The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-04-08
Foreign
King George has placed s1oO,OOo at

ator Charles Humbert.
Chang -Chow-Fu, one of the largest
cities of China. has declared its inde-
pendence of the government of Yuan
Shi Kai.
Macedonian members of the Greek
parliament at Athens presented to
Premier Skouloudis written demand
for the protection of Saloniki against
aeroplane raids.
The board of trades summary of
casualties to British shipping re 0rt-
ed in March shows that nineteen
steamers, aggregating 44,609 tons.
and eight sailing vessels of 1865 tons.
were sunk by enemy warships.
At the allies conference in Paris
it was agreed that Germany should
no longer be allowed to accumulate
her forces separately against any one
of the allies, but must be met by
crushing simultaneous action by all
the allies.
Stranded in storm off the LENA
islands, twenty miles south of Hong
Kong. the Japanese steamship Chiyo
Maru, whose 229 passengers, mostly
Americans, were rescued by a British
warship, now is believed to have been
abandoned by her crew.
Gen. Pablo Gonzalez, the military
commander at Mexico City, issued a
warning to the merchants of Mexico
City and surrounding towns threaten
ing punishment of the most severe
and most exemplary form should
they persist in maintaining the high
scale of high prices which has been
effective during the past month.
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 a report received
from Mile Comte OF Geneva, repre-
sentative at Saloniki of the Swiss Red
Cross.
Sporting News
The Brooklyn Nationals were de-
feated, 2 to /. by the Washington
Americans in the first game at Wash
ington of the spring interleague
series.
Pierre Maupome of ST. Louis de-
featcd Charles r. Ellis. worlds three
cushion billiard champion, in the
opening block of their match at Pitts.
burg. Pa. 30 to 22, in 62 innings.
Joe CWop) Flynn. the Denver light
weight, knocked out Jack Gillis Of
San Francisco in the ninth round OF
their scheduled twenty-round bout at
the National Athletic Club in Denver.
The ninth annual all-Alaska sweep
stakes dog team race. the great sport
event of the North, will be run April
IL over the snow trail from Nome to
sandle and return, total distance
of 412 miles.
When jeff Tesreau. New York, Ma
tionals' pitcher, received telegram
at Beaumont, Tex, announcing that
he was the father of twins. he re-
fused to tell anybody what the mes
sage contained until he was assured
he was not the victim OF an April
fool' joke.
General
twenty-five persons were killed by
automobiles in New York City streets
In March.
Mrs. Annie Maison Mills, widow of
Brig. Gen. Samuel NJ. Mills. U. S. A..
and daughter of Pierre Maison.
grandson OF one of Napoleon's mar
shals. died at her home in New YORK.
The Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Company was fined 100000 in the
'ederal Court at Trenton. N. j., for
accepting rebates on coal shipments
rom the Central Railroad Company
of New Jersey.
About 10000 men, mostly unskilled
laborers and timbermen. employed on
New York City's new dual subway
system, went on strike demanding an
eight-hour day and an increase of
from Is to 25 per cent in wages.
Mrs. Elizabeth Churchill Spalding,
Widow of the late A. G. Spalding OF
San Diego, one time baseball magnate,
iiled application for guardianship at
Oakland, Cal, over the person and
estate of her son, Durand Churchill.
He is patient in sanitarium at
Livermore, Cal.
Charles r. Crane. treasurer of the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief, announced in New
York he had received message from
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant sec
retary of state at Washington, say
ing that atrocities against Armenians
md Syrians in Turkey were still in
progress, despite reports to the con-
trary.
The body of Joseph Teck, pri-
vate in the coast artillery corps, sta
toned at Fort Worden, was found
hanging by the neck to a tree near the
officers quarters at Seattle, Wash.