Gilpin observer., 1915-12-09
Foreign


queen of Spain was given at the Amer
lean embassy at Madrid.
Earth shocks were felt Sunday
morning in Latium, at Foil, Frosinone,
Genna, Caprino and Tivoli. There was
neither loss of property nor damage
to property.
Premier BRAND is authority for the
statement that the government has no
intention of appointing a successor to
Gen. Joffre, in command of the armies
on the French front.
Destruction of large ammunition
an explosion, with the loss of several
hundred lives, is reported in mes.
sage from Holding, Denmark, to Co
penhagen.
The ministry of finances has pre-
sented to the council of ministers
summary of the economic situation in
Russia, which says that the grain har.
vest for the current year was about
350,000,OOO bushels above the five-year
average.
Representatives of the Centrum
party introduced a resolution in the
budget committee of the Reichstag
providing for so per cent increase
in the pay of German soldiers. Pri.
Yates in the German army now receive
so pfennigs (71a cents day.
The London Posts Budapest CORE
spondent dwells on the peace talk
there. He telegraphs' The Ford
peace mission is highly lauded in Hun.
gary, the Pesti-Hirlap saying Ford is
the first American millionaire to in
vest money as a respectable scheme
for humanitarian aims '"
Emperor Yoshihito reviewed the
Japanese fleet at Yokohama, in con-
nection with the celebration of his
coronation. The United States cruiser
Saratoga, flagship of the Asiatic fleet.
had the place of honor opposite the
new 30,000-ton Japanese battleship
Fuse.
Jeff McCarn, United States district
attorney for the district of Hawaii,
has resigned and his resignation has
been accepted by President Wilson.
McCarn announces that he will re-
turn to Tennessee, his home state, and
contest for the Democratic nomination
for United States senator.
Half the population of England Is
engaged in producing wax munitions
to aid the 100000 men in the fight.
ing lines in a war which is costing
Great Britain $1,OO0,0OO an hour, the
Hon. r. H Brand, financial agent OF
David Lloyd George, minister of muni
at Ottawa, Can.
Sporting News
Yale defeated Columbia at soccer
football at New Haven, Conn, / to O.
Harry Doc) McChesney, aged So,
one of the best known football players
in the country a decade ago, is dead
at his home at Pittsburs.
At New Orleans, La, Kid Williams
of Baltimore, worlds bantamweight
champion" and frankie Burns of Jer.
sey City, fought twenty rounds to a
draw in their battle for the title.
Eddie McGoorty, middleweight OF
tralia, has scored his fifth successive
knockout, according to cablegram
received by friends in Chicago.
Ritchie Mitchell, Milwaukee light.
weight boxer, posted $1,000 forfeit
with Tom Andrews, promoter, to back
up a challenge to Freddie Welsh for
the championship, a $1,000 side bet
and any part of the purse promoter.
may offer him.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, cham
pion featherweight pugilist, and his
manager, Jimmy Dunn of Cleveland,
were indicted by the Lorain county
grand jury at Elyria, Ohio, for assault
and battery on Jack Garvey, a Cleve-
land fight manager
If Fred Fulton, who is mentioned
prominently as Jess Willards next op.
ponent, faces the champion heavy.
weight in New Orleans next March. the
resultant bout will be between giants.
Willard stands six feet six inches and
weighs close to 240 pounds in fighting
condition. Fulton is trifle over six
feet four inches and scales about 223
pounds when in ring coqtume.
General
Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist
and writer of books on nature, an.
nounced his resignation as chief scout
OF the Boy Scouts of America.
Germany has asked for reasons for
the removal of the two attaches of the
Germany embassy. 1t is understood
that the State Department will ignore
the request.
Thirty-one Of the fifty-four men
named in the forty-six labor extortion
and conspiracy indictments returned
at Chicago, were granted reduction
in bail by Judge Richard Burke in the
Criminal Court, to $500 on each in.
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