The Colorado statesman., 1916-11-18
FOREIGN

Berlin reports destruction of Rus
sian dreadnoughe by bomb.
Gen. Sir Sam Hughes has resigned
as Eanadian minister of militia and
defense.
A wireless dispatch from Madrid
says it was German submarine
which sank the American steamer Co
lumbar.
A bill providing for uniform bills of
exchange between Panama and all
other American countries passed the
assembly on first reading.
A Reuters dispatch from Sydney,
Australia, reports feverish excitement
at the wool sales. The best rates of
the season have been recorded.
A conference at Cardiff, Wales in
favor of opening peace negotiations
which had been arranged by the Ma
tional Council of Civil Liberties, was
broken up.
The Balkan Express, between Con-
stantinople and Berlin, dashed at full
speed into party of women section
hands in suburb of Berlin. Nineteen
women were killed
Berlin newspapers announce that
there will shortly be brought forward
bill for compulsory labor on the part
of the civilians of Germany This re-
port has not been confirmed officially
The British steamer Tanning, which
arrived at Manila from Annoy, reports
that the British cruiser Cornwall con-
fiscated four sacks of the Manila mail
for the purpose of examination at
Hong Kong.
Publication of the correspondence
between Sir Sam Hughes, who has re-
signed as minister of militia and de-
fense, and Premier Borden, who re-
quested the resignation, was awaited
with great interest at Ottawa because
of Hughes charge that the break re-
suited from "misstatements" by the
premier.
SPORTING NEWS
George (Knockout) Brown of Chi
cago defeated Buck" Grouse of Pitts
burg on points in a fast six-round no
decision bout at Pittsburg
While Pierre Macho, aviator, was
making flight at Buenos Aires, with
a passenger, his machine fell, the avi-
ator was killed and his passenger in
jured.
M. Millering, center on the La
Grande, Ore, High schools football
team, froze two toes while playing in
match on the 18th. He may lose
the toes.
Willie Ritchie, former lightweight
champion, and Johnny Mccarthy OF
San Francisco fought ten rounds In
the Juarez, Mexico, bull ring. The
referee declared the fight draw.
E. l.. Cord of Phoenix won the
Douglas Phoenix automobile race, cov-
ering the 273-mile course in eight
hours and thirteen minutes, according
to the unofficial time reported at
Phoenix. Fourteen cars started and
five finished.
The gridiron clash between the Colo
RADIO Springs High School Terrors and
the Greeley High school eleven, which
is to decide the 1916 championship
among the high schools of Colorado,
probably will be played at Colorado
Springs on Thanksgiving day instead
OF at Greeley, as first proposed
GENERAL
The railroads have announced their
intention of fighting the Adamson
eight-hour bill to the end.
New York's bubbling New Year eve
celebration may be sans wine and sans
song because the eve falls on Sab
bath.
Directors of the Utah Consolidated
Copper Company declared a quarterly
dividend of $1.50 share, doubling the
pa evious rate.
Mrs. Margaret Brown, landla-y of
the Tourist hotel, was found dead in
her room at Spokane, Wash. The po-
lice believe she was murdered.
Cotton touched the highest levels
since the Civil war on the cotton ex-
change Monday, when July futures
sold at 20.07 cents a pound and May
20.03, making gains of nearly 50 a
bale
Employees in New York federal Of
fices have organized the Federal EN-
ployes Union under charter from the
American Federation of Labor, 1t was
announced, and hope to make the or
gsnization national in scope.
In letter to President Wilson,
Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary and
treasurer of the National Federation