Gilpin observer., 1919-10-02
FOREIGN


tank in the welding room of the Wick
ar's Shipbuilding plant at Montreal,
Quebec.
A prize of $4,000 for the first nom
stop transpaciflc airship flight from
Vancouver island to Japan, has been
offered by Norman A. YarrOw, Il Vic
ioria business man.
The army regulation prohibiting of
ficers and soldiers from fraternizing
with Germans was revoked in an army
order. This in no way affects the
regulation prohibiting American sol
diers from marrying German women.
A movement is on foot in Hungary
to restore the monarchy with the for.
mer Archduke Francis Joseph Otto,
eldest son Of former Emperor Charles,
as King, according to a Budapest dis
patch. The former emperor would be
named as regent, the dispatch adds.
German rOyalists have begun an
other campaign of propaganda for Il
return of the monarchy. Pamphlets
are being circulated among the troops
contrasting "the glorious days of Ho-
henOzllern sway" with the state of af
fairs under government which sis
the protector of criminals
A German war prisoner. LOsis by
name, while on his way to the interior
of Germany under escort Of American
soldiers was shot and killed by n
French soldier near Nancy, according
to reports reaching American head
quarters. AS the train with Josis and
several hundred other prisoners was
passing a German prison camp under
guard of French soldiers, Losis, or
some other German prisoners, threw
food to the camp prisoners. One of
the French guards opened fire.
The Nieue Courant reassures its
readers by saying that the definite de-
cision attributed to the interallied
council to demand the delivery of the
.X-kaiser need not alarm the Neither
lands; that the viewpoint of the Meth
crlands government is already known
IN the other side in no case can, or
may we permit the delivery of the eX-
kaiser" it says, las our feeling of in
ternational duty forbids this. We have
reason to believe that Il refusal of de-
livery will not he unwelcome TO the as
sociated governments"
GENERAL
Joe Burman, the Chicago bantam
sensation, had Il good workout for his
bout with Joe Lynch in Philadelphia
by beating Roy Moore in every round
of II ten-round fight at Chicago.
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middleweight boxing champion, out
fought Augie Ratner of New York,
former National A. a. U. middle
weight titleholder, in an eight-round
bout at Jersey City.
Alaska Indian youths are being Of
fered an opportunity to attend the
United States government school at
Chemawa, Ore. Recently l. $. LoOs,
superintendent of the Chemawa school,
passed through Ketchikan bound for
Kodiak and other western Alaska
points, to tell the Indians of their op-
portunity
The cost of the war to the United
States in man power is now estimated
Officially as 1l6,492 dead and 205, 600
wounded, total of 322,1S2. These
figures include losses to army and ma
rine units on all fronts to Sept. 1.
Killed in action totaled 35,5S5, or IL
per cent of the entire list; died of
wounds. 14742; died of disease, S.
073; died of accidents and other
causes. S,092.
From bootlegger to police station to
was the route taken
by contraband whisky confiscated by
indianapolis police, 1t was revealed in
the arrest of three negro janitors and
the suspension of four patrolmen. AS
fast as the liquor was cOnfiscated at
the station, 1t was taken through rear
doors by the colored janitors and sold
for Sc a quart, according to their con-
fession.
Three men who are alleged to have
robbed n bank in Arcadia, Oregon,
several weeks ago, of $4,000 in money
and Liberty bonds, We're arrested ana
$1,000 in government bonds has been
recovered the police say.
John ID. Rockefeller contributed ST.
100000 to the ministers and mission
cry board of the Northern Baptist con-
vention. No restrictions are made as
To the use of the principal and income,
which will be expended to take care of
INDECENT Baptist ministers of the
Northern states. The announcement
of the gift was made in letter to the
lev Il. Il. Tom,inson, executive secre-
tary of the board
Herbert c. Hoover has retired from
public office and is to devote his fu-
ture time toward making the So and SO
n day salaries of Stanford University
professors more commensurate with
the SO and so wages of home building
artisans and to various relief measures
In Europe He also is to return be-