The Holly chieftain., 1915-04-09
Foreign


Lord Rothschild, head of the Eng
lish branch of the Rothschild family,
died in his London home
Mark p. Robinson, capitalist and
vice president of the First National
Bank of Hawaii. shot and killed him
self at Honolulu.
A bomb which had failed to explode
was found in the garden of the Greek
legation at Sofia, close to the Bul:
garian minister's private office.
The pay department of the British
army now employs nearly 700 officers
and about 1000 clerks. This is nearly
ten times as many people as were re-
quired for the work in times of peace
The British steamer South Pacific,
bound from Glasgow for New York,
was sunl, in--collision with an un-
known vessel off Arran, an island on
the west coast of Scotland. The crew
was saved.
The British steamer Southpoint, the
crew of which was landed at Lisbon,
was not lost in q storm, as at first
reported, but was sunk by the German
submarine U-2S. sixty miles off Cape
Finisterre. according to Reuter- dis
patch from Lisbon.
The capacity of Great Britain in
meeting the financial burdens imposed
by the war is indicated in the treas.
ury returns for the fiscal year Just
ended. The returns show that the
revenue for the year amounted to g..
133, ,470, 400, an increase of nearly 3142,-
100000 over the revenue of the prev
ious year.
As result OF the Navy Depart
ment's authorization of $4,000 for the
work of raising the submarine F-4. be-
lieved to be waterlogged on the ocean
bed just outside the harbor entrance,
officials at Honolulu, under the leader
ship of Lieutenant C. E. Smith, sub
marine flotilla commander. have made
plans for salvage operations on big
scale.
Sporting News
Gori Miraki. a Japanese, was chosen
to captain the 1915 Knox College base
ball team at an election at Galesburg,
Ill.
The Chicago Sox won the first
game Of the Denver series at Denver,
IA to /, and the second game, 10 to
to 9.
"Hughie" Penney, wideIy-known
horseman, died at hospital at Balti-
more. Md. He was a jockey in his
younger days.
The woman's golf schedule for 1915
Of the Colorado Springs Golf Club con-
tains greater variety Of play than
those Of former years.
Harry Riede of Aspen and Harry
Lewis Of Denver fought ten-round
draw at Florence, Colo. Riede had q
shade the better of the fight. The
boys are lightweights.
The Leadville boxing fans are all
banking on James Mcmahon, the
heavyweight amateur champion Of
last winters D. A. C. tourney. to win
the first prize in the triangular meet
between the Denver, Kansas City and
Salt Lake City teams.
General
Four lives were lost and 5000. 900
damages caused as result of fire
which practically destroyed the village
of Norfolk in st. Lawrence county,
N. Y.
The killing in Mexico of two Ameri-
cans, which hitherto has not been
made public, and of two Turkish citi-
zens recently, was made known at Ell
Paso, Texas.
Three persons perished in the
storm that covered Richmond, Va,
and the surrounding country with a
blanket of snow and practically cut
the city off from communication with
the outside world.
The most bitter mayoralty cam.
paign in many years came to a close
in Chicago with two parades which, in
size and interest, compared with any
which, in other years, have attended
presidential elections.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Elifer of the
village of Lanark, near Freeport, ILL.,,
celebrated the seventy-sixth anniyer-
sary of their marriage. They are said
to be the only couple in the United
States who have lived together that
length of time.
Mrs. Maude McElheney, widow of
George B. McElheney, former post
ter at Louisburg, Kan, who was slain
by a shot through the window of his