The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-20
FOREIGN

1nterned civilians are being cared for
in Siberia.
Colonel Heussler. a Swiss military
statistician, calculates the total losses
in killed in the war at 100000. ac-
cording to dispatches from Berne.
You can count the surviving mem
bers of the original Princess Pats
regiment on the fingers of your hand"
declared Oscar Hennings of Toronto,
while in Quebec.
"Afghanistan is preparing to war
against the British possessions in In
dia,' according to kilograms received
by the Overseas News Agency from
Constantinople
Eight hundred thousand dollars in
gold, to be deposited in the San Fran
cisco subtreasury to meet certain war
expenses, went down with the Italian
liner Ancona, sunk by submarine, ac-
cording to advices from Rome.
Wholesale desertions from the Ser
bian army on the part of troops from
the districts of New Serbia, many of
whom were Bulgarians, are reported
by Serbian prisoners" says the Over
seas News agency.
At Kioto five beautiful japanese
maidens, peeresses of the realm
wearing rich and brilliant kimonos,
danced an ancient dance of old
Japan at a great state feast held to
celebrate the coronation of Emperor
Yoshihito
The Paris Mattino asserts that it
has been informed that King Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria has communicated
with Pope Benedict, stating that after
the war Bulgaria will become a Cath
olic country. The present national
faith of Bulgaria is that of the ortho-
dox Greek church.
Charles p. Trevelyan, Liberal mem
ber for Yorks, in speech in the
House of Commons, urged the formu-
lation of terms of peace for the pur-
pose of trying to obtain by negotia-
tions instead of by bloodshed the res
toration of Belgium and the settlement
of European boundaries on lines of ma
tionality.
With the formal foundation of the
"Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Bovoelker-
ungs Politik," roughly translated, the
German Society for Population In
crease" the efforts of a relatively
small body of men to check the de-
crease that has been noticeable in the
German birthrate for more than forty
years, have at last won widespread
recognition.
SPORTING NEWS
The Northwestern Baseball League
will be composed next year of Vancou-
ver Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Butte
and Helena. according to President
Blewett.
Freddie Welsh, lightweight cham
pion of the world, outpointed Johnny
OLeary of Seattle, claimant to the
Canadian title. in twelve-round bout
at Winnipeg, Man.
One man was burned to death and
three others were probably fatally in
jured as the result of fire at his
toric Benning race track, in the sub
urbs of Washington, d. C.
Charley White of Chicago, who was
defeated two months ago by Milburn
Saylor of Indianapolis, turned on his
conqueror at Boston and knocked him
out a minute and a half after the bout
started.
Announcement that racing will be
inaugurated at Tijuana, Lower Califor-
mia, on Christmas day was made by
w. T. Tobias and Harry j. Moore, two
directors of the company that holds
concession for racing rights there.
GENERAL
AT Corsicana, Tex, Allen Cooley,
charged with seduction, was shot by
Miss Alma Morgan, the prosecuting
witness, in the District Court room.
George Burkitt was discharged from
his position as assistant postmaster
at Winnetka, ILL.,. on Nov. 4 by Post
master A. n. Kloepfer, but was or
dered reinstated by President Wilson.
Bills prohibiting publication of liq-
uor advertisements in Georgia and lin
iting the amount of liquor individuals
may have shipped into the state, were
passed by the lower House of the Leg
| islature.
Details of the murder of Joseph w.
Tays near San Blaz, Sinaloa, Mexico,
are contained in letter received at
Ell Paso, Tex, by ]. w. Tays from his
brother, L. H. Tays, father of the mur.
dered man.
The election of former Congressman
Augustus o. Stanley of Henderson,
Democrat, as governor of Kentucky, is
conceded in a statement issued by
Edwin p Morrow of Somerset, Repub-
lican gubernatorial candidate.
Mrs. Cashmere Pera of San Fran.
cisco is strong believer in the Roose-
veltian policies. She has become the
hale and hearty mother of her eight
eenth child. Six are still living under