The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-12-17
FOREIGN

/ steps to provide for the needs Of the
/ Serbian refugees as far as possible
yuan Shi Kai, president OF the Chi
| nese republic, has accepted the throne
OF China rendered to him by the coun-
| Gil of state.
Pope Benedict is preparing to con-
| fer the papal blessing upon wireless
telegraphy, it was learned in vatican
circles at Rome
The British government mas decided
to purchase American securities, pay
ing for them in five-year per cent
exchequer bonds.
Peace manifestations have occurred
| not only at Berlin, but at Dresden and
Leipzig, according to the German cor
respondent of the Berne Tagwacht
Germany bowed to the wishes OF
President Wilson in the cases of Cap
tains Boyd and Won Papen The
Kaiser personally recalled the unwel-
come attaches.
That at least 100000 men have
answered Lord nerby's call for yolun-
teers was the report in official circles
in London, following the close OF Enc
lands greatest recruiting campaign.
Elisea Arredondo, Gen. Carranza's
confidential representative in Wash
ington, has been selected 10 be the
next ambassador from Mexico to the
United States.
Argentine newspapers speak N
eulogistic terms of President Wilson 5
message. La Prensa regards it as
being equal in importance to the
enunciation of the Monroe doctrine.
A report that Emperor Francis Jo-
seph's legs were paralyzed last year
and that the emperor also has lost the
use OF his right arm is forwarded by
the Rome correspondent Of the Matin.
A resolution condemning President
Wilson's preparedness policy brought
a protest from prominent members OF
Henry Ford's peace party on the Os-
car II when it was presented for adop-
ton
Gen. Francisco Villa left a desolate
trail behind him in his eastward flight
to MADEIRA, Chihuahua. after his defeat
north of Hermosillo. The only resist
ance offered was at San Pedro, where
the advance guard was repulsed,
though later Villa and 400 picked men
are said to have taken the town and
to have executed many OF the inhabi.
tants, sparing only forty young girls,
who, the report states, were forced to
accompany the Villa troops.
SPORTING NEWS
Art Smith did the "dippy twist" and
his other aerial insanity" stunts for
the inmates OF Agnews state insane
asylum near Santa Clara, Cal.
Tommy Buck, Philadelphia feather
weight, defeated Benny McGovern of
St Louis decisively at Kansas City in
a furiously fought ten-round bout
John Borden, millionaire sportsman.
has arranged to embark on a whaling
and iur-trading expedition in the Arc
tic ocean next spring, it was announc-
ed in Chicago.
Harvard athletic statistics show
that 1,623 students have engaged in
major and minor sports so far this
year, the largest number in the his
tory of the university.
a large steel battle plane of new
type was given an exhaustive flying
test at Readyille, Mass, by Lieut.. BY
ron o. Jones oil the United States
army, in the presence of other officers
and members OF the aviation corps of
the Rhode Island National Guard.
The act of Congress forhidding the
importation or Interstate Transports.
tion OF moving picture films of a prize
fight was declared constitutional by
the L S. Supreme Court AS result
the Jack Johnson-Jess Y Hard pic
lures will not be seen in thi5 eoun-
try.
GENERAL
Representatives of a group of Rus
sian banks are negotiating with bank
ers in New York for a new credit to
the amount of $4,000, 900.
Candidates for the Good Govern
ment Association won all the four city
council seats voted for in Boston's
election. License advocates we're
again in a considerable majority.