The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-31
FOREIGN

| Killed in an engagement with two
German machines, has been found by
French cavalry.
| A secret wireless station at Tsars
koe-Selo, suspected of having fur
nished communication in the past be
tween pro-German Russian ministers
and Berlin, was discovered.
| The new Russia may break the griI
of the central empires in the Balkans
may even bring about withdrawal oil
Bulgaria and Turkey from the war, ac
cording to developments at Petrograd
| Immediate examination of all men
heretofore rejected for military serv.
ice by medical examiners was an
nounced as an urgent step decided up
on by the government in the House oi
| Commons in London.
The Volyusky Guards, First regi-
ment, which declared for the revolu.
tion, marched to the Tauride palace
TO express loyalty to the government
and the necessity of carrying on the
war to a victorious end, says Reu.
ter Petrograd dispatch.
r. Ducret, president of the Besan.
con Prisoners of War Association,
has forwarded to the foreign office at
Paris a declaration made by Besan-
con man. prisoner, who was forced
by the Germans to work within the
zone of fire, and who escaped.
The London Telegraph says that
the committee appointed to investi-
gate the liquor trade has reported in
favor of the state purchase and con-
troll of the business in England, Wales
and Ireland. Scotland is excluded be.
cause of different conditions in that
country.
Although steps have been taken to
Introduce limited supply of food
stuffs into Greece, the blockade insti-
tuted against that country will not be
raised until the demands of the en-.
| tente allies have been satisfactorily
executed, Lord Robert Cecil, minister
| OF blockade, told the House of Com
mons.
Military headquarters at Ell Paso,
Texas, received information that
Gen. Alyarado Obregon, recently re-
under arrest at the Mexican capital
in connection with incessant rumors
that revolution against the estab-
| lfshed government was about to be
undertaken.
At Copenhagen, King Christian for
mally bade his former subjects in the
Danish West Indies farewell, wishing
them "a happy future" under the
| United States flag. He issued a for
NAL proclamation thanking the resi-
| dents of the islands, now sold to the
United States, for their Centuries of
loyalty"
SPORTING NEWS
The Chicago Nationals No. 2 team
defeated the Kingman nine at King
man, Ariz., % to A.
AS soon as Washington declares that
state of war exists with Germany,
participation in all Intercollegiate ath,
letics will cease at Princeton univer-
sity
The Seattle Metropolitans won the
worlds hockey championship at Seat
tie by defeating Les Canadiens of Mon
treal to l. Seattle previously had
won two games and Les Canadiens
one
Reports that John McGraw will not
manage the New York Giants after
this year were set at rest when it was
announced that he has signed a five
year contract with President Hemp
| stead beginning at the close of the
1917 season and calling for $4,000.
GENERAL
Fifty thousand bales of cotton,
worth $10,000000, were destroyed by
fire in a warehouse at Vladivostok
General advances in freight rates
will be sought probably within the
next ten days by the railroads of the
United States.
| The Rockefeller Foundation an
nounces appropriations made during
the year ended Dec. 81, 1916, amount
ing to $S,249,0SS.96.
Twenty-Five thousand medical re-
serve officers is the goal of recruit
| ing campaign begun in New York by
| the auxiliary medical committee for
national defense.
Harold Ellis Yarnall, secretary and
| treasurer of the Midland Valley rail
road and prominent socially, died
| from a bullet wound sustained while
defending his wife from the attack
of a negro burglar at their home in
Philadelphia.
All through the great central West
militia called out by orders from
Washington were hurrying to their
armories. The immediate orders
were for each unit to assemble at its
armory at its home station and to
equip for duty.