, 1920-01-29
.'OREIGN

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German national flag must be saluted
in accordance with regulations.
1t is umored that the R%uInanians
are about to occupy O Iessa and or
ganize the defenses of That Black sea
port against the Bolshe Xxi, according
to the newspaper Hurjcr Pc Banay.
Horses and mules sold by the Amer
lean forces in Germany between Nov.
Fl and Nov. %, last year, brought a to-
tai Of S1O3,9IS, or about $40 each.
The animals sold were reported as UNI
serviccable.
Women administering property in
their own right will be permitted to
vote at the first national election in
Jugo-Slavia next month, according to
an announcement made by the cabi-
net at Belgrade.
British officials declined to COM
ment on the newspaper report from
Paris that the Supreme Council would
send 100000 troops t the Caucasus
to oppose the B~Olsheviki. II was said
that no official word relative to the
matter had been received from the
peace conference.
All the documents respecting diplo-
matte intercourse between Berlin and
Washington before the German peace
offer of 1915 n he events leading
to the proclamation of Poland's indie
p%endence will be published in Berlin.
This announcement is made in a wire
less message from Berlin.
The plight of retired Austrian Off
ficers is illustrated by an incident re-
ported from a fashionable suburb of
Vienna. A house owner was in search
of a porter and made his want known
to the officers league. Among the
applicants were a major general, three
colonies, two lieutenant ~colonels,
seven majors and eighteen captains.
None of the accused Germans
whose surrender for trial by the allies
is demanded need give himself up
voluntarily General Ludendorff,
former quartermaster genera of the
German army, declared in an inter
view, according to the Neue Berliner
Zeitung. 1t is not impossible to evade
arrest, Ludendorff was quoted as say
ing
Efforts TO mediate between employ
ers n workers in Sweden have
failed, and a lockout, has been de-
clared. AS Il result $4,000 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
| iptaraSt of rnnnilIutinn
GENERAL :
Thirty-five parcels of New York
real estate wned by the ate Mrs.
Margaret Sage, widow of Russell
Sage, were sold at public auction for
S2,619,25O. BY the will the proceeds
will be divided among thirty-six col
leges, charitable institutions, hospitals
and museums.
One of The most notable essay writ
ing contests ever held in the schools
of America will be held on Feb. 20,
when several million girls and boys
will compete for three medals offered
by the War Department for the best
essays on the subject: What Are the
Benefits of an Enlistment in the Unit
ed States Army?"
A financial panic made ominous by
the perverse spirit of capitalist and
wage worker alike Is impending, ac-
cording to Roger Babson, business ex-
pert and statistician. In an interview
tion and a greed for profits are bring
ing business closer and closer to the
danger line in the United States.
Chicago faces n deficit of more than
81, 100000 for II coming year, ac-
cording to a report submitted to the
council committee on finances by City
Comptroller George f. Harding. Mr..
Harding said the city's resources in
1920 would be about $40, 0OO, 900, while
the anticipated expenditures were
placed at more than 5000 900.
A Trade Union College," under the
auspices and control of trade unions
of Washington, d. c., and vicinity has
been opened at Washington.
Suits have been filed demanding
more than 100000 in damages from
the city of Chicago for deaths, injuries
and property damage in last sum-
mer's race riots. OF his more than
100000 is sought by relatives of
twenty-five men and women claimed
to have been killed during the rioting.
-Four witnesses heard at the opening
of the trial by general court-martial
at Camp Zachary Taylor of Lieut.. I. c..
Co~ttenkeine, who, as supply officer of
the Fifth Field artillery, is charged
with having embezzled his regiments
payroll of $4,000 for May, 1919, while
the first division was in Germany, tes-
titled that he had left but little over
10000 of the 4S6,716 marks paid him
when he was arrested by German civ