RECORD OF GREAT
WAR DURING 1916
Collapse of Roumania the Most
Striking Event in the Awful
Conflict.
BOTH SIDES
Hunger Confronts the Entire World,
Food Crops Being Partial Fallure—
American Troops Enter Mexico,
National Guard Being Sent
to Border.
world war the collapse of Roumania
takes first place. The conquest of the
3alkan nation netted the Germans a
and other
cost the Roumanians
great oil wells
while it
350,000 casualties,
ut Roumania is a
compared with the needs of
tons. The new supplies will
but not relieve, thi
central powers, which are
The entente allies,
credit side the
to the « my whic!
campaign
latter
mania had
forces used
were kept from el
theaters.
In these major war the :
undoubtedly the entente’'s rou
West the
Verdun ended
of almost all
Somme
about
small
Sinai
shortages
too, can
undoubted!
entailed
respect, bett
:
not ente
Rouma:
tering the
is
the great German
in failure
the ground
Ove
offensive has
man lines can be slow
jut the
year
1
I
y bi
greatest ml
the
front—the ¢
garian
great
armies,
region
Rey be veri
Bukowina
* retirement fro:
thynia, Galiein
ing them
Rou
wounded
smaller than
fore finally |
er offensive
The
ved at
operat
vere also
Situation on the Sea.
situation Jor
Aithaugh
battle Jutland, the |
naval action Ir
efter
till on blockads
rine has
proved
and to a degres
ain
A Liverpool financial
authority recently state
age of British
t
until the rate is now
shipping
abou
of a
Year ago
tion of merchant
ain has been reduce
ear.
September, 1016, sav
British losses of 120 pe
of the pr
same month
October an
over the corresponding mon
[ *y
pre
3
increase of
of later months are not available
rate of loss during October was equis
alent 18 per the
whole British
to cent a year of
ne reantile marine
very serious figure,
As the
figures are in dispute, b
the total and sinking
eraft. The exact situation wi
losses In
tO
i
the of
known until after
man semi-official
month that the
entente had been
beginning of the war. not |
special auxiliaries, and that the
entente tonnage was 744.000. of
663.200 was British,
ties, put
lowgr,
One German the East Afri
can, continues to hold out bravely, but
the entente forces seem to be about to
give the death blow. The resistance
of the colonials was prolonged by a
daring feat of a swift German
which carried arms and
from the Fatherland through the block.
ade to the little army and then escaped
across the Indian ocean to a Duteh
possession in the antipodes,
The end of the year sees both sides
with nearly their full strength in
fighting men developed and now turn-
Ing their attention to the organization
of the civilinns, men and women, into
an effective system of war service be.
hind the fronts. Everyone must work.
Slaughter and Munger.
War becomes more horrible as time
goes on, The wastage of lives in-
creases month by month. The year
1916_ took a bloodier toll than any
preceding twelve-month of human his
tory. The noblest and the wisest, the
Entente
however, the figures
colony,
ship,
EVENTS OF 1916 OUTSIDE
THE WAR AND MEXICO
Jan. 7—Riots in East Youngstown,
©O.; business section destroyed; three
killed, 102 injured,
Jan, 9—Federa! jury acquits six New
Haven rallrond financiers of conspir
acy and disagrees on five others after
a trial at New York lasting 0/0 days,
Jan, 1H-—Explosion on United States
submarine E-2 at New York navy yard
kills four and Injures ten,
Jan, 28 President Wilson nominates
{
leaders of humanity, are being
But lnsurance stutisticinns
the total population of the
tinues to lua
Sily
enrth con
ease in spite of the havoe
in popu
12.00),
world’s normal increase
lation is 40.000 a day, or about
year,
Th
The whole world faces hunger,
ure almost everywhere last summer
spring the surplus will be alinost down
to most dangerous condition,
for supplies are never well distributed
enough to allow a with-
out causing famine somewhere. The
warring nations feel the pinch the
but prices are distressingly high
cessaries of life in
¢
Zero, a
wide margin
most,
for ne
corner ot
The year
plunged In maelstrom of
Portugal and Roumania,. The twelve
month began with the conquest of tiny
the Teu
two-thirds
almost every
the globe,
combatant
S008 TWO new
the war
Montenegro and ends with
ton sweep over about Oi
Roumania.
On the Inst New
Ford was returning
Year's day
from his peace
this New Year's
for n peace parley by
powers been re
Henry
Argosy nasco Un
official proposals
the Germaplc
ceived and refus:
bios vgs
Have
frs.
Nin
brought
eteen hundred
} compulsory
and later compulsory civiliar
to Great Britain,
of the greatest
world, Australia
the nation which hat
boasted “personal
the
th
ty” in
on
compulsory
inger
Ver
limelight
Homeric
wd thrown ints
the
‘ebruary 2 sited
— 1¢ i
nslve
but Count Cad
forces to ms
ve them
and
wt them by
back to
afterward beg
£80 RB
and
Ns 800n
victorious advance against Goritz
the Carso platean
Three Big Revolts.
important revolts took place
Three
ainst
! The Easter rev-
olution in Ireland put in a
President Pearse and other
leaders, Including Sir Roger Casement,
were executed and the Irish question
was left much as before.
In southern Arabia the natives, un
der the leadership of the Shereef of
Medina, rose against the Turks, eap-
tured the Moslem holy city of Meccan,
beat off attacks and proclaimed a new
kingdom, which now asking rec
ognition at Washington and elsewhere,
Pro-ally Greeks set up the stand
ard of opposition to King Constantine
and the Germanic powers, and on Sep-
tember 205 Eleutherios Venizelos, the
most able Greek of modern times, left
Athens lend them. Lloyd-George
announced to the house of commons In
his historic speech of December 19,
that Great sritain would recognize the
Venizelist agents,
The year has brought great increase
in wealth, despite high priced, to al
most all the peutral nations and to
Japan. Furnishing munitions and
other supplies to the hard-pressed bel.
warring nations
was town
is
to
Louis D. Brandeis as associate justice
of the United States Supreme court.
Feb, 10-—Lindley M. Garrison re-
signs as secretary of war,
March 6 President Wilson an-
nounces Newton D. Baker will be new
secretary of war,
June 1—American
Santo Domingo.
June 10 — Republicans
Hughes and Fairbanks,
June 15-<Democrats nominate Wil
son and Marshall by acclamation at St.
Louls,
marines land In
nominate
] Hegerents hins
{ Fhe 1
is
{ gressing Hs
proved very orofitable,
States from a
the nnd
fn creditor nation, lending
nbroad and recelving more
| interest than she pays out,
In the Balkans the allies have cols
lected a vast, heterogeneous army un
the Sarrail and
| have made some capturing
Monastir in the But the ex-
pected great offensive here has not mas
terialized,
ound to be remembeerd in history
are the two suceessful trips of the Gers
wan merchant submarine Deutschland
the Atlantic to the United
and home again, The undersea
effectiveness was nlso attested
the submarine U-53 pald New-
port, RR. I, a brief call, sunk five ships
off Nantucket lightship and then sped
Home in
dovtor na
| thon now over line is pro
Vist suis
+
{der French general
Progress,
west
Vest,
HCToOss
States
honts’
when
safety.
Mexican Muddle Continues.
he situntion In Mexico, which has
sawed back and forth since it was
adminlistratien by
President Taft, continues to be a thorn
the flesh of Americans
On January 10, Villa bandits ander
Of i
Se
willed to the present
in
the leader I Pablo Gonzales held
up a train at Santa Isabel, Chihuahua,
1T Amer
government made formal
and he
better
cold blood
CANS, ur
protest te tsennernl
§ Carranza,
prow it he would afford
for
resolution
ses of con
to Mexico to
MIZTERE O01
NEress co
done
settled
EE was
irently
120 0(5X) 1
Colone
Tenth
tht rid that will go
history as n fi f
never
Mexicans
30 of
Minister
Ma jor General
of the
cavalry, af
gown
fur.
surpassed
nt of er
been
ARULSCA
1te killing them
1 April 3
!
of War Obre-
chief of
in Ei
an ef
Scott,
met
in
American army,
0 with General Fuasto
to
would mutually benefit the bord
to
!
andits again
fort arrive at some policy that
+ The
onference
May Ob
came
naught
the bor
of Glenn
Big Bend coun-
crossed
Springs, Texas, in the
¥
Major Langhorne
troop of
and about half a
entered Mexico in pur
attacking foree, aod suc
rescuing Deemer, a
storekeeper of Glenn Springs, who had
Mexicans
bandits es
cavalry
suit of the
ceeded Jesse
in
but the malo body of the
National Guard Mobilized,
Wilson on May § ordered
of Arizona, New Mex-
Fexas, but despite this addi-
force the ‘Mewienns again
river at San Ignacio,
murdered three cavalry-
June 16 Carranza, through
General Obregon, warned General
Pershing that if his command moved
“east, west or south” he would at-
tack them. On the same day posters
were displayed in Juarez calling all
Mexicans to arms,
The National Guard of the United
States was called out in its eatirety
on June 18, and ordered to the border.
Three days later two troops of the
Tenth cavalry were ambushed at Car
rizal and almost wiped out. Seventeen
troopers were taken prisoner by the
Mexieans., President Wilson ordered
their release, and on June 28 they ar
rived in Juarez.
On November 24 American and Mex-
ican commissioners signed a
protocol at Atlantic City after weeks
of deliberating, and four days later,
Villa, Just to show that he was still
President
+
t
¥
the militias
ou
ico and
tional
the
Texas, and
men, On
~~ AA Ansa
died PNA ANN
June 27--Duke of Devonshire ap-
polated governor general of Canada.
July 13--President Wilson selects
John H. Clarke of Cleveland, O. to
occupy Charles RB. Hughes' pisce on
the United States Supreme oourt
bench.
Aug. S~Cloudburst In Coal
valley, West Virginia,
renders 5,000 homeless,
Aug.* 183—President Wilson Inter
venes to prevent great rallrond strike.
September 1-—House pusses Adio.
son eight-hour rallroad bill,
River
kills 100 and
Car
hot
abnndoned
enptured Chihuahun
(troops made
however,
Clty.
the town
and
{OO
for him, Lie
the place,
Early in December he was reported
to be Junrez, and the
advancing on
ond
still
Mexico
Villa
PROMINENT PERSONS
WHO DIED IN 1916
January 1--Ex-United
tor Alfred W. Bensouo
Topeka, Al Ringling
unary 2-—Joseph
Justice United
January S~-Gen,
war commander, In
Bluffs, Iowa ; Col. Robert T. Yen Horn,
founder of the Kansas City Journal, In
Kansas City, Mo. January 6—Ct
W. Knapp,
in the original order to
in force,
States Sena
of Kansas In
circus man, Jane
ussociute
court,
Dodge,
Council
R, Lamar,
States Supreme
M.
Grenville
aries
in
vk H.
her, in WW a City.
Miss Jeanett ‘ ile
nnd eritie
Sir Clements Markham,
xplorer, In London
February 7 ol, William FP.
burn, Clarin
former
Ia, February 10—Belvidere Brooks
York
new sph er her,
New York city. Januurs
publi
17
author
ler,
famous 3)
Pie Pr
CONZressmun n
telegraph magnate, in New
rusry 12
tor, in Ar
Mnreh
n B
Mrs. Hetty Green
R
Fo
nmas
LeTIR
M. Pattersor
William Ramsay
England
fn
etn lst
August B-—Robert Gran, ir
Mount Vernon, N. Y.:
on, ex-United Siantes
John M
! KRenator,
ha August 11-—Dr. John B. Mur
ut in Chicago 12
Charles J. Palne,
wl ma In Mnas
James banker,
Branch, N. J. August 25
John I. Spalding, In
August 31—Johu FP.
Kansas and
president in
geot
yachtaman
Weston,
Religmar
Arch
ishop
fil. St. John, ex
18584
Olathe, Kan
Sentember 4
Louis,
Richard C.
September 15
dramatist, In Madrid Loptem
Ma). Gen. Albert 1... Mill
division of militla affairs, In
Washington, William
-toinister {oo China, in
of
Eche
Rerens
Jomo
her IS
ni
chief
September 1D
October 1 James
PF. Ol
lent pro tempore of the United
Malor
Warner, ex-United State
i)
nrke, presi
States
gonnte October 4 William
tor from
Dan
8 Ber
Missouri tober sorman
Fredor Oc
MO artist, in
Prof,
eto»
Gop.
T
can, author, In
iam
New York city. ctober 28
Captain Boelcke, fi
October 31 Charles
ber 28
man aviator.
(Pastor) Russell, evangelist
November 5-Cardinn!
HOUR
Francis della
Volpe, prefect of the Congregation of
index, in Rome,
Percival Lowell, astronomer,
Ariz, November 16
November 12
in
Hen
Navember 21.
Auxtrin
Hm
peror Francis Joseph of No
22--Jack London, ruthor. No
24-8ir Hiram Maxim, inven
November 20--Mrs, inex Milhol
vember
tor,
December 3—-8ir Francis PP. Tosti,
composer, In Rome, Deepinbor 6
John D. Archbold, president of Stand.
ard Oll company. Decombor 10-.Field
December
17—Prof. Hugo Mungtorhery, naveholo
in Cambridg:, Aas
19-<Dr, Jamez M. Tavio
Sept. Sonate passex Adamson
bill. Railroad strike ordered canceled
Oot, 20 Twenty-one iost when Dn
lath steamer, Jomes B. Colgnte, sinks
in storm on Lake Erle,
Nov, B-8Bix killed, 40 wounded. in
I. W. W, strike battle at Everett, Wash.
Nov, T-—Wilson and Marshal! re
elected president and vice president of
the United States,
Dee. 4~Pope names ten new card
nals. all from entente countries,
Dec. 4United States envoys to Hol
land, Siam and Colombia resign.
“ow
2
UNITED STATES
AS WORLD BANKER
Reserve Board Takes First Step
in Foreign Trade Plan.
BANK OF ENGLAND AGENT
If Experiment Works Out Satisfac
torily, Other Foreign Govern
ment Bankg Will Be
Added
ing te
JKINK )
connection
hopes 10
he United
draw the huge
FROST DAMAGES ORANGES
California Growers Using Fire In Ef.
fort To Save Crop
Age
more thal 1i
000, according
Orchardists
to con-
are
ling $70,000 nightly with
hich to keep going stoves about the
in addition stoves,
ing European war methods
by running a curtain of fire a mile
long and driving it skyward to force
back the descending currents of cold
alr. The orange crop this year fis
valued at $66,000 000
gervati asiimale
for oil
trees. Some to
are emplo
NEW TARIFF BOARD CHOSEN,
Personnel To Be Announced On Re.
ceipt Of Acceptances.
anounced at the
President Wilson
Washington. It wa
White House that
has completed the personnel of the
pew Tariff Board and that its mem:
bership will be announced as soon As
acceptances are received from those
aelacted.
LASSEN ERUPTS AGAIN.
California Peak Surrounded By a Ring
Of Smoke.
Redding, Cal.Lassen Peak cele
brated Christmas by emitting a great
black pillar of smoke. Then the wind
came up and whipped the smoke inte
a ring like a halo around the top ol
the restless old mountain, which has
bean erupting at intervals since the
spring of 1916. -
110 CENT “CASCARETS”
IF BILIOUS OR COSTIVE
——
{| For Bick Headache, Sour Stomach,
| Sluggish Liver and Bowels—They
work while you sleep
Indiges-
erable Head-
liver and
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undi-
ferments
That's
4ndi-
yellow
i Furred Tongue, Bad Taste,
| tion, SBallow Skin and Mi
| aches
| clogged
| stomach to be
| gested food, which
{ Hke garbage in a
| the
gestion, foul
skin, that is
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to-night will gis your constipated
and
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box
yu feel
come from torpid
which
filled with
bowels
Orie
sours and
awill
untold
barrel,
first
wt *
plier to
I
misery
bad bre
everything
th
mental
and
i bowels a thorough
yoru ont by
insing
norning
10-cont
straighten
work while you sl
from your druggist
“Pra
will keep
months. —Adv,
Ancient iron Mines
ins are belng 1 iron
mines in Sardinia which
2.066 fhe
iD Arm
Fere
utilized
being
used against nations wl s+ tribal
hears the RB
for
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Disappear With Use of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment—Trial Free
and
mm: GOOSE GREASE LIN
Eheu:
mus
nounce is
SOUR, ACID STOMACHS.
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each “Pape’s Diapepsin” digests 3000
grains food, ending ail stomach
misery in five minutes.
all stom-
indigestion,
belching of
acid, or eructations of undigested
no dizziness, foul
or headache.
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in regulating upset stomachs,
surest, quickest stomach rem-
ly in the whole world and besides it
is harmless, Put an end to stomach
forever by getting a large
of Pape's Diapepsin
You realize In
needless it is to suf-
om indigestion, dyspepsia or any
disorder. It's the quickest,
harmless stomach
doctor in the world.--Adv.
In five minutes
will go No
ach distress BE
MUTnDess Or
heartburn, s«
1
bloating,
noted
he
trouble
fifty-cent
any
Case
drug
» minutes how
store.
surest and most
Like Other Girls
He—-<When is
Mf getting marrie
H Constantly
your sister thinking
Pelican
If your child I» pale and thin, notwith.
standing a voracious appetite, It may be be
cause of Worms or Tapeworm A single
dose of Dr. Peery's “Dead Shot” will expel
the Worms or Tapeworm, and set Jigen
tion ight again. Ady
No Alibi.
We should all leave footprints in
the sands of time,” quoted the Parlor
Philosopher
“They would only show that some of
us were going backward,” objected the
Mere Man,
aim —
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The Ruling Passion.
“Be ns light as you can
Judge”
“Twelve months”
“Couldn't you fix it so 1 could be
out in time to see the world series next
year?
on me,
oi
Granulated Byelids, Stic, Infamsd RKyes
relieved over night by Roman Kye Balsam.
One rial proves its merit, Adv,
Goodness is the supreme beauty.
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