The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-04-01
FOREIGN

An official parliamentary report on
the earthquake of Jan. IL gives the
number OF deaths thus far reported as
29,978.
A financial report issued in London
by the American commission for re-
lief in Belgium shows that foodstuffs
of total value of $40, 100000 have been
delivered in Belgium since the incep-
tion of the commissions work.
The British government has re-
fused the request of the United States
that an American consular officer be
permitted to take station at the port
of Kirkwall, Scotland, to report on
American cargo ships detained there.
Cardinal Anthony Agliardi, chancel-
lor of the Catholic church and sub
dean of the sacred college, died in
Rome at the age of eightythree years.
He was the titular bishop of Albano
and was proclaimed cardinal in
1896.
Pope Benedict, accompanied by the
members OF the papal court. went to
the Pauline chapel in Rome and in
the presence of few thousand dis
tinguished persons, including members
of the aristocracy and the diplomatic
corps and high ecclesiastics, re-
peated his prayer for peace.
Col E. NJ. House of New York and
Texas reached Berlin from London
and at once went into a long confer
ence with James w. Gerard, the
American ambassador. Col. House will
10 in
Berlin. Col. House is working in the
interest of possible peace.
most pathetic figure at Berne Is
the aged Baroness De Magnanville of
Paris, who is asking the aid of the
Swiss government to obtain the lib
Grafton of her husband. aged 80. after
offering a ransom of 10000. The Ger
mans took Baron De Magnanville as
a hostage near Noyon several months
ago.
The American submarine F-4, lost
Thursday off Honolulu harbor. was To-
Gated Friday. Heroic efforts were
made to raise the stricken craft, but,
after having been submerged for more
than thirty hours, it was regarded as
highly doubtful whether any of her
crew OF twenty-one men remained
alive.
All the men at Gulpashan, large
village near Urumiah, Persia, have
been shot by Kurds. the women VIC
lated, an American missionary beaten
and sixty-five refugees taken from the
French and American missions have
been hanged on gibbets erected in the
mission yards. according to cable
gram received in New York by the
Presbyterian board of foreign mis-.
sions.
SPORTING NEWS
Governor Hunt vetoed bill pro.
viding for the establishment of the
pari mutuel system of betting on horse
races in Arizona.
Battling Nelson continues his come
back as a regular fighter. At Havana
he went twenty-five rounds against
Jimmie Freyer. and at the conclusion
of the fight won the referees deci
sion.
Viewlaw, the favorite, won the Lin.
colnshire handicap, the first big event
of the British fit racing season. Lord
Annandale and Polycrates were sec
ond and third, respectively. Twenty
three horses ran.
Fred Eames, Denver defeated
Lloyd Jevne, Salt Lake City, so to 43,
in the first of the matches in the
worlds three-cushion billiard cham
pionship tournament. Both made
high runs of five.
The name of new champion-Wal
been written in the American Bowling
Congress records. Shooting in the
singles on late shift at Peoria, ILL.,,
Pierce swept down III pins. topping
by six the former record of 705. made
by Tom Haley of Detroit. in 1910. He
,ok the tournament lead away from
Walter Cook of Philadelphia, who had
697.
The schedule of tournament dates
officially sanctioned by the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa.
ton for 1856 was given out in New
York by Robert ID. Wrenn. president,
and included the following: Aug 30,
Denver Country Club, Denver, Colo
rado state championship: Sept. 10.
Panama-Pacific exposition grounds,
San Francisco, California state cham
pionship.
GENERAL
Col. Miguel Samaniego captured
Moctezuma. Sonora, March 16, looted
the town and continued eastward with
plunder valued at $25,0O0.
The Vermont Legislature passed an
act providing for eugenic marriages.
A fine Of $500 is fixed for any person
who weds without fulfilling the re-
quirements of the law.
Former Judge l.. s. Roam of Atlanta,
who tried and sentenced Leo NJ.