The Ordway new era., 1920-01-30
FOREIGN


In accordance with regulations.
II Is r,Iiuorcd that the Rumanians
are about to occupy Odessa and or
.anize the defenses Of that Black sea
port against the BolsbevikI. according
90 the newspaper Hurjer Po Banay.
Horses and mules sold by the Amer
lean forces In Germany between Nov.
2I and Nov. 2s. last year, brought to-
tai OF s1O3,J.s. or about $40 each.
The animals sold were reported as un-
serviceable.
Women administering property in
their own right will he permitted to
vote at the first national election Ia
.Iugo- Slavia next month. according 10
an announcement made by the cabi-
net at Belgrade.
British officials declined to com
IncDt on the newspaper reports from
Paris that the Supreme Council would
send 20O.O0O troops to the Caucasus
10 oppose the Bolsheyiki. II WIS said
that no official word relative 10 the
matter had been received from the
peacc conference.
All the documents respecting diplo-
matte intercourse between Berlin and
Washington before the German peace
offer of 1916 and the events leading
to the proclamation Of PoIaDd's indie
pendencc will he published In Berlin.
This announcement is made in wire
less message from Berlin.
The plight Of retired Austrian off
.fcers fs Illustrated by an incident re-
ported from Il fashionable suburb OF
Vienna. A house owner was In search
of porter and made his want known
TO the officers league. Among the
applicants We're a major general, three
colonels, two lieutenant coiOnels,
seven majors and eighteen captains.
None Of the accused Germans
whose surrender for trial by the allies
Is demanded need give himself up
voluntarily" General Ludendorff,
former quartermnster genera! OF the
German army, declared in an inter
view, according 10 the Meme Berliner
Ieltung. II Is not impossible to evade
arrest, Ludendorff was quoted as say
ing.
Efforts 10 mediate between employ
fniled, and lockout. has been de-
clnred. AS result $4,000 men In en-
gineering shops. Iron works and other
plants viii be thrown out Of employ
ment. The employers association may
later extend the lockout to all skilled
labor. A commission appointed by the
government begins work today in the
interest of Cancellation.
GENERAL
Thlrty-flve parcels of New York
real estate owned by tile late Mrs.
| Margaret Sage, widow Of Russell
Snge. were sold at public auction for
| S2,61g,25O BY the Will the proceeds
will he divided among thirty-six col
Ieges, charitable institutions, hospitals
and museums.
One OF the most notable essay writ
ing contests ever held in the schools
of America will be held on Feb. 90
when several million girls and boys
will compete for three medals offered
by the War Department for the hest
| essays on the subject: what Are the
Benefits OF an Enlistment in the Unit
| ed States Arny?"
A financial panic made Ominons by
the perverse spirit Of capitalist and
wage worker alike is impending, ac-
cording to Roger Babson, business e1-
pert mud stntisticiun. In an interview
at Chicago he told how short produc-
tion and greed for profits are bring
ing business closer and closer 10 the
danger line In the United States.
Chicago faces deficit of more than
| 100000 for the coming year. ac-
| cordlng to n report submitted to the
council committee on finances by City
Comptroller George +. Harding. MIR.
Harding said the ciiy's resources in
1920 would be about So. .OOO,OOO. while
the anticipated expenditures We're
placed at more than $39,0OO,OOO.
A "Trade Union College," under the
auspices and control of trade unions
| of Washington, ID. C.. and vicinity has
been opened Mt Washington.
| Suits have been filed demanding
more than x1.OOO,0OO In damages from
the city of Chicago for deaths, injuries
and property damage in last sum
mer's race riots. OF this more than
| 100000 Is sought by relatives OF
| twenty-five men and women claimed
| to have been killed during the riOting.
-Four witnesses heard ut the opening
of the trial by general court-mariial
at Camp Zachary Taylor OF Lieut.. l. G.
Cottcnkelne, who. as supply officer of
the Fifth Field artillery, Is charged
| with having cmbczzled his regiments
payroll of $4,000 for May, 1919. while
the first division was in Germany, tes-
| titled that he had left but little over
10000 of the 4S6.Tl6 marks paid him
when he was arrested by German civ
| Ilian authorities at Frelburg, four