Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-20
FOREIGN

Gen. Won Wandel, deputy minister
for war, has resigned for reasons of
health, says German official state
ment issued at Berlin.
A Russian torpedo boat sank three
Turkish ships and several sailing YES
sells loaded with coal at the port OF
Eregli. 12S miles east Of Constants.
nople.
Bandits Sept. 23rd wrecked north
bound National Railwc passenger
train between Gonzales Junction and
San Luis Potosi. Mexico, resulting in
the loss of several lives.
Lieutenant Mulzer, a noted aviator.
is reported to have plunged to his
death on the western front. Lieu
tenant Mulzer received the order of
pour lie merite in July at Munich.
Sir William Henry Dunn was elected
lord mayor of London. The new lord
mayor, who will take office in Novem-
ber, will be the third Roman Catholic
lord mayor of London in recent years.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung prints
a report from Vienna that the retire
ment of Baron Burian as Austro Hun
garian minister of foreign affairs II
rumored there with growing GER
tainty."
Lieut.. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the ex-
plorer, who is on his way to Eng.
land, arrived at Santiago, Chile. from
Punta Arenas with the members OF
his party who were rescued from
Elephant island.
In dispatch from Athens. Reuters
correspondent says telegram has
been received there from Cananea,
giving the summary of the proclama-
ton of provisional government by
former Premier Venizelos and Admiral
Coundouriotis.
More than 100 Villa followers were
killed, the bandit leader, Baudelio
Uribe, taken prisoner and heavy cas-
ualties suffered by Carranza forces in
a terrific fight at Cusihuiriachic, an
important mining center about fifty
miles southwest of chihuahua City,
according to message received by
Gen. Trevino from Gen Matias Ramos,
who was himself slightly wounded.
One month has passed since the
Rumanian army succeeded in occupy
ing about one-third of the whole area
of Pennsylvania, a country divided
into fifteen administrative depart.
22,S0O square miles. OF these depart.
ments. four complete and parts of
others have been occupied, comprising
an area in excess of 1000 square miles.
SPORTING NEWS
The world series will open on Sat
urday, Oct. Z, according to President
b b. Johnson of the American league.
Left jabs and hooks won for Joe
Cassiday, Newark. N. j.. lightweight.
over Leo Kelly. st. Louis. in twelve
rounds at St. Louis.
At Murray, a Salt Lake City suburb.
Jack Dempsey of Salt Lake City
knocked out Young Hector of Colo
RADIO in the third round of scheduled
fifteen-round bout.
Boston was virtually eliminated
from the National league pennant race
at New York, Thursday, when New
York twice defeated the visitors, . to
o and 6 to 0. The victories boosted
the New York winning streak to twen-
ty-five straight games.
Three races, each for a 81 900 purse.
featured the closing card in the Great
Western circuit races held in conjunc-
tion with the Missouri state fair at
Sedalia. The first, 2:17 trot, was
won by Miss Pinkerton in 2:1i. Sayde
Densmore took the 2:O6 pace in 2:11A
and Deputy Sheriff won the third fea-
ture event, 2:12 pace, in 2:11A.
GENERAL
A gain of SOFA per cent in net in
come is reported by the Southern Pa
cific Company in its detailed report
for the fiscal year ended June 80 last,
that item increasing from s2o,570,319
to s3O.SS5.254.
Ferry boats of the New York Cen
tral Railroad Company, plying be-
tween Manhattan and New Jersey
were tied up during the rush hours in
New York by strike of $50 en-
ployee on the boats.
Policeman William J.. O'Brien has
been getting only four hours sleep a
day since the New York strike began.
He announced at headquarters that he
is going to have the hay for keeps. He
inherited $4,000 farm.
Revision of American neutrality
laws, with a view to discouragins
from participating in Mexi-
can factional conflicts, was suggested
at the conference of the Mexican-Amer-
lean joint conference at New London.
Conn.
Hollow-eyed and nerve-racked after
his flying trip from Chicago. Joseph