Gilpin observer., 1915-12-16
Foreign


to purchase American securities, pay
ing for them in five-year per cent
exchequer bonds.
At Honolulu, T. H., Lieut.. Col.
Charles S. Bromwell, head of the
army engineer corps, shot and fatally
wounded himself.
Peace manifestations have occurred
not only at Berlin, but at Dresden and
Leipzig, according to the German cor
respondent of the Berne Tagwacht.
Germany bowed to the wishes Of
President Wilson in the cases of Cap
tains Boy-Ed and Won Papen. The
Kaiser personally recalled the unwel-
come attaches.
1t is stated at The Hague that
neither encouragement, recognition
nor support in any shape or form will
be offered to the Ford peace party by
The Netherlands government
That at least 100000 men have
answered Lord perby's call for volun-
teers was the report in official circles
in London, following the close of Ems
lands greatest recruiting campaign.
Elisea Arredondo, Gen. Carranza's S
confidential representative in Wash
ington, has been selected to be the
next ambassador from Mexico to the
United States
Argentine newspapers speak in
eulogistic terms of President Wilson's s
message. La Prensa regards it as
being equal in Importance to the
enunciation Of the Monroe doctrine.
The munitions factories of the Bel
gian government at Havre, France,
were destroyed by an explosion. Ex-
tensive damage was done. One thou
sand persons were injured in the ex-
plosion but the number of deaths was
comparatively small.
DR.. Romula S. Naon, the Argentine
ambassador to the United States, who
is at Buenos Ayres on Ieave OF ap-
sence, has been appointed ambassador
extraordinary to represent Argentina
on the occasion of the Inauguration on
Dec. 25 of the new president of Chile,
Juan Luis Fuentes.
The Berlin morning papers publish
special wireless dispatch from New
York to the semi-official Wolff bureau
stating that public opinion in America
is greatly stirred against Germany by
the alleged German attaches on Amer.
ican neutrality and against ammuni.
ton factories ard by reason of the
disclosures at the trials of Germans
recently held
Sporting News
Freddie Andrews of Milwaukee de-
feated Matty McCue of Racine in q
ten-round contest at Kenosha, Wis.
Fred Hill of Boston and Alfred Gren.
da of Australia, the American-Austral
ian team, won the twenty-third annual
six-day bicycle race in Madison Square
Garden, New York.
A large steel battle plane of a new
type was given an exhaustive flying
test at Readville, Mass, by Lieut. By.
ron o. Jones OF the United States
army, in the presence of other officers
and members of the aviation corps OF
the Rhode Island National Guard
The act of Congress forbidding the
AAhPOl ldliou Vi
tion of moving picture films of prize
fight, was declared constitutional by
the U. S. Supreme Court AS result
the Jack Johnson-Jess Willard pic.
lures will not be seen in this coun.
try.
In an exhibition contest at Long
Beach, Cal, which some tennis enthu
siasts insisted would decide the won.
an world champion, Mrs May Sutton
Bundy, former titleholder, defeated in
three sets Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the
present singles champion, G-3, 1-6, So
Miss Bjuratedt had won from Mrs
Bundy at San Francisco early in No
vember. Mrs. Bundy evened the play.
ing by winning at Long Beach in an
exhibition match Thanksgiving day.
General
November exports through the New
York port broke all records by ex
ceeding $1S0,000,000 in value.
Representatives of a group of Rus
sian banks are negotiating with bank
ers in New York for a new credit tc
the amount of sG0,000,0O0.
The Atlantic seaboard from Virginia
to Canada, the upper Ohio and Missis
sippi valleys and the Great Lakes re
gion were generally snow covered
Monday.
Francis Marion Cockrell, former
United States senator from Missouri
died in Washington. Infirmities of old
age, resulting in serious illness dur
ing the past two weeks, caused death
He was 81 years old.
A jury in Justice Hendricks part oi
the New York Supreme Court award
ed verdict of $12,500 to Herman
Feldman, who, while employed by the
Washburn Wire Company, in 1914
lost leg in a scrap binding machine
The Texas g. Pacific railroad must
pay $l5,250 to the heirs of ] T. Bigger