The Colorado statesman., 1917-11-10
FOREIGN

are Delng formed all along the Mex
lean border.
Full autonomy for Finland was
agreed upon by the Russian provision
al government and Finnish represent
atives.
An appalling story of cold blooded
massacre by Germans of crews of
British North sea convoys in a recent
battle is told by the Norwegian news
papers.
At London the Norwegian legation
announces that during October nine
teen Norwegian vessels, aggregating
34,577 tons, and forty-eight Norwegian
seamen were lost
The Seine federation of the radical
Socialist party asked its representa-
tives in the Paris municipal council
to propose naming a street in the cap
ital after President Wilson.
Austria's food difficulties, the Allge-
meine Zeitung of Vienna says ii
learns have become notably sharper
in consequence of Hungary's flat re-
fusal of Austrian proposals for a sup
ply of grain.
According to the correspondent at
Gorilla of the Budapest newspaper
| Pasti-Hirlap, the Austrians made their
attack upon Gorizia with a new poi
sonous gas, the invention of Wen
Hese professor.
In fight between Mexican federal
troops from the Ojinaga garrison and
| Villa followers near Barancas, oppo-
cit bn
defeated and thirty-five driven across
the American border.
1t is generally believed in diplo-
matte circles at Copenhagen that the
visit to Berlin of Count Ottokara
Czernin, the Austro-H Hungarian foreign
minister, may be a preliminary to a
new peace offer by the central powers.
allies were forcing their way across
the Tagliamento, Germany at home
quietly crossed the political Rubicon
and in the space of five days changed
from an autocracy into a democracy"
| declared Matthias Erzberger, leader OF
the centrist party in an interview at
Berlin
With blood-stained floors, shattered
windows and coaches crowded with
frightened Mexican men, women and
children who were shiverng, half
naked in the bullet-broken seats, the
Mexican Central passenger train
| which was attacked by Villa followers
at Armanderiz station, arrived at
Juarez, Mex One hundred and twen-
! ty-five soldiers and passengers were
killed on the train.
SPORTING NEWS
The Utah Agricultural college de-
feated the Colorado Aggie eleven at
Logan, Utah, by a score of Al to Z.
Pete Herman of New Orleans,
worlds bantamweight champion, was
awarded a decision by Referee Gold
man over frankie Burns of Jersey
City at New Orleans La.
Kid Bronco of San Francisco and
Soldier Bullion of the Twenty-fifth
company of California coast artillery,
on guard at Utah mining camps,
fought six-round draw before the
Manhattan club at Salt Lake.
GENERAL
The Democratic state ticket re-
ceived the usual majority in Virginia's
general election.
Massachusetts returns Governor
Mccall and the rest of the Republican
ticket to office by large plurality.
Complete unofficial returns from
indianapolis show that Charles w.
Jewett Republican, was elected may
| or by plurality oil 3,57S.
Work was resumed in the greater
part of the mines in Kansas District
IA in compliance with the order of
President Alexander Howat
Early returns from the Twenty
eighth Pennsylvania congressional
district indicate the election of Capt.
U. G. Lyons of Warren, Republican,
over F. M. Boshlin, Democrat.
Hoarding and speculation in cotton
seed and cotton-seed products, which
are necessary in the manufacture o.
war munitions, are to be prohibited by
the United States food administration
Taking as its text the announce
ment of the first American casualties
in the world war; the London Daily
Mail prints a eulogistic editorial on
American participation in the hostil
tiles.
Schuyler Merritt Rep) of STAN
ford was elected to Congress in the
Fourth Connecticut district over Lynn
Wilson Dem), to fill the vacancy
made by the death of Ebenezer j.
Hill (Rep).
John " w. Reynders of New York,
student aviator attached to the
United States naval station at Bay
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