Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
FOREIGN

Prince, 4,934 tons gross, and owned in
New Castle, has been sunk.
An Italian governmental decree in
creases the price of sugar from 20
cents per pound to "a cents.
The Swiss parliament recognizing
the increased cost of living has in
creased government salaries to the
extent of s1,5OO,OO0 annually.
General Won Ludendorf has Joined
his chief, Field Marshal Won linden
burg, in opposing a more ruthless
prosecution of submarine warfare.
A court-martial at Marseilles unani-
mously condemned to death for spying
Nine. Gomeno Sanches, who before
her marriage was Maria LIberdall Of
Dusseldorf
The armed British transports Cross
hill and Sedek were sunk in the Med
iterranean by German submarines,
says an official statement isued by the
German admiralty.
Adolfo de la Huerta, governor, and
Gen. p. Elias Gales, military COM
mander of Sonora, have consented to
the operation of all idle mining prop
critics in the state by an American
syndicate.
American troops and Mexicans
clashed near San Jose in the Big Bend
country, according to report received
by General Funston Friday from Col.
Joseph CASTOR, commander of the dis
trict. The fight lasted forty-five min
utes. No losses were suffered by the
Americans.
Francisco Villa and a part of his
bandit command took possession of
the mining town of San Andres, TWEEN
ty-five miles west of Chihuahua City
Angered because the male population
of the town had fled to prevent being
impressed into his command, Villa or
dered the houses burned and permit
ted his men to commit atrocities
upon the defenseless inhabitants.
SPORTING NEWS
Yale defeated Virginia Polytechnic
at football at New Haven. Conn, 10
to 0.
Johnny Dundee of New York de-
feated Jimmy Hanlon of Denver in a
twelve-round bout at st. Louis
Mabel Trask won the Georgia Rail
way and Power cup for 2:OS trotters
at the Grand Circuit meeting at At
lanta.
Officials of the Denver Athletic
Club announce that the annual anna
teur boxing tournament conducted by
the club will begin the week OF
Jan. 90.
Frank Taberski of Schenectady, N.
Y, successfully defended his pocket
billiards title in New York, defeating
Ralph Greenleaf of Monmouth, ILL.,, by
total score of 45O to 4O7.
Ben Earl. the 2:OOI gelding. owned
by Edward Peterson of Omaha, took
first money in the Grand Circuits
$4,000 Piedmont Hotel cup class pac-
ing race in straight heats at Atlanta,
Georgia.
The individual pistol match, the
concluding event on the National AS
sociation's program, was won at Jack
sonville, Fla, by George Z. Cook of
Washington, ID. c., who scored 3S5 out
of possible 42O points.
GENERAL
Another s5.O0O,0OO consignment of
British gold via Canada was deposited
at the assay office in New York, max
ing s1O.000,0OO in a week.
st. Paul and Minneapolis were
chosen for the 1917 convention of the
American Fisheries society at the ses-
sion of the convention at New Or
leans.
Orange Wilson White, %, a negro.
was hanged at the penitentiary at
Rawlins, Wyo., for the murder of An
derson Coffee, colored, at Powder
River. Aug. 13, 1913.
Superintendent l.. NJ. Jones OF the
mine rescue car from Pittsburg was
asphyxiated while trying to reach the
entombed men at Jamison No. mine
at Barrackville, w. Va.
Negro walters employed at the Chi
cago Press club utilized the presence
of President Wilson at lunch in Chi
cago to gain for themselves raise
in wages, without investigation and
without compromise.
During the Presidents ride about
Pittsburg a man carrying black sat
chel made determined efforts to Jump
on the running board of the Presi-
dents car. He was finally overpow-
cred and hustled off to police sta
tion.
After an all-night search through
the woods of the estate of John d.
Rockefeller, during which one of the
six convicts who escaped from Sing
Sing was shot and wounded, all the
prisoners were rounded up and cap
tured.