Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-11-26
FOREIGN

was SUNK Dy mine Ill Lue Eu6hbh
channel. Three hundred men were
saved out of total of 1856.
Efforts are being made by Great
Britain, France and Russia to include
China in the membership of the
entente now aligned against the Ger
manic powers.
The body of Senior Herboso. the
Chilean minister, who died in Kioto.
arrived in Toxic and was received
with honors such as are accorded to
guest of the nation.
Eight hundred thousand dollars in
| gold, to be deposited in the San Fran.
cisco subtreasury to meet certain wal
expenses, went down with the Italian
liner Ancona, sunk by submarine. ac.
cording to advices from Rome.
At Kioto five beautiful Japanese
maidens, peeresses of the realm,
wearing rich and brilliant kimonos,
danced an ancient dance of old
Japan at great state feast held to
celebrate the coronation OF Emperor
Yoshihjto.
Theodore Leschetitzky. teacher Of
the piano and composer, is dead at
Dresden at the age of So. He lived
for many years at Vienna, but more
recently at villa near Dresden. He
was the principal master OF Paderew-
ski.
With the formal foundation of the
"Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Bovoelker-
ungs Politik," roughly translated, the
German Society for Population In
crease" the efforts OF a relatively
small body of men to check the de.
crease that has been noticeable in the
German birthrate for more than forty
years, have at last won widespread
recognition.
The official report of the investiga-
tion into the sinking of the Italian
steamship Ahcona by submarine
Off the Tunisian coast, 1t was an
nounced, was sent to Thomas Nelson
Page, the United States ambassador
at Rome. The investigation reached
the conclusion that the submarine
fired shell against the wireless ap-
paratus on the Ancona without any
warning.
SPORTING NEWS
Jack Dillon knocked out Frank
Farmer in the fourth round of
scheduled ten-round fight at Oshkosh,
Wis.
The Northwestern Baseball League
will be composed next year of Vancou-
yer. Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Butte
and Helena, according to President
Blewett
Welker Cochran, the boy billiardist
of Manson. Iowa, and George Slosson,
the New York veteran, won their
matches at New York in the 1S.2
handicap billiard tournament.
August Weeghman, father of
Charles Weeghman, president Of the
Chicago team OF the Federal League,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat at his home in Chicago.
A flat guarantee of s12,500 has
been offered to Freddie Welsh, light
twenty-round bout for the champion
ship some time during the cattle
mems convention in Denver.
Ed Hanlon. owner of the Sioux City
baseball team, who has been acting
president, officially announced at
Omaha that lie has received Norris
Tip" O'Neills resignation as presi-
dent of the Western league and form
ally appointed Frank c. Zehr'ng as
his successor.
GENERAL
A call for an extraordinary session
of the Illinois Legislature to meet
Monday, Nov. 90. was issued by Gov
ernor Dunno.
The market production of sulphur
in the United States last year, 327,.
634 long tons, was the greatest in the
history of the industry.
An eight-hour day at ten-hour pay
will be demanded by $4,000 United
States railroaders March l. 1916, il
a referendum vote SO orders.
Bills prohibiting publication of liq
uor advertisements in Georgia and lin
iting the amount of liquor individuals
| may have shipped into the state, were
passed by the lower House of the Leg
islature
Mayors of about forty cities from
Maine to California have followed
the example Of Mayor Mitchell of
New York, and have appointed COM
mittees to cooperate in national de
fense preparation.
The Rev Father William Henry
Ironsides Reaney, chaplain in the
UHited States navy. who was with
Admiral Dewey in the battle of
Manila bay, died in hospital in New
York of acute stomach trouble
Crop conditions are said to be most