The Ordway new era., 1916-03-10
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London.
At TOXIC. Japan, the diet adjourned
after adopting q bill for revision OF
the tariff.
The Danish explorer. Knud Rasnus
sen. has completed plans for new
expedition in North Greenland.
The sinking of the hospital ship
Marechiaro near San Giovanni Di
Medua. Albania, is reported In dis
patch from Rome.
1t is reported that both Villa and
Zapata have accepted amnesty from
Diaz, and offered to emo their careers
as outlaws 10 fight under his banner
A Bucharest dispatch received by
Reuters Telegram Company by way
of Amsterdam says thst the queen
mother, Elizabeth of Rumania (Car
men Sylva) is dead.
More than 1000 arc believed te
have been lost in the sinking of the
French auxiliary cruiser Province
formerly in service as transatlantic
liner, in the middle Mediterranean &C
W q siIlS l'poi''
The story of the three French
sappers who were buried alive fol-
hours during the battle of Nerdur
and who finally dug their way out te
safety, is told in detail by one of them
who arrived in Paris on a hospita
train.
The naval prize fund derived from
the sale of contraband goods seized
by the British navy and condemned BY
prize courts now amounts to over
s3O,o0O,000. This fund will be distrib
uted among all men OF the navy. after
the war
The Anglo-French answer to the
protest of the United States regard
ing the seizure of mails in transit be
tween America and Europe will be
delivered in the immediate future, ac.
cording to official announcement
from London.
That the liner Maloja. sunk of
Dover with loss of more than 25t
lives, was torpedoed and did moi
strike mine. was the sensationa.
testimony offered at the coroners in
quest by Chief Officer Forbes al
Dover, England.
Mrs. viereck, mother of the editor
OF the Fatherland, New York pro.
German publication, was stripped and
searched by British authorities at
Falmouth and also at the Downs when
the Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam
stopped at those ports according tc
reports from The Hague
An Ell Paso dispatch says: Car.
ranza's power in Mexico is tottering,
as Felix Diaz, with a constantly in.
creasing force, is sweeping through
the state OF Vera Cruz. Carranza
forces opposing Diaz have been
forced to retreat with heavy losses
Many of the troops sent to check
the advance of Diaz have gone over
| to his standard Meanwhile Carranza
| by wholesale executions. is attempt
ing to terrorize the populace into sub
| mission to his government Recently
after the capture of Ell oro. Carranza
troops executed 200 Zapata soldiers.
SPORTING NEWS
/ Ever Hammer defeated Joe Willing
| at kenosha, Wis, in a tame ten-rounC
bout.
Another player has been added te
the list of 1916 Grizzlies who have
signed contracts He is Johnny Kelle
her of shortstop fame
| Edmund Many Deeds, an Indian re-
siding near Little Oak Creek, S. D,
will be given tryout with the Sioux
City baseball club of the Western
League.
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist
and his wife left London for Corunna
Spain. johnson was ordered to leave
England. 1t was stated at the time
that he would sail for South America
Word was received in Denver from
Japan to the effect that the crack
University of Waseda baseball nine
will not leave Toxic for its tour Of
the United States until March %.
GENERAL
Henry Ford said at Detroit that
he was not to be seriously con-
sidered as Republican candidate for
the presidency.
General Felix Diaz has won the
first skirmish with the forces OF Pro-
visional President Carranza in the
state of Vera Cruz, according to in
formation in code message which
reached the staff and family of Cow
eral Diaz at New Orleans,
Noah Lundy, farmer living near
Areola. ILL.,, is mourning the loss OF
$3.50 in crisp United States cur.
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