The Dolores star., 1919-12-05
FOREIGN


expected in France in 1920 ana 1921, 1t
was estimated by Henri de Fert, the
new president of the French Motor
Touring Club.
Baron James RothschiId's winnings
when his horse, Br gund, won the Cam
bridgeshire Mt Newmarket, England,
recently are stated to total approx
mately S:90,000
The firepits of Mount kilauea which
for months was level with the main
crater and overflowed frequently. col
lapsed and fell 400 feet Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
lapse.
Adelina Patti, famous prima donna,
who died Sept. -, at her castle in
Wales. left n fortune valued at f116.-
600. She beHueathed her entire prop
crty TO Baron Rolf Cedcrstrom, her
husband, except a few personal arti-
CleS
Six chairs. each Of which has been
used at one time or another by Mar
shall Foch mt French general head
quarters during the war, brought ST.
900 at public auction in Paris The
marshal's silver berry spoons sold for
81 each.
The parliamentary budget commit
tees of Chile has appropriated funds
for the purchase of aeroplancs and
other elements to increase the iffi-
cheney OF the army and navy. The gov
eminent has purchased from Finland
four naval sloops now in German wa
terS
The Polish professor. a A. essen
doffsky. chief of the intelligence de
pnrtment of the All Russian govern
ment. estimates that the world war,
BOlSheviSm, Civil war. starvation and
disease has cost Russia total of 3D.
100000 lives. He places the cost of
Bol>hcviSm at 12,2SO.OOo lives
OF the pre-war population of 5,23O,-
600 in the devastated regions of
France, four-fifths have returned to
their former homes, according TO re-
port issued by the American Red Cross
in Paris. French authorities expect 4
return Of the majority of the remain
wv within lAi' h'NA l'" ii'il'l'Ss
The German general staff's story of
the war written from the official
archives will soon be issued and will
be entitled The BATTLES and Fights Of
the Great War of l91i-l9lS' The
account is to contain Il consecutive and
ordered description of all battles in
which German troops participated.
The japanese peace delegation, in
announcing that Japan was sending a
light cruiser and two torpedo boats to
Flu Chow, China, for the protection Of
Japanese subjects, said Instructions
Lad been given the commander of the
squadron forbiddng the landing OF
marines or the use of arms, except in
case of absolute necessity.
The Socialist deputies, De Guise
and Ringuier, of the Aisne department
have informed the president Of the
chamber of deputies at Paris that they
will introduce bill when that body
convenes asking the government to as
sumo the expenses in connection with
the transfer of the bodies of French
soldiers from battlefield graves to
their native village cemeteries.
GENERAL
The Rev. DR.. Edward Ballard. 90.
who was born December -. 1870 and
was the oldest Methodist minister in
America. died at his home in Ocean
Grove, n. J.
Robbers, who burned the vault door
with an acetylene torch, looted fifty
safety deposit boxes of $4,000 in cash
and bonds Mt the State bank of Free
landville, Knox county, Ind. No clew
to the robbers has been found.
Federal agents rnided an alleged
counterfeiting plant in Minneapolis,
placed one man under arrest and
seized 800 spurious half-dollars, sew
eral mods and dies and a quantity of
metal
Maud Powell. the violinist. collapsed
during Il recital at st. Louis and was
taken 10 a hospital in Il Semi-conscious
condition. Physicians diagnosed her
ailmcnt as an acute attack of stomach
trouble.
Lieut.. Robert StOcker and n civilian
named Thompson, believed to have
been radio tester, We're drowned
when their hydroairplane fell into the
Delaware river, six miles below Ches-
ter. The bodies have not yet been re-
covered.
A final study Of the selective draft
records made public fixes the military
strength of the United States at 49,
10000 in potential military mnnpower.
Registrations for the draft, between
the ages of 1S and A.. tOtalled 23,9OS,-
576. almost so per cent Of whom were
listed as physically fit for military
service"
The American merchant marine has
expanded from four ships in deep sea
commerce before the war to n fleet of
9,773,OOO tons in ocean service, accord
ing to figures made public by the Ma
tiOnal Marine League In addition