Gilpin observer., 1919-12-25
FOREIGN

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lantic, died of injuries sustained when
he fell near Rouen, France.
During the fiscal year which ended
June 30, 1919, Brazil imported $8,OO0,-
600 worth of automobile and motor
parts from the United States, which is
an increase of IS per cent over the
value of the 1918 imports.
Seven hundred soldiers of the army
commanded by Admiral Kolchak, head
of the all-Russian government in ST.
IBERIA, have frozen to death In hos
pital near Omsk, according to wire
less dispatch from Moscow.
1t Is learned at Toxic on good au-
thority that the Dutch government has
engaged $50 German prisoners of war;
who are among those held in Japan, to
serve In the police force at Java and
Sumatra. Most of the men selected are
former officers who fought Mt Using
tau
Reports of fresh wave Of pOgroms
in the districts of the Ukraine occr-
pied by General Deniklnes forces are
printed by the Lemberg newspaper Ga
zetta Wiscrowka, according to Lem
berg advices. The newspaper claims
that about 5000 Jews were killed in
EknterinOslav alone.
Lieut.. Henri Roget made new air.
plane record for altitude with two pas
sengers at Paris. Flying through a
5000 meters Q9,6S5 feet). The pre-
viOus record was 5,42O meters Q7,7s2
| feeD. Roget's feat was accomplished
under official supervision.
A dispatch from Basle states the
former German emperor has finally
agreed to accept trial by the allies
| but adds that he wishes to choose the
place and time of the trial and desires
to be defended by German experts and
lawyers. The Basle advices say the
former crown prince declares he never
will appear If he is called before
court of justice.
Taiga has been captured by local
Bolsheviki. Many trains on the trans
siberian railroad west of Taiga have
been cut off and Polish troops in that
region will be forced to fight their
way out Fears for the safety of r.
X. Hansen, United States vice consul
at Onsk, and Joseph H. Ray, consul
at 1rkutsk, who are west of Taiga, are
felt here. Nothing has been heard
from them for more than week.
Alexandra Millerand, former minis
ter of war and at present governor of
Alsace, according to reports, will sue
ceed Georges Clemenceau as premier
of France, says the Echo de Paris Ii
TO being premier, will hold the port
folio of minister of foreign affairs.
Stephen Pinchot, at present foreign
minister, is considering retiring from
the cabinet because of his health
GENERAL
Victor l.. Berger, who was reelected
to Congress from the fifth cOngressiOn-
al district, December 10Th, following
his expulsion from that body said that
he will 20 to Washington January 9Th
to claim his seat.
The number of motor vehicles in
Mexico City and suburbs that COM
prise the federal district, according to
statistics acquired at different munich
pal registration offices, follows: Pleas
ure cars (private), 2,337 pleasure cars
(for public use), 1916; jitneys, 1,104
motor trucks, 1885, total number of cars
in Mexico City, 5,493; the total (esti
matetD number of cars in the Mexican
republic is $4,000.
The new road bill in Ohio has gone
into effect and as n result the Ohio
highway commission and motorists
generally are very much elated. The
new law provides for levy of .5 mill
instead OF 3 MILL This will mean
about S4,000,00O for road improvements
next year. The law provides that the
various counties must put up 80 per
cent and In many cases more; thus
about $12,0O0000 comes from that
source.
Liquor interests estimate their losses
MS II result of the enforcement of the
wartime prohibition law Mt $40O,0Op,
900, according to n statement at CHI
cago by Levy Mayer, chief counsel. for
the distillers in the middle West.
Theft of nine barrels of sacramental
wine was reported to the police by
wholesale liquor dealer In New York
He said that the theft was accom-
plished by siphoning the wine from his
basement, where II was stored, to an
adjoining cellar, by means of n seventy
five-foot pipe. The owner had n special
permit from the government to keep
the wine in bond with the understand
n o.,
purposes only.
Somewhere In Montana. Julius +.
Johnson, formerly of st. Joseph, Mo-,
is working on railroad. In New York
nm $50 900 Legacy nwntts him. When