Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-22
FOREIGN

that the Russian duma mas llatly
turned down the proposition to con-
slider peace.
An electric train crossing Bernina
pass was buried under an avalanche.
rescuing party dug out the passen-
gers, two of whom had died. Another
train was snowbound.
The plebiscite held on the question
of the sale of the Danish West Indies
to the United States resulted in $685..
900 votes cast in favor of the sale
and $4,000 against s"ch action.
A Zurich dispatch to the Tageblatt
of Berlin. says that in response to the
peace note of the central powers to
the vatican the pope will issue a
Christmas proclamation to all the bel
ligerents.
The decision of the French govern
ment to prohibit the consumption dur
ing the remainder of the war of alco-
holic beverages, with the exception OF
wines and beers, caused CONSERVATION
in the liquor trade.
The Netherlands government has
notified DR.. Henry Van Dyke, the re-
firing American minister, that John
w. Garrett is acceptable to Holland
as his successor. Mr.. Garrett was sec.
retary of the legation at The Hague
from 1901 to 1908.
The allies require that there shall
| be adequate reparation for the past
and adequate security for the future.
| That is the policy and the determine.
ton of his majesty's government.
This was the declaration of Andrew
Bonar Law, repeating the words of
| Mr.. Asquith three months ago, as he
| made his debut as the leader of the
new government in the House of Com
mons.
The will of Miss Mary Helen Orr OF
Bobcaygeon. Ont, bequeaths her es'
tate of $2O1,599 to purposes of up
lift" The sum of $4,000 goes to the
mother Christian Science church of
Boston, another $4,000 in small
| amounts to those building Christian
Science churches" $4,000 to those
who are endeavoring to uplift the
needy in Chicago, such as Jane
Adams charities. United Charities
and whatever may seem TO need as
sistance:" $4,000 "for any uplifting
purpose" among her XIX.
SPORTING NEWS
William Stringham. star punter for
the School of Mines football eleven.
was elected football captain of the
1917 squad at meeting of the letter
men at Golden, Colo.
Thn cfatn ITpiynraity grid mon .t
Boulder. Colo, chose Edwin Evans,
quarterback and halfback on the Sill
yer and Gold eleven for the last two
seasons. captain of the team for 1917.
Rex Cochran, the deaf mute of Colo
RADIO Springs, who finished seventh in
the Littleton-Denyer maarthon race
held early this year, has entered the
Denver Athletic Club fistic tourney,
which will he held in January.
The probability of the abolition OF
baseball as an official game of the
Rocky Mountain conference increased
when the athletic council of the Uni
versity of Denver voted 10 do away
with the national pastime.
A team of five Denver bowlers will
take a trip to the coast to participate
in the annual tournament of the Pa
cific Coast Bowling Association at San
Jose. Cal, in February. il plans made
by Harry Gossett are carried out.
GENERAL
Increasing apprehension over the
peace situation caused one of the
most tempestuous days in Wall
h I'rfI
Under the insistent behalf that
peace in Europe is by no means i'm
possible. holders OF war stocks hurled
into Wall Street enormous holdings of
their securities. As result the mark
ct collapsed.
The drippings from the overlooking
watts of fat rendered in Wall Street,
New York. from the munitions trade
with warning Europe will be distrib-
uted as Christmas gifts that will break
all past records.
The application for a writ of habeas
corpus for David Lamar of New York,
serving a two-year term in the At
lanta penitentiary for impersonating a
member of Congress, was denied at
Atlanta, Ga, by Federal Judge New.
man.
This years corn crop is worth S573.-
1903 900 more than last years; the
wheat crop sS3. 3.i62, 900 more; oats,
$96,G73, 900 more; potatoes, S95,O7l, 900
more: hay. 5.25O.O 900 more; tobacco,
$72. .727 900 more, and cotton. s475.-
| 37S,OOU more.
Yale University receives a bequest
of $500. 600: the art museum of Cleve-
land. Ohio. 100000; the German
town dispensary and hospital, German
town. Pa, 100000. and the Flagler
hospital St Augustine, Fla. 100000
| from the fortune of the late Mary War