Gilpin observer., 1917-02-22
Foreign

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Japan is experiencing the coldest
winter in years. The hills and noun
tains are covered deep with snow.
Falling walls of buildings wrecked
by flames crushed three firemen to
death and badly injured five others at
Quebec.
Eleven men of the crew of the Brit
ish steamer Romsdalen. reported
sunk, are missing, Lloyd's Shipping
agency announced.
Adelina Patti, in private life the
Baroness Cederstrom, entered upon
her 18th year, having been born in
Madrid, Feb 10, 1843.
The Mexican government has given
notice that mining properties which
have not been operated for two
months will be taken over by the gov
ernment.
Lieut.. Toyoo Yamamura of the
Japan air squadron met death at
Yokosuka when the hydroplane he
was plotting became disabled and fell
into the sea.
All Americans from Berlin have re-
ported that the situation in Berlin, 60
far as Americans are concerned, is
little changed since the departure of
Ambassador Gerard.
The body - Capt. H. Schlueter of
the Hamburg American steamer Sta
atssekretar Kraetken. one Of the Ger
man vessels warbound at Honolulu, T.
H., was found by searchers at the bot
tom of the bay.
The American ambassador, Henry
P. Fletcher, arrived at Queretaro,
Mex. He was met by Col. Juan Bar
ragan, chief of Carranzas staff, and
Cara Perez, assistant secretary of
foreign relations.
The new money subscribed to the
new British war loan is at least $3.-
00,000.000, exclusive of contributions
from the banks, Andrew Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer, stated in
the House of Commons in London.
In reply to a protest by the Dutch
government, regarding the shelling OF
the Dutch steamer Oldandt, Dec. 20,
by German coast batteries while the
steamer was being taken to Zee
brugge, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuters, the German gov
ernment says the shelling was "acc
dent of force majeure." The Ger
man government, the dispatch says,
expresses sincere regret that subjects
of friendly power were killed or in
jured, and expresses readiness to pay
compensation to their relatives.
Sporting News
William M. Kerr, aged 20, formerly
president of the Pittsburg National
League Baseball Club. is dead at mis-
home in Pittsburgh, Pa, following an
Illness of one week.
Harry w. Fitzpatrick, president OF
the Southern Amateur Athletic Union.
won the five-mile walking race of the
8. A. A. u. held at New Orleans, La.
His time was 43:37 The record is
41:57.
Dashing out of bowling inconspicu.
business, ]. N. Deller of the Ell Cora
bowling team of Duluth held first
place in singles in the International
Bowling Association tourney at st.
Paul. MINI. By rolling twenty-one
strikes in thirty games he felled 705
pins, which is equal to the A. b. c.
record of Thomas Haley of Detroit
in 1910.
Sailor Kirke was awarded the popm-
of a
| National Athletic Club in Denver in
fiercely fought twenty-round battle.
Flynn had the best of the first seven
rounds, but after that it was easy
sailing for Kirke. In the semi-wind-
up, which was between Jimmy Sum-
mers and Jack Hogan, the referee
stopped the bout in the fourth round
and awarded the decision to Sum-
mers.
General
Two steamships out of New York,
under charter to the Kerr Steamship
Company. one Norwegian and the
other Spanish. hove been sunk in the
submarine barred zone.
New York Is going into the milk
business. Commissioner of Food and
Markets Dillon announced that the
municipality would be selling milk at
s cents quart by April /.
The country's car shortage situa.
tion was on Feb. the worst in ten
years with one exception, according
to figures made public in New York
| by the American Railway Association.
Edward S. Young, aged co, sergeant
alarms at the Republican national
convention which nominated Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, died of pneumonia at Hartford,
Conn.
Support of the government in the
adoption of vigorous and adequate