Gilpin observer., 1916-03-30
Foreign

alive, according to unconfirmed rc-
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
total of $46,O0O,0OO. OF these, 2,700
were for sums under 5000 and 100
for sums over $4,000.
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.
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 a coat and
short skirt of durable washing mate
rial, together with CATERS and stout
boots
With much ceremony, 4,162,7O
pesos of paper money were burned
by officials of the Treasury Depart
ment in the great public square of
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being withdrawn.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 it.
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 in a ten-round bout at
Madison Square arena in New York
before $4,000 fans.
AT Annapolis, Md, the first base
ball game of the season for both the
Naval Academy and University of
Pennsylvania resulted in o-to-O VIC
tory for Navy.
Jess Willard. heavyweight cham
pion, who grabbed off the easiest
$4,000 ever paid for a ring fight
when he won over Frank Moran, may
never fight again, according to Dave
Lewisohn of Chicago, stakeholder in
the big bout.
In a 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 s12,000 has been put up for the
bout.
General
Walter Cook, noted consulting ar.
chitect, died at his home in New
York, aged 70 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 n neighbor at Lawton,
Okla, to find her house in ashes aud
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 shriek-
ing for it as If they were nearly
crazed with hunger.
lshi last of the Yahi. a stone-age
tribe of Indians which once flour.
ished in California, east of the Sac
ramento, whose discovery" In 1911
near Oroville, Cal, resulted in his
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