, 1919-01-16
FOREIGN

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in the Black sea, but succeeded in
reaching Constantinople. Four men
were killed.
The fourth son of William Hohen-
z~ollern. the former Prince August Will
liam, has taken a situation with a
German automobile firm, according to
a Berlin dispatch.
President Poincare probably will.
visit the United States late in June or
early in July. This announcement
was made by the president himself in
Paris this week.
The Seine is steadily rising under
the continuous rain and is threatening
Paris with a repetition of the floods
OF 1910. River transport, which at the
present time is more important than
in normal times, already is almost
suspended.
The Dutch government has met fav-
orably the request of the British gov
eminent that facilities be granted for
the transport of provisions for troops
of occupation in Germany through
Dutch waterways, and for the use of
the Scheldt river for the passage Of
demobilized troops.
Count Won Bernstorff, former. Ger
man ambassador to the United States,
is working every day at the German
foreign office preparing data for the
peace conference. according to a Ber-
lin dispatch to the Express. To the
Express correspondent Count Won
Bernstorff said thai he Endorsed the
nlan for a Iaogt,a nf nations
The British warship Hood, now
nearing completion, will be the larg.
est fighting vessel In the world. The
Hood is 1874 feet long and will carry
eight fifteen-inch guns. Her hull is
fitted with an outer cushion against
which, it is claimed, torpedoes and
mines will explode harmlessly. The
vessel is expected to attain a speed
of at least forty miles an hour The
Hood will cost 3,375,OOO pounds
sterling.
SPORT
Stockholders of the Cincinnati Ma.
tional League Club have held their
annual meeting and perfected plans
for the 1919 season.
o. II. Wathen announced he has
sold a controlling interest in the
Louisville American Association Base.
ball Club to w. f. Knebelkamp OF
Louisville.
James O'Rourke, former major
league baseball player, is dead at his
home in Bridgeport, Conn, of pneu
monia. O'Rourke played with several
major league teams, and for over thir.
teen years his batting average tx.
ceeded 800.
John McGraw is leaving no stone
unturned in bolstering the Giants for
the 1919 campaign. This fact was
made evident in the announcement
that Pat Moran, erstwhile manager OF
the Phillies, has affixed his sigma
ture to a contract as coach of the
Giant pitchers for the season.
Supporters of boxing throughout
the state of New York are preparing
to unite forces today in rounding up
sufficient votes in the Senate and AS
sembly to put a new boxing bill
through the State Legislature, follow.
ing the announcement that Governor
oihiai otdloo iCduy " dpplONS BULL
a bill if one is passed.
GENERAL
The Ohio Senate adopted the joint
resolution ratifying the national pro
hibition amendment.
Irwin S. Cobb, writer and humorist,
was notified at Detroit by Deputy
High Commissioner De Billy OF
France that he had been made a che,
Waller of the Legion of Honor.
In order to give permanent expires.
sion to all Colonel Roosevelt stood
for" the boys of the nation, 10000
troops of the Boy Scouts of America,
comprising 100000 members, were In.
structed to plant one or more trees
with suitable inscription and cere.
mony in memory of the former Pres.
ident.
1t is not beyond a REASONABLE doubt
that the former kaiser of Germany
will surrender to the American army.
Louisiana Wednesday observed the
n hundred and fourth anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans. Bust.
ness generally was suspended.
appointment of Huston Thompson
OF Denver, assistant attorney general.
to membership on the Federal Trade
Commission to succeed Senator-elect
Harris of Georgia. was confirmed by
the Senate.
Crazed by the death of Theodore
Roosevelt, Charles T. Burnham, one
OF the original Bull Moosers of Wor.
%cester, killed himself by swallowing
a dose of poison. When Burnham
learned of the death of the ex-presi.
dent, he spent hours reading every
line he could find about Colonel
Roosevelt. Then he ended his life.
A portrait Of George Washington
by Gilbert Stuart was sold for $21,-
600 at public auction to a firm of art
dealers at the first sale OF early