Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-15
FOREIGN

! signed.
The new governor of Chihuahua,
'. Arnulfo Gonzales, was installed
l. sday.
ySrmain Riesco, who was president
OF the republic for the term which
ended in 1906. died at Santiago, Chile.
Lloyds announces the sinking of the
Norwegian steamship Bosi 1,462 tons
| gross, and the Draupner, 1,126 tons.
German submarines torpedoed them.
A Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam
quotes the German Socialist newspa-
per, Vorwaerts. as saying that despite
the victory in Rumania Germany still
wants peace
President Poincare of France has
awarded gold medal TO Mrs. Harry
| Duryen of New York for her services
| during the last two years as head OF
an American aid committee for war
victims.
MonsignCr Jean Tacci Porcelli,
former papal nuncio at Brussels. has
been appointed papal majordomo. He
succeeds Monsignor Vittorio Ranuzzi
dc Bianchi. who has been created q
cardinal
With the thermometer so degreeo
below zero, Fairbanks, Alaska, is suf-
fering from a scarcity of fuel. The
weather is too cold to permit the
hauling of wood Many residents are
moving into hotels.
Events Friday emphasized the fact
that David yd-George. the new pre-
mier, has split the Liberal party into
two factions. The new cabinet will
command more support from the Con-
servatives in Parliament than from
the Liberals.
David Lloyd-George at Buckingham
palace in London formally kissed the
kings hands on his acceptance of the
offices of Prime Minister and First
Lord OF the Treasury. This indicates
that the new premier sees his way to
the formation of an administration to
take the place of Premier Asquith.
who resigned.
Germany, in a note made public by
the State Department at Washington,
| contends that the British steamer
Arabia, sunk in the Mediterranean on
Nov. 6, was in reality "a transport
ship for troops in the service of the
British government, which is to be
considered as an auxiliary warship ac-
cording TO International law, and can,
therefore, be treated like a warship."
SPORTING NEWS
The Chicago National League club
will establish its 1917 spring training
camp in Pasadena. Calf.
Thomas Hickey of St. Paul was
elected president of the American as
sociation, it was announced at Indian
apolis, Ind.
An estate valued at s3,1S9.965 was
left by the late Thomas l.. Shevlin,
former Yale football player, accord.
ing to statement filed at st. Paul,
Mimi, by appraisers.
Fred Fulton from Rochester, Mimi.
was promised a match with Jess Will
lard, heavyweight champion. If he can
first defeat Frank Moran, according 10
a statement by Fulton and his man
ager at Chicago.
The Boston Red Sox officially
changed owners when Ward and
Frazee, theatrical men of Chicago and
New York, signed the papers and
separated ex-President Joe Lannin
from his world champions.
Miss Loula Long of Kansas City
triumphed at the horse show in Chi
cago when her famous five-gaited sad.
die mare. Joan Sawyer. took the blue
ribbon. Miss Constance Vulcain took
first honors in the gig horse class.
J. r. Taylor, former association
football star in England and one OF
the most enthusiastic soccer fans in
Denver. was reelected president OF
the Colorado Association Football
league al meeting of the league in
| Denver.
GENERAL
The Arizona prohibition law is in
effect.
Two persons were killed and six
hurt in collision near Price, Utah,
on the Denver G Rio Grande.
Two guards, heavily armed, Friday
watched over the vault in Sleepy Hol.
low cemetery at Tarrytown, n. y. in
which the remains of John d. Arch.
bold were laid
Herbert p. ID. Peirce, former min.
lister TO Norway, died at hospital at
Portland. Me, where he had been un.
der treatment for some time. He
was 81 years old.
Refugees said to have fled from
Torreon. according to report re.
ceived by government agents at FL
Paso, Tex. assert that an American
named Foster had been mutilated and
burned at the stake by villa bandits at
| Torreon.