The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-11-10
FOREIGN

years old. died at Rome.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the poet. has
been promoted to captain for bravery
In an attack on Oct. 10-ll The poet
was also recommended second time
for the silver medal for valor.
The sinking Of a British small cruis-
er off the irish coast by German
submarine has increased the total Brit,
ish losses in battleships and cruisers
to sol ,l90 tons, says an Overseas News
Agency announcement at Berlin.
DR.. Fisher, an American physician
living at Santa Rosalia, was killed by
the Villa bandits under Gen. Baudelio
Tribe, according TO the statement of q
Mexican refugee who arrived at Chi
huahua City from Santa Rosalia.
DIR. C. n. Bell, for the last thirty
years secretary of the Winnipeg Grain
! Exchange, has resigned, and DR.. Ma
gill, chairman of the dominion grain
commission, has been offered the po
sition, il was announced at Montreal
Canada.
/ DR.. Juan l.. Montalvo. assistant sec
rotary of the interior, announced at
/ Havana that according to figures re
ceived by him, the reelection Of Pres
ident Mario G. Manocal over his Lib
eral opponent, DR.. Alfredo Zayas, was
assured.
The steamship Lanao, which was
] sunk by submarine on Oct. Is, was
under Philippine registry and was fly
ing the American flag when destroyed,
/ according TO statements made at Car
/ diff by Capt. Henry Mainland, the only
American on board.
/ The Board OF Trade figures for DC
/ tober show increases of C13, 0o0, 900 in
imports and e12,746,000 in exports
The principal increase in imports were
food. G6000 600, and cotton, G3,000, 600
and the leading gains in exports were
, in manufactured goods including cot
/ ton textile, e3,00o, 900, and woolens,
1 Ell, 100000.
Announcement was made at Ottawa,
| Can, by the Grand Trunk railway sys-
| tenn that the award of the board of
! Cancellation granting an increase of
/ ployes of the system in Canada had
! been accepted. The award gives the
men an increase OF % cents day and
! foremen 20 cents. About 80 em-
ployes are affected.
SPORTING NEWS
Pete (kid) Herman of New O4A.ans
won from Knockout Eggers OF New
! York in twenty rounds at New Or
/ leans, La.
! The Sterling High school football
| eleven shut out the State Teachers
| College OF Greeley by score of 20 to
| 0. at Sterling.
| Edward H. Marsh, friend of William
II Taft, was registered on the voting
lists at Sandusky, Ohio, with his occu-
patton as golf fiend'
Between 100000 and $4,000, 900
changed hands over the election, ii
estimates of betting experts in New
York and in the larger cities are cor
rect.
Freddie Welsh, lightweight cham
pion boxer. has agreed to meet John
ny Kilbane, champion featherweight
III a fifteen-round bout for $4,000 In
Toledo, Ohio.
Bills for legalizing boxing in the
states Of New Jersey and Delaware
will be introduced in those legislatures
when they assemble in January. A bill
for a boxing commission also will b
introduced at Harrisburg when the
next Pennsylvania legislature meets.
Ben Hogan, former prize fighter
who once fought Tom Allen for the
heavyweight championship of America
900. Hogan, who died several days
ago, for years conducted a soup houss
and lodging place for down and outs
on the West Side in Chicago
GENERAL
Cecil Towery, slayer of Charles
Vaughn, oil man. was electrocuted In
the death chair at the state peniten
tiary at McAlester Okla.
The Gulf coast region of east Texal
and the western part Of Louisiana have
been afflicted with the worst scourge
of mosquitoes ever known.
| Count Won Bernstorff, the German
| ambassador, accompanied by his wife
arrived at New London, Conn, from
Washington to visit the undersea
freighter Deutschland, being loaded
for her return trip home.
Six and one-half tons of silver bull
lion from the mint at San Francisco
were unloaded in New London, Conn.
at the railroad station by an express
company and transported to the Ger
man merchant submarine Deutschland
| moored at the state pier. for shipment
across the ocean.
The lives OF from thirty to forty