The Ordway new era., 1919-06-27
FOREIGN

upon food depots.
During an attempt to put down a
strike near Sombarheek. western Hun
gary. los railway men were killed. The
strike is continuing.
One American soldier was killed, two
ared ying and more than 100 others
were injured ms the result of the col
lapse Of Knights of Columbus hut at
Pontanezen, while a boxing match was
in progress.
A dispatch from Vienna, received at
Copenhagen, reports military meas
ures have been taken to counteract
plot Of Hungarian red guards to in
wade German-Austria and proclaim
soviet republic.
Leon Ambrami. under secretary In
the ministry of war, announced that
more than 10000 French prisoners in
excess Of the figures given by Ger
many were found in Germany. The
number of French soldiers missing in
action has reached 314,0OO, the under
secretary said.
A strike of priests, which is without
precedent has just occurred at Loret-
to, celebrated resort of pilgrims
The priests asked for an ameiioration
of their financial condition, owing to
the high cost of living, and when their
claims were not granted, they stopped
celebrating misses and performing
other religious duties
Instead of bread lines in Petrograd
there are crowds awaiting their turn
for cofflns and death certiflcates.
Visitors to hospitals refuse to recog-
nize their dead relatives in order to
save funeral expenses, and the old and
young are got rid of or told to die as
soon as possible so that a crust of
bread may be saved for the survivors.
No human feeling is left. Life has be-
come absolutely brutal.
SPORT
Nick Gundy, Ell Paso featherweight.
was awarded the decision at the end
of a ten-round bout with Manuel
Chavez, at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tommy Gibbons, st. Paul light
heavyweight, was given the popular
verdict in his ten-round bout at Min
third time Gibbons shaded Miske.
According to time taken by Victoria
timers at school meet in Victoria, a
worlds record for the 1O0-yard dash
was made by a 14-year-old girl, Ada
Agar, who covered the distance in 91z
seconds The worlds record is 3-5
seconds.
The five-ounce gloves with which
Dempsey and Willard will battle July
A have reached Toledo from San Fran
cisco. They We're especially built by
Sol Levinson, who has made all the
gloves for championship contests for
the last twenty years. Rickard or
dered two sets to guard against acci-
dents.
GENERAL
In the ruins of the library of Lou
vain, destroyed by the Germans in
1914, the degree of doctor of law was
conferred on President Wilson by the
University of Louvain.
Commencement exercises In Wool
sci Hall. in New Haven, were those
of Yale University's 219th year. Thir-
teen honorary degrees and sos degrees
for work in courses We're given.
There is some reason to believe that
the American army, while making the
world safe for democracy, has also
made Broadway unsafe for the profess
sional actor. Raymond I. Fosdick,
who has just returned from Europe.
brings the startling news that no less
than 10000 actors have been trained
by the American eXpeditionary force.
The name of the English nurse,
Edith Cavell, who was shot by the
Germans, has been chosen as the title
for the first military post of women
to be established in America. The
Edith Cavell post of the American Ile-
giOn will be composed of yeomanettes
of the Brooklyn navy yard, 1t was an
nounced Mt the state headquarters Of
the legion in New York.
Jewels valued at more than $4,000
were taken from the residence of Mrs
Nellie AIagnus Loeb. daughter of tho
late Adolphus Busch, during party
in Chicago. The robbers worked with
in sight of the party on the front
veranda.
Citing the fact that conditions re-
vealed by the war called for unprece-
dented exertions to check the progress
of tuberculosis, the National Tubercu-
losis Association upon adjourning its
annual meeting ut Atlantic City, adopt
ed resolutions providing for a Red
Cross Christmas seal campaign In De
cember by means of which sum in
excess of S6,0O0,0O0 will be raised.
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police from ANTONY Kunski, build
ing contractor, and Miss FW lces
Mann, arrested in connection with a
S500.OO0 'fire-bug" ring, which Is al
legged to have been responsible for