Gilpin observer., 1920-10-21
FOREIGN

resulted, according to the Red Flag. N
and order for 8000 railway engines
and large number Of turbines.
The council Of ambassadors has Do
cided to make representations to the
Belgrade government demanding imme-
diate withdrawal of the Jugo-Slav
troops which had entered the Klaken-
furt plebisclte zone.
The drys have lost their first battle
In the prohibition fight in the federal
district in Mexico. The saloons were
open Sunday, though the government
had made an effort to have them all
closed.
The German cabinet decided unani
mously on program for reduction OF
the relchstag's expenditure. putting
the burden of the individual states
within the confederation, says a Ber-
lin dispatch.
The London-Paris air mail has won
final approval of the banking world.
Proving that it is no longer cOnsid-
cred an experiment" bankers and
jewellers are using it heavily for trans
the two capitals.
Robbed by her fiance of jewels val
ued at more than $100000 Mile. Sou
beyran, famous French beauty, COM
mitted suicide at Paris by opening the
veins in her wrist. She left note
which said: Life without my Jewels
is worthless"
The chamber of deputies Of Rio
Janeiro approved the senate measure
making Albert, king of the Belgians,
a citizen of Brazil and marshal OF
the army. 1t also voted to raise the
Brazilian legation in Brussels to the
rank of an embassy.
Mlnsk, has been captured by the
Poles, according to advices received.
Near Korosten, the advices add, the
Poles captured 1000 prisoners, twelve
cannon, forty machine guns and large
quantities of war materials.
Germany fulfilled the terms of the
Spa coal agreement for August and
September by delivering to the allies
1,936,S65 tons Of coal, the reparations
commission announced. OF this, France
received 1,477,629 tons, the remainder
going to Italy, Belgium and Luxem-
burg.
AS result of the census taken
Oct. 1, the figures of which have not
been announced, the Japanese govern
ment has begun sending circulars
throughout the country, asking physi-
clans, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists,
tailors, blacksmiths and other persons
whether they would be willing to
serve in the army in case of war.
GENERAL
Dragged over fifty feet along the
rails on the Mississippi river bridge
at Dubuque, Iowa, Elvin Knight, aged
sixteen, of Cool Rapids, Iowa, died
half an hour later. Knight, who was
on his way to enlist in the navy at
Chicago, had fallen from the blind
baggage of a Burlington train.
Slugged unconscious by burglars
who ransacked and then set fire to
his palatial home at Des Moines, Iowa,
DR.. Wilton Mccarthy, prominent sur
geon, aroused from his stupor by tho
crackle of flames, escaped by jump
ing from the second story of the blaz-
ing residence.
DR.. Duncan MacDougall, fifty-four,
surgeon known particularly for his
experiments in "the weighing of the
SOUL" is dead at Haverhill, Mass
Through delicate weighing devices, he
calculated the weight of the human
soul at between six and eight ounces.
He was a contributor of poetry to
various magazines.
Production of bituminous coal went
above the 12,000,000-ton mark for the
first time since Jan. II, during the
week ended Oct. 8. The total output
Is estimated by the geological survey
at 12,075,0O0 net tons. This was an
increase of 224,O00 tons over the week
of Sept. % and 706,0O0,OO0 tons or 62
| per cent over the week of Oct. 2.
/ Robbers stole 100000 worth of dia-
monds and refined gold from the
Stretcher Manufacturing Company,
after blowing open two large safes at
Newark, N. ].
| H"""iu <u""' 'hs'heSi Va Gill
sylvania passenger train, was fatally
scalded when his engine overturned
in rear-end collision with an east
bound freight train near Colonia, N. j..
A fireman was injured, but not seri-
ously.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad has been paid sum, under
stood to be $30,Q00000, in fun COM
promise settlement with the United
States railroad administration for the
period it was operated under federal
control. 1t is the first OF the major
lines to reach such settlement.
Asking the custody of his dead child,