Gilpin observer., 1920-02-05
FOREIGN

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The number of children attending
school in Vienna has dropped from
2420OO in 1910 to $4,000 in 1919 as a
result of malnutritiOn, according to n
CrOsss.
Col. Avaloff Fl. BermOndt, command
er of the Russo-German forces which at
tackled Riga during the autumn of 1919,
has become insane and has been placed
in n madhouse, according to wireless
reports from Moscow.
Jules Guesde, the veteran Socialist
leader backed by sixty-five members
of the chamber of deputies In France,
has introduced bill in the chamber
which would give women civil, pOliti-
cal and economic equality with men.
Professor Maggiora of Bologna Uni
versity in Rome is reported to have
succeeded in isOlating the germ of
lethargic. encepalitis. (sleeping. sick
messy in the blood of patients. He is
combat the. disease
Miss Margaret Bondfield, secretary
of the National Federation of Women
Workers, who was II member of the
British delegation to the labor confer
ence ut Washington, has been chosen
the parliamentary candidate of the La
borites for the seat for Northampton.
Bolsheviki have repeatedly attacked
the Japanese forces in the Ussur re-
giOn, Siberia, according to an tx
change Telegraph dispatch from
Toxic. The Japanese, the dispatch
and We're able to repulse all assaults
easily
Dog teams from many parts of the
northland will start March 18th, ST.
Patrick's day, in the third annual 100
mile Hudson's Bay Dog Derby over
the snow trails between The Pas and
Sturgeon Landing and return. About
fifty teams may enter. A purse of ST.
600 and II huge silver and gold cup will
be presented to the winning driver.
The cup, which stands over three feet
in height, was given by Frank Burns,
u
The Germans ''have only arrived at
the vale of tears through which we are
forced to pass" said Minister of Agri-
culture Braun in the Prussian diet in
connection with the food debate.
"WOrse times are coming. The masses
must be told that our only hope is in
creased work. The minister then
made the startling announcement that
Germany soon would arrive at the
point where she would be unable to
buy anything abroad, but would be
wholly dependent upon home produc-
ton.
GENERAL
Fire at Pittsburg destroyed fifteen
homes of Carnegie steel company em-
ployes at Clarion and, according to
the police, seven bodies have been TAX
en- from the ruins.
Aliens are departing from Chicago.
chiefly the steel mills district, at an
average rate of 200 day, thereby ere
ating labor problem that threatens
to become acute
Window washers in Chicago have
gone on strike demanding S4S week
for experienced washers who work on
extension ladders and S44 II week for
apprentices-men who have served
less than six months in the business
The washers demand pay for forty
four hours week regardless of
whether or not work is done.
Sharp increases in premiums paid by
automobile owners for insurance
against theft and accident are to he
announced shortly by the eastern con
ference of the National Automobile
Underwriters, it was stated in New
York in insurance circles. The under
writer's We're said to be wavering be-
tween an increase of 40 per cent and
30 per cent.
A bill providing for the granting of
statehood to the territory of Hawaii,
under qualifications TO be determined
by Congress was introduced by Ha-
waiian Delegate Kalanianaole.
Five hundred Spanish laborers, said
to be the vanguard of thousands await
ing opportunity to come to this coun-
try, have arrived in New York from
Bordeaux and Corunna. They declared
that they had been attracted here by
stories of the scarcity of labor and
high wages.
Forty thousand Poles have applied
for passports for return TO their native
country, according to word sent to
steamship agencies by the Polish con
sulate in New York. The message said
no more applications for passports will
be accepted until action can he taken
on those already received.
Walter T.. Phillips, former president
of the Columbia Graphophone com
pany, and prior to that II widely known
newspaperman and telegrapher, died at