The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31
FOREIGN

q ina btedlhsnlp osSuI ~ WIN thS
Ford Peace Party arrived at Christi
ania.
Two Americans were shot. one
fatally, In rioting at Juarez. Mexico,
across the border from El Paso, Tex.
The Gounnris party supporting
King Constantine's neutrality Wo-
gram was returned to power.
Only $4,000 Serbian troops escaped
capture or annihilation at the hands
OF the Austro German Bulgarian
armies. according to adyices received
at Sofia. . ,.,l
The reIchstag passed the second
and third readings of the war credit
OF 10,O00.000,0OO marks the govern
requested. Only nineteen Socialists
voted In the negative. a
Premier Asquith introduced In
parliament the governments bill call.
ing to the colors 1.O00.OO0 additional
troops. bringing the number of Brit
ish soldiers now in service to about
100000
One.third Of the 100000 Greek
voters cast ballots In the parliamen.
tary elections. says Havas dispatch
from Athens filed by the correspond
ent there Out OF 3S.2G3 voters in
SalonikI, 1850 voted.
Italy now has 2,O00.0oO mcl engaged
in the war. and is preparing to add
another million. About COCOON men
are on the fighting line. stretched
along the mountains from Trentino in
the west to the Austrian stronghold
OF Gorizia in the east.
A movement to encourage child
bearing by the mothers OF Germany
Is spreading nll over that country.
Patriotic appeals are being made on
every hand. declaring that the future
of Germany depends on larger fam
lilies, because OF the losses during the
war.
The dedication OF the Woodrow
Wilson Soldiers home took place at
Berne. Switzerland. Several Ameri-
cans from Berne and elsewhere in
Switzerland attended the function
and representatives of the Swiss
army tnd government also were pres
ent
Mussulmans. armed by Bulgars and
Austrians, are inasacring old men and
attacking helpless women In Serbian
Macedonia, the Serbian war office
charged In an official statement. "The
cruelties and excesses are without
precedent" sail the official state
ment -.
Gen. Christian de Wet, one OF the
leaders OF the South African rebel.
ion against the British government in
1914, and who was convicted of trea-
son at Bloemfontein. Union OF South
Africa. last June. has been released
from prison. as have 1ls other high
treason prisoners,- according to dis
patch from Johannesburg.
SPORTING NEWS
Willie Ritchie. former lightweight
defeated Eddie McAndrcws,
=, lightweight. In a Ground bout at
Philadelphia.
Jack Britton of Chicago will substi.
tute for. worlds lightweight Champion
Freddie Welsh, Akron. Ohio. Dec. 90,
against Johnny Griffiths. They will
box twelve rounds at catch weights.
Champion Jess Willard. at Kansas
City, on his way to CHICAGO from
Los Angeles, declared he expects
Fulton to give him hard fight for
the title. The big Kansan says he
has boxed the challenger.
Pete Compton Of the Boston Ma.
tionals signed life contract at Kan.
sas City with Miss Far Smither OF
Kansas City They will leave on
their belated, honeymoon in March
for Miami, Fla, where the Braves will
train.
Johnny o'Leary. lightweight cham
pion OF Canada. has enlisted for nc
seas battalion, according, to word re
ceiyed at Vancouver from Saskatoon
sask A. W. Madden. his manager
also enlisted.
The Denver Revolver Club finished
second with 1872 points in the mill
tary revolver match OF the United
States Revolver Association, II was
announced in New York. The event
was wen by the Pennsylvania state
police team with 1853 points. II,
GENERAL
Charles Chrisdie. famous as
clown and pantomimist half cen
tury ago, died In New York.
Major Robert R. Motion OF Hampton
institute. Hampton, Va, was selected
to succeed Booker T. Washington as
president of Tuskegee institute, Tus,
kegee, Ala.
E. II. Fisk of Helena. Mont, a stu
dent at a medical 'institution at Kinks
vile, Mo. who on Dec. 8 fired bull
let which passed through his heart,
lurg and liver, is well on the road tc
recovery, it was announced by his
physician.
George Faxon, wealthy farmer OF