Gilpin observer., 1919-12-11
FOREIGN

Wierlngen until next spring
The French military class of 1920
will be called to the cOlors late In Feb
ruary and the class Of 1918 will be lib
Grated the second fortnight In April,
according to newspapers ut Paris.
The situation in soviet Russia is
growing more serious. In several
towns workers are without employ
ment and desperately hungry, and
have revolted against the Bolsheviki.
The firepits of Mount Kilaueu which
for months was level with the main
crater and overflowed frequently, col
lnpsed and fell 400 feet Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
lapse.
The order for the discontinuance of
the general strike called after the
opening of the parliament in Italy, has
been generally obeyed. Quiet has been
restored in Mantua, where disorders
occurred.
The League of Nations Association
in Brussels adopted a resolution rec
ommending that the covenant of the
League of Nations be amended to to-
tally eliminate from the text the
clauses giving nations the right to go
| to war.
Milk and cream have been barred
| from Paris bars and restaurants and
| now the authorities are going after
| eggs as well. They have decided to
prohibit the cOncoction of any egg
drink, in order to conserve the sup
plies of eggs for children, the aged and
the sick.
Domingo Salaberry, Argentine min
lister of finance, during his coming visit
to the United States as chairman of
the Argentine delegation to the Pan
American financial congress, will take
up with American banks the possibil-
ity of obtaining loan for Argentina
of $500 100000 in gold.
Lady Astor has received her first
lesson in the rules and regulations of
parliamentary conduct She has beer
twice called to order by the speaker
for conversing on the floor of the
house with another member. The Wis.,
countess occupied the seat formerly
belonging to Tim Healey, the Irish ma
| tionalist leader.
The japanese government, through
Ambassador Shidehara, has conferred
decorations on fourteen ranking Off
GERS of the American navy in recogni-
tion of war service. Among those dec
grated were Rear Admirals Benson,
Sims, Mayo and Knight, who received
the Grand Gordon of the Rising Sun !;
Admirals Gleaves and Wilson, Grand
Gordon of the Sacred Treasury; Ad-
miral Rodman, Order of the Rising
Sun, second class.
Evan E. Young of the United States
consular service has been ordered to
ODESSA South Russia, to open con-
sulate general. An adequate staff Will
go with him, the state department an
nounced, and 1t is possible that two
or three consuls will soon be placed
under his jurisdiction at important
points on the Black sea and in South
Russia Industrial and agricultural cen
ters Mr. Young was consul general at
Halifax for some years, and is rated
as one of the ablest men in the service.
GENERAL
II. s. Wilkinson Of Pittsburg has
been elected president of the Crucible
Steel Company of America and chair
man of the board, taking the place of
c. H. Wharton, who declined re-elec-
tion.
Hugh Duffy, who managed the
Philadelphia National league baseball
team in 1905 and 1906, has been ap-
pointed manager of the Toronto Inter
nationals to succeed George Gibson.
Duffy has been out of baseball for
many years.
Joe Stecher of Dodge, Neb., threw
Wladek Zbyszko of Poland in catch.
as-catch-can wrestling match at New
York, after 2 hours, "a minutes and
10 seconds. The match was finish
one and Stecher scored the winning
fall with head scissors and wrist
lock.
Henry Clay Frick, pioneer ironmas
ter and one of the foremost art collec
tors in the United States, died sudden
ly ut his New York home in his TOtl
year.
The country as n whole now is in
volved In coal rationing measures
which have been proposed to eke out
supplies shortened by the nationwide
strike of bitumlnous mine workers.
Chicago ranks second In point OF
negro population in northern cities
the report of the Urban league shows
New York is the only city in tn,
North surprising Chicago in point OF
colored residents" said L. A. Hill, sec
retary. "Since 1915 Chicago has added
10000 to its negro population. Detroit
and Newark have had 400 per cent in
creases in the last four years.
Trial of Industrial Workers of the
Canton Lumber Company at Baltimore