The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-04-02
FOREIGN

number OF deaths thu far reported a.
29,97S.
A financial report issued In London
by the American commission for re-
lief In Belgium shows that foodstuffs
OF a total value OF $40, 200. 900 have been
delivered In Belgium since the incep-
ton OF the commissions work.
rhe British government has re-
fused the request Of the United States
that an American consular officer be
permitted TO take station at the port
Of Kirkwall, Scotland, to report on
American cargo ships detained there.
Cardinal Anthony Agliardi, chancel-
lor OF the Catholic church and sub
dean Of the sacred college, died in
Rome at the age OF eighty-three years.
He vas the titular bishop OF Albano
and was proclaimed a cardinal in
1896.
Pope Benedict. accompanied by the
members OF the papal court, went to
the Pauline chapel In Rome and in
the presence Of a few thousand dis
tinguished persons. including members
of the ~aristooracy and the diplomatic
corps and high ecclesiastics, re-
peated his prayer for peace.
Col. Il. NJ. House OF New York and
Texas reached Berlin from London
and at once went into a long confer
ence with James w. Gerard, the
American ambassador. Col. House will
be the ambassadors guest while in
Berlin. Col. House is working In the
interest OF possible peace.
A most pathetic figure at Berne is
the aged Baroness De MagnSnville Of
Paris, who is asking the nd Of the
Swiss government to obtain the lib
GRAFTON Of her husband, aged so, after
offering a ransom Of $4,000. The Ger
mans took Baron De Magnanville as
a hostage near Noyon several months
ago.
The American submarine F4, lost
Thursday off Honolulu harbor, was To-
Gated Friday. Heroic efforts we're
made to raise the stricken craft, but,
after having been submerged for more
than thirty hours, It was regarded as
highly doubtful whether any Of her
crew OF twenty-one men remained
alive.
All the men at Gulpashan, a large
village near Urumiah, Persia, have
been shot by Kurds, the women VIC
lated, an American missionary beaten
and sixty.five refugees taken from the
French and American missions have
been hanged on gibbets erected in the
mission yards, according to a cable
gram received in New York by the
Presbyterian board Of foreign mis-.
sions.
SPORTING NEWS
Governor Hunt vetoed a bill pro-
viding for the establishment Of the
pari mutuel system of betting on horse
races In Arizona.
Battling Nelson continues his come
back as a regular fighter. At Havana
he went twenty-five rounds against
Jimmie Freyer, and at the conclusion
OF the fight won the referees decL
sion.
Viewlaw, the f~ayorite, won the Lin
colnshire handicap. the first big event
Of the British 1T racing season. Lord
A~nnandale and P~olycrates we're SEQ
ond and third, respectively. Twenty
three horses ran.
Fred Eames, Denver, defeated
Lloyd Jevne, Salt Lake City. so to 4s.
In the first OF the matches In the
worlds ~three-cushion billiard cham
pionshiD tournament. Both made
high runs Of five.
The name Of a new champion-Wal.
lace Il. Pierce Of Pueblo, Colo.-has
been written in the American Bowling
Congress records. Shooting in the
singles on a late shift at Peoria, ILL.,,
Pierce swept down III pins, topping
BY six the former record OF 705, made
by Tom Haley OF Detroit, In 1910. He
iok the tournament lead away from
Walter Cook Of Philadelphia .tYho had
697.
The schedule OF tournament dates
officially sanctioned by the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa,
ton for 19lC16 was given out in New
York by Robert ID. Wrenn. president
and included the following: Aug. 80
Denver Country Club. Denver, Colo
RADIO state championship; Sept. 10
Panama.Pacific exposition grounds
San Francisco, California state cham
pionship.
GENERAL
Col. Miguel samaniego captured
MocteEuma, Sonora, March 10, looted
he town and continued eastward will
plumber valued at S25, 900.
The Vermont Legislature passed Oh
act providing for eugenic marriages
A fine OF $500 Is fixed for any persol
who weds without fulfilling the re
quirements OF the law.
Former Judge L. S. Roam Of Atlanta
who tried and sentenced Leo NJ
Frank for the murder OF Mary phagan