The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-20
FOREIGN

vice TO men AZ years OF age.
Oct. gath has been set aside as
special subscription day for Liberty
Loan bonds in Havana.
demonstration in favor of neutral
ity was held at Buenos Aires, Germans
and Spaniards participating.
A military conference was held ut
main headquarters near Petrograd, at
which Premier Kerensky presided.
Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and ad-
ventures. who two months ago was'
found guilty by a court-m~ rtial on
charge of espionage, was shot at Paris.
British airmen in their recent at
caused the destruction of an arsenal
in which was quartered newly ar.
rived German regiment.
Two German torpedoboats were
sunk and two damaged. and one Rus
sian torpedoboat sunk in an engage
ment Sunday in Soela sound, north OF
Oesel island.
One American was killed and a sec.
ond seriously wounded by shell fire
from a German submarine against
their boats as they were leaving
torpedoed steamer, it was announced
in London.
The London Board of Trade figures
for September show an increase of
9S,859,000 in imports and a decrease
of G23,000 in exports. Imports OF
grain increased E2,500,000 but meat
and drink decreased G5,000,000.
The Germans are removing the
French, particularly the women, from
Lille, Roubaix, Touroing, Croix and
surrounding places to work for them.
Only women without children and
young girls are now being selected.
The Russian provisional government
has postponed the opening of the pre-
liminary parliament from Oct. 18th to
goth. Premier Kerensky, who has re-
covered sufficiently from his recent in
disposition to travel, has returned to
Petrograd and will open the parlia-
ment.
The Swedish foreign office has re.
ceived the German reply to its in
quiry regarding the action of Count
Karl Won Luxburg while he was Ger
man minister to Argentine, in sending
messages through the Swedish lega-
ton regarding the Sinking without
trace" of Argentinian vessels.
SPORTING NEWS
Tom Longboat the famous Indian
marathon runner, has been killed in
action in France.
Lee Morrisey and Young Gilbert
battled six rounds to a draw for the
championship of the intermountain
country before the Manhattan Club at
Salt Lake.
Receipts for the six worlds cham
pionship games total: Attendance,
1864 receipts, s425,S7S; National
Commissions share, s42,5S7.S0; each
clubs share, Sis, ,2O0.S1; players
share, $152,SS8.5S; the White Sox will
divide $91, 1,7S3.15; the Giants players
will divide SCI .155.43.
The Chicago Americans are the
worlds baseball champions of 1917.
They scored their fourth and deciding
victory over the New York Giants Mon
day afternoon, to 2. Saturday they
defeated the New York Giants, 8 to
5, after the Giants had won the two
games played in New York, 2 to 0,
and to 0. The Sox won the first
two games played in Chicago, 2 to 1
and to 2.
GENERAL
Liberty loan bond sale coming in
slow. Quick work is urged.
A munition factory near New York
sounded an urgent call for 800 women
laborers.
At MarshfieId, Mo-, Claude Piersol
was found guilty of kidnapping Lloyd
Keet by jury and sentenced to thirty
five years imprisonment.
Increases in wages which ultimately
will amount to $S,OOO,OOO a year were
announced by the Curtiss Airplane
Corporation of Buffalo, N. Y.
With an estimated majority of 30,-
900 to $4,000 Iowa voters decided to
prohibit the manufacture and sale of
liquor in this state by constitutional
amendment.
Soldiers of the American expedi-
tionary force cabled the Liberty Loan
Committee of the Philadelphia dis.
trict subscribing $4,000 to the second
Liberty Loan.
There are 19,345 elk in the three
principal bands in Montaha-Gardiner,
Gallatin and Madison-according to
received by State Game Warden De-
Hart.
On account of the shortage of man
power, due to war conditions, women
soon will be installed as subway
guards during the rush hours by the
BROOKLYN Rapid Transit COMPANY, Il