Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-04
FOREIGN

| near Friensscha chit f-Delsnitz, in Sax
ony, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Carlsbad
| The er-kaiser is suffering from g.
aggerated absent mindedness 1T his
home In Doom and is often unable -
recognize his visitors or to write with
pen, according 10 a Berne dispatch to
Paris.
| Fifty-five cases of sleeping sickness
have been reported during the past
four weeks ia London This is a large
Increase, only twenty-three being re
ported in the previous period of fo~r
weeks.
Simple ceremonies rnarksd the per
maDent entombrnenr Of n soldier of
France representing the Wrench un-
Identified war hero. under the Arc de
rriomphe In Paris A plain stone slab
marks the resting spot of this unknown
poilu.
The Frankfort Gazette, relative to
the attempt TO kidnap Grover c. Berg
doll and Isanc stecher. in Eberbach.
Baden. says that the wild west meth
ods as prncticed by sheriffs in the bor-
are hardly adaptable to Germany.
Gen. Ambrose Arrieta. one OF the
eleven Arrieta brothers reported TO
have been Leading an insurrection IN
Durango. has called ut the headqusr-
tiers Of General Lopez. government
commander there. and denied that
either he or any Of his brothers ever
thought Of starting a reyolution.
Thirty thousand refugees from
Crimea in the Caueasus.eamong whom
are twenty generals. seventy eolonels
and q nephew Of the novelist. Tolstoy,
face starvation unless aid Is sent by
the allied governments, 1t is learned
fyphns and other diseases are ram
pant and scores Of deaths are being re-
ported daily.
The State Department. at Washing
ton has sent an emphatic note to Mex
leo protesting against encrOachments
on the rights OF American oil produc-
err MeIieans are alleged to have
taken advantage OF a announcement
system put in effect In Mexico when
claims are contested to take American
oil claims and reap profits from
them. II Was learned. and it is this
practice which the State Department
has protested against
GENERAL
C. W. Foster. who probably was the
oldest fireman In active service in the
country. is dead at Lawrence, Mass.
aged 81. He had missed only six
alarms since he Joined the city fire de-
partment in 1850.
What Is said to be the first title in
surance company in the United States
to be organized and conducted by wom-
en-, is now in process Of formation in
Philadelphia. 1t will be known as the
Women's Trust Company.
A bill making refusal of landlord
to rent his property to families with
children mlsdemeanor punishable
by 800 fine and ninety days impris-
onment has been introduced in the
lower house of the Michigan Legisla-
ture
Brick making companies with head
quarters at Ogden, Utah, announced a
cut of from 10 to % per cent In the
cost of brick. which they said brings
the price virtually to pre-war levels.
Common brick was quoted at $3.50 a
thousand at the yards.
Zemmes Walmsley, chairman of the
National Memorials Commission of the
American Legion, announced his com
mittee has decided to recommend &C
ceptance of the S5,oO0,0O offered the
American Legion by the Knights OF Co
lumbus for use In the erection OF a me-
mortal TO those who died In France.
Suicides in the United States in 1920
numbered Gill, including 707 children.
members of the Saye-a-Life League
were told by DIR. H. II. Warren, presi-
dent. This exceeded the figures OF
1919 by more than 1000, he said. Dur
ing the year 2,604 women, large in
crease, died through self-destruction.
The American Bonding and Casualty
Company with headquarters at Sioux
City, Iowa, capitalized at 100000 and
with S100,0000O0 worth of policies on
its books was declared insOlvent Mt Chi
cago Albert SABBATH, an attorney, was
appointed receiver. Liabilities were
said to be s3,O00,000 and assets "con-
siderably less
Florence Harding lavender is the
latest color entrant into the category
of fashion, named after the wife of the
President-elect, who herself selected
the shade which will be turned out in
large quantities by well-known silk
mill. The color is in orchid tone. Mrs.
Harding's second choice was a blue,
between an electric and sapphire.
This will be known as Marion blue
and used for q house dress.
The sexton in the Eighteenth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church OF New
York pulled the bell rope before morn