The Ordway new era., 1915-12-24
FOREIGN

The Bulgarians lost $4,000 In the
Cerna river lighting. according to ad'
vices received Mt Amsterdam.
1t is reported from Rome that King
Peter OF Serbia, driven from his coun'
TRY by the Teutonic invasion, will
take refuge in Italy.
Destruction of \ German Zeppelin
and the death OF the entire crew was
reported by travellers arriving at Am
sterdam from Brussels.
The Manchu prince. lim Lun, has
been named Hs chai: man of the coun-
ell Of state mt Pekius. succeeding LII
Yuan Hung. whose resignation WAS
automatically accepted.
Mrs. Herbert II. Asquith, wife OF
the premier. appeared as a plaintiff
in chancefy court in London. de-
mandlng an order II restrain the
Globe from the publication IF alleged
libels.
A Reuter- dispntct. from p etrograd
says the Russian finance ministry has
prepared a bill providing for a general
increase in direct and indirect taxa
ton. It Is expected to result in an
increase in revenues of GSG,00o, ,0JO
rubles annually. VS.
II was officially announced In Lon.
don by the private secretary to Earl
Kitchener, British secretary OF war.
that the report OF the engagement Of
Earl Kitchener to the Dowager Count,
ess of Mimic was untrue. The an
nouncement says: "The report is alb.
solutely untrue and without any foun.
A sensation was caused in the Hun.
garian parliament on Dec. by the
speech Of Count Karolyi. leader of the
Independence party, demanding that
the government should make peace
proposals to the enemy powers. ac-
cording to letter received by the
London Morning Post from Budapest.
Gen. Pablo Gonzales. commander of
Mexico City for the de facto govern
ment, received telegram that the
head of Gen. Juan d. Hernandez,
former intimate friend OF President
Porfirio Diaz and relative OF Gen.
Huerta, was being shipped to him
from Esperanza. state OF Vera Cruz.
as a christmas present"
Viscount Alverstone, former lord
chief Justice of England, is dead.
Viscount Alverstore was one OF the
most popular, human and many.sided
men In British public life. While Oh
the circuit at Newcastle in 1912 Lord
Alverstone was seized with serious
heart attack. and his continued i'll
health led to his resignation.
SPORTING NEWS
Art Smith did the "dippy twist" and
his other aerial insanity" stunts for
the inmates of Agnews state insane
asylum near Santa Clara, Cal.
Walter Spring, star tackle of the
University OF Colorado and selected
for the All-Colorado team by a vote
of the coaches, WIS elected to the
captaincy OF the '16 eleven.
Charles p. Taft has set price on
the Cubs. 1t was admitted by au-
thoritative sources in Chicago, and the
deal for their sale 20 Charles Weegh-
man. owner Of the Chicago Federals.
will go through as soon as the base.
ball plans are perfected.
That is certainly sweet music for
the ear of the minor league owner"
declared Pa Rourke, owner of the
Omaha Western league club, when
the news that peace in baseball was
assured was broken to him at
Omah1.
Expressing the 1esire to fly once
before retiring to a quiet life" Mrs.
Lulu Comstock, aged "A years, of San
Dieho. Cal. arranged for a flight with
Aviator Anton Meyrrhoffer. Jr, that
ended with the falling of the flying
boat into the waters of San Diego bay
and the death of the woman. Meyer.
hotter escaped with only few slight
bruises.
GENERAL
Two hundred tons Of gold. worth
slo2 100000. and occupying the space
of three cords of wood. are stored in
New York.
Gen. Francisco Villa, virtually q
prisoner of his eleven generals at
chihuahua, faced deposition as leader
OF the rebels and possibly deportation
from Mexico.
Exports valued at $1Ss.03G.45S, by
far the largest volume ever shipped
from an American Port during n sin
gle month. left New York harbor dur
ing November
Former Senator Hale of Maine Is
seriously Ill of paralysis at his home
in Washington. Owing to his ad-
vanced age--79 years-little hope is
held out for his recovery.
The sale of alcoholic liquors in Mex
leo City has been forbidden for ninety
days by decree issued by the gov.
ernor of the federal district, accord
ing to advices reaching the Mexican
consulate at Galveston. Tex.
1t was learned authoritatively in
New York that high official of one