Gilpin observer., 1920-01-22
FOREIGN

| for parliament from East Waltham-
| stow by the Labor party.
The prince of Wales will probably
leave England for Australia about the
middle of March on board the battle
ship Renown. 1t is believed he will
20 by way of the Panama canal.
Hamburg no longer ranks in the
class of cities having Il population of
| 100000 and more. The war and the
blockade have reduced its number of
inhabitants to 9S5,000 as compared
| with 1,O35, 900 recorded in the last year
before the war.
Paul Deschanel was elected presi-
dent of the French republic by 734
votes of the $50 members of the
national assembly voting. His major
| ity was the largest since the election
of Louis Adolph Thiers. the first presi-
dent after the fall of the empire, who
was chosen unanimously.
| George Castor Quien, convicted and
condemned to death in September last
on charges of having had reasonable
dealings with the Germans and having
betrayed to them Edith Cavell, the
English nurse, appeared before a court
martial for trial for the second time
in Paris.
A single lock of hair from the head
Of Napolean realized 500 at sale of
Sotheby's the other day The curl
was presented by the little Corsican's
valet to Capt. Henry Hollingsworth,
captain of the twentieth regiment
which was on guard at st. Helena, at
the time of the emperor's death.
Explaining that it is impossible for
| the German government to take an Of
ficia stand on the question, an official
of the foreign office said Germany
necessarily must adopt II hands-Off
policy in the event the Bolsheviki in
vaded Poland. Emphasizing that this
was personal view, he doubted such
an invasion would take place.
| f. ]. Roney and Earl Boles, Ameri
cans, who met death in the Tampico
region early this month, were killed
by rebels after having disregarded
warnings from local authorities who
advised them not to venture into law
less regions alone according to infOr
nation from state officials at Tampi-
co given out by the Interior Depart
ment.
The last will and testament of Ade-
| lima Patti, the famous singer who died
recently, reveals that she failed to be-
queath her throat to Il London hos
pital as she had promised years ago.
She said at that time that she would
be pleased to allow surgeons to ex-
anime the wonderful structure of her
vocal organs for the benefit of stu
| dents.
| Efforts to mediate between employ
ers and workers in Sweden have
| failed, and lockout, has been de-
clared. AS a result 9S0,000 men in en-
| cheering shops, iron works and other
| plants will be thrown out of employ
ment. The employers association may
later extend the lockout to- all skilled
labor. A commission appointed by the
| government begins work today in the
interest of conciiation.
GENERAL
| John ID. Rockefeller is worth $780,
100000 in Standard Oil stock alone, ac-
cording to the estimate of leading Wall
street authority.
| Salem. Ore, Jan. 19-The Austral-
ian ballot, in use in Oregon for more
than thirty years, has been discarded
by strong partisan vote of the Ore
gon Legislature in special session at
Salem. The straight party voting sys-
TEN is provided for as the official bal
lot of the state.
| AntitOXin rushed-New York from
Washington and administered to s.
year-old Lena Delbene, IL victim of
olive poisoning, at the Fordham hos
pital, is believed to have saved her
life. Unless unforeseen complications
develop, physicians stated, the girl will
recover. The chld's parents, a
brother, sister and two uncles all died
germ-laden olives.
More than S3,OO0,OO0 worth of
whisky and sprtuous liquors has been
cOnfiscated by the internal revenue Of
ficers in New York since the eight
eenth amendment went into effect
The United States Steel Shipbuilding
corporation, n $2,500000 war industry,
in which numerous Chicago city hal.
officials and eX-officials invested their
funds, foundered financially before
any of the three vessels II was to have
constructed for the government left the
ways.
Four men We're killed, nine probably
fatally injured and several others Sc
verely burned by flaming crude oil,
when still mt the Sinclair Oil Com
pany's refinery in East Chicago ex.
poded. The four killed were working
around the still Their bodies were
| burned to Il crisp