The Ordway new era., 1919-03-21
FOREIGN


1t has become known that Pope Ben
edict has addressed an appeal to the
powers emphasizing the urgency OF
the speedy conclusion of peace with
Germany.
Three German steamers captured by
allied warships for violation of the
armistice terms have arrived at Dun
kirk for internment. The steamers are
the Italia, Mercur and Pluto.
| The preliminary peace treaty will
| probably contain the clause compel
ling Germany to turn over all officials
found guilty of war crimes to be tried
by an international tribunal.
Major Won Klucker. former German
military attache in Paris, is the vic
| tim of the latest Spartacan atrocity.
The reds captured him at Halle, cut
off both hands, flung him into the
river and then riddled his body with
bullets.
Field Marshal Haig is retiring as
commander-in-chief of the British
army He is expected to be succeeded
by Gen. Sir William Robertson of the
general staff. Sir John Cowan will re-
tire MS quartermaster general of the
British army.
II is reported from Basle that the
former German emperor has com
planned against his residence in Hol-
land. 1t is asserted that he has de-
BILE and that he desires to go to the
Riviera or to Egype on account of his
health and that he has requested Math-
las Erzberger, head of the German
armistice commission, to make repre-
sentations to the allies to this effect.
The first aerial duel in history has
been arranged in Paris The princi-
tain vaudeorane. They will use Nieu-
port single-seat machines, equipped
with machine guns. Their seconds.
Captain Wadon and Pilot Babo, will
take the air ut the same time. The
circumstances resulting in the duel
We're not learned The exact date of
the encounter was not given out.
SPORT
Nale's relay swimming team lowered
the worlds record for the 200-yard re-
lay race in meet ut New Haven In
which Columbia was defeated, 81 to II.
The time was ~. The old record es-
tnblished by the Yale team two years
ago was ~ Ia.
AS result of a dispute over the re-
suit of the boxing contest between Pal
Moore, the Memphis bantamweight,
and frankie Mason in. South Bend,
Ind, Ed w. Smith of Chicago, the ref
cree, announced that Moore was the
winner. Previous reports said that
Mason won the popular decision"
Moore will sail for England after en-
gaging in three more contests, to box
Jimmy Wilde, the British champion.
Before 1000 persons and the most
critical crowd that ever packed the
Stockyards stadium at Denver, Miks
Gibbons, the st. Paul middleweight,
demonstrated that he Is one of the
greatest boxers that ever pulled on a
pair of mits and wizard in the art of
self-defense. For ten rounds he boxed
rings around his husky opponent, Len
Rowlands of Milwaukee, who tried ev-
erything he had on the phantom
GENERAL
The brewers of Boston are planning
to become candy makers after July 1.
Figures compiled by government ex-
perts show that up to Feb. l, $57. .9OO,-
600 had been spent on the great
smokeless powder plant at Nitro, near
Charles, w. Va, which has now been
abandoned
In what may be his farewell public
address before he begins serving a ten
years sentence imposed upon him by
the Federal Court on the charge of
violating the espionage act, Eugene
V. Debs, Socialist leader, upheld the
Bolshevist rule In Russia and referred
to Lenine and Trotzky as the fore
most statesmen of the age"
Mrs. Sarah l.. Cushing, 100 years
old, one of the first women to take up
the practice of medicine in the Unit
ed States, died at Lockport, N. Y.
1t was reported that the consensus
of packers and representatives of the
food administration in conference in
Chicago was In favor of fixing max
imum price of not more than SIS and
more probably $3.50 for hogs.
New York City's infant mortality
rate for 1918, with only 91.T deaths to
1000 births, was the lowest of the ten
largest cities In the country, accord
ing to a statement issued tonight by
|sDr. Royal s. Copeland, city health
commissioner. This record also was
declared to be the second lowest ever
recorded for the city. Baltimores
rate, 1877, was the highest.
Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace, 2S
East Twentieth street, New York, was
purchnsed for the women's Roosevelt
memorial committee. to be restored as
IL existed during the former Presi-