The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-27
FOREIGN

Zeppelins in France is death blow
to aircraft of this type.
The sum of II, 2,43O, 900, 900 marks was
subscribed to the seventh German war
loan closing on October 18th, accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch.
Robert Hanford of Brooklyn, N. Y,
an American aviator with the French
army, was killed while landing at an
aviation school on Oct. Is.
George e. Turnure, 21 years old of
New York, an American aviator,
brought down German biplane in
the neighborhood of Furness.
Count Won Luxburg, the German
charge d'affaires, will sail on the
Dutch steamer Hollandia. England
and her allies have granted him safe
conduct.
President Carranza sent to Congress
bill extending the suspension of con-
| stitutional guarantees to apply to
| plotters in general and to foes of the
| government.
The Amsterdam Vossische Zeitung
says that in well-informed circles it
is understood that the German en-
| peror has refused to accept Vice Ad-
miral Won Capelle's resignation as
minister of marine.
The Chamber of Deputies unani.
mously voted that the memory Of
Capt. George Guynemer, the famous
French aviator, be commemorated by
placing an inscription in the Pan
theon.
A Toxic dispatch says the former
German steamer Darvel, which for
some time has been in the control of
the United States navy, is a total
wreck on Stresi island. The crew of
the vessel rs saved.
In the course of a speech in the
House of Commons, Premier Lloyd
George declared the government was
aware that arrangements were again
being made, partly by Count Bern
storff, to land arms in Ireland.
Premier Lloyd George said that
| twice as many German submarines
were lost in the first ten months of
this year as in all of last year The
British tonnage lost monthly now is
not much more than one-third of the
total destroyed last April.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the President of the United States, re
ceived official civic recognition on the
occasion of her visit to Montreal to
sing in aid of the Red Cross fund,
and was presented with a silver low
ing cup and a bouquet of flowers.
The Painleve French ministry is to
retain office in its entirety, accord
ing to announcement by the Havas
| News agency, except that Alexandra
Ribot, minister of foreign affairs, re-
tires, being replaced by Louis Bar
thou, minister of state and member
of the war council.
The Japanese steamship Hitachi
Maru, due at Delagoa bay, Portuguese
East Africa, Oct. 1st, is missing and is
believed to have struck a mine, with
the loss of all on board The num-
| ber of passengers is not known, but
Mr.. Onai, London manager of the
| Nippon Yusen Kaishi, owners of the
vessel, was among them.
SPORTING NEWS
The last rites over the body of Bob
F'itzsimmons, who died in Chicago
were unattended by his only son, Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons, Jr., who doesn't be-
| lieve in funerals"
Members of the world champion
| White Sox team received checks for
their share of the receipts from the
world series amounting to $91, 1913 Is.
Each of the twenty-five players eli
| gible to share in the money received
check for $3,666.
Eddie Waggond enjoys a reputa
! tion for uneXcelled endurance powers
| following his bout with Benny Leon
ard. The lightweight champion landed
3O7 punches to Waggond's thirty-one,
but Waggoned stayed on his feet the
entire six rounds in Philadelphia.
GENERAL
A fire in a small building threat
ened the base hospital at Camp De-
vens, Mass and endangered the lives
of 300 sick soldiers.
Residents of Kansas, Oklahoma and
western Missouri shivered Tuesday in
the coolest weather of the year and
resorted to wood and kerosene in an
attempt to solve the fuel problem un
til the coal shortage is relieved.
Enraged by the purchase of automo
biles by negroes as a result of sud
den prosperity, white night riders
have started whipping negroes at By
ron, Ga. The latter have sent an ap-
peal for protection to the governor.
Milk at 10 cents a quart in New
York is the promise given by the Fif
teen Farms Milk Association, which
represents 1000 farmers in fight