Gilpin observer., 1919-10-09
FOREIGN

off by Belgium as result of the refer
endum in Luxemburg, under which
France became Luxemburg's financial
ally. The Belgian minister In Luxem-
burg has been recalled
Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin of the
American mission in southern Russia,
who was reported to have been ex
ecuted by the Bolsheviki, is well and
on his way home, according to Il dis
patch to the War Department from
United States Minister Gibson at War
saw.
simultaneously with the renewal of
the offensive against the Bolsheviki
on the eastern front by the Kolchak
forces, General Yudenitch has begun
an advance toward Petrdgrad from
the Archangel district, according to
advices received by the Russian en-
bassy at Washington.
The New York Yacht Club has re-
ceived from the Royal Ulster Yacht
Club of England, formal challenge
for series of races to be sailed for the
Americas cup during the summer of
1920 in American waters. The chal-
lenge specifically names the Shamrock
w., owned by Sir Thomas Upton, as
its representative.
Germany has new escutcheon,
from which the HOhenZOllern arms
have been eliminated 1t consists of a
black One-headed eagle on a golden yell
low field. The new" eagle, which has
shed its erstwhile imperial crown and
collar, is not a rampant bird, and
would look sedate enough in its sit
ting posture but for the color of its
beak, tongue and talOns, which are red.
Art treasures valued at more than
S1OOOOO,OOO, which belonged to Gather
inc III of Russia, who died in 1896, have
been discovered by the BOlshevik COM
mission charged with classifying the
the winter palace and in the palace of
Tsarkoe SelO. The cases containing
these treasures had never been opened
since they We're sent to Catherine from
Rome. The find includes more than
1000 paintings and sculptures by some
of the greatest French and Italian mas
ters, including Terpolo, Roughi, Latour,
Lancret and Fragonard.
GENERAL
The Protestant Episcopal church of
America will spend in foreign and do
mestic missions during 1920, S1,215,2OO
more than was appropriated for the
work last year, if recommendations of
the board of missions which met at De-
troit to the riennial general cOnven-
ton, are adopted. The board recon-
mended a total budget for mission
work of $3,242, ,749.
The clocks of the country will be
turned back one hour, under the provi-
sions of the daylight saving law, Oct.
26, the last Sunday in October, at 2
o'clock in the morning The law, which
was passed in 1918 and repealed in the
summer of this year, says that the
clocks shall be turned forward one
hour on the last Sunday in March and
turned back to normal time again on
the last Sunday in October.
Men are getting shorter and lighter,
according to statistics. and the big,
burly and large-footed policeman is
soon to go. No longer will candidates
for places on the Chicago police force
be required to be taller, heavier or bull
kier than the average. The civil SER
vice commission has changed the regu-
lations from feet inches to . feet
Z inches and lowered the minimum
weight from 145 to 40 pounds.
The Aero Club of America and the
Aerial League of America have an
nounced the appointment of commits
sion to arrange for the aerial derby
around the world to be held in 1920,
The commission which is to arrange
the air race is composed of Commo-
dore Louis b. Beaumont, president; /;
Maj. Charles j. Glidden, executive sec
retary, and Benjamine Hillman. The
members will leave New York Oct. 10th
for trip around the world to arrange
for the race, and will sail from San
Francisco Nov. 3rd.
Yale and Colgate universities each
receive 100000 by the will of Richard
Nj. Colgate, soap manufacturer of West
Orange, n. j., which was filed for pro-
bate in Newark. The will leaves to
Henry A. Colgate, a son, stock in Col
gate & Co. held by his father, while
the residue of the estate, the value of
which is not given, goes to the widow
and daughter
Plans have been completed and
forces throughout the country mob-
lized for the national railroad accident
prevention drive scheduled for the pc
riod of Oct IS to 81, 1919. 1t is al.
lied to a similar movement conducted
by the United States railroad admin
istration in June and follows close up
on the remarkable results attained in
that drive in lessening deaths and ac-