Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09
FOREIGN

bishop of Amiens, died at Amiens,
France.
| Lord Rothschild, head of the Eng
lish branch of the Rothschild family.
died in his London home.
| General Villa is reported from Mon
terey to have received and acknowl-
edged a contribution of 100000 pesos
from Monterey merchants.
At Naco. Sonora, where the Scott
agreement was entered into, the Villa
general, Jose Maytorena. has ordered
the Americans out of town.
England is very close to prohibi-
ton. King Georges letter to Lloyd
George has given the prohibition
movement tremendous boost.
The Russky Lovoe prints note in
timating that the Russian government
has been approached through neutral
channels with overtures from Austria
for separate peace without Ger
many's knowledge.
The British steamer Southpoint, the
crew of which was landed at Lisbon,
was not lost in a storm, as at first
reported, but was sunk by the German
submarine U-28, sixty miles off Cape
Finisterre, according to Reuter- dis
patch from Lisbon.
The United States authorities at
Vera Cruz, Mexico, have been instruct
ed by Secretary Bryan to take steps
looking to the release of the steamer
BenIto Juarez, OF American registry,
which has been held by Carranza
forces at Acapulco, Mexico, since
March 16.
The capacity of Great Britain in
meeting the financial burdens imposed
by the war is indicated in the treas.
ury returns for the fiscal year just
ended. The returns show that the
revenue for the year amounted to ST.
1873, ,470.400. an increase of nearly $142.-
| 100000 over the revenue of the prev
ious year.
| AS result of the Navy Depart
ment's authorization of $4,000 for the
work of raising the submarine F4, be-
lieved to be waterlogged on the ocean
bed just outside the harbor entrance,
officials at Honolulu. under the leader
ship of Lieutenant c. E. Smith. sub
marine flotilla commander, have made
plans for salvage operations on big
scale.
I'VE are fighting Germany, Austria
and drink, and, SO far as l can see,
the greatest of these three deadly
foes is drink" said David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
replying to a deputation of the Ship
Building Employers federation, the
members OF which were unanimous in
urging that, in order to meet the ma
tional requirements at the present
time, there should be total prohibf
ton during the period of the war OF
the sale of intoxicating liquors.
SPORTING NEWS
The woman's golf schedule for 1915
of the Colorado Springs Golf Club con.
tains a greater variety of play than
those of former years.
Harry Riede Of Aspen and Harry
Lewis of Denver fought a ten-round
draw at Florence, Colo. Riede had a
shade the better of the fight. The
boys are lightweights.
Before $500 spectators, the largest
crowd that ever witnessed a ball game
in Florence, Colo. the Denver Bears
defeated the Chicago White SoX in a
close and exciting game by a score
of 4 to l.
Cheyenne. Laramie, Longmont,
Loveland, Greeley and Windsor will
have baseball teams of about the
same caliber, and the rivalry between
them is expected to endure throughout
the season.
GENERAL
Four lives were lost and 100000
damages caused as a result of a fire
which practically destroyed the village
of Norfolk in St. Lawrence county
n. Y.
The killing in Mexico of two Ameri
cans, which hitherto has not been
made public, and of two Turkish citi
zens recently, was made known at E.
Paso. Texas.
John Brisben Walker, formerly a
magazine publisher in New York. now
retired to a Colorado estate, announc
es through the Editor and Publisher
an offer to give site of forty acres
at Mount Morrison, Colo, to establish
home for newspaper men.
Thirteen thousand dollars has been
sent to the grand lodges of Masons In
eight European countries for the re
lief of suffering or destitute Masons
there, according to a report issued al
Cincinnati, Ohio, by the executive
committee of the Masonic War Relief
Association of the United States.
Mrs. Maude McElheney, widow o.
George b. McElheney, former post
ter at Louisburg, Kan, who was slain
by shot through the window of hi:
4 home Oct. IA, 1912, testifying for the