The Ordway new era., 1919-06-20
FOREIGN

been destroyed by fire.
| The French minister at Belgrade ha:
| informed the Belgrade government
that France has Officially recognized
| the Serbian Croatian- Slovenian state
| A movement has started in Schles
| wig -Holstein aiming at the creation OF
an independent republic. Berlin news
| papers say. The republic would bt
| separate from Prussia and would
ceds no territory to Denmark.
Adolfo Apolloni, the newly elected
mayor of Rome. at ceremony In the
capitol, presented to the American Red
Gross gold medal of the municipal
ity of Rome in recognition of the serv'
ices of the Red Cross in Italy.
General Pershing has advised that
he proposes to transport 375,0OO men
homewnrd during the month Of June.
This breaks AL previous records for
moving troops overseas. and exceeds
the number Great Britain moved across
the channel in any month.
The case of Robert Minor, former
cnrtoonist and writer for the New York
World, who was arrested mysterious
ly in Paris. is now in the hands of the
American military authorities. lnfor-
nation regarding the charge against
Minor and his whereabouts is with
held pending further investigation.
Hundreds of Russians who refused
to contribute to Il levy of S11,000,0 900
imposed by the city of Odessa by the
Bolsheviki were forced to walk the
plank" from II yacht formerly owned
by the Gar, according to August Dan
ner, representative in Southern Rus
sia, who arrived in New York with
Mrs. Danner as refugees on the Amer
ican army transport Englewood.
The Persian legation in Berne an
nounces that Persia is about to claim
an indemnity at the Paris Peace Con-
ference for war losses. The legation
says that although Persia was neutral
100000 Persians lost their lives as
result of battles in Persian territory
and Turkey invasions, and that the
damage to state property is computed
at 33,0O0,OoO francs, and that to pri-
vate property at 3,50O,00O,0O0 francs.
Letter exchanged between officials
of the League for the Protection of
William H., one Of which refers to
remittance of 10000 marks to Holland
for the purpose of "cultivating" the
Dutch press, are printed by the So
clalist VOrwaerts. This sum, the news
paper remarks, is not n considerable
one, in view of the present state of
valuations, but fears that the league
must spend considerably more than
this on its propaganda "in view of
the determination of the entente to
have the eN-emperor surrendered"
SPORT
Harry Wills, negro heavyweight of
New Orleans, outfought ]. Lester
Johnson of New York, also a negro, In
an eight-round bout at Jersey City.
The Italian army has entered the in
terallied rifle and pistol competitions
in France, which will be held on the
d'Avours range, beginning June 23rd.
This brings the number of competing
nations up to ten.
Boxing in Illinois got a boost when
the Senate voted % to 10 for the pas
sage of the committee on license and
miscellany pugilistic bill. 1t followed
debate that lasted for more than
two hours in which senators were con-
fined to fifteen-minute limit in
speeches.
Walter Hagan of Detroit, won the
American golf championship at the
Braeburn Country Club, West Newton,
Mass, defeating Michael Brady of Bos-
ton in the playoff of the tie which re-
suited at the end of the first four
rounds of medal play. Hagan's total
score was a and Brady's rs.
GENERAL
Governor Frederick ID. Gardner has
issued call for special session of
the Missouri Legislature to meet July
2nd, to consider ratification of the fed
eral constitutional amendment grant
ing equal suffrage to women.
General Pershing, the American COM
mander-in-chief, will remain in France
until the middle of July.
The Michigan Legislature ratified
the federal woman's suffrage amend
ment. Action was by unanimous vote
in both Houses. This is the third
state to ratify.
Portland, Ore, was selected for the
1920 convention of the Ancient Arabic
Order of Shriners, Domain of North
America, at the annual convention of
the order at indianapolis.
Chicago hospital physicians said @
months old Dorothy McVickers would
live, following an extremely delicate
operation which removed forty-three
tacks from her stomach and three
from her lungs. A box of carpet tacks
had been handed the baby by her .
year-old brother.
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