Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-12
FOREIGN

n. h. swept by forest fires. held aloft
metal sign bearing this ironic In
junction: "citizens, protect your for
ests from fire!"
The royal yacht squadron is giving
a special prize to the first American
six-meter yacht to finish in the first
British-Americnn cup race at Cowes
regatta. The town of Cowes will give
n cup for the first American yacht in
the second cup race.
The Bulgarian government has
drawn up n plan for the demobiliza-
tion of the army and the recruiting OF
a volunteer force. 1t is inclined to be-
lieve, however, that 1t will be impossi-
BILE to enlist the minimum of 1900
volunteers by Oct. /, as demanded by
the allies.
In collision between passenger
and freight train near Nikolsk. six
teen persons were killed and eighteen
injured, among them few japanese.
The collision was said 20 have been
caused by bands of partisans who have
been engaged In sporadic hostilities In
that part of Russia.
The allies have warned Greece that
an advance on Constantinople by her
troops will not be tolerated, 1t was au-
thorltatlvely stated today. No ground
exists, however. it Is added, for believ-
Ing Greece contemplates such advance,
which would bring her into conflict
with the allied army Of occupation.
GENERAL
Three men were killed and several
seriously injured when drying ma
chine burst In the plant of the Stand
ard silk Dyeing Company at Patterson,
N. J..
The prisoners of war who have been
restored to their homes by tho League
of Nations now total approximately
100000, with little more than 100000
yet to be repatriated, 1t was announced
by the League of Nations news bu-
reau.
Earl Welch, 20, died at Columbus,
Ohio. of a fractured skull sustained
when knocked to the floor in n box
ing match with Harold Myers, who is
held by the police. Both are of Column
bus, and were engaged in friendly
bout
Official announcement of the APP
pointment of Bishop M. j. Curley of
st. Augustine, Fla, as archbishop OF
Baltimore, succeeding the late Arch
bishop Cardinal Gibbons. has been re-
ceived by Catholic officials at Wash
ington.
Drinkers of Notwithstanding liquor in
Wisconsin must stnnd far enough away
from the bar to be unable to place their
foot on the rail or to set their glasses
on the counter in order to keep from
violating the law, according to an opin-
ion of J. Il. Messerschmidt, assistant
attorney general.
Frank Soules, who murdered his
chum, Harry A. Robinson, Mt Hastings,
Mich, to gain possession of Robinsou's
automobile, entered the state peniten-
tiary at Jackson TO begin Il life SEN
tence for his crime, exactly one week
after the killing, one of the most bru-
tai in Barry county criminal records.
The fact that people are not eating
so much candy now MS they did during
the war was one of the reasons as
cribed for the failure of the Boston
Confectionery Company, which filed a
petition in bankruptcy at Boston, with
liabilities of more than SS00000. The
company's assets were listed as $780,
S65.
A 6-year-old child gathered flowers
in neighbor's yard in Chicago, and,
carrying the blossoms back to her own
yard, tried to plant them. AS the re-
suit of dispute over the punishment
of the child, which followed. her
grandmother, Mrs. Anna Gaugner, 81,
is dead, and her mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Gaugner, is seriously injured.
The grandmother interceded to save
the child from spanking aud the
women fell down n flight of stairs dur
ing the struggle.
Where the new Pacific highway
crosses the Canadian border at Blaine,
Wash, a gateway is being erected to
commemorate 100 years without forti-
fications or armies along the 5000
miles of international boundary. In
scribed over the doorways are the
legends, "Open for 100 Years and
"May These Doors Never Be Closed"
Arming of postal employees since
May 1, and the standing reward of
$1,000 offered by the Postoffice De-
pactment to anyone bringing about the
detention and arrest of n mail robber,
has served to reduce the number of
depredations against the service to
remarkable extent, according to pos
VIII II. Hays.
Fifteen federal warrants for the ar
rest of men said to have been associ-
ated with John w. Worthington in con