Gilpin observer., 1919-05-08
FOREIGN

attacked Carinthian troops numbering
1000 In the sectors of Arnoldstein, VII
ZACH, Rosenbach and Rainer, says VI
emma dispatch to Zurich,
An airplane in which General Sykes,
controller general of civil aviation, was
making flight, fell at Kenly, Eng
land, and the pilot, Captain Knott, was
killed. General Sykes was badly shak-
en-.
Havas dispatch from Dijon states
that American army authorities at Is
Sur Tile have sentenced and hanged
an American lieutenant for an assault
upon girl, who died In consequence
of her injuries.
An attempt was made recently on
the life Of Lieutenant General HOrvarth
Russian military commander at Har-
bin. His assailant attacked him with
bombs, but was seized before he had
carried out his purpose.
state of siege was proclaimed in
Petrograd, according to wireless
message from TsarskOe- The
soviet government has appointed
committee of three and given it un
limited power over the city and dis
trict of Petrograd.
A manufacturing company of Lon
don announces 1t is preparing to mar
ket an automobile that can be retailed
for between $3.50 and $500. The prin-
cipal materials to be used In making
the car Is new substance which is
described as "a kind Of concrete,
light but strong and durable, produced
| from waste material.
The Nice recreation area for Amer
lean expeditiOnary troops, it was an
nounced, will be closed May % owing
to the celerity with which the troops
are returning home. The general
council of the department of Alpes-
Marltimes has adopted resolution
paying tribute to the excellent behav-
ior of the American soldiers.
The Neues Zeitung of Stuttgart af-
firms that in spite of the regulations
issued by the German government,
great many capitalists, in particular
those who made enormous war prof
its, are managing to export their mon
ey. The same paper declares that in
the last two months 25,000,0O0 marks
have been deposited In different Swiss
banks.
SPORT
George Qlnockout) Brown of Chi
cago won newspaper decision from
Bob Moha of Milwaukee at Racine.
Terry Martin of the United States
%
Swansea, Wales, on points in fif-
teen-rOund contest in London.
In track meet held by men en-
gagged in the service Of the supply de-
partment of the American army, held
at lie Mans, France, Pat Ryan, the
Olympic champion, threw the hammer
100 feet, eight inches. Lieut.. F. d.
Maker of the University of California
made high jump of six feet.
One of the largest fields that has
ever faced starter in an American
racing event is assured by the Indian
apolis 50O-mile Liberty sweepstakes,
May 81, with thirty-six cars and driv-
ers now in the field and the prospect
Of at least a half dozen more arriv-
ing before the starters flag circles on
its downward sweep.
GENERAL
A lot Of 1.4OO silver fox pelts were
placed on auction at the spring sale
at the International Exchange in st.
Louis Half of the lot was disposed
OF at total of $135,OOO A pair of
the skins sold for $1,120.
John NJ. Thorn of Lansing, faced a
fifteen-month sentence In Leaven-
worth penitentiary following his con-
viction for using the mails to black
mail J. p. Morgan and his daughter,
Mrs Jane N. Morgan Nichols.
The wedding of Elizabeth ]. Wrent-
more, the youthful Californian, to Gov
ernor Francis Burton Harrison of the
Philippines, will take place May 18th
at the home of the governors mother
in Washington.
| Aerial passenger service between
Havana, Cuba, and Atlantic City is
planned, according to the announce
ment of Victor Barranco, Cuban dele
gate to the second Pan-American
Aeronautic congress.
Ten miners dropped n distance of
1000 feet down the Maple Hill shaft
at Marion City, Pa. Two were instant
ly killed and several others so badly
injured they cannot recover. One mir
aculously escaped serious injury.
One woman was killed, eight others
were SO severely Injured that they are
hospital patients, and more than n
score were slightly hurt when ven
tilatlng window, weighing half II ton,
fell seventy-five feet from the roof
of st. Mary's Catholic Cathedral upon
1,200 women at the women's mission,
in Trenton, n. ].