The Benson signal., 1919-12-06
FOREIGN

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Three million American tourists are
expected in France in 1920 and 1921, it
was estimated by Henri de Fert, the
new president of the French Motor
Touring Club
Baron James Rothschild's winnings
when his horse Br' gand, won the Cam
bridgeshire at Newmarket, England,
recently are stated to total approxi
mately $39O,OOO.
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.
Adelina Patti, famous prima donna,
who died Sept. q, at her castle in
Wales, left a fortune valued at f116,-
0OO She beQueathed her entire prop
erty to Baron Rolf Cederstrom, her
husband, except a few personal arti-
cles.
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.
The parliamentary budget commit
tees of Chile has appropriated funds
for the purchase of aerOplanes and
other elements to increase the iffi-
cheney of the army and navy. The gov
ernment has purchased from Finland
four naval SlOOps now in German wa
ters.
The Polish professor, A. A. Ossen-
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 total Of 35,
100000 lives. He places the cost of
Bolshevism at 12,2SO,OOO lives.
Of the pre-war population of $780,
600 in the devastated regions of
France, four-fifths have returned to
their former homes, according to re-
port issued by the American Red Cross
in Paris. French authorities expect a
return of the majority of the remain
der within the next few months.
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 consecutive and
ordered description of all battles in
which German troops participated.
The japanese peace delegation, in
announcing that Japan was sending
light cruiser and two torpedo boats to
Flu Chow, China, for the protection of
Japanese subjects, said instructions
had been given the commander of the
squadron forbiddng 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
chamber of deputies at Paris that they
will introduce a 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, SO,
ri, En1
was the oldest Methodist minister in
America, died at his home in Ocean
Grove, N. J.
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.
Federal agents raided an alleged
counterfeiting plant in Minneapolis,
placed one man under arrest and
seized 500 spurious half-dOllars, sew
eral molds and dies and a quantity of
metal.
Maud Powell, the violinist, collapsed
during a recital at st. Louis and was
taken to hospital in semi-cOnscous
condition. Physicians diagnosed her
ailment as an acute attack of stomach
trouble.
Lieut.. Robert Stocker and civilian
named Thompson, believed to have
been a radio tester, were drowned
when their hydroairplane fell into the
Delaware river, six miles below Ches-
ter. The bodies have not yet been re-
covered.
A final study of the selective draft
records made public fixes the military
strength of the United States at 49,
100000 in potential military manpower.
Registrations for the draft, between
the ages of 18 and 45, tOtalled 23,9OS,-
576, almost 80 per cent of whom were
listed as physically fit for military
service