The Benson signal., 1919-07-19
FOREIGN

| submarine war, be brought to trial, ac-
| cOrding to reports in London.
| Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djemal
Pasha, the leaders of the Turkish gov
ernment during the war, have been
| condemned to death by Turkish court
martial investigating the conduct of
the Turkish government during the
war period.
| Notwithstanding strong opposition
by the government, House of Com
mons committee adopted by a vote of
| fifteen to twelve a clause in the alien
bill restricting the employment of
aliens in Great Britain.
| Marshal FOch was given a laurel
wreath of gold by the inhabitants of
the Department of Seine-Et- Disc. Pres
ident Poincare, speaking at the cere-
mOny, held in the palace of Versailles,
eulogized Marshal Foch for his deeds
during the war.
| twenty-five thousand French SOL
dierS died from tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men were exempted
/
was stated in the Senate during dis
cussiOn of bill to establish tubercu-
lOSiS SanitariumS.
The government is called upon to
make a definite pledge to reduce the
cost of living or to resign, in a resolu-
tiOn passed by the national executive
committee of the Labor party in Lon
don. The resolution declared the gov
ernment had failed to prevent "merci-
less exploitation" of the public by
profiteers, "whO are charged with TAX
ing ruthless advantage of the short
age in supplies and Transports
The German National Assembly in
Weimar has adopted the resolution
ratlfylng the peace treaty by vote
of 2OS to 115, according to advices re-
| ceived in Paris. The resolution reads /:
1.-The peace treaty signed June %,
1919, as well as the protocol annexed
and special agreements on military Oc-
cupation of the Rhineland, are hereby
ratified. This law becomes effective
from the date Of it's promulgation.'
SPORT
Jack Britton, welterweight champion,
knocked out AL DOty of Canton in the
second round of a scheduled twelve
round bout at Connelsville, Pa.
w. T. Tilden of Philadelphia won the
western Pennsylvania tennis cham
pionship at Pittsburg by defeating
Vincent Richards of New York. The
scores were Ga, 6-3, 3-6, 81.
By coming in with a 76 for the sec
ond half of the qualifying round for
the championship fight, Ralph Rider of
| the Hyperion Field and Motor Club,
Des MOines, captured the special prize
awarded the low medalist in the Iowa
state golf tournament at Cedar Rapids.
GENERAL
Frank L. Rain, Nebraska, who was
installed grand exalted ruler of the
| Benevolent and Protective Order tof
Elks at the closing session of the an
nual convention at Atlantic City, de-
clared in an address that he pledged
the support of all Elks in the warfare
on BOlShevism. Other officers, most
of whom were reelected, were also in
stalled.
Unqualified approval Of the right of
workmen to organize, the principle of
collective bargaining and an eight-hour
working day, coupled with far-reach-
ing recommendations as to changes in
Canada's industrial system, are includ-
ed in the majority report of the COM
mission on industrial relations which
was presented to the House of Com
mons at Ottawa.
The presidential ship George Wash
ington, which sails back to France, has
been fitted up with a nursery to take
care of the ''war babies returning on
that vessel. Two hundred "war brides
are scheduled to sail on the transport
on her next trip from France to this
country and, at the request of DR.. G. A.
Kicker, the ships surgeon, the Ameri-
can Red Cross has provided the ship
with baby food, milk, clothing and 9th
er prerequisites of infantile comfort
|
| jured when the Allan liner Grampian,
Montreal for Liverpool, collided with
an iceberg off Cape Race. The steam
ship, with $50 passengers and crew
of $50, arrived at st. Johns, N F., for
repairs.
The war savings committee an
nounced in New York the operations
of unscrupulous traffickers in thrift
and war savings stamps were being in
vestigated with view to prosecution.
The investigation is being carried on
under instructions from the Treasury
Department. The committee said that
many persons fail to realize that war
savings stamps can be redeemed at
any postoffice for their face value,
plus interest.
In 1918 automobile manufacturers
paid a total of $33,OO0,OOO in taxes to
the federal government In the same