. Louis. Two of the dead were R. W. Ferguson, general manager of the conn pany, and Stanley Nogalski, the president of the Laclede Iron works. ’, * . * » Eighty-three lives were lost, hundreds of persons were injured and much property damage was done through a large section of Arkansas. Missouri, Illinois and Mississippi by tornadoes. • * • Justice Charles E. Hughes made an effort to prevent the nation from attaching political significance to his address at a local girls’ school in which he declared the American flag “means America united, strong and efficient, equal to her task.” Lawrence H. Green, Justice Hughes’ private secretary, stated at Washington that the address “has no political significance.” * * * Personal The engagement of Prince Christophores, a member of the reigning family of Greece, to Mrs. William B. Leeds, widow of the American tinplate millionaire, is reported in London. The prince is twenty-two years old. • • • Mexican Revolt A mob of several thousand persons attacked the American consulate at Chihuahua, Mex., tore down the official consulate shield over the door and shattered all the windows. Americans were stoned by the mob. - “ • * • Pablo Lopez, Villa’s chief lieutenant in the raid upon Columbus, N. M„ paid the penalty for his crime, facing a firing squad of constitutionalist soldiers at Santa Rosa, Mex.'- * * * Several thousand Carranza troops were distributed in the territory abandoned by the American expedition in its backward movement, says a dispatch to Columbus, N. M. This was understood to be in accordance with the agreement reached between Generals Pershing and Gavira.

Washington American Minister Russell at Santo Domingo reported to the state department at Washington that American marines near Fonds Verrettes, Santo Domingo, on June 4 killed 14 bandits in a battle with the natives. Two of those killed were the bandit chieftains Melelles and Codio. * • • In the seclusion of the National Cathedral school lawn at Washington, where he was presenting an American flag to the honor graduates, Justice Charles E. Hughes made his first public address since the opening of the pre-convention campaign. He told the young woman graduates that the flag meant America first, an undivided allegiance and a nation united and equal to its tasks. • • • Figures issued by the adjutant general’s office of the war department at Washington based on reports from recruiting agencies throughout the country, show that during the 79 days elapsing since the Hay emergency resolution adding 20,000 enlisted men to the regular army was passed a total of 8,752 recruits has been enlisted. • • • Carrying only slight alterations from the bill as it originally passsd the house, the Oregon-California land grant conference report was agreed to in the house at Washington and will now go to the president for his signature. • • • Louis D. Brandeis of Boston was sworn in at Washington as associate justice of the Supreme court of the United States, the oath of office being administered by James D. Maher, clerk of the court. • • * The federal trade commission at Washington has voted to make Commissioner Edward N. Hurley of Chicago chairman to succeed Joseph E. Davies. He will assume the office July 1. • • • Foreign The body of Gen. O. A. Fitzgerald, military secretary to Lord Kitchener, who was aboard the British cruiser Hampshire when it was destroyed, has been recovered, according to a dispatch to the London Express.