Gilpin observer., 1920-04-08
FOREIGN.

Petrovsk on the Caspian sea, red cav
airy occupying that town, according
to n wireless from the soviet govern
ment at Moscow.
Polish successes are reported along
the Slutz river, where BOlshevist at
tack has been repulsed General Lit
owski's forces captured 300 BOlshev-
lists, four guns and much ammunition
and other material.
Lieut.. Stanislaw Zebrowski of the
Polish army, tried by court-martial and
found guilty of a charge of having mis-
appropriated 10000 marks belonging to
his regiment has been sentenced to be
shot Mt Warsaw
Jews clashcd with Moslems at Jeru-
ualties resulted, said news agency
dispatch from that city Most of the
casualties We're slight. The military
is controlling the situation.
Two hundred soldiers were killed
and many wounded in mutiny of the
troops in Anhui Province, according
to advices received at Annoy, China.
The fighting is continuing and the in
habitants are fleeing i'm terror the dis
patch adds.
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and
blind prodigy, has had the announce
ment made in Berlin that she has as
signed all her royalties and income
from the sale of her books in Germany
for all time to the Association of
Homes for Blind German Soldiers.
Famine conditions prevail in Slovak-
in, according to reports received in vi
emma. 1t is reported that people are
collapsing in the streets due to hun
ger. and that there have been hunger
riots in various districts. In Karschau
the populace invaded the office of the
Czech food controller and dragged him
to the street and killed him.
Germany has delivered to France,
in execution of the armistice terms,
2,6S3 locomotives, of which 691 have
been ceded by France to the allied
powers. OF the ,9S6 locomotives re-
tanned by France, 151 are in need of
extensive repairs. according to an Of
ficial statement issued by Yves Le-
trocquer, minister of public works.
Members of the Jockey Club of
Paris, most exclusive of its kind in
Europe, have resolved to boycott taxi
cabs owing to the extraordinary in
crease in taxi rates. Any member in
fringing on this Covenant will be
fined $50. But this is one of innumer-
able instances showing what France
means to do to beat down the prices.
GENERAL.
Joe Stecher and Ed (Strangler)
Lewis, heavyweight wrestlers, have
been matched for bout in the Sew
enty-first Regiment Armory at New
York on April 16.
Capt. John NJ Foote of Chicago, an
army pilot during the war, was killed
when II monoplane he was flying fell
1000 feet to the ground near Roose-
welt field, Mineola, N Y.
Patrick Tyrrell, % years old, who
was one of the guards about President
Lincoln when the chief executive was
was connected with the secret service
for many years.
Fighting Bob" Evans old battleship,
the Iowa, now condemned and out of
commission, is destined to play an i'm
portant part in the experiments of the
Navy Department in the control of
ships by wireless.
Edward O'Toole, &c years old, who
witnessed more electrocutions in Sing
Sing prison than any other employe
there, having been for nineteen years
n keeper in the death house, died at
his home in Ossining, n. Y.
General Pershing was Il member of
the party that witnessed the launching
of the army transport Chaumont at
Philadelphia. Miss Julia c. Stinson
of Washington, selected by General
Pcrshing, was the sponsor. She served
in France as an army nurse
The Pacific Mail Company's steam
er Columbia, reported ashore ON II
sand spit in the harbor of Iokohoma,
has been rcfloated without damage.
Two children are dead as the result
of n mistake on the part of "A shell
shocked eN-soldier employed by man
ufacturng chemist mt Edinburg, Ill.
The veterans mind wanders some
times. He packed strychnine in cal
omel bottle. A coroner's jury held him
blameless.
A delegation representing six asso-
IL. .r Il.
presented n petition to Acting Premier
Foster for bonus of $1,000 for every
man who served in France, Sl,5OO for
service In England, and $1,000 for
service in Canada. The petition had
100000 names.
With their heads badly crushed and