Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-11-26


Lipton stated that he will challenge
for a race for the American cup, to be
sailed in 1911.
Shareholders of the Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Chicago & st. Louis (Big
Four) railroad met at Cleveland and
voted a bond issue of $20.000.000 for
physical improvements.
A new $1,000. 100000 company will
be the result of an action Of the Am
erican Telephone and Telegraph Com.
pany in securing control Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company
through the purchase of Gould Stock.
Mrs. Alice Smith, wife Of Leroy E.
Smith. superintendent Of the Ameri-
can District Telegraph Company of
York. died at her home in Newark. N.
j., a few days ago after swallowing
some tablets taken to relieve a head
ache.
The Pilgrims of England played
their final game of association foot
ball on their American tour at Bay
Ridge, l. l., on the 10th inst. defeat
ing the Crescent Athletic club, to l.
The Pilgrims played % games while
In the United States, winning 16 and
losing 2. with four games drawn.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
has emphatically denied the state
ments published as coming from a wo-
man in Berlin. to the effect that his
wife, while she was still Miss Alice
Roosevelt. had been photographed by
him astride the sacred elephant Of the
Koreans at their national capital.
The will of the late Mrs. Franziska
Speyer, widow OF George Speyer,
partner in the banking house OF
Speyer & Co.. of New York. London
and Frankfort on the Main. be-
queaths between $S.OO0.00O and sl0.-
100000 10 charity. The gifts include
81 .OO0, 900 for research into the sub.
iert OF cancer and lupus.
Director Lowell OF the observatory
at Flagstaff. Ariz.. reports the first
apparent Antarctic snowfall Of the
season on Mars. Two patches appear
ut the altitude 62.72 longitude 100.190.
The first was November IL. and was
small. with a great increase Novem-
Der 16. The second was observed for
the first time on the latter date.
Legislation for the District OF Co
lumbia to prevent brutality in foot
ball and possibly to actually prohibit
the playing OF the game. Is
likely to follow the mortality
which has marked contests this
season. The district commissioners
have the corporation counsel at work
on the subjects. and. II the situation
can be handled by police regulation.
which the district commissioners will
draft.
The American Federation OF Labor
in its convention In Toronto. In addi-
tion to indorsing the attitude taken
by President Gompers in the Bucks
Stove & Range Company injunction
proceedings. voted to continue the
salaries OF Gompers and Secretary
Frank Morrison. and to compensate
Vice President John Mitchell, who is
not a salaried officer, during their
terms of imprisonment, In case 1t Is
decided they must go to jail for con-
tempt Of court They will be paid at
the rate Of $1,000 n year.
olalStiCS nave Deeh SohVSsSu hhoAe
35s cities in ~ states and the District
OF Columbia, showing what has been
accomplished to discover and remove
physical defects mong pupils OF
these cities. li7. with n school popu.
lation OF 100000. are not making any
attempt whatever to discover trans.
mitable diseases; 211 are inspecting
for such diseases; 226 are inspecting
for defective vision, 40 for breathing
troubles and lis for bad teeth. while
| lOi. with a population of 100000.
have no examination of any kind for
their 900, 900 school children.
Captain Roald Amundsen. discov.
erer of the Northwest passage. who
recently arrived in New York from
Copenhagen. explained that his visit
tao America was to fit out an oceano
graphic expedition for the Norwegian
government. The expedition would
start. he said. from Christiansand in
Nanscn's old ship. the Fran. next
July. and probably would cruise for
| five years. The first year Will be
spent in the southern portion OF the
North Atlantic, studying the currents
temperatures. the ocean bottom and
sea life. Then the Fran will be nav
igated around the Horn to the Pacific
fitting out In San Francisco probably
for an Arctic trip.