The Ordway new era., 1920-05-21
FOREIGN.

iyhhlph sh~
In Russia is fully cleared up.
The weight of the earth, in round
figures is 6OOO,OO0, ,0OO, 600 900, ,0OO, ,OOO
tons. This conclusion has been ar
rived at by an English university dem
onstrator as the result of experimental
observation In London.
Sergeant Garvey and Constable Har-
rington were shot dead and Constable
Doyle was wounded dangerously at
Cork, Ireland, when they were fired
on by a group of armed men while on
their way to district headquarters.
France is sending n note to Germany
demanding action in the war guilt
trials which the German government
has promised to conduct in the newly
created Supreme Court at Leipzig.
France is seeking evidence of good
faith that Germany will fulfill her
promises.
The French cabinet at meeting in
Paris instructed Minister of Justice
L'Hopiteau to open proceedings against
the general federation of labor with
view to the dissolution of The organ
ization which has been supporting the
strike of the French railway men by
calling other strikes.
Several additional attacks on govern
mental properly and other incidents
have recently occurred in various parts
of Ireland. The police barracks, court
house and postoffice in Bureau, County
Limerick, were burned, while a motor
van containing provisions for the po-
lice was burned near Sheverie.
"Gay Paree" is particularly gay
these days because the predictions of
an invasion by American money kings
and queens Is coming true. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that American
wealth arriving in Paris daily amounts
to S2OO0O,OOO. The Mauretania alone,
Just in, had list of mIllionaires aggre-
eating S50,OO0,OO0.
Loot amounting to more than 1,0OO,-
600 francs In cash and jewels was
taken from the passengers of the
steamer .,oulrah by pirates on May
9th, when they overcame officers and
crew and made thorough search of
the vessel. Several American women
were on board the ship at the time Of
the robbery.
General Erhardt. commander of the
Baltic brigade which recently entered
Berlin, has fled the country after ad-
dressing his soldiers. He declared that
he wus unwilling to surrender and did
not want to subject his brigade to
fighting If the government attempted
to take him by force. He hoped to re-
join his brigade If fighting broke out
again in Germany.
The body of beautiful young Rus
sian woman has been found in Lake
Geneva, off Ouchey. She was clad in
expensive clothing and wore furs, u
pearl necklace and Il gold watch. On
the reverse side of one of the many
bank notes found upon her was writ
the BOlshevists.'' 1t was signed
Countess W."
GENERAL.
After three-year suspension due to
the war, horse racing was resumed in
Canada when the Mount Royal trucks
reopened at Montreal.
President Wilson has approved an
act authorizing the coinage of new 80
cent pieces to commemorate the 3OOth
anniversary of the landing Of the pill
grims ut Plymouth Rock.
A round million francs, or $500, 600,
has been offered by an American pub
fishing house to Georges Clemenceau
rs advance royalties on his memoirs.
The offer has been refused.
Completely disguised as a woman,
from blond wig down to corset and silk
lingerie, a man who later gave his
by the police after chase In Chicago.
The police believe he has taken part in
number of robberies In an exclusive
North Side residence district.
The Hotel Knickerbocker In New
York soon will be converted into an
office building. 1t has been announced.
The value of the buildfng and Its con-
tents hns been estimated at $1,000 600
The Rev. A. X. Hoare, Episcopal
missionary at Point Hope, Alaska, 175
miles north of Nome. was shot and
killed April y by James Mcclure, IS,
his assistant, according to ndvices re-
ceived at Seattle.
Mrs. Thomas Yosich Of Cairo, ILL.,,
mother of four children, shot and killed
her stcpfather, John I.illey, 53, be-
couse. she asserted, he insisted on fore
ing his attentions on her. She surren-
dered to the sheriff.
I'm kicking out because I'm just
too lazy to keep on living and shoulder
the responsibilities that 20 with life"
This note was found beside the body
of George BIshton, Is, a high school
student at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
A general strike throughout Canada