The Colorado statesman., 1918-02-09
FOREIGN

by enemy airmen, 1t was officially an
nounced.
Austria is absolutely dependent up
on Hungary and Rumania for grain,
Herr Haefer, the Austrian food min
lister. said in an interview In London.
Complete order has been restored
at LAMA, northwest of Athens, where
soldiers of Greek infantry regiments
mutinied, according to an Athens dis
patch to the London Times.
Cheap and comfortable travel be-
tween the United States and England
will be one of the first steps in post
war reconstruction, in the opinion OF
the American ambassador, Walter H.
Page.
German U-boats, according to a re-
ply given by Andrew Bonar Law, gov
eminent leader in the House of Com
mons, have done to death 14,120 non
combatant British men, women and
children.
Norway's reply to the proposals
from the American War Trade Board
regarding supplies from the United
States to Norway. emphasizes the firm
ICoOlNt VI bllG ANO1 WtBldn DtOplG anu
government to remain neutral.
Former Grand Duke Nicholas Con-
stantinovitch, nephew of Emperor Nj
cholas l, and son of the late Grand
Duchess Alexandra Josefowna, is
dead at the age of 6S at Tashkend,
Russian Turkestan. Nicholas was BAN
ished to Tashkend years ago by the
Romanoff family because of a love
affair with an American actress.
Fear that Francisco Villa might
change his plans and strike Juarez
instead of Ojinaga has caused Gener-
al Martinez, acting commander of the
federal forces at Chihuahua City, to
send reinforcements north from the
state capital to strengthen the garri-
son at Juarez and assist in patroling
the river near Juarez to prevent Viii
las men from joining him.
A dispatch to the London Exchange
Telegraph from Amsterdam says DR..
Won Kuehlmann, the German secre-
tary of foreign affairs, is betrothed to
Frau Friedlaenderfuldt, who after
Frau Bertha Krupp Won Bohlen und
Halbach, is reported to be the richest
woman in Germany. Frau Won Fried
! laenderfuldt is the divorced wife OF
the Hon. John Milford, son of the late
Lord Dedesdale.
SPORT
Jimmy Duffy of Lockport, N. Y,
will try to take the welterweight title
away from Ted Lewis in fifteen
round bout at Toledo, Ohio on Feb. 10.
The Western League will be in the
field this year with Omaha, Des
Moines, Wichita, st. Joseph and Jop-
lin certain of membership, according
to E. w. Dickerson, president of the
league.
Mrs. A. c. Ball of the Eastern Mar
ket Ten Pin team rolled 26S in compe-
tition at Detroit, Mich. This is be-
lieved to be record score for women.
Incidentally, she won ton of coal,
offered as a prize for any woman
making eight consecutive strikes.
John l.. Sullivan, formerly worlds
heavyweight champion boxer, died at
his home in Arlington, Mass. Sulli-
van, who was SO years of age, had
lived on a farm there for the last ten
years. He was one of the most pic
turesque characters in the history OF
prize fighting For more than ten
years, from the time he defeated Pad
| dy Ryan in 1882, in a bare knuckle
| fight under the London prize ring
rules, until he was defeated by James
]. Corbett in 1892, his personality and
methods of fighting completely DOM
mated sporting circles in the United
| States.
GENERAL
Col. Theodore Roosevelt underwent
an operation for abscess a few days
ago.
Mrs. NJ. Sevanian, %, wife of an
Armenian grocer, reached Waukegan,
ILL.,, with her brother, Gregor Peril
gian, 16, after an 5000 mile fight OF
an entire year to escape the Turks.
Her mother, father and grandmother,
So, were butchered by the Turks, as
were 1000 more in their caravan, she
said.
Franz Won Rintelen, German naval
officer and a reputed member of the
German war staff, was found guilty
with ten other defendants in Federal
Court in New York of conspiracy to
destroy food and munitions ships OF
the entente allies by placing fire
bombs" in their cargoes. Judge Howe
Immediately imposed the maximum
penalty of eighteen months imprison-
ment in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta and fine of $4,000 on each
of the prisoners.
The gigantic activities of the Red
Cross War Council from the date OF
its appointment by President Wilson
to Jan. 8, 1918. are portrayed by the