Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-07
FOREIGN


n plant making fertilizer from old
shells brought from the bat1lefields at
Udine, Italy.
Former King William II of Wurt-
iemburgsis dead. William III. reigning
king of the monarchy of Wurttem-
burg abdicated In November, 1918. as
direct outcome of the war. He had
reigned since 1891.
William Hohenzollern has been noti-
fled by the Dutch government that he
will no longer be permitted 10 com
municate with supporters in Germany
by letter, and that telephone and tele-
graph messages VIII be censored.
Admiral Beatty of the British navy
and his wife. will SAN for the United
States on Oct. 10, to be present with
Marshal Foch at the convention OF
the American Legion at Kansas City.
Afterward he will join the British
delegation at the disarmament confer
ence.
Zanjiro Yasudn, known as the Rock
efeIler of Japan and one of the three
wealthiest men of the empire, was
murdered at Toxic by an assassin who
secured an audience with him under
the guise of soliciting funds. Yasuda
was stabbed to death His fortune Is
estimated at $1,000, 100000.
Sir Ernest John, the English plunger
at Deauville. France, is reported to
have lost 2.000,0o0 francs at baccarat
at the casino last summer, making his
total loss for the yenr, including that
at the Travellers Club In Paris, 1000,
900 francs A Cuban newspaper pro-
prietor is reported to be the next
heaviest loser, having dropped more
than 3000.000 francs at Deauville.
Federal troops clashed with re-olu-
tionists near Moyobamba, in the de-
partment of I.oreto, where the govern
ment last month closed the port of
Iquitos and other harbors, because of
revolts, according to meager advices
received. Twenty-three federal sol
dIers were killed or wounded and the
bodies of fifty-two insurrectionists
were found after the clash.
GENERAL
Trapped by a fire in their home,
two sisters were smothered to death
in Detroit. They were Irene Badnick,
years old, and Eleanor Badnick, I.
A 12-year-old brother jumped from
second-story window with baby sis
ter In his arms. Both parents es-
capped
George ii. Brennan, described by
the police as an owner of racing
OF ,trhn hoI For
tune on the track, shot and killed his
wife in her apartment in New York
and then committed suicide Bren-
an, 63, and his wife. 4S, had not been
living together for several years.
Prohibition has made it possible for
the silk gown of the future to he made
in the laboratory, according to chem
lists of the Department of Agriculture
and the War Department. They have
put the seal of government approval
on successful experiments in perfect
ing the process for the manufacture
on commercial scale of synthetic
silk. developed by Americas new
chemical industry built up during the
war. According to the chemists the
new process laboratory silk will have
all the sickness of the original article
spun by the Asiatic silkworm, will be
more durable and can be produced at
lower price.
A prize of 100000 for the discov-
cry of medicinal remedy to relieve
cancer has been offered by an anony
nous donor through the Cosmopoli-
tan Cancer Research Society of Brook
lyn. The reward will be known as the
Cosmopolitan cancer prize and was
made In anticipation of the observance
of national cancer week, Oct. 80 to
Nov. s. when physicians, surgeons,
chemists and scientists will hold ma
tion-wide clinics and conferences deal
ing with the disease. Requirements
of the award call for method of treat
ment, formulas and full information,
with therapeutic proof in at least
fifty cases.
London.-An airplane crashed near
the Mansion airdome from height of
200 feet and flying officer and four
mechanics were killed. A strong wind
was blowing and the machine burst
into flames. A sergeant of the air
force ran with an AK to the blazing
machine in an attempt to rescue the
men in the wreckage, but the flames
drove him back.
Thomas CassaZ, an importer and ex-
porter, paid two men $4,000 for thir-
| ty-five barrels of water believed to be
whisky, according to his story to the
New York police. AS II result the po-
lice arrested Joseph Mantelle, 43 years
old, who said he was an importer, and
anthony Orapollo, %, chauffeur. and
they were held in $500 bail on sus-
picion of grand larceny.
New York state has 721,4SS auto
mobiles, or one to every fourteen of