Gilpin observer., 1917-12-13
Foreign

Ojinaga, opposite Preside, Texas.
Seventy persons were killed and 300
or 400 wounded in the uprising in Por
tugal, according to advices from Lis
bon.
Germanys great gun makers, the
Krupps, have opened a branch factory
at Lucerne, with capital Of 100000
marks.
A regiment of business and profess
sional men set to work digging graves
for the 1900 bodies recovered from
the ruins made by the explosion
Dec. 6.
Virtually all hope has been aban-
doned at Quebec for the crew of the
government steamer Simcoe, which
was reported sinking off Magdalen
islands.
The House of Commons has agreed
to the Acknowledgement of conscien-
tious objectors. This will continue
for the duration of the war and for
five years thereafter.
The death is announced in London
of Countess Sarah Esterhazy, widow
Of Count Macmillan Esterhazy, for
mer Austrian ambassador to London,
who died thirty years ago.
1t will require approximately $780,.
100000 to reconstruct or strengthen
$4,000 miles of roads in Great Britain
after the war, in order to enable
them to carry the growing motor traf-
fic, says an official estimate.
A multitude of dead lay in Halifax,
N. s.. in the ruins of homes buried
under two feet of snow Saturday.
When the physically exhausted search
ers suspended for brief period their
sickening task, 1000 bodies had been
recovered
President Wilson's message to Con-
gress was published by newspapers
throughout Japan. 1t received un-
usual editorial opinion, special stress
being laid on the advantage of a COM
plete exposition of the principles and
objects for which the United States
entered and is prosecuting the war;
Figures officially given out of the
casualties in the munitions explosion
disaster in Halifax, N. s., follow:
Known dead, 1880; identified, $40;
unaccounted for, 1920; wounded, g.
900; homeless, $4,000. A roaring bliz-
zard, the third to strike that sorely af-
flicted city since the blast from the
exploding munition steamer made 25,-
900 persons homeless. burst from the
northeast
The draft of a law has been pub
lished in Petrograd respecting births,
deaths and marriages. according to a
dispatch from the Russian capital to
the London Daily Mail. The law abol-
ishes church marriages. recognizing
only civil ceremonies; illegitimate
children are given the same rights as
legitimate; divorce is made easy and
burial in consecrated ground without
a religious ceremony is allowed
Sporting News
Henry Palzer, who shot and killed
his son, AL Palzer, heavyweight pugil-
ist, several weeks ago, was sentenced
to five years in the state penitentiary
by Judge Parsons in the District Court
at Fergus Falls, MINI.
President Ban B. johnson of the
American League at Chicago, suggest
ed that the government assume con-
troll of American League baseball
clubs during the coming season and
operate them. giving the club owners
per cent of the profits.
A verdict awarding Charles Schmal-
stig judgment for $14,s92 from Charles
p. Taft, in the suit for $55,555 which
Schmalstig claimed as due him as his
share of the sale of the Chicago Ma.
tional League club to Charles Weegh-
man. was returned by jury in Com
mon Pleas Court at Cincinnati. Ohio.
General
Coupled with a serious coal short
age, the cold wave which hit New
York Dec. 10, following Saturdays
storm, resulted in great suffering.
Storms Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day caused two deaths in Chicago,
four In Youngstown, Ohio; three in
Cleveland, and caused a $4,000 fire at
Ames. la.
| President wilson refused to pardon
Samuel V. Perrott. former Indianap,
oils chief Of police, convicted last July
of violating the election laws and sen
fenced to four years in prison and q
fine of $1,000.
1t was learned at Albany. N. Y, thai
Governor Whitman is considering put
ting in his annual message recon
mendation for an emergency prohibi
ton law for New York state for tn,
duration Of the war.
A clear profit of 500 head from {
flock Of 275 ewes. with the wool cliI
averaging eight pounds, and an in
crease in numbers of 16S per cent, 1,
the cheerful outlook reported by
Bayfield, county. Wis. sheep raiser.