Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-03-07
Foreign

StaII ana the allleQ MISSIONS nave leIt
Petrograd.
Prince Mirko, second son of King
Nicholas of Montenegro, died in a
sanitarium at Vienna of hemorrhage
of the lungs.
Germanys national debt has risen
to nearly $4,000, 100000 marks. ($25..
900 ,0O0,OO0), the Reichstag was in
formed by Count Won Posadowsky-
Wehner.
by reason of the signing of the
peace treaty with Russia" says the
official communication from Berlin
Sunday, military operations in Rus
STA have ceased"
The German government has or
dered the coinage of 200,000,O0O new
iron 5-pfennig pieces. Complaints of
the scarcity of small coins have been
continuous in all parts of Germany for
long time.
By the closing of her frontiers,
Switzerland again finds herself COM
pletely isolated in Europe. Mean
while the food question, especially as
1t relates to bread, is becoming more
serious daily.
Mrs. William B. Leeds, now in
Montreux, Switzerland. has author
lied an absolute denial of reports of
Greece, youngest brother of Constan-
tine, the deposed king.
The Copenhagen correspondent of
the London Exchange Telegraph Com
pany says information has been re-
ceived there that Turkish soldiers
have committed new massacres il. the
district of Armenia which has been
deserted by the Russians.
The peace treaty signed between
the four central powers and Russia,
according to dispatch received here
from Berlin, says the powers men,
toned "have agreed to terminate the
state of war and bring about peace
as quickly as possible" and fix terms
later.
Although the election returns have
not been received at Rio Janiero from
all the states, ii already has been de-
termined that Rodriguez Alves and
Delfin Moreira were elected president
and vice president almost unanimous
ly. All political parties gave their
support to them on their pledge for a
continuance of the present admins
tration war policies.
Sporting News
Western League Club owners at
the meeting in Des Moines, ratified
the sale of the Lincoln franchise to
Sioux City. and the moving of the
Denver franchise to Topeka.
Monk Fowler, the New Orleans
lightweight, was awarded the decision
over Arlos flaming of Oklahoma City
at the end of fifteen rounds OF fight
ing at the Lakeside Athletic Club in
Denver
Nina Vitagliana of Los Angeles was
killed at Stockton, Cal, when a tire
flew off of her car during the wom-
ans automobile race Five others
were injured One of these, her me-
chanician, r. N. Curry, sustained a
fractured skull.
In the two-men event of the Ameri-
can Bowling Congress tournament at
Cincinnati, Ohio, II. O'Brien and w.
Kuenzi of WATERFOWL, Wis, rolled /, :
229 for a tie for tenth place with
Wells and Kondolf of Rochester. n. Y.
j. Russell of Chicago led all of he
individuals and by rolling G52 MeIt
into a tie with J. Raymond of Toledo,
Ohio, for eighth place. The most sen.
sational bowling of the day, however,
rolled the highest single game of the
tournament thus far-290.
General
U. S. Grant ", lieutenant of ord
nance in Camp Wadsworth at Spar.
tansburg. S. c., announced that he had
been secretly married last October TO
Miss Matilda Bartikofsky of New
York.
Thomas l.. Ward, veteran of both
Mexican and Civil wars, died in the
Soldiers home at Bath, n. V, aged
Ill years. He attributed his longevity
to the fact that he had used tobacco
since boyhood.
Passenger train schedules between
Chicago and st. Louis were ordered
rearranged by Director General Nc.
Adoo to reduce from fifteen to nine
the number of trains daily each way,
effective March II.
Congressman Irvine l.. Lenroot OF
Superior was Endorsed as the loyalist
Republican candidate for United
States Senator by the conference OF
representative Republicans. coming
from all sections of Wisconsin.
with the sense of equilibrium de.