Gilpin observer., 1920-06-17
FOREIGN

BOlshevist leader on the Crlmean
front, Is reported to have been success
full.
The Polish army has evacuated Kiev
owing to the continued menacing ad
vance Of the BOlshevist army which
threatened to cut off the Polish line OF
retreat.
A body, believed to be that Of an
American officer, was found in the III
river, near Feldkirch, Austria 1y fish
ermen. 1t is believed the rrAA was
drowned while escaping from an Aus
trian prison camp toward Switzerland.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assasslnate Premier Hara Of Japan.
according to Toxic cable advices re-
ceived by Nippu Jill at Honolulu. The
assailant, who is reported to be jap
anese fanatic. was arrested, the dis
patch adds.
The Austrian commission sent to Bel
grade to negotiate for fOodstuffs and
other supplies, has reported that the
Serbs are unwilling to accept luxuries
in exchange, which are all Austria has
to offer. Neither will the Serbs accept
Austrian money.
Eight oil tankers belonging to Ger
man subsidiary of the Standard Oil
Company have been allotted to the
United States for the transport of Pc
troll and oil to Europe, according to an
official communication issued at Paris
by the reparatiOn commission.
Cantonese women are planning to
establish Il mntch factory at Canton,
China, and have issued prospectus in
purpose. The women themselves in
tend that the factory shall be owned
and managed entirely by them.
severe earthquake shock occurred
throughout Formosa, Japan, according
to advices received at Toxic. The cen
ter of the disturbance was near Ywa-
len, on the eastern coast There were
some casualties and damage to build
ings.
Mrs. Mabel Caster, wife of the vicar
of st. Pnuls, Greenwich, has been
killed by her pet donkey. She was
stopping in the country with her chill
dren and was feeding the animal in
the stable when 1t kicked her down,
bit and trampled on her.
Preparations are being made both by
the government and the municipality
to receive in a few days several hun,
dred delegates from the whole wOrli
who Will meet at Genoa for the inter-
national seamen's labor conferences.
The American delegates will be pres
ent only as observers.
An attempt to assassinate Arturo
Alessandri, presidential candidate of
the liberal alliance, occurred at Santi-
ago, Chile. Three shots were fired at
him but he was uninjured. He was
speaking from the balcony of his house
when the shots We're fired. His son,
rushing mt the assailant, disturbed the
wOuld-be assassin's aim.
Herr WustrOw, German consul at Ta-
briZ, Persia, committed suicide, accord
ing to n dispatch from Teheran, while
the consulate was being besieged by a
crowd demanding the surrender of
Persian Bolshevists, who 1t was al
legged, were being harbOred in the build
ing. When the crowd appeared the
consul refused to comply with their re-
| quest. Sharp fighting ensued, In which
machine guns were used. 1t was dur
ing the disturbances that Wustrow
committed suicide.
GENERAL
The general education board Of the
Rockefeller Foundation has contrib
uted $5OO,0OO to complete the fund of
81 ,500,000 being raised by Grnnell
College. Grinnell, Iowa.
Three national political conventions
will be held in Chicago the week OF
July 10. The Single Tax party, through
| Robert G. Mncauley of Pennsylvania,
has issued call for Its convention.
The committee of Forty-eight and Ma
tional Labor party have already issued
their calls.
The country home of Enrico Caruso,
tenor, mt East Hampton, n. Y, was
burglarized and jewels valued ut $780,.
900 We're stolen. The stolen Jewels in
cluded II diamond necklace valued al
| $4,000.
Provision Is made for the establish
ment of home for respectable bach
elors and widowers" in the will o.
Marcus L. Ward, son of New Jerseys
| Civil war governor, prObated, and dis
posing of an estate valued mt more
than S3,OOO,0OO. Men applying for II
| place In the home must he white
bachelors or widowcrs who have
| through misfortune lost the means
they once had for support"
With the city councils 1920 budget
already overappropriated by $500
600, new wage schedules OF members
| OF union crnfts employed by the city