Gilpin observer., 1919-05-15
! FOREIGN

BY ministerial decree, workers q
the Italian railways are granted ar
elght-hour day with one day off duty
weekly.
The Swiss are raising strong objec
tions to Field Marshal Won Hinden
burg's request for permission to live
In Switzerland when he retires to pri
vate life.
Belgium has protested to the en-
tente allied powers against the pro
posed use by the German republic of a
red, yellow and black flag, which is
almost Identical with that of Belgium
a new consOrtium Ior the financing
of Chinese loans was organized at
Paris by American, French, British and
Japanese bankers A reservation was
made for later participation by Bel
gian bankers.
President Wilson will visit Brussels
about May Goth, according to the In
dependence Beige, which adds that his
visit will ''dissipate misunderstanding
and establish the good will of the al
lies toward Belgium"
DOwager Empress Marie FeOdOrOv-
na of Russia, and her daughter, Grand
Duchess Nenie, arrived in England on
board British warship They were
met by King George and Queen Mary
and Queen Mother Alexandria.
According to Russian newspapers
received, discomfort in the Bolshevist
army is increasing. Five regiments on
the Ural front have mutinied and
drowned number of the Bolshevist
commissaries, including Leon Trot-
zky's secretary, Lindon.
The Mansion house at Dublin where
Laurence O'Neill, the lord mayor, had
planned to hold a reception in honor
of Frank p. Walsh, Michael f. Ryan
and former Governor Edward Dunno
of Illinois, representative of the Irish
societies of America, was seized by
soldiers and police.
Further reports having to do with
the reputed intention Of anti-Bolshe-
visit forces to attack PetrOgrad, have
been received from Helsingfors, Fin
land. The report says that General
Rodzianko, with 5000 Russians, will
march against Petrograd from the
south shore of the Gulf of Finland,
while General Judenitch, with 1900
men, will attack from the Olonetz dis
trict, on the north.
SPORT
Johnny Dundee won on points from
Dinh
rounds of the fastest boxing fans have
seen in years.
Richie Mitchell, Milwaukee, and
Johnny Dundee, New York, light
according to some newspaper critics.
Tommy Carter, lightweight cham
pion of the Southern army division,
defeated frankie Gage, one time con-
ship of the world, in the fifth round
of a scheduled ten-round fight at the
Miami roof garden, at Miami, Arizona
Harold Kruger, former swimming
star of Honolulu. now student at st.
Marys college in Oakland, Calf, won
lue junior naIlOndl "A. "A. U. lUU-yarQ
championship and set new record
for the event in the open air tank of
a swimming resort in Oakland His
record was O:57 3-5.
Nate Lewis, of Chicago, manager for
Pal Moore, upon his arrival at Louis
vile, Ky.,l announced terms had been
accepted for what he called n worlds
title match between Moore and Jimmy
Wilde in London, on or about July 4.
Moore, according to Lewis, is guaran-
teed approximately $4,000 for the
match.
GENERAL
Three men were killed two and one
half miles south of Moulton, Iowa.
when freight No. % jumped the track,
due to a broken rail.
Jose Miguel Gomez, the former pres
ident of Cuba, was nominated at Ha-
vana by the liberal assembly for pres
ident. The election takes place in
1920.
Miss Julia B. Murphy was awarded
$40 600 do mn peS for malicious naraacu-