Gilpin observer., 1919-12-04
FOREIGN

house of commons by majority of A.
600.
Baron James Rothschld's winnings
when his horse, Brigand won the Cam
bridgeshire at Newmarket, England,
recently are stated to total approx
mately 100000.
An armistice stipulating the imme-
diate evacuation of Lithuanin by the
Germans has been signed by Germany
and I.ithuania through the mediation
of the interallied military mission.
The firepits of Mount Kilauea which
for months was level with the main
crater and OverflOwed frequently, col
lapsed and fell 400 feet Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
lapse.
Six chairs, each of which has been
used at one time or another by Mar
shal Foch at French general head
quarters during the war, brought $4,-
600 at public auction in Paris. The
marshal's silver berry spoons sold for
S. each.
Tickets to the public gallery of the
house of commons for the opening ses-
sion We're in great demand, hundreds
showing their desire to see the first
woman member presented in the house.
1t was impossible to accommodate
nearly all the applicants.
1t has been announced that the In
fante Antonio of Bourbon Orleans, by
an acknowledgement signed Nov Goth,
renOunced his title as an infante of
Spain and the privileges attached to
this title. He also relinquished his
Spanish nationality and severed family
ties with the Spanish royal family.
doffsky, chief of the intelligence de-
partment of the All Russian govern
ment, estimates that the world war,
Bolshevism, Civil war, starvation and
disease has cost Russia Il total of 3D.
100000 lives. He places the cost of
Bolshevism at 12,2S0,000 lives
The German general staff's story of
the war written from the official
archives will soon be issued and will
be entitled "The Battles and Fights of
the Great War of 1914-191S" The
account is to contain a consecutive and
ordered description of all battles in
which German troops participated
The Japanese peace delegation, in
announcing that Japan was sending "A
light cruiser and two torpedo boats to
Flu Chow, China, for the protection of
japanese subjects, said Instructions
lad been given the commander of the
squadron forbidding the landing of
marines or the use of arms. except in
case of absolute necessity.
The Socialist deputies, De Guise
and Ringuier, of the Aisne department
have informed the president of the
will introduce bill when that body
convenes asking the government to as
sumo the expenses in connection with
the transfer of the bodies of French
soldiers from battlefield graves to
their native village cemeteries.
GENERAL
The Rev. DR.. Edward Ballard 9S,
who was born December %, 1920, and
was the oldest Methodist minister in
America, died at his home in Ocean
Grove. N. J.
Federal agents raided an alleged
counterfeiting plant in Minneapolis,
placed one man under arrest and
seized 800 spurious half-dollars. sew
eral molds and dies and quantity of
metal.
Maud Powell, the violinist, collapsed
during n recital at st. Louis and was
taken to n hospital in semi-conscious
condition. Physicians diagnosed her
ailment as an acute attack of stomach
trouble.
II. S. Wigle of Spokane, Wash, head
stock salesman for the Pan Motor Com
pany, was ordered held to the grand
jury in bonds of $4,000 by Federal
Judge Landis on charge of perjury.
Wigle is one of the defendants of the
company on trial to defend charges of
using the mails TO defraud.
Five men, all armed, held up en-
ployes of the Twelfth Street State
Bank in Chicago, herded three en-
ployes and n woman depositor in the
vault and escaped with $500 in cash
and 1900 worth of Liberty bonds.
Robbers, who burned the vault door
with an acetylene torch, looted fifty
safety deposit boxes of $4,000 in cash
and bonds at the State bank of Free
landville, Knox county, Ind. No clew
to the robbers has been found,
A final study of the selective draft
records made public fixes the military
strength of the United States Mt 49,
100000 in potential military manpower.
Registrations for the draft, between
the ages OF is and 45, totalled 23,90S,-
$40, almost so per cent Of whom were
listed as physically fit for military
service"
Virtually all the textile mills in Fall
no nNn