The Ordway new era., 1920-02-13
FOREIGN

and Holland have agreed they viii not
resume trade with soviet Russia be-
fore Russia's debt 10 nationals OF
those countries has been paid or guar
anteed.
Fifteen persons We're Killed ana
thirty injured In head-on collision be-
tween an express train and freight
train standing al Perrigny sur
L'Ognom, about twenty-one miles east
of Djjon, France.
An iIliterate Austrian earned S5.521
In Canada during II single year OF the
war. as laborer nj the WelIand steel
foundrIes. ii was learned nj ST. Cath
arInes, when Mike Ennis was fined
for making a false income tax return.
Damage 10 the amount OF SI,W0oOO
WAS caused at Manila, i. l.. when fire
destroyed half the buildings of tile
Philippine Carnival Exposition and The
island exhibits they contained. Many
of the exhibits were irrcplacable and
the loss is serious.
France has bought six former Ger
man Transatlantic liners, recently
United States army transports, from
the United States shipping board, il
WAS learned ut New York from IN Of
ficial of the board, who refused 10 al
low the use of his name.
Rate increases of 70 10 40 per cent
on Canadian railroads We're predicted
as the result of estimates that deficits
| for the current fiscal year would total
S2S.OOO,0O0 An investigation is being
To enable the roads to pay expenses.
The list of Germans accused by the
allies of war crimes and whose extra
lition is TO be demanded, Is headed
I.Dy former Crown Prince Frederick
william and several other sons Of the
former German emperor. The list has
| been handed TO Baron Kurt Won Lcrs-
ner. the German representative at
| Paris.
Julio Mitchell. state prosecutor of
| Puebla, has been notified that the
eNeQuator (offlcinl recogni;ion) of
| William o. Jenkins. United States
consular agent at Pueba, was can
celed Feb. l.. The federal government
is awaiting action by the Puebla
courts in Jenkins case before taking
steps regarding its alleged intention
of requesting him to leave Mexico.
Dog teams from many parts of the
northlnnd will start March 18th, ST.
Pntrick's day, In the third annual 100
mile IIudson's Bay Dog Derby over
the snow trails between The Pas and
| Sturgeon Landing and return. About
| fifty teams may enter. A purse of ST.
900 and huge silver and gold cup will
he presented To the winning driver,
| The cup, which stands over three feet
in height, was given by Frank Burns,
IL Toronto sportsman
GENERAL
Aliens are departing from Chicago,
| chiefly the steel mills district, mt an
average rate of 800 II day, thereby ere
ating labor problem that threatens
| to become acute.
A bill providing for ilic granting of
statehood to the territory of Hawaii.
under qualifications 10 he determined
by Congress was introduced by Hal
| waiian Delegate Kalanianaole.
A score OF persons We're injured
when Two electric trains OIL the Wash
ington and Virginia raiIroad crushed
| in IL head-on collision in the midst of
II driving slcel storm near DUN LOr
ing, Va.
Mayor Couzens' S15,OOO,O 900 municipal
ownership street railway plan, includ-
ing use of Henry Ford's gasoline street
car, was approved unanimously by the
| Detroit City Council and is now ready
for the vote of the people April 9th.
Shooting from the top of his burn
ing home In which he was holding Il
mob at bay II negro at Pine Bluffs,
Ark, wounded four men and boy in
the crowd before he was killed. The
negro earlier In the day had killed u
| city detective who had gone to arrest
| him for the shooting of another me-
| gro.
| DR.. II. S Robertson, who shot and
killed Porter NJ. Brindlcy, member of
| the Alabama Legislature ut Hnrtzelle,
| Ala. was captured nj Fnlkville, Ala,
by u posse. He was taken to Decatur
for safekeeping.
Government officials and prominent
coal operators have been invited To at
tend the meeting of The American In
stitute of Mining and Metnllurgical
Engineers in New York on Feb. IL, at
which n constructive plan for the bet
ter working of the bituminous coal in
dustry will he presented by Horace v.
Winclell, retiring president of the in
| stitute, and Herbert C. Hoover. Mr..
Hoover will he Installed as president
of the institute at the meeting.
| The total output OF the meat pack
| ing industry in the United States for