The Monte Vista journal., 1916-03-18
Foreign

for foreign affairs. Is announced.
The London Opera House, which
was built by Oscar Hammerstein in
1911. has been purchased by yaude-
Vile syndicate.
j. +. Morgan. who has been In
London for several weeks. sailed from
Liverpool for New York on the
steamer Philadelphia.
Four German submarines are re-
ported to be in the English channel.
prepared to enforce rigidly Germuny's
recently announced policy of naval
warfare
Wassili N. HKroupenski, the Russian
minister to China. has been appointed
ambassador to japan to fill the va
cancy caused by the recall of Nicholas
A. Malevsky -Malevitch on account OF
Ill health.
J. b. Osborne. American consul at
Havre. In his report to Washington
on the sinking OF the Norwegian bark
Silius. is understood to bring out
clearly that the Silius was torpedoed
by a submarine
The London Weekly Nation says it
believes that Col Winston Spencer
Churchill. formerly first lord of the
admiralty. intends to resign his COM
mission in the army and return to
parliament.
By vote Of slightly more than
two to one. Manitoba approved tho
provincial temperance act, which
closes all bars. wholesale liquor
houses and licensed clubs in the
province after May 81, next
The hero Of the hour in France is
George Guynemer. young airman
who has just brought down the sixth
enemy machine. and who wears the
military cross. war cross and the Le-
gion of Honor, in token of his
bravery.
The marriage of Prince Joachim,
the fifth son of Emperor William, and
Princess Marie Augustine, daughter
of Prince Edward OF Anhalt, was
celebrated in the royal castle at
Bellevue. according to a dispatch
from Berlin.
Sporting News
Sir Thomas Upton, in a letter to
the Essex Yacht Club. says he hopes
to compete next year for the Ameri-
can cup.
President McGill Of the Hoosiers
and the Denver Bears will accompany
his band Of Indians to Albany, Ga,
where they will open up preparatory
foA the annual pennant grind.
The Riverside Polo team defeated
the Denver four, eleven goals to three
and quarter. In the opening game
of the junior championship at the
Colorado Country Club at San Diego,
Cal.
Frank Shaw rolled 6S5 in the
singles OF the American Bowling
Congress tournament at Toledo, Ohio,
counts of 205, 257 and 223 giving him
the lead over the former leaders,
Harry Patterson of Chicago and Pete
Brunnett of Cleveland.
General
Allan l.. Benson of Yonkers, N. Y.
has been chosen a candidate for presl-
den. of the Socialist party by ref
erendum vote. George r. Kirkpatrick
of New York was nominated for vice
president.
That reward of 10000 pesos for
the body of Francisco Villa had been
standing for the last sixty days in
Carranza consulates was disclosed
through letters to an Albuquerque,
NJ NJ. Carranza official
An average increase in wages of 2
cents an hour for every machinist en-
ployed by the Atchison, Topeka a.
Santa Fe was announced at the gen.
eral offices at Topeka. Kan. The or
der affects $4,000 men.
Flood warnings were sent out from
Phoenix, Ariz,, by the United States
reclamation service advising residents
of the lowlands along the Salt and
ella rivers of fiye-foot rise in the
Verde river caused by melting noun.
tain snow. The Verde flows into the
Salt. which empties into the Gila
river. the main tributary of the Colo
rado.
The town of Columbus. N. Mex. is
partly In ruins and at least sixteen
United States citizens are dead, fol.
lowing murderous raid over the
border early Thursday morning by
Pancho villa at the head of |, 900 of
his Mexican bandits. The Mexicans
paid dearly for their raid. Pablo
Lopez. Villas chief lieutenant. was