Gilpin observer., 1919-09-25
FOREIGN

| of France that French general be
given supreme command of allied
| forces on the Rhine.
Marshal Foch has recently asked the
Belgian government to have n search
made for the body of his son, who was
killed in August, 1914, in the Belgian
| Ardennes
The attorney general, Sir Gordon
Hewart, has completed the cnse for
| the prosecution of the former German
emperor. The place for the trial has
| not yet been settled.
The council of five at Paris has de-
cided to permit German representation
| at the international labor conference
in Washington next month, according
to an official cable from Paris.
The spread of gambling among the
soldiers has prompted General Noske
of Germany to issue an order prohibit
| ing all gambling in barracks, canteens,
mess halls, on parade grounds or in
public places.
A left hand, with one finger miss
ing, was brought to Barreal station,
as proof that Epifanio Holguin, a for
mer villa colonel, had been killed by
one of his own men with whom he had
Quarreled.
Announcement has been made Of the
postponement of the execution OF
Pierre Lenoir, who was tried with San
ator Humbert, and others on n charge
of communicating military intelligence
to the enemy and who was to have
faced the firing squad in Paris.
The new British profiteer act is now
in effect and prices have begun to
fall. a drop of SO Il ton is registered
in the price of potatoes. Chickens
are lower than the maximum of the
food control prices. Eggs have dropped
are considerably cheaper, now costing
''Only" % cents each.
A peacetime army of 100000 men
and reduction of the term of military
service from three years to one are rec
commended to the military committee
of the French Senate in report sub
mitted by Paul Doumer, its president.
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called to the colors annually by con-
scription and 100000 others recruited
through voluntary enlistment.
GENERAL
The Sovereign Grand Lodge, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and af-
filiated bodies, the Patriarchs Militant
and Association of Rebekah Assemblies
finished their annual convention at
Baltimore and adjourned to meet in
Boston next year.
Five masked men bound and gagged
the mail clerks on the Ocean Limited
express of the Canadian National rail
way near Harlaka and robbed the mail
car of $4,000 in silver and paper. The
money was being shipped from Mon
treal to Halifax
The Italian auxiliary barkentine
City of Biloxi, with Il cargo of eXplo-
sives, blew up twenty miles off Mo-
bile bar, burned to the waters edge,
and sank, according to reports reach
ing shipping circles at Mobile, Ala.
The fate of the crew Is unknown
Chicago's building strike and lock-
out which for more than two months
had made idle more than 100000 work
ers and halted construction contracts
aggregating S50,0O0,0OO, was an
nounced as ended when the construc-
tion employers yielded to the de-
mands of the union carpenters for 81
an hour.
~ n
the sugar market appear less promis-
ing than when federal authorities first
began their campaign to force down
the price of sugar, United States Dis
trict Attorney Clyne said at Chicago,
hasing his conclusion on rumors that
sugar refiners will demand II or 11.9
cents a pound for this years crop Of
sugar, {. o. b. New York
Early and favorable action is expect
ed in the Senate on the bill providing
IA punishment by fine or Imprisonment
or both for the transportation OF stolen
motor vehicles In Interstate or foreign
commerce.
Cincinnati won the toss for the
opening game OF the world series at
the meeting of the national baseball
commission at Cincinnati. The first
two games will be played in Cincin-
natl, the next three in the American
league city winning the pennant Of
that league, then two in Cincinnati II
necessary, followed by one in the Am
erican league city. The place for the
ninth game, II necessary, is to he de-
cided by lot.
Work will be begun at once on de-
velopment of farm colony ut Wins
low, \. j., for returned soldiers and
sailors. The Organization has acquired
1920 acres for the project. The pro-
ject consists OF village of fifty
houses, an inn, store and church and u