The Colorado statesman., 1915-11-27
FOREIGN

by the washing away of a bridge over
the Salso river near Licata, Sicily.
The Paris city council has decided
to name streets after Miss Edith Cav.
ell and Emile Despres, executed by
the Germans in Belgium
The Belgian ministers of finance
and justice are about to go to New
York in an endeavor to arrange a
loan, says the Belgische Dagblat.
The Canadian s5O,OOOOOO war loan
was subscribed to freely by banks,
corporations, insurance companies and
individuals, the total surpassing expec.
tations.
The loss in the fire in the annex OF
the Bon Marche. one of the largest
department stores of Paris, is esti.
mated as at least 3O000,OOO francs
($6,000,000).
Officers casualty lists for the fort
night ending Oct. rs show that the
British army in all theaters of war
lost 474 officers killed, S37 wounded
and 147 missing, total of LASS
Ice conditions in Cook inlet are such
that vessels unloading supplies for the
government railroad builders at An
chorage have had to return to Seward,
Alaska, without discharging their car
goes.
At Honolulu, T. H, it was an
nounced that Queen Liliuokalani, the
surviving ruler of Hawaii's day of
royalty, had forwarded as her wedding
gift to Mrs. Norman Gait, the fiancee
of President Woodrow Wilson, a
chiffon scarf of peculiar texture and
design.
The members of the Roman Asso-
citation for the Preservation of the
Faith in the city of Rome were re-
ceived by Pope Benedict on the occa-
sion of his sixty-first birthday The
pope gave $4,000 lire ($5,OO0) to the
sociation.
The official report of the investiga-
tion into the sinking of the Italian
steamship Ancona by submarine
off the Tunisian coast, it was an
nounced, was sent to Thomas Nelson
at Rome. The investigation reached
the conclusion that the submarine
fired a shell against the wireless ap-
paratus on the Ancona without any
warning.
SPORTING NEWS
Johnny Kilbane won over Packy
Hommey of New York at Toledo, Ohio,
in ten-round bout.
Tod Sloan. once famous jockey, was
deported from England on the charge
cf operating a gambling house
Sam McVey of Oxnard, Cal, out.
fought Sam Langford of Boston at
New York in a ten-round match. Nc.
Yey was the aggressor in eight of the
ten rounds.
Miss Helen Van Ness at Chicago
filed the praecipe of a suit demand
ing $4,000 heart balm from Louis A.
Merillat, famous ex-West Point foot
ball star, who recently was married.
Miss Van Ness alleges breach Of
promise.
Damages of 81 were awarded A. II.
Cuttrell and A. w. Phillips against
Jess Willard, champion heavyweight
prize fighter of the world, by jury
at Oklahoma City. The plaintiffs
sued for $40,500 claiming that Will
lard had broken a contract, made four
or five years ago, which gave them
the entire handling of his affairs
GENERAL
The reorganization of Winona, Ind,
Assembly was completed with the
election of William J. Bryan as presi
dent
A call for an extraordinary session
of the Illinois Legislature to meet
Monday, Nov. %, was issued by Gov
ernor Dunno.
The judgment convicting Hans
Schmidt of the murder of Anna Au,
muller was upheld by the Court of Ap
peals at Albany, N. Y.
Tarrytown, N. Y. was an armed
camp as the result of the attempt on
the life of John ID. Archbold, presiden,
of the Standard Oil Company.
Carranza's military forces are being
mobilized in northern Mexico for a
pretentious campaign to completely
crush Villa and his chief aides.
The Standard OIL Company of New
York announced an advance of 2s
points in refined petroleum for export
in cases and 40 points in barrel lots
Refined in cases, $1O.25; in bulk, $3.50
and in barrels, $S.15.
The eightieth birthday anniversary
of Andrew Carnegie and the fiftieth
anniversary of the Carnegie Institute
of Technology was observed at the an
nuh founders day celebration of the
institute at Pittsburg, Pa.
The body of Joseph Hillstrom, who
was executed at Salt Lake City, was
| inferred near tha graves nf tho Cbf