The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-01-22
Foreign

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Jan. 13.
| Direct passenger service between
Berlin and Constantinople has been
| inaugurated.
Bert Kramer. son of an American
ranchman, was executed by Villista
firing squad at Guerrero, confirmed
Chihuahua City advices.
The conscription bill passed the
British House of Commons committee
without change. Several amendments
were suggested but none accepted
Sixty thousand revolutionary troops
Kai, head of the Chinese government
in an action fought in the province of
SEE Chuen.
In the face OF Villas threat to OK
terminate Americans and foreigners.
1 four Americans. heavily armed. left
| for the mountains north of La Junta,
| Mexico, to rescue DIR. r. P. Kramer
Officers casualty lists for the
month of December show that the
British army in that month lost 215
officers killed, 638 wounded and
seventeen missing. total Of $50.
Late dispatches indicate that King
Constantine is tottering on his throne
There is a disposition among the en-
tente powers to replace the monarchy
with republic headed by Venizelos
The American members of the
Ford peace mission, except those as
sociated with the permanent peace
board, sailed from Rotterdam aboard
| the steamer Rotterdam for New York.
A third of the city of Bergen, d
thriving Norwegian seaport, with a
population of 10000, was destroyed
by fire. Two lives are reported II
have been lost and 1000 persons are
homeless The property damage is
estimated at $15,OOO.00O.
The corpse of Gen. Jose Rodriguez
Villas cavalry leader, was placed on
public exhibition Monday in the yard
of the Juarez custom house. The
gruesome show was meant to prove
that the Carranza government was
determined to punish the murderers
of Americans and other foreigners.
| The Ford peace expedition has elect
ed the following American members of
the permanent. peace board to sit in
Europe Indefinitely with the purpose
Of using all efforts to settle the war:
| William Jennings Bryan. Henry Ford.
Miss Jane Adams. the Rev. Charles
F. Aked and Mrs. Joseph Fels OF Phil
adelphia.
Sporting News
w. II. Williams, star halfback Of
last years School of Mines football
team at Golden. Colo, was elected
captain of the 1916 gridiron squad.
Dick Gilbert, the Denver heavy
weight, was matched to meet vic Han
son, the coast heavy, in ten-round
battle at Kansas City on the night Of
January "a.
Jack Torres, the Mexican welter-
weight. was matched to meet Nuke
O'Dowd. the St. Paul fighter. at St
Joseph, in a fifteen-round bout on the
night of Feb. s.
Black men and white may here
after stage boxing bouts in New York
state. The athletic commission will
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bouts because the attorney general
says it is unconstitutional.
Miss Loula Long, perennial prize
winner started out this year by cap
turing the first prize and second prize
| in the first event at the Denver horse
show with her trotting horses. "Illumi-
nation" and Anticipation" Hamil-
/ Of to
third with Cleo Madison" and J. A.
Burnett of Denver was fourth with
kildare
James C. McGill, Denver and Indian
apolis baseball magnate, defendant in
suits filed in the District Court by
John F. Coffey, formerly manager CT
the Denver team, and his wife, Lorean
V. Coffey, who charge assault. must
defend the actions in the identical
courtroom in which he appeared ten
years ago when Estelle f. Del Poso,
beautiful Spanish girl, sued him for
$4,000 for breach of promise.
General
| An earth temblor was felt at El
Centre, Cal, and at other points In
the Imperial valley. No damage re-
suited.
Garment workers numbering about
| 5000 went on strike in Philadelphia
for higher wages and better working
conditions. AS a consequence about
$50 factories are closed
A Fremont, Ohio, dispatch says F.
I. Calm of Rich township is perhaps
the biggest country schoolboy in Ohio
IL not in the United States He is 16
years of age and weighs 26O pounds.
According to advices received at
Douglas, Ariz.. regarding the reported
capture of Baca-Valles and Cisneros,
eight armed followers with the villa