The Ordway new era., 1917-01-12

Foreign
Teutons capture towns Of Mato'im

and Jijila in northern DobrudJa.
Serious floods are reported in Hol'
land and Germany because OF the sud
den rise of rivers.
The marriage Of Earl Curzon OF
Kedleston and Mrs. Grace Elvina Dug
gan took place privately in London.
The Rhine water gauge at Cologne
shows rise of 71a meters (about 20
feeO, according to the Berlin Lokai
Anzeiger.
Announcement was made in London
that the government had taken COM
plete control of the maize trade on
lines similar to its control of wheat.
Charles Maurice Camille de Tally
rand-Perigord Duke de Dino) died at
the villa Perigord at Monte Carlo. He
was 73 years old. The Duke de Dino
twice married American women.
Olinto Amati, twice regent of the re-
public of San Marino, has been ar
rested on a charge of embezzling q
100000 lire of the republics funds, &C
cording to a dispatch from Rimini.
Forty-six women were burned to
death in fire that destroyed St
Ferdinand de Halifax asylum, at st.
Ferdinand de Halifax, Megantic coun-
ty, Quebec, according to a report re-
ceived at Montreal.
A declaration that President Will
son knows the peace terms of the cen
tral powers was made in New Iear
speech at Budapest by Count An
drassy. according to a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam
The Greek government, acting in
harmony with the king, has decided to
reject certain clauses of the entente
note demanding reparation in conse-
quence of the recent fighting at Ath-
ems, Reuters correspondent at Athens
telegraphs. The Greek government is
ready to discuss the other demands
made by the allies.
English society and the public at
large were stirred over the scandal OF
feminine interference in army affairs,
barred in the report of a court of in
quiry over treatment accorded Lieut..
Patrick Barrett. The woman in the
case" who is severely censured in the
report, was Mrs. William Corvallis
West, mother of the princess of Pless
and the duchess of Westminster, while
such notables as Field Marshal
French, Gen. Sir John Cowans, guar
termaster general of the British army;
Gen. w H. Mackinnon. Brig. Gen.
owen Thomas, Col. Wynne Edwards
and Lieut.. Col. Delme-Radcliffe We're
mentioned in the lengthy report of
the army court.
Sporting News
Seven intercollegiate football games
will be played in Denver this fall.
the Boston Red Sox, is out of baseball.
he announced in Boston in communi-
cation to Harry II. Frazee, new owner
OF the club.
Harry II. Frazee, president of the
Boston American league baseball club.
announced in Boston that John j.
(Jack) Barry had accepted the man
agement of the team
The Business Mems Racing Associ-
ton at New OrleCns decided to buy
the Fair grounds race track for $780,
900 from the New Orleans Jockey
club, which has owned it since the old
days of racing.
The Wisconsin State Boxing Com
mission has authorized Rhinelander to
have boxing club in a church. The
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R. Wedge, one time a clever welter-
weight. The parson already has or
ganized boxing class among his
Sunday school students.
General
An extra dividend of so cents
share in addition to the quarterly diyi
dend of s1.5O was declared in New
York by the Miam eCopper Company.
Adeline Sherman Wiborg, wife OF
Frank B. Wiborg of Cincinnati and
New York, and a niece of General
William T. Sherman, died at her home
n New York.
For refusing to work in the jute mill
James B. Mcnamara, who Is serving a
iilC StiittiIt III todh SSutlllll tCdl.t
prison for dynamiting the Los Angeles
Times, is confined in the prison dun
geon.
mo strike vote is being taken. and,
so far as | know, no such vote will be
taken, pending action of the United
States Supreme Court on the Adamson
law" said w. G. Lee, head of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Minnesota Legislature convened
at ST. Paul with the prospect of acting
on statewide prohibition, woman suf-
frage, reorganization of various state
departments and repeal of the boxing
Dill before adjournment by time limita-
tion on April 10.
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