The Ordway new era., 1915-11-05
FOREIGN


parties formally announced.
Germany has cut off parcel post
service with the United States.
A German with forged American
passport was courtmartialed In Lon
don.
Premier vivianf and French cabinet
resign. Aristide BRAND to form new
ministry.
King George OF England thrown by
horse and injured while inspecting
troops In France Tg-Jf
1t was rumored in London that
Winston Churchill is about to resign
from the cabinet. ~ 4 '-
Anna Benzet Of Verviers. Belgium.
was sentenced to death ty German
court martial at Liege.
Calls for the overthrow OF Premier
Bratiano OF Rumania were shouted
during u meeting In Bucharest.
1t Is officially announced that
British subject has been sentenced in
the Old Bailey Court to life impris-
Snment for espionage.
Captain Ashmead- Bartlette In n
speech in London to.u the British peo.
pie that there was now no hope Of the
allies making further gains against
the Turks. ..r#E.a. ls..
The ministry Of finance is develop.
Ing plan to establish number of
Russian savings banks In the United
States to receive deposits from Rus
sian nationals there
Japan has decided to adhere to her
original intention not to invite a rep
resentative OF the Christian religion
to the coronation ceremonies of EN-
peror Yoshihito I'm Kioto.
A typhoon In southern L.uzon killed
at least 40 persons and injured near
ly 500. Damage to property and to
the hemp and rice crops Is estimated
at $1,000,OO0. The town OF Tobacco
was wiped out and the railroad washed
away.
A service at st. Paul's cathedral In
London in memory of Miss Edith Ca
veil, tie British nurse who was exc
cuted in Brussels. was attended by a
throng which recalled the funeral OF
Lord Roberts at the cathedral almost
a year ago.
The visit to The Hague of W. 8
Solf, the German colonial secretary,
according to the London Daily Chron
icle, Is connected with negotiations
which the newspaper says, are already
on foot for the calling OF truce In
central Africa.
SPORTING NEWS
Chicago papers print a story that
peace terms have been reached under
which the Federal league and the Ma
tional league will unite.
Fifty-nine young American lives
were sacrificed to baseball during the
season of 1915. according to statistics
compiled by J. r.. Vickery of Chicago.
The University of w. oming defeat
ed the team of the Utah Agricultural
college In midweek -cotball game
played at Laramie. by score OF Is
to Z. ~
Referee Billy Tillman called the
fight between Stanley Yoakum Of
Denver and frankie Burns of Oak
land. Calf. at Ramona, Colo. draw,
at the end of fifteen rounds.
John Prentiss Poe, a famous Prince
ton football player in the early sos,
was killed on Sept. 22 while fighting
as a private in the British army along
the northern boundary of France.
The faculty of Knox college at
Galesburg. ILL.,, decided thst football al
that institution shall be discontinued
at least this year. because OF the death
of Bryan Scott, injured in the game
with st. Louis Oct. l6 aad who later
died.
Ballot, son of Voter, and repute1
one of the greatest thoroughbred race
horses of modern times. brought $15,-
800 at the sale Of stations, brood
mares and yearlings belonging to the
estate of the late James b. Haggin
and quartered at the f mendorf farm,
at Lexington. Ky.
GENERAL
J. P. Morgan OF New York was op.
Grated on for appendicitis.
Governor Hunt of Arizona has Is.
sued a proclamation asl:.Lg relief for
the striking miners.
Evelyn Nesbit was finally served
with subpoena in Harry Thaw's suit
for divorce in New York. She accept
ed service.
The United States Steel corpora
tion declared its regular quarterly
dividend of 1% per cent on the pre-
ferred stock.
Five million dollars In gold sover-
eigns from Canada were received by
the assay office in New York for the
account of J. P. Morgan & Co.
At Peabody, Mass. 81 children, most
of them girls ranging in age from 7
to II years, lost their lives in fire
which destroyed st. Johns Parochial
school.
A jury in the District Court at