The Benson signal., 1917-11-24

RopOrCS IndC InG G0T1ldHS luleIuou
in camp at Hot Springs, N. c., eat
five meals day and enjoy many ex-
travagances of diet are denounced by
the Department of Labor which has
them in charge.
FOREIGN
Venice is now almost empty, the
population having been reduced from
the usual 100000 to 10000.
Auguste Rodin, Frances great
sculptor, died in Paris The 77-year.
old sculptor had been i'll for only a
brief time of congestion of the lungs.
"The war cabinet is considering all
possibilities of an INVASION" declared
Law in the House of Commons in Lon
DON
The government has proclaimed a
state of siege in the federal district
Paulo, Parana, Santa Catherine and
Rio Grande Do Sol.
Martial law has been declared in
Petrograd. A telegram to the Railway
Mems Union reports that Moscow is
the scene of great disorder and that
hunger riots have occurred there.
Ship carpenters employed in British
Columbia shipyards building wooden
vessels for the imperial munitions
board have presented an ultimatum to
coast directors of the board, demaitd
ing Sc day.
Peace has been definitely declared
in Moscow with victory for the Boil
sheviki. The white guard has been
disarmed, and likewise the military
cadets. Two trainloads of the red
guard, en- route from Petrograd to
Moscow to support the Bolsheviki sol
diers there, have been stopped
With all the pomp and ceremony of
the ancient Hawaiian funeral ritual
befitting the departure of the last
monarch of the islands who had held
tenaciously to the traditions of her
former domain, Queen LiGuokalani
was buried at Honolulu in the Nuuana
cemetery. The entire population of
the city lined the route from the
throne room, where the funeral serv-
ices were held, to the burial ground,
while the procession containing 5000
persons passed. The United States
government was officially represented
by Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Ari-
IONA and it's armed forces.
SPORTING NEWS
The Colorado University football
team was swamped at Logan, Utah, by
the toe of Stiefen, little quarterback
of the Aggies, the score being % to 0.
William K (BilD Annis, known all
over the country as ball player, who
had made his home in Denver for the
last six years, died at his home, 1929
South Cherokee, in Denver. He was
81 years old.
Completely outplayed in the first
half the Colorado College Tigers won
their annual game with the Aggies at
Colorado Springs when they staged a
whirlwind attack in the last two quar-
ters that carried the visitors off their
feet. The scare was 7 to O.
Fort Collins High school won the
northern Colorado High school foot
ball championship at Fort Collins by
defeating Loveland High school 81 to
0 in the final game of the season.
Fort Collins High meets the Colorado
Springs Terrors in Colorado Springs
on Thanksgiving Day for the state
honors.
GENERAL
Mobilization and possible utilization
of Japans army is being increasingly
considered as a result of Russia's col
lapse.
A call for 500 chauffeurs for trans
port service in the quartermaster's
corps was issued at New York at the
headquarters of the Eastern depart
ment.
By a vote of 215 to 21 the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at Buffalo,
N. Y, determined to abandon. it's life
long nonpartisan attitude and active
ly enter American politics next year.
Loans of $7,374,O0O were made to
farmers in October under the federal
farm loan system, raising the total
paid out since the systems inaugu-
ration fifteen months ago to 21,000,-
900.
The refinery of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana at Yale, Okla,
was blown up. The plant was COM
pletely destroyed and two men were
killed. Thirteen tank cars were also
destroyed
w. R. Riddle, who lives near Stone
wall, Okla, has made a new record
in the production of sweet potatoes.
On five acres of ground he raised
more than 2,100 bushels, an average
of 425 bushels to the acre.