The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-02-12
Foreign

Secola says that in the explosion at
the Skoda armament factory in Bo-
hemia, 1876 workmen perished.
King Georges coronation gift to
emperor Yoshihito is beautiful bay
horse which arrived few days age
at the imperial stables from India.
According to advices received at
Panama. from La Paz. capital of Bo-
livia, section of the city about l 800
yards long is sliding into the Cho
queyahu river.
The Bulgarian government has
voted to erect marble monument at
Nish to commemorate the meeting
there on Jan. Is of Emperor William
and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
All rumors of the ill-health of EN-,
peror Francis Joseph of Austria are
unfounded. according to Information
received at Zurick from what is de
clared to be an unimpeachable source
Col. Hipolito Villa, brother of Gen
Francisco Villa, was arrested at
Havana at the request of William E.
Gonzales, the American minister 10
the railroad near Ell Paso.
Sensational reports of the discovery
of new German plots were in circula
ton as parliament prepared to as
semble at Ottawa, Ont. to discuss the
origin of the fire that destroyed the
Canadian parliament buildings.
Viscount Bryce, former ambassador
30 ~,
ford College, London, condemned the
policy of reprisals against Germany,
which, since the last Zeppelin raid
has gained many advocates.
The government at Peking an
nounced that its troops had recap
tured Pingshan, northeast of Siu-Fu
in the southern part of Sze-Chuen
province. and that general attack
upon the rebels at Siu-Fu is immi
nent.
The American amba basgador to Con.
stantinople, Henry Moreenthau. who
arrived in Berlin on his way to the
United States, said in ar interview
that the situation in Constantinople
at present was almost normal. and
Sporting News
Johnny Ertle. bantam champion,
signed to box Roy Moore at Mime
apolis March II.
Federal Judge Landis at Chicago
dismissed the Federal league suit
against organized baseball, thus legal
ly ending the baseball war.
The Western Association of base
ball clubs will play 14O games during
the coming season. opening April 20
and closing Labor day. Sept. 4.
The management of the Philadel
phia National league baseball club an
nounced that the club has secured
Wilbur Good, outfielder. from the Chi
cago Nationals.
rhs first of series OF annual chal.
lenge cup rifle matches conducted by
the Denver City troop was won by the
squad representing Ttoop C. The
final score was ASP to l47. Troop b
thus losing by five points.
The suits of Mr.. and Mrs John F.
Coffey against James C. McGill, in
which the former captain of the Den.
yer baseball team and his wife each
seek to recover $4,000 from Mr.. Nc.
Gill, owner of the team, for an al.
legged attack of Mr.. McGill upon Mrs.
Coffey, probably will be tried at the
March term of the District Court in
| Denver.
General
Henry Ford, the Detroit manufac.
turer who sent a peace ship to
Europe, has a new peace plan.
Charges that Spanish fishermen
were being employed by the Germans
to lay mines off French ports were
made by Ship Surgeon Ponez, who ar
rived in New York on board the
French liner Chicago from Bordeaux.
Col. William p Hepburn, former
member of Congress, from the Eighth
Iowa district, died at Clarinda after a
long illness. Death resulted from kid
ney and heart trouble. Besides the
widow, son and daughter survive
him.
Labor leaders in New York say that
movement is under way to bring
about concerted action of members of
the four great unions of railway en-
ployes and of the United Mine Work
ers in their demands for increased
wages or shorter working days. 1t is
stated that if this plan were put into
effect it would bring about combined
action by 100000 men and affect the
mining fields of Pennsylvania, Colora-
do and the South.
Nineteen days of ceaseless vigil for