Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-21
FOREIGN

general OF Cunaua, Is sulierih6 AioiA
grip.
| Seventy persons were killed and
fifty seriously injured by the explc-
sion Of an ammunition depot in Lille
Documents taken from Capt. Voh
Papen, recalled German attache, show
he made payments to alleged plotters
in America.
ranchman, was executed by Villista
firing squad at Guerrero, confirmed
Chihuahua City advices.
The British have seized 1856 bags OF
parcel post bound from New York to
Norway, almost at the moment the
American ambassador to London an
nounced that he had filed a protest in
London.
The Swiss mails have transmitted
to prisoners of war during the period
from Aug. 10 to Dec. Is, 1915. 13.00O,-
900 parcels, 70.O0O,OO0 letters and
cards and 100000 money orders for
a total of 30,O0O.OOO francs.
A meeting of the Friends Meeting
House Headquarters in Great Brit
ain, called to discuss problems OF
the settlement of the war;" broke up
after an hour of pandemonium, with
the singing of the national anthem
and three cheers for conscription.
After years of experiment, Director
Klingenberg of the General Electric
Company, has announced the perfec-
ton of an electric magnetic hand,
with which it is possible to grasp
even the heaviest metal object and
work with them advantageously with
human hands.
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.
Berlin authorities announce that,
although there is grain on hand in
sufficient quantities. prudence die
tates that Berlin shall go back to the
early 1915 basis, which means that
the bulk of the population will be re-
stricted again to 200 grams of bread
daily instead of 225, and that corn
and other foodstuffs will be put under
control.
SPORTING NEWS
Many fine horses are at the Denver
show.
frankie Murphy of Denver and
Grover Hayes of Philadelphia fought
fifteen rounds to draw before the
National Athletic Club in. Denver.
Jess Willard has wired that he can
not fight Frank Moran in New York
in March, but that II later date
around Memorial Day is selected he
will meet the challenger
Suits were filed in the District
Court in Denver simultaneously. by
John +. Coffey. former manager of tho
Denver baseball team, and his wife,
Mrs. Lorean V. Coffey. against James
C. McGill, owner of the Denver base
ball team and part owner of the In
dianapolis baseball team, in which
each plaintiff seeks to recover from
McGill $4,000 damages for an alleged
attack upon Mrs. Coffey by McGill.
GENERAL
Ada Rehan, the actress, died in a
New York hospital after an operation
for arterial affection.
Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest
daughter of the President, underwent
an operation at jefferson hospital in
New York. during which adenoids
and her tonsils were removed.
Col. Joseph Haddox Dorst. United
States army, retired. who took a
prominent part in the campaigns
against the Indians in the '70s and
'S0s and married Esther J. Archer of
Denver, is dead in Warrenton. Va.
where of late years he made his home.
The American Smelling G Refining
Company representatives at El Paso.
Tex, received a telegram from Chi
huahua City stating that trainload
of employees which left the capital for
Cusihuiriachic, western chihuahua.
had been held up by Villa bandits and
all the Americans killed.
The body of former President Vie.
toriano Huerta, whose death occurred
at Ell Paso. Tex, was placed in the re-
ceiving vault at Concordia cemetery
Members of the family and former of
ficers of the Mexican army followed
the flag-draped casket to the ceme
terry, where brief services were con
Quoted by the Rev. Father Carlos
Mayer.
Floyd Payser, a dishonorably dis
charged United States sailor, mur
dered Mrs Marjorie HILL with whom
he was infatuated, at San Francisco
After shooting her dead he als-
killed her mother, Mrs. G. w. Evans