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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Formal auliot that tlie Cnited States boM that the rights ..I V rieans who have cases before British prize cunts rests uihui international law mid not upon various British orders in council. or municipal law, is given in a brief statement cable. I to Ambassador Iage and presented by him to the Lend. .ii foreign office. Inasmuch as the prize courts have not yet ruled on any American cases and are believed to tie about to do so, the statement Ir the Cnited States signifies in effect that if there is a denial of justice diplomatic protests will be entered, based on the general principles of international law existing l efore the outbreak of the war. Vesterdavs baseball results— National Lsagus: Chicago 4. Philadelphia 0; New York 5, St. Louis 4 i tits* gntue-i: Pittsburgh 5. Brooklyn :: first gamel: Brooklyn 7. Pittsburgh :: second game.; Boston 0. Cincinnati 2 first gamec. Boston :;. Cincinnati - second game. American League: Boston 8, Chicago 4 ilirst gamer. Washington :!. Cleveland 2 first game: Detroit 2. Philadelphia 1. Federal I/eague: Chicago 7. Brooklyn fi first game; Pittsburgh 8. Buffal D S first gamei; Pittsburgh 7. Buffalo 2 second game. A Paris dispatch of Friday savs: Elliott C. Cowdin of New York has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and cited in the military order of the day for gallant services in destroying. singlelianded. a Taul e aeroplane in the Verdun region. Cowdin. piloting his biplane with one hand and operating a machine gun with the other hand and his feet, brought the enemys machine to the earth. William Thaw also received a commission for daring exploits." All but six horses of the show stable of Alfred G. Yandeibilt. who was president of the National Horse Show Association, wore sold at auction at New York Thursday. These included thirty -three horses which brought 4,775. The sale attracted horse fanciers from many i«irts of the country. J. C. Brady bought Piieno and Mel-Valley Flame, two of the most famous of the Vanderbilt horses.
