Gilpin observer., 1920-12-16
FOREIGN

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(which had been considering the sub
assembly at Geneva.
Examining Magistrate Pamart, after
considering facts in connection with
the death of Olive Thomas Pickford,
the moving picture actress, which Oc-
Cured in Paris last September. from
mercurial poisoning, has decided there
Is no case to proceed with.
Unconfirmed reports received at Con-
stantnOple say that the whole of Ar
menia has gone Bolshevist. The re-
ports add the soviet Azerbaijan has
been ceded to soviet Armenia and that
it is expected Georgia will follow Ar
menla's lead and adopt Bolshevism.
1t is expected that Mexico's sugar
crop will amount to more than 10000
tons. But as the country consumes
about 100000 tons annually, Mexico
will continue to import sugar. Pre-
viOus to the revolutions Mexico pro-
duced almost enough sugar for home
use.
Constantine of Greece has person
ally declared he would not abdicate
the throne. Il will not abdicate and
never had any such intentiOn," said
Constantine in his farewell interview
with correspondents preliminary to his
departure for Venice, en- route to
Athens.
The first break In the regular
italian army occurred when four
armOred cars started from Udine,
three of which succeeded in reaching
the palace of Gabrielle D'Annunzio in
Fiume. The old national council has
adopted n resolution declaring that it's
members will remain true to Dan
nunzio.
Advices received at Santiago, Chill,
report loss of several lives and in
juries to a number of persons as the
result Of great landslides around the
Inactive volcano Villarca, in the
province of Valdiva. The slides fol-
lowed violent earth tremors felt in
the southern provinces.
| The week end Of terror and wild de-
struction through which Cork has
passed left in its train terrible welt
er of ruin. The conflagrations have
burned themselves out, but the finest
part of the city is mass of ruins.
In st. Patrick's street, which was the
main commercial artery of the city,
solid blocks of business premises, the
most imposing in Cork, have been
wiped out.
Picard Pictet and Company, the
largest building concern in Switzer-
land, failed with liabilities of $4,000
600. The company employed 1900
workmen. 1t built the hotel used by
the League of Nations and also con-
structed turbines used at niagara
Falls. During the war the company
manufactured shells and ammunition
for the allies, refusing to work for the
Germans.
GENERAL
Il. d. (Strangler) Lewis of San Jose,
Calf, won the worlds heavyweight
catch-as catch-can wrestling champion
ship at New York by throwing Joe
Stecher of Dodge, Neb., in 1 hour,
IL minutes and SO seconds, with a
neau ana mp lock.
Every effort to build up adequate
forest fire fighting forces was pledged
by the foresters of various states at
tending the first national conference
at Harrisburg, Pa. Several foresters
spoke on fire fighting methods, and g.
p. Pettis of New York, II. A. Elliott of
Oregon and Clifford Plnchot of Penn
sylvania were named committee to
draw up forest fire standards.
Circuit Judge Baldwin In Chicago
sustained the Probate Courts refusal
to admit to probate the alleged second
will Of James c. King. millionaire lum-
herman. The first will, as probated,
left between S3,OOOOOO and S5,OOO,O 900
to the James G. King Home for Aged
Men which King founded. The original
| decision branded the second will" II
forgery
President-elect Harding. according
to information received at Washing
ton, will spend the last four weeks be-
fore his Inauguration at Palm Beach,
Fla.
Five men were killed and seven in
jured in an explosion at the Atlas Pow
der company's plant near Landing. N.
j., on the west end of Lake Hopatong
The explosion occurred in building
devoted 10 Gelatine mixing, one of the
processes of dynamite manufacture.
All the mail sacks stolen from the
storage car of n Burlington mail train
at Council Bluffs, Ia, Nov. 13, were
accounted for when small boy re-
ported to police the discovery of five
locks of the kind used ON registered
mail sacks. Examination OF the num-
bers on the locks showed them to be-
long to the missing sacks.
Mary Zembek, the Joliet, ILL.,, girl