Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-17
FOREIGN

and handed passports to the Portu-
guese minister
Jean Mounet Sully. the celebrated
French tragedian. is dead in Paris.
He was IS years old.
The Overseas News Agency an
nounces that $500 exhibitors took
part in the Leipsic fair.
Fred T. Jane. widely known naval
author and journalist, died suddenly
at Southsea, England He was 40
years old.
Charles Respa was convicted of
dynamiting Canadian buildings by
jury at Sandwich. Ont. and sentenced
to life Imprisonment
Revolutionists on a launch from the
Portuguese dependency of Macao at
tackled the gunboat Sui-Wo near Can
ton with bombs and rifles. The Sui
Wo repulsed the attack and captured
the revolutionists. o.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
| Coquette and torpedo boat No. IL
have been sunk by striking mines, it
was officially announced in London.
of casualties was fo.ty-five.
The Russians found only sixteen
Armenians alive in Erzerum out of
the usual Armenian population OF
10000, according to Information re-
ceived in Petrograd and forwarded
by Reuters correspondent in the Rus
sian capital.
Gen. Carranza ordered 5000 troops
from various garrisoEs to move upon
the Villa forces. The effect of their
advance probably would be to keep
the Villa bandits near the border and
trap them between the American and
Carranza forces.
About AS passengers and crew of
the Spanish steamer Principe de AS
turias are missing and believed lost,
| following the wrecking of the steamer
on rock en- route to Buenos Aires
from Barcelona. according to a Lloyd
| dispatch from Santos.
The German cruiser Moewe. which,
according to rumors few days ago,
was captured by the British, arrived
In German port, according to an Of
ficial announcement made at Berlin.
She had on board 1893 prisoners and
100000 marks In gold bars.
SPORTING NEWS
At Chicago Battling Nelson, former
lightweight champion pugilist. was
granted a divorce from Fay King.
Louisiana of Philadelphia won
decision in fifteen rounds over Benny
Chavez of Denver in a last round
rally at Kansas City.
The National Baseball Commission
issued notice approving the recent
legislation by the two major leagues
abolishing transforming trips.
A bill to legalize fifteen-round box,
ing bouts in Kentucky passed the
House by a vote of iS to "a. Friends
of the bill claim 1t will pass in the
Senate.
Four towns have already sEned
articles to support n league baseball
team this year. The towns are
Cheyenne. Greeley, Fort Collins and
Loveland.
Edward w. Gardner won his fifth
game in the national billiard cham.
pionship tournament in New York
when he defeated Francis 5. Applebyr
100 to 329.
James Mature of Denver scored an
easy victory over Jesse Chapman of
Chicago, 100 to ca, in the pocket bill.
lard tournament in Chicago. Mature
scored a high run of % and went out
in % innings.
The worlds record time for 600.
yard run, established by Tom HalpiD
in 1914, was bettered for the second
time in two weeks in New York when
Dave Caldwell of the Boston A. A. de.
feated Ted Meredith of the University
of Pennsylvania by one foot in /
minute and Is l-5 seconds.
GENERAL
The Franklin sugar refinery in
Philadelphia, which has been idle for
more than a quarter of a century, will
resume operations at once, giving EN-.
ployment to 500 men.
Eight hundred Mexican bandits
passed Mimbres, n. NJ, the first sta.
ton west of Columbus, and were
headed west toward Hatchita, N. NJ,
according to Douglas, Ariz.. advices.
Former President Taft. speaking on
the Monroe doctrine at a dinner OF the
Unitarian Club in Boston, said he was
glad sufficient force of United
States troops was heing sent after
Villa.
Raids of MeXicans on American
towns along the border have been
numerous during the last few years,
but none of them has equaled the
massacre at Columbus, N. NJ, in scope