The Benson signal., 1917-11-03
FOREIGN


in extraordinary session.
Germany is seeking to "knock Italy
out of the war; says Lord Northcliffe.
Miss Helen Cudahy, daughter of Pat
rick Cudahy of Milwaukee, committed
suicide in midOcean.
Cipriano Castro, former president of
Venezuela, has been requested by the
government to leave Trinidad.
Twenty Villa followers were taken
prisoners by Gen. Jose Carlos Muir
gula south of San Antonio Pass.
The government was defeated in the
Chamber of Deputies at Rome when
vote of confidence failed by 314 to
SO.
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, former
chief of staff of the United States
army, has arrived in France and gone
to the front.
Rumania is in danger of starvation
and destitution unless urgent steps
are taken to relieve the food and
clothing situation.
1ucIe are Io,UOU pIIeSIS Will IA0
Italian forces, according to official
statistics. One thousand are army
and navy chaplains and the remaining
1900 are combatants.
The Germans set on fire and sank
the German gunboat Eber, 984 tons,
which has been lying at the port Of
Bahia, fearing seizure of the. gunboat
by the Brazilian authorities
The Mercurio, speaking of Brazil's
proclamation of a state of war with
Germany, says that public opinion in
Chile supports Brazil and desires the
triumph of international justice which
should be the cause of all South Amer
lea.
The entire Merckem peninsula, near
Dixmude, has been captured by the
entente forces, according to the Brit
ish official communication issued at
London. The communication adds
that additional prisoners also have
been taken.
The Sim Fein conference in Dublin
decided the members of the organiza-
ton should be trained in the use of
arms, though this will not be compul-
sorry. The conference promised that
the provisional government of Ireland
should be established without delay.
ROLAND S. Morris, the new Ameri-
can ambassador to Japan, in success
sion to the late George w. Guthrie,
arrived at Toxic in good health. Mr..
Morris was welcomed at Yokohama
by the staff of the American embassy
and by members of the American as
sociation.
SPORTING NEWS
The University of Missouri football
team defeated Drake University, 49
to 0 at Columbia.
Michigan's green but powerful foot
ball eleven sprang a surprise at Ann
Arbor by defeating the Nebraska Uni
versity eleven, 20 to 0.
On field covered with mud and
water the Colorado Miners defeated
the South Dakota Miners in Denver
by the score of So to 6.
Cadet Thomas Murphy, aged %, was
killed when his aeroplane fell more
than 1000 feet into field on the out
skirts of Toronto. His father is a
colonel in the British army in France.
The Colorado College Tigers won
their first Rocky Mountain Conference
game at Washburn field at Colorado
Springs from the Utah MormOns in a
game marked by the superior team
work and speed Of the local eleven,
which overwhelmed the visitors by a
score of FL to 0.
GENERAL
Refiners of sugar in the East to re-
sumo work under limitations follow
ing agreement and purchase of raw
materials.
All persons aboard the American
steamship Olympic, which foundered
during a gale in the Gulf of Campeche,
are safe, according to reports received
at New Orleans, La.
Mrs. Elinora Curtis, Chicago, was
1ulOI1uOu ny CdUlCSl Gill ClldC uOl 0OA,
James L. Curtis, At years old, ap-
pointed minister to Liberia four years
ago by President Wilson, died Octo-
Der oath in Freetown.
A total estate of $41, ,249,996 was
left by John D. Archbold, president
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, who died May 7, 1916, accord
ing to the report of the transfer tax
appraiser filed in New York.
A dispensary unit of five young
women to help save the lives of refu-
gee babies in the devastated districts
of France will sail soon in answer to
hurry call from France to the Chi
cago committee of the American Fund
for French Wounded.
The problem of protecting the wives
of men in the military service of the
United States from the influence Of
the cabarets confronts federal author