Gilpin observer., 1917-01-25
Eorei0n

England has been reduced from 9 to
6h per cent
An American Chamber OF Com
merce has been successfully organ
ICED in London.
The American consulate at Algiers
was entered by burglars. according to
the Paris Matin. The safe was
broken open, and all papers in 1t were
stolen. '-.-
Amedee Bollee, Sr., an inventor.
known in France as "the father Of
automobilism," is dead in Paris.
Bollee was the builder of a steam car
which he first operated in 1873.
The ministry of munitions in Lon
don issued an appeal for 5000 more
women to work in munition factories.
The need of them is declared to be
urgent "for the output Of munitions
must not be delayed for day by any
lack Of labor"
Recourse will be had to compulsory
national service If the appeal for vol
untary service fails to evoke suffi-
cient response. declared Arthur Ne
vile Chamberlain, director general OF
national service, at a meeting of en-
ployers and employees at Birmingham,
England.
Norway had lost 242 vessels from
the beginning of the war to the end
of November. 1916, Of which 1872 were
steamships and 60 were sailing YES
sells. Their total tonnage was 335.415
register tons, and the insurance on
them amounted to 145,79O.0OO crowns
(about $41, ,OOO,OOO).
There is not a window pane left in
a whole row Of houses more than a
mile away from the scene of the Lon
many of these structures are door
less, their windows have been
wrecked, and a large amount of furni-
ture twisted and demolished.
The constitutional assembly of
Mexico approved an article of the
constitution providing that Mexicans
shall be given the preference over
foreign-born citizens in regard to all
classes of concessions and for those
posts in the government employ, the
holders of which must be citizens.
Japanese bankers, it is announced,
have signed an agreement with the
Bank of Communications for loan
of $5,000,000 in silver at 71a per cent.
The Chinese parliament attempted to
prevent the loan, but was unsuccess-
ful aS the trapSa ction II wac ctotad
does not increase the governments
liability in connection with the bank
Sporting News
Despite the cold weather thirty-one
shooters participated in the regular
shoot of the Denver Trap Club at
their Aurora Club grounds Sunday.
Charlie Younkman and Charlie Plank
were the only clay target cracks, max
ing a perfect score.
C. X. G. Billings has announced
through his representative at Rich
mond. Va, that he would sell at auc-
tion his entire trotting stud, which in
cludes some of the worlds most
noted horses, among them The Har-
vester, 2:O1, and William, 1:5SA.
Billings paid $4,000 for William.
A charge that last years pennant
race in the Pacific Coast baseball
league was fixed" so that the Vernon
Club would not win was made in a
statement by Edward r. Maier, form
er owner of the club, printed in San
Francisco Maier was expelled from
membership in the league last Sep
tember.
The feature event at San Diego,
Cal, in the Coronado winter tennis
tournament, play in which was re-
sumed after several postponements
because of rain, was the defeat of
Miss Florence Sutton by Miss Mary
X. Browne, former woman national
champion, in n semi-final match. The
score was TO, 4-6, Sc.
General
Despite the reduction of immigra-
tion, New York city's population in
creased in 1916 by about 100000.
1t was announced at the close of the
allied bazaar in Chicago that the manu-
script OF Eugene Fields poem. Little
Boy Blue" brought $2.400. 1t went
to John Mccormack. the singer.
The taking up of the new $3.50, ,O0O,-
900 loan to Great Britain will In
crease American investment In for
eign government loans or commercial
credits due to the war to $2,35Q. .OO0,.
900, OF which about half is to Great
Britain or British banks.
Confronted by the same problem OF
the cost of print paper as now exists
in the United States. the Canadian
government investigated and has just
ordered fixed price Of $40 a ton
This is to be rigidly enforced by the
dominion.
woman. although wounded, en-.
gagged in revolver battle with five