The Benson signal., 1919-10-04
FOREIGN


grad, according to Helsingfors dis
patch.
One man was killed and sixteen in
jured in the explosion of an acetylene
tank in the welding room of the Wick
ers Shipbuilding plant at Montreal,
Quebec
A prize of $4,000 for the first non
stop transpacific airship flight from
Vancouver island to Japan, has been
offered by Norman A. Yarrow, a Vic
tOria business man.
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
The Recommendation of the French
army is now entirely completed, all
troops except those on the Rhine hav-
ing returned to their usual garrison
posts. The transportation of demOb-
iliZed soldiers to their homes by regu-
ished in a few days.
German royalists have begun an
other campaign of propaganda for
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 a government which sis
the protector of criminals"
A satchel containing more than $780,
600, stolen from the mail car of the
limited, has been discovered in house
at St Pierre, near Quebec. The find
was made by Peter Bercovich, counsel
for LlOyds, who had insured the safe
delivery of the money. About $4,000
of the bandits loot is still missing.
The Nieue Courant reassures it's
readers by saying that the definite de-
cision attributed to the interallied
council to demand the delivery of the
ex-kaiser need not alarm the Neither
lands; that the viewpoint of the Meth
erlands government is already known
en- the other side. I'm no case can, or
may we permit the delivery of the ex-
kaiser" it says, 'as our feeling of in
ternatiOnal duty forbids this. We have
reason to believe that refusal of de-
livery will not be unwelcome to the as
sociated governments"
GENERAL
Control of all stock in the Ford Mo-
tor Company has been secured by
Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, it has
been announced in Detroit, through
purchase of the minority holdings of
James CouZens, millionaire mayor Of
Detroit and former vice president of
the company.
Alaska Indian youths are being of
fered an opportunity to attend the
United States government school at
Chemawa, Ore. Recently /. S. 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 government pays the
transportation to and from Oregon.
The cost of the war to the United
States in man power is now estimated
officially as 116,492 dead and 2O5,69O
wounded, total of 800, 1872. These
figures include losses to army and ma
rine units on all fronts to Sept. 1.
Killed in action totaled 35,5S5, or II
per cent of the entire list; died of
wounds, 14,742; died of disease, 58,-
O73; died of accidents and other
causes, 1902.
John D. Rockefeller contributed $2,-
100000 to the ministers and mission
ary 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 a letter to the
lev. E. T. Tom!inson, executive secre-
tary of the board.
Joe Burman, the Chicago bantam
sensation, had a good workout for his
bout with Joe Lynch in Philadelphia
by beating Roy Moore in every round
of ten-round fight at Chicago.
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 if
necessary, followed by one in the Am
erican league city. The place for the
ninth game, if necessary, is to be de-
cided by lot.
Herbert G. Hoover has retired from
public office" and is to devote his fu-
ture time toward making the So and Sc
day salaries Of Stanford University
professors more commensurate with
the Sc and SO wages Of home building
artisans and to various relief measures
in Europe He also is to return be-
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