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

OiAiNAhA ACROAts al Csa
show that the death rate in that city
now exceeds 1000 daily, according to
Swedish press reports.
Greek forces have been landed at
Avail, on the coast of Asia Minor, six
ty-six miles northwest of Smyrna. The
Turkish troops there offered only
slight opposition, which was overcome.
Six persons were killed and twenty
wounded In the rioting and fighting
which took place at Lima, Peru, us a
consequence of the strike. Martial
law has been declared In Lima and
Callao.
President Wilson, through Brand
WhitIock, minister to Belgium. in
formed King Albert that he had not
forgotten his promise to visit Belgium.
Mr.. Whitlock said the President did
not fix any time for the trip.
Three of the foremost generals in
the Austrian army have applied to the
government In Prague for admission
into the Czecho- Slovakia army, said n
dispatch from Vienna. The news ere
ated a sensation in Austrian military
circles
The volcano of Kalut, in Java, has
burst into eruption, wiping out twenty
villages in the district of Brengat and
eleven in the vicinity of Blitar and
causing deaths estimated at 5000. ac-
cording to dispatch received at Am
sterdam.
Since the former German emperor
has been acquainted with the peace
terms he has become even more invis-
ible to the outer world. The only pos
sibility of catching glimpse of him Is
when he crosses the drawbridge twice
log saving In the garden of the castle.
J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchequer. announced in the
House of Commons In England that the
present Indebtedness of the British
government to the American govern
ment is $2,25O, 900, 900, while the vari-
Gus American departments owe the
British departments, roughly, s21O,OOO,-
900.
Male citizens in the streets of
Coblenz were compelled TO salute the
American flag when the American
Third army's composite regiment
marched through Coblenz for an in
formal review. As the flag passed
along the streets the color guards com
PEELED the Germans to remove their
hats in token of respect.
SPORT
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
pion, has called off all ring engage
ments, owing to the death of his g.
year-old daughter at Cleveland.
The proposed program for the 1920
Olympic games as published in Paris
contains no marathon or decathlon
events and no Rugby football. Throw
ing of the grenade has been added to
the discus, weight and hammer events.
Johnny Ray, Pittsburg, and Lieut..
Earl Baird. army aviator and ex-light-
weight amateur champion, went to n
draw in their four-round match in San
Francisco, one of the best bouts seen
there in months. Both fought hard and
the going was fast and clever through
out
Sir Thomas Upton has sailed for
England, after spending two months
In America. He said that he expected
to return in August for n trip to the
West, but he would pay no attention
to yachting until next year, when he
would be fully prepared to carry out
his challenge for the America cup.
GENERAL
The will of Fl. J. Helnze, the million
aire pickle manufacturer, filed In Pitts
burg, dlsposes of $4,OOO,OOO.
Two highwaymen slugged a Wall
street messenger in the heart of the
financial district In New York and
robbed him of $4,000 worth of Liberty
Bonds which he was carrying In a
satchel on his way to the federal re-
serve bank
The estate of the late Chauncey
Jones of Boston consists of 2,499 rings
COS bar pins, fifty-nine cuff links, thir.
ty-seven clasps, eleven brooches, eight
stickpins, pendants, chains and rosar.
les. Total value, $31.60.
Ten strokes of the lash and ten years
In Jail was the sentence given at Van
couver to Sidney Price, said by police
to be the leader of a trio which held
up the caretaker of the Vancouver
Yacht Club recently and attempted to
steol the power yacht Iphis.
Jewish communities in 352 cities in
the United States on June 20 will
choose delegates to the twenty-second
annual convention of the Zionist or
ganization of America. The conven.
ton will be held in Chicago probably
the first week In September
Sergt. Alvin c. York, who received
the congressional medal of honor for
the mightiest single-handed achieve
ment of the war. in which he killed
twenty Germans took 13o more aris-