, 1919-10-02
FOREIGN

J'AN' ~ nv tAlloSloI VI sl aNtl, Tn
tank in the welding room of the Vick-
er's S|hlpbuilding plant ut Montreal,
Quebec.
a prize of $4,000 for the first non
stop transpacific airship flight from
Vancouver island to Japan, has been
offered by Norman 4. Yarrow, a Vic
toria business man.
Swiss newspapers are demanding
that the federal authorities intern
former Emperor Charles of Austria
and thu various Austro-H hungarian
%Hrchdukes who tool refuge in Switzer-
land following the revolution.
a left hand, with one finger miss
ing, was brought to Barreal station,
fifty-nine miles southwest of Juares
as proof that Epifanio Holguin, a for
mer villa colonel, had been killed by
one of his own men with whom he had
quarreled.
In the mandate issued by President
Hsu Shih Chang, formerly declaring
the state of war between China and
Germany at an end, Gen. Tuan Chi Jul,
the former premier, who WIS respOn-
sible for China's declaration of war,
was dWHTNeu IL uptpfaIlOn.
A movement is on foot in Hungary
to restore the monarchy with the for
mer Archduke Francis Joseph otto,
eldest son of former Emperor Charles,
as King, according to a Budapest dis
patch. The former emperor would be
named as regent, the dispatch adds.
The Recommendation of the French
ufrnv iS nnu anfiralr snnnnIafnI oil
troops except those on the Rhine hav-
ing returned to .neir usual garrison
posts. The transportation of demob-
ilized soldiers to their homes by regu-
lar passenger trains also will be fin
ished in IL few days.
German royalists have begun an
other campaign of propaganda for a
return of the monarchy. Pamphlets
are being circulated among the troops
contrasting the glorious days of Ho-
henozllern sway with the state of at
fairs under a government which sis
the protector of criminals"
The German consul general in MeXi-
co has received information from his
government that 10000 immigrants
from Germany will soon arrive in Mex
leo to make their future home. This
is the first considerable body of Ger
mans to come, according to advices
from Mexico City. in answer to the
overtures made by the Mexican gov
eminent Immediately after the armis-
tice was signed.
GENERAL
Joe Burman, the Chicago bantam
sensation, Il Il good workout for his
bout with Joe Lynch in Philadelphia
by beating Roy Moore in every round
of Il ten-round fight at Chicago.
Control of all stock in the Ford Mo-
tor Company has been secured by
Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, it has
been announced in Detroit, through
purchase of the minority holdings of
James CouZens, millionaire mayor of
Detroit and former vice president of
the company.
John ID. Rockefeller contributed 3d.
100000 to the ministers and mission
cry board of the Northern Baptist con-
v%ention. No restrictions are made as
to the use of the principal and income,
which will be expended to tax care of
INDECENT Baptist ministers of the
Northern states. The announcement
of the gift was made in a letter to the
lev. L. 7. Tomlinson, executive secre-
tary of the board.
The cost of the war to the United
States in man power is now estimated
officially as 1862 dead and 2O5 600
wounded, n total of 322,1S2. These
figures include losses to army and ma
rine units on all fronts to Sept. 1.
Killed in action totaled 35,5S5, or IL
per cent of the entire list; died of
wounds, 14,742; died of disease, S.
orb; died of accidents and other
causes, S,O92.
Early and favorable action is expect
ed in the Senate on the bill providing
a punishment by fine or Imprisonment
or both for the transportation of stolen
motor vehicles in interstate or foreign
commerce.
Cincinnati won the toss for the
opening game of the world series at
the meeting of the national baseball
commission at Cincinnati. The first
two games will be played in Cincin-
natl, the next three in the American
league city winning the pennant of
that league, then two in Cincinnati If
necessary, followed by one in the Am
erican league city. The place for the
ninth game, if necessary, is to be de-
cided by lot.
Work will be begun at once on de-
velOpment of a farm colony at Wins
low, N. j., for returned soldiers and
sailors. The organization has acquired
1920 acres for the project. The pro-
ject consists of a village of fifty
houses, an inn, store and church and a
tract of good forest and on which
stand sturdy oaks. This property will
be divided into 400 ten-acre farms on
which model homes will be erected.