The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1916-02-19
FOREIGN

M. hTOupenSky,- RUSSIAN minister TO
China, it is reported at Picking, is to
be transferred shortly to Toxic as
Russian Ambassador to Japan.
The bundesrath has fixed maximum
prices for swine in stalls at from GO to
100 marks per 100 metric pounds live
weight, according to the size of the
animals. -"'s.77sFs -'''-.-
The Chamber of Commerce of Salon
Xxi places the loss caused to eighty
merchants there by the recent Zeppe-
lin bombardment at 5,640,000 francs
(about s1,12S,000).
A suggestion of the possibility of
the conclusion of peace in the near
future is made by Baron Won Zedlitz
of the Prussian diet. according to the
Vossische Zeitung.
That China will be split into two re-
publics as the result of the revolution
started in. Yunnan province was the
prediction of well-informed English
men arriving from Hongkong
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Amsterdam says
that Emperor William has announced
his decision that the marriage of
Prince Joachim is to take place at
Potsdam on March IL.
1t is expected the next vote of credit
will be introduced soon after Parlia-
ment reassembles. The statement is
made unofficially that the vote will
be for 100000, bringing up the
nj In
The London Board of Trade has an.
nounced a pension plan whereby wi.
dows of >i2termen killed in the war
will receive $500 in addition to G26
for each child under IA years of age,
while the wife of any fisherman who
is interned will receive 81 weekly.
An official statement issued at
Rome, according to the Rome CORE
spondent of the Havas agency, says
that the French and Italian ministers
have come to an agreement on the
necessity for closer coordination of
the efforts of the allies, so as to as
sure more perfect unity of action.
SPORTING NEWS
AID Wolgast will clash with Freddy
Welsh in a ten-round bout at Milwau-
kee March G.
The Swedish Football Association
has invited the American Football AS
sociation to play match in Sweden
next summer.
Jack Britton of Chicago outpointed
and outfought Ted (Kid) Lewis of
England, in a ten-round match in
Brooklyn, n. Y.
George Bauer of Goldfield was given
the decision over frankie Murphy of
Denver at the end of fifteen rounds of
fighting at Cripple Creek, Colo
Jess Willard announced in Chicago
that he will ask a two-w eeks' post
ponement of his fight with Frank
Moran. Ill in bed at his home in Rog-
ers Park, the champion directed Mrs.
Willard to make that announcement
to the newspapers.
Aviator Floyd Smith, at the United
States army aviation field at North
Island, Cal, has established a new
worlds record for pilot and three pas.
sengers in seaplane by reaching an
altitude of 5000 feet.
New Orleans fight promoters an
nounced they had closed arrangements
with Freddie Welsh, worlds light
weight champion, to meet the winner
of the Joe MandotJohnny Dundee
bout, to be held Feb. 81. Welsh will
receive a guarantee of $4,000.
GENERAL
The New York city Board of Health
announced the Inauguration of tenn
perance crusade.
Insurance statistics show that the
man who overeats as well as the man
who INDUCES in alcoholic drinks is a
bad risk.
Mrs. X Grant, 60, Of Rochester
N. Y, died when a piece of toast she
strangled her.
Eight persons died in New York
Monday as a result of the cold wave
which sent the mercury down to 2
degrees above zero.
The list of victims of the mine ex-
plosion at Ernest. Pa, reached TWEEN
ty-six, with the death of Stephen Fer
ris, 80 years old, a miner
The Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM announced in New York that
since the beginning of it's winter cam
paign it had sent 100000 pairs OF
shoes to the destitute of Belgium and
northern France.
Relatives of Edmund Newell, Jr., a
famous midget who was widely known
in the circus and theatrical worlds as
Major Newell, have received news of
his death in Liverpool He was a son
of Mrs. Sarah E. Newell of Newark,
N. j.
Former President William H. Taft,
| in an address in New York at the