Tombstone epitaph., 1918-03-17
FOREIGN

parliament under the new government has been called for Monday. March IS.
 Admiral Chen Pih-Kuan. former min Canton. China. The assassin escaped.
 The Chilean schooner Falcon has ar rived at Valparaiso from Easter isl ands. having on board ihe crew of the German auxiliary cruiser Seeadler.
 John F.. Redmond. the Irish Nation alist leadeT. died in London. Death was due to heart failure. following recent operation for an intestinal obstruction.
 Moscow is to be declared the new capital of Russia and the government proposes to publish a statement to this effect. Petrograd will be proclaimed free port.
 A Berlin dispatch received in Am sterdam forecasts the early resigna- tion of Lenine and Tro;zky. the Bol- shevik foreign minister, owing 10 their increasing unpopularity.
 In tht view of the marquis of Lans- downe. expressed in letter to the London Daily Telegraph. the recent speech of Chancellor von Hertling marks a perceptible advance in peace discussions.
 Great Britain's loans 10 her allies up to Feb. g had totaled G1.26i 0e0,0o0. Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of the exchequer. announced in the House of Commons. Loans 10 the dominions had reached the sum of clS0.00o. .00o.
 At least 130 lives were lost in the disaster st the Hongkong Jockey Clubs track at Happy Valley when stand occupied by Chinese collapsed and then caught fire. That many charred bodies have been removed from the ruins.
 Francisco Villas main column was defeated al Fl Oro. Durango. Feb. 2S. Geronimo Padilla. d Villa colonel. was killed and eighty Villa men killed and wounded and l5o made prisoners. ac- cording to a delayed federal account of the battle received at Juarez.
 The governor of the province Of Sin kiang. western China. from which have come reports that Turks and Ger mans are stirring up the Mohamned- ans, teiegraphs that the Russians are massing on the frontier. evidently in- tending an invasion of Sin Kiang
 The Petrograd official news agency announces that a supreme military council has been formed for defense of the country. The commissioner for military affairs has issued decree or dering that the entire people be armed. The Bolshevik leaders are prepared 10 withdraw even as far as to the Ural mountains rather than sub init to the defeat Of the revolution. said Leon Trotzky, Bolsheyik foreign minister.
 SPORT
 The University Of Colorado basket. ball team defeated the School Of Mines at Golden by the score Of 50 to ls.
 The United States Food Administra- ton is taking a more determined stand than ever 10 prevent the boarding and waste Of flour and sugar
 Western League club owners ad- journed at Des Moines, la, after adopting a l40-game schedule. begin nine May I ard ending Sept. IS.
 The Yanks were further reinforced in New York by the arrival Of signed contracts from Outfielder Camp, h. fielder Ward and Pitcher McGraw all youngsters.
 The Colorado State Racing Commis- sion has organized a state racing cir cult, which will start at Greeley, Aug. 1S. The meeting was attended by rep resentatives of most of the northern fairs, and was very enthusiastic gathering.
 Charles Styles. Detroit, came with in nine pins of equaling the A. B. c. singles score when he rolled a 702 to; tai. giving him first place in that event at Cincinnati Ohio. Wally Pierce of Pueblo, Colo. rolled Ill in an A. B. C. tourney several years ago.
 GENERAL
 a tribute :o John Redmond, :hc dead Irish Nationalist leader. was paid in New York by Earl Reading, the Brit ish special ambassador to the United States.
 Official announcement was made in Berlin of the signing of peace treaty between Germany and Finland. and also of trade and shipping agreements and supplementary protocol. Mark Requa, chief Of the oil division of the United States fuel administra- ton. declared that there is at this time no expectation that the government will take over and operate the oil fields of the country.
 Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of tLe ad- miralty. delivering an address in the House of Commons in London, said the naval forces of the allies in Europ- can waters shortly would be augment cd by a force of Brazilian warships. Field Marshal yoA. Hindenburg drinks beer. wine and whisky until he is purple in the face" Mme. Laura Turcznowicz, an American married to . Pole. declared in New York. She ob- served Won Hindenburs's dissipations when he quartered himself in her hors in Poland in 1915. she said Fiftyone delegates to the Prohibi- ton national convention bolted to the l new National party. and approximate ly 100 others, including National Co., | mfttee Chairman Vfr9u n Hfnxhaw.