Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-05-14
FOREIGN.

| the country. with the killing of some
persons in clashes between the police
and demonstrators have been reported
by the GiornaI DItalia in Rome.
Gerinany's presidential election Prob
ably will be held late IN August, ac-
cording TO a Berlin dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company The
Deutsche Zeitung .s quoted rs saving
President Ebert will not seek re-elec-
ton.
France Is sending n note 10 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 heI
promises.
Negotiations between Japan and the
vladivostok Russian government for
| buffer state in Siberia as a preliminary
to the complete withdrawal of Japan
ese troops In that region were reported
by viscount Uchida, japanese foreign
minister, to be proceeding satisfactory.
according TO the newspapers
A fleet of twenty-five American mo-
tor trucks is engaged in transporting
merchandise within the city of Sliang-
hal 1t is the first public motor truck
service TO he established in China and
| is conducted by the China Garage Com
pany of Shanghai, which started this
| improved system of transportation last
August
Gay Parce" is particularly gay
these days because the predictions of
an invasion by American money kings
and queens is coming true. II Is con
servatively estimated that American
| wealth arriving in Paris daily amounts
to S20,O00.00G The Mauretania alone,
| Just in, had list of millionaires uggre-
gating S5O0o0,0O0.
The 100000 dance club opened in
Paris by Tom Morgan, the American
promoter, is nightly attracting II large
and brilliant crowd of Americans.
Even the most spoiled visitors express
amazement ut the riot of expenditure
manifest in the luxurious fittings. All
dishes ARE of solid silver and cham
pagne is obligatory.
Representatives of the American
l
that about 60 per cent of the American
soldiers buried in France will he ex
humed and taken back to their native
land. A little more than 1000 Ameri-
can burials have been registered by
the graves registration service and
about n 900 OF these are In France
The total cost of the world war In
a
of 35,3S0,OOO, according to final esti-
mates made by the Copenhagen Socl-
ETY. for the Study of the Consequences
of the War made public. These figures
we're reached after an exhaustive study
of the decrease in the birth rates of
The countries involved, as well as in
crease in deaths from causes. directly
attributed to the war. Actual military
deaths in killed totaled 9,S20.000, ac-
cording to the report. Each nation in
volved lost the equivalent of SO per
cent of its population from all causes.
Each nations actual killed equaled p,
per cent of its population. Serbia WIS
the heaviest sufferer of all the bellg-
erents. She lost a. per cent of her
total population. while her actual killed
equaled 14.S per cent.
GENERAL.
Spokane, wash, ranking as forty
eighth city of the country in 1910, had
decrease of 1913 in population in the
last ten years and now has 10i,20i
people, the Census Bureau announced.
Mrs. Thomas Yosich of Cairo, ILL.,,
mother of four children, shot and killed
her stepfather, John Lilley, SO, be
couse, she asserted, he insisted on fore
iug'his attentions on her. She surren-
dered to the sheriff.
Chicago is to have the worlds great
est hotel, to cost S15,0OO,000 and COZ
prise 1900 rooms This will mean a
hostelry larger than the combined
Pennsylvania and Commodore hotels OF
New York, at present the worlds big
gest.
Completely disguised as woman,
from blond wig down to corset and silk
lingerie, man who later gave his
name as Bruce Barthing, was captured
by the police after a chase in Chicago.
The police believe he has taken part In
number of robberies in an exclusive
North side residence district.
Supreme Court Justice Lydon OF
New York issued an order permitting
the Equitable Trust Company of New
York to sell approximately S2000,000
worth of securities held as collateral
on loan to the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Company contracted some
years ago. Both parties consented to
the step.
A few hours after he had cried "bad
luck" as picture fell from Il wall.
William C. Krauter, a wealthy real es-
tate man, was shot and killed in his