Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1916 — Happenings of the World Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Happenings of the World Tersely Told

European War News Russian attempts to capture the town of llulizc, on the Dniester in Galicia, regarded as the key to the defense of Lemberg from the southeast, have been frustrated by the Teutonic forces, says Berlin. * * * A general offensive throughput tlie Balkan country, threatening the Bulgarians from tlie north and south and the Austrians in Transylvania, is on in full force. Vienna admits that the Austrian troops ha\V withdrawn, before the Roumanian advance. Bucharest claims the occupation of CsikSzedera. * * * The Bel gi seh Dagblad announces that the German authorities have seized £30,000,000 ($150,000,0(H)), which hail been placed in the coffers of the Belgian National bank, in consequence of the suspension of the moratorium. * * * “If the entente and anti-Venlzellst factious can only keep quiet for ten days and not embroil the situation Greece’s entry Into (lie war will tie u settled fact,” said a prominent Greek official to a correspondent at Athens, “If not,” he added, "it is the end of Greece.” * * * Bucharest reports to London that as a result.of bombardment the Bulgarian cities of Widin, Lom-Palanka and Rohovn wiye set on lire. The Bulgarians ure evacuating Varna, their principal port on the Black sea.

Loss of ground west of Shy pot, in the Carpathians, near Zable, is admitted by Berlin In the official wall statement. Attacks by the Russians from the sea to the Carpathians also ure reported. * * * “According to reports from Germany received at Berne," says a dispatch to London, “the dismissal of Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn as chief of the German general staff was due to ids suggestion of a Complete change in Germany’s war plans which Emperor William indignantly rejected.” * * * Official announcement, was made at Berlin that the German and Bulgarian forces that are invading Dobrudja, eastern Itoiimunin, have captured the Roumanian fortress of Slllstria, on the Danube, near Bucharest, the Roumanian capital. * * * The destruction of the American consulate at Alexandretta, Asiatic Turkey, during a bombardment by entente allied warships is .announced at Berlin in a delayed Turkish official report dated September 1. „* * * The allies have lost more than a million men in killed, wounded and missing since the gra-ud offensive against the central powers opened with a Russian attack three months ago, This estimate was made by German military experts at Berlin, who said they thought It conservative.

* * * While the German-Bulgur army which captured the forts ami city of Turtukai is attacking tin; enemy positions to the north, another Bulgur army is making rapid progress In a advance along the Roumanian Blacksea coast. The capture of three lia-I portant port cities, Belchlk, Kavarna and Kaliarka, Is announced by the Bulgarian war office at Sofia. • * * With more than 20,(X)0 Roumanians captured by the Bulgar-Teutonlc forces which stormed Tutrakan and its seven forts the invasion of Itoumania, which Is now threatening Bucharest, and the sweep across Dodrudja to cut the main Roumanian line of communication with the Black sea port of Constanza continues. The capture of Turakan is officially announced hy Berlin and con 4 firmed by Petrograd. * * * The French have captured the German first line trenches over a front of one mile on the Verdun front, the Paris war office announced. * * *

Domestic Theodore Gross, Jr., aged forty, a banker at Atwood, 111., died of Infantile paralysis. 'He had been sick three days. • • • Triumph for the woman’s suffrage cause “In a little while” was predicted by President Wilson at Atlantic City, N. J., In a speech before the anuual eonventuon of the National American Woman Suffrage association. * • * J. W. Struthers and Charles Deere Wiman of the army aviation school for civilians fell 900 feet In a naeroplane at Governor’s Island, New York. Both received injuries that may be mortal. Wiman Is a Moline (Ill.) millionaire. • • • Myron Campbell, cashier of the National bank at South Bend, Ind., for more than : 2o years, died of pneumonia. About 20 years ago he gained fame by holding himself responsible for the loss of $17,000 from the bank tlurough a robbery.

Three high school teachers, Mln'° Edith Kllenborg of Murion, 111.; Miss Anna Kirkland of Urlianu, 111., and Harold Gent veil of Beaver Dam, Wik, were struck by an interurban car and Instantly killed at Muncie, 111. A * • - • R. L. Murphy, internal revenue collector for lowa, announced at Dubuque, la., that, effective at midnight September 8, schedules A and B of the war revenue act are repealed. This covers bonds, debentures, deeds, notes, bills of lading, telephone and telegraph messages, cosmetics and perfumes. • * * Two persons were killed and fifteen Injured at Palmer's crossing, one mile south of Rives Junction, Mich., when two passenger cars on the Michigan railway met head on. * * * Master bakers, representing numerleally -tit per cent of the baking establishments of tlie United States and controlling about 00 per cent of the output of bread, “recommended” at t’hieago that bakeries cease to make five-cent loaves of bread andvqontine their standard output to u ten-cent loaf.

* * • Maine went hack to the Republican fold by a decisive margin in the biennial election. The Republicans made a clean sweep, electing a governor, two United States senators, four congressmen and the legislature. The Republican candidate for governor, Carl E. Milliken, was elected governor over tlie incumbent, Oakley C. Curtis, Democrat, by about 12,000. ■ * ** * President Wilson received word at Asliury Park, X. ,l„ from New London, Conn,, that tlie condition of Ills sister, Mrs. Annie S. llowe, who is critically 111 at her home in that City, had taken a turn for the worse. * * * Muster and pay rolls for the First and Second infantry regiments and Battery F of the federalized I. N. G. have been delivered to Springfield, 111., with orders from central division headquarters to proceed with the mustering out of the militia units front federal service as rapidly as possible. * * * President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrived at New London, Conn., from the summer White House at Long Branch to go to the bedside of the president’s sister, Mrs. Ilovve.

Washington Orders to reinstate immediately all employees of tin- post office department with flic _Nu(tonal Guard in the liehl upon theft- discharge from the militia, without awaiting formal approval of (lie department, were issued at Washington to all postmasters by (lie postmaster general. * * * In a statement issued at Washington following the adjournment of congress, President Wilson called attention lo the “helpful and humane legislation” passed and declared that while lie regret ted additional legislation dealing wit It tlie recent dispute between the railroads and flielr employees had not been completed, lie had every reason to believe I lie question would Do taken up immediately after congress reassembles. * * * A resolution by Senator Curtis of Kansas directing the senate lobby committee al Washington to In vest Igute the activities of the alleged foreign lobby opposing the retaliatory provision of tin- revenueJiili against Canadian fisheries was passed by the senate. * * * President Wilson signed the shipping bill at Washington. It authorizes government organization of a corporation or corporations With capitalization of not more than $50,000,000 to buy or lease ships and put them in trade If they cannot be leased for operation to private capital.

Sporting Charles Evans, Jr., of Chicago, dethroned Robert Gardner, last year’s winner, 4 and 3 over the 36-hole route on the links at Philadelphia. Now Evans wears the double crown, amateur and open. Never before, either in this country or Great Britain, has the same man won both the amateur and open title in the same season. • * * John Aitfcen, piloting a Peugeot, won all three of the events of the Harvest auto racing classic at Indianapolis. The time was 1:07:05.04, an ayeruge of 89.44 miles an hour.

Mexican War News General Pershing’s troops south of the border have again taken up the chase of Pancho Villa. General Pershing reported to General Funston at San Antonio, Tex., that his anen had already passed through Santa Clara canyon, 50 miles south of the punitive expedition’s field headquarters at El Valle. * • * Foreign A report was Issued at Berlin through the semiofficial Overseas News agency denying that there have been any food riots in Germany. * * * Gen. Alvpro Obregon, Mexican minister of war, has been stricken with Bright’s disease and is In a serious condition. according to reports to San Antonio, Tex. Gen. Francisco Serrano, chief of staff, Is in charge of the war office at Mtwlco City.