Gilpin observer., 1920-11-11
FOREIGN

thorized the Austrian government to
pledge the famous imperial tapestries
as security for loan to purchase co.
600 tons of breadstuffs.
Although there has been less than, a
fourth in the number of students at
the American Ecclesiastical college at
Rome this year, American students
have won the usual number of prizes
The first suspension of rail traffic in
Ireland has been ordered. The Mid
land railway notified it's employees that
all agreements with the employees are
at an end on account of the troubles
that have arisen over the transpOrta-
tion of troops and munitions.
The cabinet today nominated Leon
Bourgeois, president of the council of
the League of Nations ; former Premier
Rene Viviani, and former Minister of
Foreign Affairs Gabriel Hanotaux as
Frances delegates to the League of
Nations assembly in Geneva
Depreciation of the rupee has demor-
allied all Indian foreign trade and the
country faces the grave possibility of
financial panic. The warehouses in all
ports are choked with American and
British goods which the merchants re-
fuse to accept. The banks find mil
lions of dollars in bills they are una
BILE to collect and number of firms
already have entered bankruptcy.
The question of the legal rights of
Madame Manos, morganatic wife of
the late King Alexander, seems likely
to create some difficulty, according to
leading jurists of Athens. Her attor-
ney asked the court to remove the
seals from the apartments of the dead
king, asserting Madame ManOs, thru
her marriage, and also because of her
approaching motherhood, would inherit
Alexander's property.
The shortage and high prices of
bread in Argentine will be relieved
through an agreement entered into by
the government and the millers where
by the governments stock of approx
mately 10000 tons will be released at
a price amounting to about half the
current quotation. This decision was
reported after the closing of number
of mills due to lack of grain and the
increase of the price Of bread to rec
ord figures.
The spectacular rush Of hundreds of
oil prospectOrs to the far north where
"strikes" have been reported, has
caused the Canadian government to re-
vive the old grubstake ordinances of
Yukon days. AS the situation threat
ems to become serious, it is proposed to
prevent those who go in from becom-
ing charges upon the Royal Canadian
mounted police. Therefore, only those
in physical condition to stand the rig
ors of an arctic winter and with
enough grub" to keep them will be
permitted to go.
GENERAL
Following custom less formally OBJ
served through all the centuries since
the works of AnaXagoras was relegat-
ed to the top shelf to make room for
those of Aesop, the electors of the New
York University Hall of Fame an
nounced the dedication of niche to
Mark Twain. Noah Webster, after
consideration, was not admitted.
The Rev. J. o. l.. Spracklin of Wind
sor, Ont, pastor of the Sandwich
Methodist Church of Windsor, Ont,
and n special liquor license inspector,
is detained in the Sandwich jail follow
ing the shooting to death of Beverly
Trumble, proprietor of an inn known
as Chappell House. The shooting oc-
Cured during raid upon the inn.
Governor Morrow of Kentucky par
doned Fess Whitaker, jailer of Letcher
county, who was elected county
judge while serving a sentence in the
aker was convicted of attacking county
officers. Governor Morrow, 1t was
said at the state house, took the posi-
tiOn that Whitaker, although in Jail,
led his opponent by more than 1000
votes and that such popular indorse-
ment was sufficient ground for issuing
pardon.
The Harvard football team converted
lost cause into an even issue when II
tied the Princeton team at ii points in
the last period of their annual game.
Jack Dempsey, worlds heavyweight
boxing champion, and Georges Cnrpen-
tier, European titleholder, signed a
contract in New York binding them to
meet next March or between May both
and July 4th, TO decide the champion
ship of the world. The agreement,
which has twenty-seven clauses, calls
for bout of from ten to fifteen
rounds TO he fought in the United
States, Canada, Mexico or Cuba.
'where contests of the character con-
templated are permitted by law"
Albert Ellis, alleged murderer Of 18-
year-old Edna Fills, his former sweet
heart, is In Jail In st. Louis, awaiting
the action of the grand tury The nj