, 1920-05-20
FOREIGN.

in Russia is fully cleared up.
The weight of the earth, in round
figures is 5000, 900, 900, OOO, 900, OOO,O 900
tons. This conclusion has been ar
rived at by an English university dem
onstrator as the result of experimental
observation in London.
Sergeant Carney and Constable Har-
rington were shot lead and Constable
Doyle was wounded dangerously at
Cork, Ireland, when they were fired
on by a group of armed men while on
their way to district headquarters.
France is sending a note to Germany
demanding action in the war guilt
trials which the German government
has promised to conduct in the newly
created Supreme Court at Leipzig.
France is seeking evidence of good
faith that Germany will fulfill her
promises.
The French cabinet at a meeting in
Paris instructed Minister of Justice
L'Hopiteau to open proceedings against
the general federation of labor with a
view to the dissolution of the Organ-
isotioh IA dS Dttu supporting lit
strike of the French railway men by
calling other strikes.
Several additional attacks on govern
mental property and other incidents
have recently occurred in various parts
of Ireland. The police barracks, court
house and %pOstoffice in Bureau, County
Limerick. were burned, while u motor
won rDnfafntn1 nrrpiciAnc fat- tho M
lice was burned near Sheyerie.
Gay Paree" is particularly gay
these days because the predictions of
an invasion by American money kings
n queens is coming true. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that American
wealth arriving in Paris daily amounts
to $20,OOO.OOO. The Mauretania alone.
| just in, had u list of millionaires aggre-
eating $50. 100000.
Loot amounting to more than 1.000,-
600 francs In cash and jewels was
taken from the passengers of the
steamer oOuirah by pirates on May
9th. when they overcame officers and
crew n made a thorough search of
the vessel. Several American
WCIC Oh lat olip . thC tLiC u
the robbery.
General Erhardt, commander of the
Baltic brigade which recently entered
Berlin, has fled the country after ad-
dressing his soldiers. He declared that
he was unwilling to surrender and did
not want to subject his brigade to
fighting If the government attempted
> IN &aIrn biz, ~, fAron Ha Nn1aI ta
join his brigade IL fighting broke out
again in Germany.
The body Of a beautiful young Rus
sian woman has been found in Lake
Geneva, off Ouchey. h was clad | n
expensive clothing and o furs, a
pearl necklace and a gold watch. On
the reverse side of one of the many
bank notes found upon her was writ
ten "Good-by. Am another victim of
the Boishevists." It was signed
Countess W."
GENERAL.
After a three-year suspension due to
the war, horse racing was resumed in
Canada when the Mount Royal tracks
reopened at Montreal.
President Wilson has approved an
act autbor,z;nu tbe co,nap 90 of now IN
| cent pieces to commemorate the 3OOth
anniversary of the landing of the Dill
| grims at Plymouth Rock.
ro,,a r,u,,o, francs ar sooo mn
bss heao ofsored hv an American nuh.
,,ss,na ho,sa to Gaoroos CIemoncoon
as advance ROYALTIES on his memoirs
Tho offer has been refused.
com,,o.u, ,,su,,,s.a q. uo,
$50 niaes 80 - 80. "a I'M
.s~a.,n an ,rho 49, 80 VI.
nsn - pa..H,.a
NV he po,ice after n chase in Chicago
The notice believe he has taken mart in