Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-21

Bolsheviki according to a Berlin dis
patch. .e.., ,..,,
Earthquake shocks at Annoy, China.
continued Saturday night and Sunday.
Many persons were injured and more
than 100 houses collapsed
Fighting was reported north of
Jfminez in the vicinity of La Cruz, be-
tween Villa forces and federal troops
under the personal command of Gen.
Francisco Murguia.
Carranza garrisons at Chihuahua
and at Parral and Juarez threatened
mutiny because government paymas-
tiers have stolen 100000 in gold to be
used for paying troops.
Six Americans in the automobile
convoy service have been decorated
by the French government with the
war cross for their courage and devo-
ton to duty at Verdun.
The lava lake of Kilauea volcano
has taken a sudden rise and is at the
highest level reached within the
crater since 1894. according to obser-
vations reaching Honolulu, T. H.
Altho during the last eight months
the Russian soldiers have been grad
ually drifting homeward, the number
remaining under arms is variously es-
timated at from 100000 to 10000, 900.
Russia has now reached the point
where her whole economic structure,
together with her industries, railway
systems and trade apparatus is broken
up and crashing headlong to the
ground.
According to the Petrograd news
action in simplifying divorce proceed
ings has resulted in $4,000 applica-
lions being made for divorce in the
capital alone.
The Amsterdam Nieuw Rotter-
damsche Courant reports from the
frontier that 10000 Turks and Bull
garians are understood to have ar
rived at Verviers, Belgium, ID miles
east of Liege.
Sixty-three Europeans are missing
and great number of Indians and
natives probably have been lost in con-
sequence of flood in the Umvolosi
sugar district of Zululand. A terrific
storm flooded the Umvolosi river.
Sporting News
Illinois defeated Ohio State in a
western conference basketball game,
at Columbus, Ohio.
Harry Wills, American negro heavy
weight pugilist, was awarded knock
out decision in the fifth round of his
bout with Sam McVey at Panama.
Ted (Kid) Lewis. welterweight title
holder, took away from Jimmy Duffy,
Lockport, N. Y, any aspirations the
latter had of getting the crown when
he was knocked out by Lewis in 80
seconds of the first round of sched-
uled 15-round bout at Toledo, Ohio.
Wallace C. Hunter, Jr., Yale back.
who quit college and the football elev-
en- to go to France as an aviator, has
been decorated with the war cross for
bravery in an aerial combat against
German flyers in January, according
to word received in Chicago by w. C.
Winter, his father
General
Capt. James Fenimore Cooper. Jr..
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fenimore Cooper.
of Albany and Cooperstown, and
great grandson of the author, died at
Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. j., after
nine-days' illness of pneumonia.
Three Apache Indians left Wilcox,
Ariz, to trail Thomas Powers, John
Powers and Thomas Sisson, wanted
for the killing of three Graham coun-
ty officers Feb. 10, according to a re-
port to Sheriff Rye Miles from Will
cox.
Women section hands employed by
the Lehigh Valley railway on the
Shenandoah-Lost Creek branch Mt
Pottsville, Pa. are on a strike. They
receive $3.50 for a nine-hour day and
they are striking for $500.
Col, Theodore Roosevelt. who is con-
valescing in hospital in New York.
said he was perfectly delighted"
when long distance telephone mes
sage from Boston brought word of the
birth in that city of his eighth grand
child.
Brig. Gen. Frederick w. Sibley. for
many years brilliant cavalry officer
who took part in Indian campaigns
under General Crook. and served In
the Spanish-American war. is dead at
the base hospital at Camp Grant, Rock
ford. Ill.
Thomas A. Morrison. witness in
the Felix r. Jones murder trial in
progress at El Paso. Tex. was ar
rested on charge of conspiracy to
murder. The complaint alleged that he
was party to a conspiracy to
murder w. G.. Clark on the night of
Feb. is. when Clark was being taken