The Ordway new era., 1920-06-18
FOREIGN

injured.
Albanian insurgents have annihllated
an Italian battalion near AIessio and
Italian warships have shelled that city,
according TO Vienna dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
Clifton Crawford. internationally
known actor. was found dead in Lon
don in an areaway of the hotel at
which he was stopping, having fallen
five stories from the window of his
room.
A body, believed to be that of an
American officer. was found in the III
river, near Feldkirch, Austria, by fish
ermen. 1t is believed the man was
drowned while escaping from an Aus
trim prison camp toward Switzerland.
The Austrian commission sent to Bel
grade to negotiate for foOdstuffs and
other supplies, has reported that the
Serbs are unwilling to accept luxurles
in exchange, which are all Austria has
to offer Neither will the Serbs accept
Austrian money.
Cantouese women are planning to
establish match factory at Canton,
China, and have issued n prospectus in
an effort to obtain SGOO.OOO for the
purpose. The women themselves in
tend that the factory shall be owned
and managed entirely by them.
a severe earthquake shock occurred
throughout FOrmosa, Japan, according
TO advices received mt Toxic. The CEN
ter OF the disturbance was near Ywa-
len, on the eastern coast There were
some casualties and damage 10 build
ings.
Mrs. Mabel Caster, wife of the vicar
of st. Paul's, Greenwich, has been
killed by her pet donkey. She was
stopping in the country with her chill.
dren and was feeding the animal in
the stable when 1t kicked her down,
bit and trampled on her.
Preparations are being made both by
the government and the municipality
TO receive in few days several hun
dred delegates from the whole world
who will meet at Genoa for the inter
national seamen's labor conferences.
The American delegates will be pres
ent only as observers.
King George " OF England has won
a verdict for S52,575 in the Supreme
Court in n suit against Ernest Harrah,
n broker. The King sued for S172, 700
On contract for 25,000 tons of scrap
steel for delivery 20 Italy. The con,
tract was made through ]. p. Morgan
& Co. The defense was Il counter
claim. The trouble arose over the
reports of inspectors and alleged de-
lays in delivery.
Herr WustrOw, German consul at Ia
briz, Persia, committed suicide, accord
ing to dispatch from Teheran, while
the consulate was being besieged by IL
crowd demanding the surrender of
Persian BOlshevists. who it was al
legged, were being larbored in the build
ing. When the crowd appeared the
consul refused to comply with their re-
quest. Sharp fighting ensued, in which
machine guns were used 1t was dur.
ing the disturbances that Wustrow
committed suicide. ss.- Al
GENERAL
Five persons were killed and more
than 100 injured In an explosion at the
plant of the Mason Tire and Rubber
Company mt Kent, twelve miles from
Akron, Ohio.
The torpedo boat destroyer Satterlee
broke all American records for speed
IN her standardization trials off Rock
land, Me-, when she made a mile at the
rate of 3S.257 knots. The best previous
record of 37.0i knots, was held by the
destroyers Dent and Wickes.
DR.. Edward Herman Sell, the last of
the seven physicians who organized
the American Academy of Medicine in
1876. is dead. He was known widely
for his discoveries in connection with
the treatment of the alcoholic and drug
habits. He was born In Pennsylvania
eighty years ago.
Arthur Il. Newbold. member of
the firm of Drexel x Co., and of j. =.
Morgan X Co, dropped dead in his Of
flee mt Philadelphia. He had just fin
islied his luncheon. He was 81 years
old. @
The country home OF Enrico Caruso,
tenor, at East Hampton, n. Y, was
burglarized and Jewels valued at $780,.
600 were stolen. The stolen Jewels in
cluded diamond necklace valued at
$4,000.
William Wilkie of Grey Eagle, Mlnn.,
was elected president of the National
Editorial Association at the last ses-
sion of the annual convention at Bos-
ton. Other officers elected included
L. Il. Brodie of Oregon City, Ore, vice
president, and w. w. Aiklens OF
Franklin, Ind, treasurer.
Provision is made for the establish.
ment of a home for respectable bach
elors and wldowers" in the. will of
Marcus l.. Ward, son of New Jerseys
Civil war governor, probated, and dis.
unSlnIr of aii M ...l,