Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-11-12
FOREIGN

pnuemonia.
Owing to the high prices of food In
Germany, neutrals are leaving that
country for Switzerland.
The sixteenth son of President Yuan
Shi Kai was born at Peking. The
president now has thirty-one children.
The British steamer, Rio Lagos, re-
ported on fire at sea, arrived at Hall
fax, N. S. The fire in No. 2 hold was
burning briskly.
A return to the monarchical form
Of government in China with Presi-
dent Yuan Shi Kai as Emperor is
practically assured.
Another vote of credit will be in
troduced in the house of commons.
In announcing this fact Premier AS
quith did not mention the amount. 1t
is expected to be $3.50 100000.
Some of the Swedish provincial
ernment will soon convene peace
congress at The Hague or at Malmo.
according to a dispatch from Copen-
hagen.
Berlin has observed its first meat
less day." That food is becoming
scarce in Germany is indicated by the
appeal of Strassburg editor which
raises the question of Germany's
ability to hold out.
A statue to the late Capt. Robert r.
Scott, the Antarctic explorer, was un-
veiled in Waterloo place, London, by
A. j. Balfour, first lord of the ad-
miralty. The statue was executed by
Lady Scott, widow of the explorer,
George Cave, Unionist member Of
parliament, has been appointed solic-
itor general in succession to Sir Fred
erick Edward Smith. who has taken
the portfolio of attorney general.
made vacant by the recent resignation
of Sir Edward Carson.
SPORTING NEWS
Two military aeroplanes collided
while making landing at lie Bourget,
France. They caught fire and the
four aviators manning the machine,
were burned to death.
frankie Burns of Jersey City has
agreed to terms to meet Kid Williams
of Baltimore, the bantamweight cham.
pion, in a twenty-round bout for the
worlds bantamweight title at New
Orleans Nov. 80.
Peter Scott, winner of the $4,000
2:10 trot of the Panama Pacific expo
sition fall harness races, disposed OF
a high-class field of trotters in the
2:30 class by winning the first two
heats with plenty to spare.
Featherweight Champion Johnny
Kilbane, and his manager, Jimmy
Dunn. were held for the grand jury
under $500 at Elyria, Ohio. on assault
and battery charges preferred by J.
II. Garvey, manager of Gilbert Yankee.
Students of the Universities of H.
linois, Iowa. Indiana, Wisconsin and
Ohio have voted overwhelmingly
against the rule of the Western con-
ference forbidding athletes to accept
remuneration for playing baseball
during the summer.
Jess Willard, for the first time since
he became champion heavyweight
pugilist of the world in Havana, will
defend his title in a twenty-round
bout in New Orleans early next
March. Articles for the fight between
Willard and Tommy Burns have been
signed. The agreement guarantees
Willard ss2,5OO. win. lose or draw.
GENERAL
Homer Jones was shot to death by a
sheriff's posse near Durart, Okla, and
his brother, Willard. was fatally
wounded.
A Chicago jury will have to decide
whether it was worth $1,000 to Ber-
nard Mahon, wealthy contractor, to
have nosebleed stopped. That's
what Dr. r. ]. Tivne charged.
Personal and real property in Cook
county, Illinois, is valued at s3,473,
37O,SO6, according to the report of the
board of review prepared for taxation
purposes. Last year the figures were
s2.9S3 ,S61, ,43O.
Miss Margaret Wilson, who is visit
ing in Milwaukee in connection with
the sixty-third annual convention OF
the Wisconsin Teachers Association
was shown three of Milwaukee's big
social centers.
John Finlayson, 103 years old, dis
coverer of Finlayson river and Fin
Iayson lake in Yukon territory, has
applied to the board of trustees of
the Pioneers home at Sitka, Alaska.
for a pension under the Alaska terri
torial law providing for aged pioneers.
"a spanking Administered in the
lap of the PARENTS a mighty good
remedy for silly boys who would &C
on strike because they don't like their
school or teachers" former President
| William Howard Taft told gathering
of schoolboys in New York The pupils
applauded the statement vigorously