Gilpin observer., 1920-04-29
FOREIGN.

Champerico, Guatemala, killing six per-
sons and destroying more than 1000
bags Of coffee, ready for shipment to
San Francisco, Calf, and many bales
Of merchandise.
Junius Brill, an American who has
been interned in Austria with Bella
Kun, former Hungarian dictator, and
Bella Kun's associates, has been re-
leased and given safe conduct to
the United States.
Fraulein Gertrude Baumar has been
appointed director of the Department
of Public Schools of Berlin. She is
the first woman to occupy leading
post in connection with the adminIs-
tration Of home affairs.
| An American securities firm has be-
gun negotiations to acquire 100000
acres of wood pulp forests in south
ern LabOradOr to supply wood pulp
to news-print manufacturing concerns
in England, it has been announced in
Ottawa.
Forty billion marks are involved in
the German governments purchase of
the Federated States railways, which
has been approved by the national as
sembly. The annual interest incurred
In the nations huge Investment is es-
timated at 14,OOO,OOO marks.
The Prussian government has adopt
| ed the draft of bill to abolish the
privileges of the nobility, according to
a report at Berlin. The abolition of
the rights to titles, such as "royal
highness" and "illustrious" is included
in the provisions of the measure.
Bolshevik attempts to threaten China
by advancing from the Ingoda valley,
northwest Of Chita. have been entirely
frustrated by Japanese and all-Russian
forces as result of battle fought at
WerkneinskOje, April IL, according to
report issued from the war office at
Toxic,
Five warships will be added to the
Chilean navy as . result of neg0tia-
| tiOns between the Chilean and British
governments. Chile has decided to ac-
cept the offer by Great Britain of one
dreadnOught, three torpedo boat de-
stroyers of 1,SOO tons each and trans
port.
There has been fierce fighting be-
| tween factions of the southern troops
In the Anhai district, and that city has
| changed hands three times in the past
| week. The soldiers are looting the
armory. 1t is reported that more than
thousand persons have been killed.
Hundreds Of the inhabitants of the re-
gion are fleeing to Annoy.
GENERAL.
After sleeping for four months, Mrs.
Charles Erickson, IS years old, Claren-
don, Pa, died in Warren Hospital at
Buffalo, N. Y.
The New York Assembly adopted
| the Fowler bill, designed TO repeal the
| daylight saving law. The vote was 7S
to So. The bill, which has already
passed the Senate, now goes to the
| governor.
Three hundred disabled veterans of
the World war are taking agricultural
courses ut the Mississippi Agricultural
College, where they were placed for
training by the Federal Board for vo-
cational Education.
A months boycott of candy, soda
| water and pastry has been advocated
by Edwin ]. O'Malley, city commits
sioner of public markets in New York,
to relieve the sugar shortage and bring
down the prices.
The New York Assembly has con-
Cured with the Senate in the passage
of the Donahue-LOckwOod bill, which
is intended to give salary increases to
| the teachers of the state. The bill
was passed unanimously under. an
emergency from the governor. There
was no debate.
All available petroleum in the United
States will be exhausted In three
years at the present rate of cOnsump-
ton, which Is overlapping production
by more than 50,OOO,000 barrels annu-
ally, is the prediction of Il. L.. Welsh,
general counsel for the American Pc
troleum Institute.
Initial gifts of 's25O.OOO by John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., and 100000 by the
Laura Spellmnn Rockefeller Memorial
to the Interchurch World Movement
campaign have been announced In
| New York.
| A 14-year-old boy was killed and
two men injured, one seriously, at SAX
lisaw, Okla, when an aeroplane driven
by Bob Fogg, former army aviator,
fell forty feet and plowed Its way
through crowd of 1000 persons, ac-
cording to dispatches.
Jacob o. Bentall, former Socialist
candidate for governor Of Minnesota.
convicted on his retrlal of violation of
the espionage act, was sentenced to
two years in the federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan. by Judge Parke
Morris In the United States District
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