Gilpin observer., 1919-07-17
TOREIGN

stopped temporarily by the allies, WaA
taken to Switzerland as ordinary
freight.
Nearly 100000 soldiers of the Ital.
ian army have been demobilized since
the signing Of the armistice, accord
ing to statement issued by the gov
ernment The remaining electives in
service approximate 2,0OO,0OO
Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and Djemal
Pasha, the leaders of the Turkish gov
ernment during the war, have beer
condemned to death by Turkish court
martial investigating the conduct OF
the Turkish government during the
war period.
Marshal Foch was given a laurel
wreath of gold by the inhabitants OF
the Department Of Seine Et- Oise Pres
ident Poincare, speaking at the cere.
mony, held in the palace of Versailles
eulogized Marshal Foch for his deeds
during the war.
Twenty-Five thousand French sol.
diers died from tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men were exempted
from service because of the disease, ii
was stated in the Senate during a dis.
cussion of bill to establish tubercu-
losis sanitariums.
The first mascots to make the round
trip across the Atlantic by air are a
Maltese cat, "Wopsy," smuggled on
board R-34 at East Fortune in Mechan.
ic Fred Bowdie's hat and a dove car.
ripd Op hoard hv opnthor ,x,o,ho,,to
Bowdie said he refused an offer OF
$1,000 for "Wopsy" in New York.
The interallied committee on com.
memoration of victory recommended
the foundation of city in Belgium to
be known as Geopolis (world city).
The city would be laid out like gar.
den. 1t would be neutralized, &C.
cording to the present plans, and DOS.
sibly would be the eventual seat of the
League of Nations.
The German National Assembly In
Weimar has adopted the resolution
ratifylng the peace treaty by vota
OF 20S to 115, according to advices re-
ceived in Paris. The resolution reads ::
"The peace treaty signed June %,
1919, as well as the protocol annexed
and special agreements on military oc
cupation of the Rhineland, are hereby
ratified. This law becomes effective
from the date Of its promulgatiou."
SPORT
Lew Tender defeated Joe yelling
of Chicago in Il hard six-round fight al
Shibe Park in Philadelphia.
Harry Greb, Pittsburg, and Battling
Levinsky, Philadelphia, fought a six.
round draw at Philadelphia.
Joe Tiplitz, Philadelphia, knocked
out George CLANCY, Baltimore, in the
third round at Philadelphia
Ted (Kid) Lewis, former welter
weight champion, had the better Of O
six-round bout with Steve Latzo OF
HazeAon, Pa.
GENERAL
Two men were killed and two in.
jured wher the Allan liner Grampian
Montreal for Liverpool, collided with
an iceberg off Cape Race The steam
ship, with $50 passengers and II crew
of $50, arrived at st. Johns, N. F., 70,
repairs.
Unqualified approval of the right Of
workmen to organize, the principle OF
collective bargaining and an eight hour
working day, coupled with far-reach.
ing recommendations as to changes in
Canada's industrial system, are includ.
ed In the majority report of the com.
mission on industrial relations which
was presented to the House of Com.
mons at Ottawa.
In 1918 automobile manufacturer
paid a total Of $33,OO0,OOO in taxes to
the federal government In the same
period car owners paid S50,OOO,OOO in
motor registration fees to the states
Total automobile taxes, including the
personal property, local charges, ETC.,
for the year are estimated at S15O,OOO,.
900. The charges will reach 5000, 600.
900 in 1919. All of these are paid by
car owners in the last analysis, making
IA total charge of $50 per car for 1918
Savannah, Ca, was selected as the
convention city for the twenty ninth
'''Nii'"A 'VhN tol tllt
hood of Locomotive Friemen and En-
ginemen at their session in Denver.
The twenty-ninth convention will be
held in May, 1922.
Eleven suits asking damages aggre
eating $4,000 have been filed in the
Circuit Court ut La Porte, Ind, against
the United States railroad administra
tion. The suits are the outgrowth OF
an accident at Hewson's Crossing
kingsbury, this spring, when Grand
Trunk train demolished school wag
on, killing six children and injurlng
nine.
The presidential ship George Wash
ington. which sails back to France. has
been fitted up with nursery to take
care Of the ''war babies" returning on
that vessel. Two hundred war brides"
are scheduled TO sail on the transport