Gilpin observer., 1920-05-06
FOREIGN.

u SteuIHeT, ITOlll emma anu tlle SlrdlIS
settlements the customs authorities
seized more than 5000 pounds ster
ling in American gold coins concealed
in the fOrepeak water bank.
British clergymen want the mar
riage fee doubled. A couple may now
be married for $175, but the preach
ers say that inasmuch as the burial
rates have been doubled in the last
five years it is right that the mar
| riage cost should advance accordingly.
Poilu, the hairy one" will no longer
be the nickname of the French private
soldier. Following the lead of the
American army, the French War De-
partment has issued an order permit
ting soldiers to be smooth shaven. In
many regiments mUstaches formerly
were obligatory
Two alleged anarchists were killed
and thirty wounded at Turin, Italy, in
n May Day clash with detachment
of the royal guards. A group of men
carrying the black flag attacked the
guards with rifles and hand grenades,
seriously wounding two guards. The
guards opened lire.
The Allied ReparatiOn Commission
has refused Germanys recent request
not to be deprived of its last Ships"
and pointed out that, although it has
came effective, not Il vessel has been
delivered and that the commissioners
cannot possibly consider further pro-
posals until satisfactory quantity of
tonnage is surrendered.
Opium said to be worth over $780,
900 has been seized in the Chinese sec
tion of Vancouver, B. c., by detectives
1t is semi-officially announced from
Warsaw that n man named Posrednic-
Ike, who is declared to have been one
of the group which assassinated for
mer Emperor Nicholas, was taken from
Jail and handed over to the Bolshevilli,
who took him to the Red front There
he was shot for high treason.
GENERAL.
Four hundred and forty-seven Illicit
stills were destroyed in the state of
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee DUR
ing the month of March, according to
reports received by the prohibition
commission at Washington. The seiz-
ures include those made by state pro-
hibition officers, federal revenue Off
GERS and civil guardians of the law.
Fire losses in Manila during 1919
were the largest in the history of the
city, amounting to $10,733,OOO, accord
ing to the annual report of the fire
department, made public. The losses
in 1918 amounted to $6,5OO,OOO. The
large increase is attributed to the fact
that fire-fighting equipment has not
kept pace with the growth of the city.
Local clothing merchants at Bir>
mingham, Ala, issued challenge to
the Overall Club and the Patchem and
Wearem Club, woman's auxiliary, by
offering to sell all cotton garments at
cost AT the same time Frank Spain,
chairman of the Fair Price Board, an
nounced. the merchants had agreed to
confine their net profits to Is per cent
on mems and women's wear.
Chicago-not Reno-is the greatest
divorce center in the world, according
to Francis Minor Moody of Chicago,
executive secretary of the Internation-
al Committee on Marriage and Di-
vorce. Mr.. Moody explained that the
divorce laws in Chicago were less rig
id than in New York and most other
large cities. Reno, however, with an
annual record of 1914 divorces, is still
holding the lead Of high percenta ges.
shortest sentences on record in FEEDER
al courts-was imposed on Jesse Nash,
colored, charged with tampering with
the mails, by Judge X. NJ. Lands at
Chicago AS Nash walked to the court
room door, in custody of deputy mar
shal, the judge called: Times up."
and the prisoner was released. Nash
admitted obtaining possession of let
ters written by his wife to another
man. He exhibited the letters in court
and after reading them Judge Lands
fixed the penalty.
During the last few days seven per-
sons have died in Knoxville, Tenn, of
sleeping sickness, according to physI-
clans. Three or four others are In a
serious condition. Granville Il. Davis,
Southern railway engineer, is the lat
est victim.
The Yukon legislature adjourned
after passing eleven bills, one prohib-
iting the sale of intoxicants for bev-
crage purposes. Other legislation en-
acted included providing for the H.
censlng of nonresident big game hunt
ers and fur traders. The export of
moose and caribou hides will be pro-
hibited to prevent slaughter of these
animals
Evidence that Benjamin Binkowitz,
bank messenger, who was stabbed to
death at Milford, Conn, last August
after he had disappeared with S1IS.OOO