The Colorado statesman., 1915-10-02
FOREIGN

Al lhieIy pllS nave Deen uuS Oh lne
hills back of El Paso, fronting Juarez.
Earthquakes caused panics among
the people of Messina and Rome, but
no serious damage has been reported.
Vice Admiral Leone Viale, Italian
minister of marine, has resigned, and
will be succeeded by Premier Salan-
dra Professionally.
Projected enterprises of the Japan
ese government amounting to $40, ,OO0,-
600 will be postponed, partly, at least,
by the decrease in revenues.
England will require every German,
Turk and Austrian of military age in
London who has not been granted ex-
emption, to surrender to the police.
Two hospitals for cholera patients
have been established by the Red
Cross Society of China in Shanghai to
take care of the large number Of
Chinese affected by cholera.
General Funston has ordered a bat
terry of mountain artillery to the Mexi-
can border near Progreso, Tex. Five
hundred Mexicans are massing near
that point on their side.
The Association of German Trades
unions publishes statistics showing
that from the outbreak of the war un-
til Oct 81 of last year 12,7OO,OOO marks
tS3,175,OOO), was paid for the relief of
the unemployed.
The Overseas News Agency at Ber-
lin reports: Information has been
received from Petrograd picturing con-
ditions there as serious. Facilities
for taking food supplies to the capi-
tai are inadequate, and only 153 cars
of wheat and flour reached the city
in August as compared with 2,132 in
May"
Nubar Pasha, diplomatic representa-
tive in Paris of the Katholikos, or
head of the Armenian church. has
written DR.. M. Symbad Gabriel, presi.
dent of the Armenian General Pro-
gressive Association in the United
States, that he estimated that $50, 900
Armenians had been put to death in
Turkey and 100000 rendered home
less, out Of population of 10000
SPORTING NEWS
Ire worlds championship baseball
series will start at Chicago Oct 6.
Eastern wagers on the worlds cham
pionship series are to on the Red
Sox.
Denver will offer good Gard of
trotting and pacing races at Overland
Park, Oct. to g.
Bennie Chaves knocked out Young
Wright Morgan of Pittsburg at Trini-
dad, Colo, in ten rounds.
Joie Ray of the Illinois Athletic
Club of Chicago covered his mile run
in 4:19 2-5 at Travers island
The decision in the Waugh Wolgast
bout at Shreveport. La, was given to
Waugh on foul in the sixth round.
The American Association mag.
mates in session at Chicago decided
upon a 154-game schedule for next
year and player limit of sixteen.
Hoyle, black gelding, broke the
state record for five-eighths of a mile,
running, at the Las Animas county
fair at Trinidad, by going it in 1902
flat
Art Smith, who entertained San
Francisco Fair visitors early in the
season with aviation exploits, sur
passed his record at the Illinois State
Fair at Springfield by, making seven
teen perpendicular loops
GENERAL
John w. Boolwalter, philanthropist
II, of Springfield, O., is dead
AS a result of the slide last week,
forty-three ships are tied up at the
anama canal.
Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, wife OF
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. died
suddenly at the family home at Ma,
hant
Mayor Lindsey OF Dallas. Tex,
gave it out in New York that the
South wanted the next Democratic ma.
tional convention.
The sailing vessel Albania cleared
from New York with cargo of flour
destined for Albania, where many are
reported to be starving
Fifty persons killed and 200 9th.
ers injured is the report from Ard.
more, Okla, as the result of the ex.
plosion of a car of gasoline.
Eleven mine workers were en-.
tombed at the Coaldale colliery of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
at Coaldale, Pa, as the result of fall
of rock.
Another subway cave-in in New
York City, in Broadway near Thirty
eighth street, resulted in the death Of
one and the severe injury of three
others.
Three persons were killed and
four injured when Missouri Pacific
passenger and freight trains collided
head-on near Oreapolis, Neb., Friday
morning.
Private Butterfield was killed and