The Benson signal., 1919-05-17
! FOREIGN


American ambassador to Italy, would
| resign his post upon the conclusion of
peace.
When Polish forces captured wilma
| recently they seized and shot Adolph
| JOffe, the former Russian Bolshevist
! ambassador, according to Polish news
papers.
Belgium has protested to the en-
tente allied powers against the pro-
| posed use by the German republic of a
red, yellow and black flag, which is
almost identical with that of Belgium.
1t is understood that the Duke of
| Devonshire will shortly retire as gov
ernOr general of Canada, and the Mail
says the office will be offered the Earl
of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary.
| Dowager Empress Marie Feodorov-
ma of Russia, and her daughter, Grand
Duchess Xenie, arrived in England on
board British warship. They were
met by King George and, Queen Mary
and Queen Mother Alexandria.
According to Russian newspapers
received, discomfort in the Bolshevist
army is increasing. Five regiments on
the Ural front have mutinied and
drowned a number of the BOlshevist
commissaries, including Leon Trot-
zky's secretary, Lindon.
The Mansion house at Dublin where
| Laurence O'Neill, the lord mayor, had
planned to hold reception in honor
of Frank P. Walsh, Michael f. Ryan
and former Governor Edward Dunno
of Illinois, representatives of the Irish
societies of America, was seized by
soldiers and police.
The former German crown prince
has gone into the pottery business, ac-
cording to official dispatches, received
from Holland. A new company Or
ganized to use the calcareous sands on
the island of Wieringen in the North
sea "has named Mr.. Frederick William
| HohenzOllern as the director manager"
1t was said he was a large investor in
the enterprise.
SPORT
Johnny Dundee won on points from
Richie Mitchell at Milwaukee in ten
rounds of the fastest boxing fans have
seen in years.
Tommy Carter, lightweight cham
pion of the Southern army division,
defeated frankie Gage, one time con-
tender for the lightweight champion
ship of the world, in the fifth round
of a scheduled ten-round fight at the
Miami roof garden at Miami, Arizona.
Harold Kruger, former swimming
star of Honolulu, now a student at St.
Mary's college in Oakland Calf, won
the junior national A. A. U. 1OO-yard
championship and set a new record
for the event in the open air tank of
swimming resort in Oakland. His
record was :57 3-5.
Nate Lewis, of Chicago, manager for
Pal Moore, upon his arrival at Louis
vile, KY, announced terms had been
accepted for what he called a worlds
title match between Moore and Jimmy
| Wilde in London, on or about July 4.
Moore, according to Lewis, is guaran-
teed approximately $4,000 for the
match.
GENERAL
Richie Mitchell, Milwaukee, and
Johnny Dundee, New York, light
weights, fought draw at Milwaukee,
according to some newspaper critics.
The heirs of Jay Gould, the railroad
financier who accumulated one of
Americas greatest private fortunes,
are in a quarrel over the administra-
ton of the $S3,OOO,OOO estate he left
| them
A complete counterfeiting plant,
bundles of fake $40 and $40 bills and
Cosmos Calcuzzi were in the hands Of
federal agents at Chicago, following
the discovery of raised bills in Chi
cago shops. CalcuZzi tried to obtain
new notes for a number of raised 81
bills at the pOstoffice and was directed
to the office of the secret service. The
exchange was made there and agents
kept track of him until the plant was
located.
Dispatches from Paris said Presi-
dent Wilson would personally address
Congress and discuss the "whole sub
ject natter of the Paris negotiations
Immediately after his return to the
| United States.
immigration Inspector Charles Hop
kins was killed and two other officers
were wounded seriously at Laredo,
Texas, in battle between immigration
and customs officials and a band of
Mexican smugglers.
Advices from Russia state that 400
persons were killed in Moscow last
week in food riots. Red Guards at
tackled and killed a mob which was
shouting Down with Lenine and TrOt-
zky down with hunger and the re-
public; give us food"
Governor Smith of New York re-
stored to citizenship Edward "MOnk"