, 1919-05-08
FOREIGN

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nation received from Copenhagen at
the central office of the Zionist asso-
citation in London.
Because of the increasing difficult
ties of provisioning Switzerland with
meat the Federal Council has decid-
ed tn forbid the eating of meat from
May 9TH to May 10Th throughout the
nation.
The commonwealth of Australia
plans to deport interned Germans, be-
ginning in May. The internees will
have the privilege of showing cause
why they do not wish to be returned to
Germany.
A Havas dispatch from Dion states
that American army authorities at Is
Sur Tile have sentenced and hanged
an American lieutenant for an assault
upon a girl, who died in consequence
of her injuries.
A manufacturing company of Lon
don announces it is preparing to mar
ket an automobile that can be retailed
for between $3.50 and $500. The prin-
cipal materials to be used in making
the car Is a new substance which is
described as "a kind of concrete,
light but strong and durable, produced
from waste material.
The Nice recreation area for Amer
lean ~expeditionary troops, 1t was an
nounced, will be closed May 90 owing
to the celebrity with which the troops
are returning home. The general
council of the department of Apes
Maritimes has adopted a resolution
paying tribute to the excellent behav-
ior of the American soldiers.
In defending the governments policy
of donations to the unemployed, Sir
Robert Stevenson Horne, the minister
of labor, in the House of Commons
in London, said it was unnecessary to
a k a gloomy view of the unemploy-
ment question. Since the armistice,
he said, 100000 persons have been
demobilized and 1000, 900 remain I'M
employed.
SPORT
George (Knockout) Brown of Chi
cago won a newspaper decision from
Bob Moha of Milwaukee at Racine.
Soldier Bartfield of New York
earned a cleancut decision over Frank
Barricau, contender for the Pacific
coast middleweight championship in
four round at Seattle.
Joe Stecher, Omaha, Neb., former
worlds champion, defeated Jack Rog-
ers, Montreal, in two straight falls at
Kokomo, Ind. The first fall was made
in % minutes and the second in IL
minutes.
Mayor Hylan of New York signed
the ordinance passed by the board of
aldermen which permits the playing
of professional baseball on Sunday
after 2 p. m. The ordinance also pro-
vides hat the same admission fee as
charged for week days shall be
charged on Sunday.
f. A. Jackson, 81 years old, died at
a hospital in Bakersfield, Calf. In his
youth Jackson was a widely known
athlete and acted as trainer for some
He trained and coached John L. Sui
Ivan in many of his contests, includ-
ing his fight with paddy" Ryan.
GENERAL
Fifteen minutes sleep cost ]. ]. Pin
ia $40 a minute in Chicago. Police
found him %slumberlng in his %"flivver,"
blocking traffic at one of the busiest
The worlds most powerful battle
ship, the superdreadnaught Tennessee,
was successfully launched when 1t
went sliding down the ways at the
New York navy yard.
A lot of 1,400 silver fox pelts were
at the International Exchange in st.
Louis. Half of the lot was disposed
of at a total of S135,00O. A pair of
the skins sold for $1,120.
Lieut.. c. L. Hines, of Lake Charles,
La, a flying instructor at Kelly field,
was instantly killed in the fall of his
airplane. Cadet Masse, flying with
him, was slightly injured.
Discovery in New York of sixteen
bombs, each put together by experts,
resulted in a general farming to gov
eminent employees to be on the watch
for what authorities believe to be an
anarchist plot to spread terror through
the country.
In the last thirty years 1924 per-
sons nave beer killed by mobs, accord
ing to a report by the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People. Fol- the thirty-year perl
cd from 1889 through 1918, the North
has had 219 victims, the South 1884,
the West 156 and Alaska and other To-
calities fifteen.
Observance of Mothers day, Sunday,
May IL, was commended to the mem
bers of 10000 Protestant churches in
the United States in an announcement
by the Rev. Charles S. mcfarland,
secretary of the federal council OF the
Churches of Christ in America. The