The Colorado statesman., 1915-09-25
Foreign


the lower levels.
Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Joachim
were slightly injured in an automobile
accident, according to Berlin dis
patches.
Three more nations, Bulgaria, Ru-
mania and Greece, may plunge into
the world war before the first snow
falls in the Balkans
Ankerwycke, the historic mansion
in Wraysbury, England, in whose
grounds King Henry VIII. wooed Anne
Boleyn. was destroyed by fire.
Count Won Bernstorff has been Civ
ent power to settle with the United
States. and agreements may soon be
signed in Washington ending disputes
with Germany over submarines
bulletin issued by the internation-
al institute of agriculture at Rome,
says the crop of cereals this year in
the northern hemisphere exceeds 1884,
100000 quintals, the average crop of
the last five years.
Food prices have increased about 35
per cent in England since the declara-
tion of war
The Rome Tribuna announces that
the monument erected in Trent to the
memory of Dante, and considered to
be masterpiece of sculpture, has
been demolished by the Austrians in
order that the bronze may be used for
making cannon.
The greatest war budget in the
worlds history was introduced in the
House of Commons by Reginald Nc
Kenna, chancellor of the eXchequer, as
another step toward financing the
war, which is now costing Great
Britain nearly s25,0OO,0OO daily.
Multiple eruptions of the Italian vol
canoes are now occurring, says dis
patch from Rome. Vesuvius, Aetna
and Stromboli are all active, a singu-
lar phenomenon never before record
ed. None of the eruptions, however,
is of a character to cause alarm.
The Greek steamer Athinai was de-
stroyed by fire at sea with the loss of
only one life, according to a message
received by the Marine Department at
Halifax, N. S. The steamer Tuscania
and the steamer Roumanian Prince
siXty-one others.
Sporting News
By defeating Del Norte 6 to 8, Mon
te Vista won the championship of the
San Luis valley.
August Hermann, chairman of the
National Baseball Commission, said
the world series probably would start
on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Dario Resta, winner of this years
Vanderbilt cup and grand prize auto
race, drove his car over the new two
mile track at Sheepshead Bay, n. Y,
for 10 miles, in 5:32 4-5, an estimated
speed of 10S.03 miles an hour.
Juanita M. Edgar, who won the
handsome silver cup for the one-and-
a-half-mile relay race for women at
the Fort Morgan fair, has esta blished
record for riding that, so far as
known, has never been equaled by one
of her sex.
New Orleans fight promoters stated
that they have contracts signed by
Charlie White of Chicago and Joe Man.
dot of that city, lightweights, for
ten-round bout Nov. /, and that Willie
Ritchie has signed to meet the winner
of the White-Mandot match on
Nov. 25.
Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway and
Miss Carey e. Neeley of Chicago cap
tured the finals in the ladies' doubles
of the tri-state tennis tourney at Gin.
cinnati, Ohio. They defeated Mrs
Malcolm McNeill, Jr., of Chicago and
Miss Ruth Sanders of Cincinnati in
straight sets, 6-1, 60.
General
William H. Baker, chocolate manu-
facturer and banker, died at his home
at Winchester, Va.
Five defendants were convicted
thirty-five acquitted and one mis-trial
was the verdict of the jury in the so
called election fraud trial at Corpus
Christi, Tex.
Elmer Hughes, %, was married at
Prescott, Mich, to Mrs. Emma Mar
vim, 54 years old. The bride is moth
er of five children and grandmother
of four.
DR.. Susan La Flesch Picotte, 49, for
many years prominent as a physician
and missionary worker among the In
dians of Nebraska and adjoining
states, died at her home at Waithill,
Neb.
The congregation of the Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, is to stand by the
Rev Newell Dwight Hills in his eff
forts to straighten out his tangled
financial affairs.
The proposed mammoth credit loan
to Great Britain and France, accord
ing to reports, is to be underwritten
by large syndicate of American
financiers and bankers.
A large colony of horsemen, with
more than 400 trotters and pacers