Gilpin observer., 1917-11-22

fused to accept the resignation OF
Premier Tuan Chi-Jui of China.
Five German submarines were de-
stroyed Nov. H.. :, Premier, Lloyd
George announced in the House Of
Commons
dispatch from Berlin says that
Prof. Jan Kucharzevski, the historian,
has been appointed as the first pre-
mier of the new Polish state.
Auguste Rodin, Frances great
sculptor, died in Paris. The 77-year-
old sculptor had been i'll for only a
brief time OF congestion OF the lungs
THE war cabinet is considering ali
possibilities of an INVASION" declared
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar
Law in the House. of Commons in Lon.
don. I'D. t.. VI
Martial law has been declared in
Petrograd. A telegram to the Railway
Mems Union reports that Moscow Is
the scene of great disorder and that
hunger riots have occurred there.
The Canadian Red Cross Society
acknowledged check for $500 re-
ceived from Miss Margaret Wilson.
daughter of President Wilson, being
part of the proceeds of concert re-
Gently given in Montreal by Miss Will
son.
Peace has been definitely declared
in Moscow with victory for the Bol!
sheviki. The white guard has been
die n1 ha v,,tl;
cadets. Two trainloads of the red
guard, en- route from Petrograd to
Moscow to support the Bolsheviki SOL
diers there, have been stopped.
In the House of Commons, during
speech, Henry William Forster, finan-
cial secretary of war, said that since
July l, 1916, the British had captured
from the Turks 30,197 prisoners and
1856 guns; and from the Germans on
the western front. 1Ol.534 prisoners
and 519 guns. The approximate
square mileage in territory conquered
or reconquered by the British in the
same time, said Mr. Forster, was 128,-
900.
With all the pomp and ceremony of
the ancient Hawaiian, funeral ritual
befitting the departure of, the last
monarch of the islands who had held
tenaciously to the traditions OF her
former domain. Queen Liliuokalani
was buried at Honolulu in the Nuuana
cemetery. The entire population of
the city lined the route from the
throne room, where the funeral serv-
ices were held, to the burial ground,
while the procession containing 5000
persons passed. The United States
government was officially represented
by Senator Henry f. Ashurst of Ari-
zona and its armed forces.
Sporting News
Pennsylvania gave Michigan a big
surprise at Philadelphia and defeated
the Western football eleven by 16 to
0. 1t was hard. bitterly fought game
Nebraska University won the Mis-.
souri, valley football championship de-
feating Kansas 13 to at Lawrence,
Kan.
Harvard freshmen won the cross
country run from Yale freshmen. 10
to AZ, over the Belmont. Mass,
course.
Joe Hinton and Eddie Reddy, st.
Paul fight promoters, announced at
Minneapolis that they would offer
$4,000 for fight between Fred Full
ton and Jess Willard on the condition
that Fulton wins over "Gunboat"
Smith.
With Ohio State in possession of
the Big Ten football championship for
the second consecutive season. Chi
cago, Illinois and Minnesota, each
with defeat chalked up against
them. will fight il out for secondary
honors of the Western conference
race.
General
A decree has been issued suspend,
ing the operation in Brazil of German
insurance companies.
Dispatches from New York an
nounced that the $35.000.000 war
fund of the Y. NJ. c. A. had been fully
raised
A call for 500 chauffeurs for trans.
port service in the quartermaster's
corps was issued at New York at the
headquarters of the Eastern depart
ment.
Among the mon recommended for