Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-28
FOREIGN


mnnian arsenal and fortifIcatIon.
Three thousand tons OF German toys
arrived In Boston on the American
steamer Dcrnnof. Capt. Thomas Cart
wright of the Deranof said he counted
sixty iron steamships under construc-
tion as he passed up the river Elbe.
Prime Minister Lloyd George has de-
cided definitely to leave for Washing
ton Nov. 8 on the liner Aquitania. ar
riving In time, # is expected. for the
afternoon session of the armaments
conference on Its opening day, Nov. IL.
Because the war cost France 50
much blood and MANNED so many of
her sons. dueiing must be severely re-
pressed, declares NJ. Bonnevny, French
minister of Justice, In circular ad-
dressed to public prosecutors all over
France.
On the morning of the explosion of
the bomb in his Paris home, Myron II.
Herrlck, American ambassador took
out an accident policy for the EN-
ployes and also against damage to his
residence. Under his contract he must
make good TO the Due de Broglle the
5000 damage done to the house and
furniture
A bald eagle with wing spread of
seven feet, attempted TO carry away
9-year-old girl named Gibbs, from the
veranda of her home at Vanderhoof, b.
c. Struggles OF the child and her
mother prevented the bird from get
ting away and 1t was finally beaten to
death by Mathew Semple. The girl
suffered flesh wounds
The Munich correspondent of the
London Times is Informed that the
Germans have perfected n tripIe-bar-
relied machine gun, electrically oper-
ated, weighing twenty-five pounds and
capable of spreading 1000 rounds per
minute in a circle. The three barrels
could be operated by gunner a half
mile distant.
The government at Peking has ap-
pointed commission to investigate
the opium situation in the Fukien
province. An appeal has been made to
forr to stop poppy planting In the
province. An appeal has been made to
DR.. X. Wellington I<oo, minister to
Great Britain, for foreign assistance
and cooperation.
A British mission will soon proceed
to Anntoia to sound the Nationalists
regarding peace. The Angorn govern
ment has already advised the British
embassy that the delegates would be
welcome. The feeling in Constantine
pie Is that the cessation of the long
IL.
pnssibly be in sight.
GENERAL
John Christmas, negro, OF Cham
paign, was hanged at Urbana, Ill. 1t
was the first hanging in tlis county
for more than forty years. Christinan
killed his wife with a razor last sum
mer.
Miss Annie Stone, 103 years old, the
Oldest woman voter in Massachusetts,
II not in the United States, and n per-
sonal friend of President Harding and
Vice President Coolidge, died Mt the
Mount Pleasant home in Roxbury,
Mass. She had been i'll only week,
cold developing into pneumonia.
Nathan Loar, Mexican war veteran.
celebrated his one hundredth birth
day at Leavenworth, Kan. He was
born Oct, 1921, near Culpepper court
house, Virginia. His wife, with whom
he lived seventy-two years. died six
years ago. They were parents of ten
children. Loar has forty grandchild-
rem, fifty-three at-grandchildren
and five grandchildren.
Mrs. r. G. Rocker, arrested at Mem
phis, Tenn, several days ago on fu-
gitive from Justice warrant issued In
Dallus, Texas, where 1t Is alleged by
federal officials she is under indict-
ment in connection with the 4 mbezzle-
ment of $4,000 from the Southwest
ern National Bank, was released when
she gave bond for $1,000 for her ap-
pearance in the Federal Court In Dal-
las.
Emma Richardson Burkett. Hills
dale, Ind, was sentenced to from six
months TO three years in the penlten-
tinry by Judge Alfred J. Talley for
forging the name of the late Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt to a fake note.
Citations directing James A. Still
man, divorce suit plaintiff to show
cause why Mrs. Stlllman should not be
appointed general guardian of their
sons. James and Alexander, We're Is
sued by Surrogate Cohalan. They
were procured by Mrs. Stillman's coun-
sell
Thirty-five horses and mules and
three motor trucks of the garbage and
street cleaning departments of the city
of Little Rock were lost in fire that
swept the city stables, In the east part
of the city. The loss Is estimated at
$4,000. Only one Of the thirty-six
animals in, the stable was saved,
A resolution calling upon Congress
and President Harding to enact legis-