The Ordway new era., 1919-02-07
FOREIGN

German newspapers predict that
Herr Naumann, Democratic party
leader. will be the first president OF
the German republic.
Helsingfors forces say the Bolshe'
vik army is evacuating Petrograd and
that Trotsky has moved his headquar'
ters to Mini Novgorod.
1t is provided in the draft Of the
proposed new German constitution
that the president OF the empire is to
be elected by the entire German peo-
Pile and that his term shall be seven
years.
The Poles in Posen and the Danes
in Schleswig. refrained from taxing
part in the elections to the German
national assembly In Posen out OF
1,25O.OO0 Poles entitled to vote only
$4,000 did SO.
Several Portuguese monarchist lead
ers were reported to have been ar
rested at various points in Portugal
Some were captured on Montsanto
after n battle in which the insurgents
lost fifty killed and l30 wounded.
A commission consisting of four ad-
mirals representing Great Britain, the
United States, France and Italy. has
been in session at Fiume. inquiring
into the occupation of various forts
along the eastern coast OF the Adri-
attic.
Nationwide building strikes
in Great Britain and Ireland are OH
and other Industries were rapidly
being tied up with sympathetic strikes.
The city of Belfast was practically
paralyzed by general strike called
in sympathy with the 10000 shipyard
employees. who demand q forty-hour
week.
SPORT
The New York National League
baseball team will train at Gainesville.
Fla, next spring instead of Marlin,
Tex. where 1t has gone for eleven sue
cessive years.
Jimmy Hanlon of Denver. who was
recently discharged from the tank
corps of the United States army.
knocked out Paddy Kelly in the fifth
round OF the scheduled ten-round bout
at Hot Springs. Ark.
Joe Stecher. Nebraska wrestler, de
feated Steve Savage at Houston,
Texas. Stecher took the first fall in
one hour and twelve minutes with a
toe hold and body lock. and the sec
ond fail with the same hold, in six
minutes and ten seconds.
Somewhere in Germany. Grover
Cleveland Alexander, the $4,000 pitch
er with the Chicago Nationals, and
three other major league players at
tached to the American army of occu-
patton, are impatiently counting the
days when they will board a home
bound transport.
GENERAL
The struggle between Prussia and
Bavaria for leadership OF the German
republic is growing intense.
A fire in the wholesale district at
Los Angeles caused an estimated dam
age of $125,000. The burned-over area
covered two city blocks.
Fifteen persons were injured. four
seriously. when the rear coach Of pas
senger train No. .106 of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway jumped
Burbank, S. d.
The proposed transatlantic airship
flight is now set for August. Accord
ing to plans revealed Tuesday. the air
voyage will be made from Spain to
Buenos Aires, and it is expected to
take four days. There will be about
fifteen persons on board.
A wagon loaded with high explo'
sives for use in the nearby oil fields
struck rut in the street as 1t was
being driven through the residence
section of the little town of Big Heart
Okla, and as result nine people are
dead and a score of injured are being
cared for in the few undamaged homes
of the village.
More than 1900 of the $3.50 pris
oners in the United States disciplinar,
barracks at Leavenworth, where fire
destroyed the quartermaster store
house, refused to leave their cells OF
to perform any labor.
villa follow Cts held up and robbed
Mexican Northwestern train at Sar
Pedro, $50 miles southwest of Juarez
They robbed the cars of large guam
titles of provisions which were cartet
to the hills and cached.
Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chica
go sounded the keynote OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church's plan for
missionary and educational campaign
which contemplates the raising of I
fund of s115.000,000 in five years. il
an address delivered before the join
centenary committee of the denofin
alton.
The South African government ha
refused passports to General Christian
/ DeWet and Pieter Grobler. a grand
| son of President kruger members o