The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-09
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alive, according to unconfirmed re-
ports.
Twenty-Five Americans on board
steamer Sussex, torpedoed in English
channel. One or more believed killed.
Several injured
Eleven persons were killed in the
sinking of the British liner Mime
apolis by submarine in the Medit-
erranean. All others aboard the liner
were saved.
Up to Jan. l the Austrian war loan
banks had made 5000 loans for a
total of $46,0O0.O00 OF these, 2,7OO
were for sums under 5000 and 100
for sums over 100000.
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani. former
minister OF finance has been desig-
mated to represent Japan at the
forthcoming economic conference OF
the entente allies at Paris.
One of the survivors of the channel!
steamer Sussex, Alexander C,avel OF
Basel, Switzerland, who was return
ing from London on business trip,
was picked up after being four hours
in the water.
American citizenship was denied to
Takao Ozawa, Japanese, in a test
case at Honolulu. The court ruled
that Japanese are Mongolians, and
that the word white" does not in
clude the Mongolian race
Lord Selborne, head of the war
agricultural committee, has approved
a modern costume for women farm
workers. 1t consists of coat and
short skirt of durable washing mate
rial, together with CATERS and stout
boots.
With much ceremony, 4,162,700
pesos of paper money were burned
by officials of the Treasury Depart
Mexico City, fronting the national
palace. 1t is part of the army issue
being withdrawn.
The aeroplane squadron, which ac-
companied Brig. Gen. ]. ]. Pershing's
expedition, has made good thus far
in the dangerous work assigned to 1t.
Flying, conditions among the Mexican
mountains, where Villa is being
sought, have presented unusual diff
culties, and in surmounting them
some of the men have had thrilling
experiences.
Sporting News
The Denver city police won the
second annual tug-o-war pull with
the firemen.
Champion Jess Willard defeated
Frank Moran iii ten-round bout at
Madison Square arena in New York
before 1900 fans.
At Annapolis. Md, the first base
bali game of the season for both the
Naval Academy and University of
Pennsylvania resulted in o-to-0 vic.
tory for Navy.
Jess Willard, heavyweight cham
pion, who grabbed off the easiest
$4,000 ever paid for ring fight
when he won over Frank Moran, may
never fight again, according to Dave
Lewisohn of Chicago. stakeholder In
the big bout.
In game repeatedly interrupted
by fights among the players and on
lockers, Montreal's Canadians defeat
ed the Portland (ore.) Pacific Coast
League winners, 6-3, in the Stanley
cup hockey series to decide the cham.
pionship of America.
Benny Leonard. the Harlem light
weight, will have the chance of his
career when he boxes Freddie Welsh,
worlds lightweight champion, at
Madison Square garden in New York.
A purse OF $4,000. with Welsh tax
ing $4,000. has been put up for the
bout.
General
Walter Cook, noted consulting ar.
chitect, died at his home in New
York, aged 20 years.
With two known deaths and water
two to seven feet deep overflowing
the Pocatonica and Sugar River val
leys, southern Wisconsin faced one
of the worst floods of recent years.
Mrs. John Ballow returned from
the home of a neighbor at Lawton,
Okla, to find her house in ashes and
her two daughters, one an infant,
aged months, and the other aged
years, burned to death. How the
fire started is not known.
Mexicans who have seen Villas
men in their retreat from the Ameri-
can border say that they are ragged
in the extreme and that their horses
are worn out. The men themselves
rushed into houses in Galeana de-
manding food. some of them shriex-
ing for it as if they We're nearly
crazed with hunger.
Ishi, last of the Yahi, stone-aga
tribe of Indians which once flour
ished in California. east of the Sac
ramento, whose discovery" in 1871
near Oroville, Cal, resulted in HI
adoption by savants of the University
of California as valuable anthropo-