The Ordway new era., 1916-04-07
FOREIGN

making munitions, according to Sen
ator Charles Humbert.
Alberto Rodriguez, the Carrannsta
mayor of Ojinaga. across the river
from Presidio. Tex, was assassinated-
Two thousand munition workers are
now on strike in the government gun
factories in the Clyde district, and re-
ports from Glasgow said the labor
troubles threatened to spread.
During the blizzard last week be-
tween forty and forty-five bluejackets
belonging to the British light cruiser
Conquest lost their lives while at
tempting to return TO their ship in
London.
A wireless dispatch received at
Wellington, N T., from the Shackle-
ton Anartic expeditions auxiliary
ship Aurora reported the vessel at the
time as $50 miles southwest of Port
Chalmers, New Zealand.
At the allies conference in Paris
It was agreed that Germany should
10 longer be allowed to accumulate
her forces separately against any ons
OF the allies, but must be met by
crushing simultaneous action by all
the allies.
Venustiano Carranza, de facto presi-
dent of Mexico. has notified Gen. p.
Elias Gales, military governor OF So
nora, of his approval of decree pro-
mulgated several weeks ago by Gales,
disfranchising all enemies of the
government according to Consul
Ives G. Leleyier at Douglas. Ariz.
The war has so far cost Holland
clear s140.0O0,000. Further, reckoning
the demands OF the intervening period
at sS.000,000 a month the new minis
ter OF finance, DR.. Anton van Gym,
estimates that by Aug. l next a sum
OF sIS0,000,000 will have been spent
on the modified land and sea forces.
OF 10000 Serbian refugees who, fol-
lowing the invasion of their country
by the Teutonic allies. headed south
ward. only 5000 succeeded in reach.
ing Saloniki, all the others having
perishei of cold and hunger on the
way, according to report received
from Mile Comte of Geneva, repre-
sentative at Saloniki OF the Swiss Red
Cross.
SPORTING NEWS
The fourth annual renewal of the
Mountain Marathon at Denver will
take place on or shortly after Memo
rial Day this year
For the first time in the forty-one
years of the Kentucky Derby, Clar-
ence IL Mackay. noted turfman, has
made nominations for the $4,000
stake.
The Brooklyn Nationals were de-
feated, 2 to l, by the Washington
Americans in the first game at wash
inston of the spring interleague
series.
Eleven races for a total purse Of
$4,000 will comprise the program for
he annual grand circuit races at
Charter Oak Park, at Hartford, Conn,
Sept. to 8.
Tom Jones, manager for Jess Will
lard, said that he had refused an of.
fer of 100000 for the heavyweight
hampton to box ten rounds with
Fred Fulton in Milwaukee.
ENERAL
Thirty were killed and forty wound
ed in a triple wreck on the New York
Central at Amherst, Ohio.
Exports of domestic merchandise
valued at s220,24G,O21. shipped
through the port of New York during
February. established a new record
IN exports for single month from
any American port.
1t is stated that the line of commu-
nicaticas maintained by Sherman in
his march to the sea has been ex-
ceeded already in the line stretched
by the American troops southwark
into Mexico.
Americans were aboard seven ships
tackled by U.boats since Germany
started her new submarine campaign,
which was set for March 1, but did
not assume serious proportions until
March Is.
1t became known at Pittsburg, Pa,
that a carload of ferro manganese,
steel alloy, was sold recently to
steel manufacturer on the basis of
$1,000 ton, record price. Before
the war manganese was selling at
s3S ton.
R. w. Dickenson, who is said to
have numbered many famous actors
and actresses among his intimate
friends. died at Sioux Falls, S. D. He
had not worn hat for quarter OF
a century. He affected the dress of
Siberian peasant He was student
OF mystic cults and worshiper of the
sun.
Ruling that labor was not a com.
modify and therefore did not fall un-