Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-06-17
FOREIGN


renched twenty with thirty injured
Max Randohr. student. was ac-
quilted In Leipsic. Germany. by the
court trying war criminals on the
charge of having ili-treated and impris-
oned Belgian children at Grammonte
in 1917. The cnse was brought at the
instance of Belgium.
Refugees from Nikolaicvsk declare
a state of terror exists In Khabarovsk.
capital of the maritime province Of
Siberia. and that political prisoners
have been shot by the BoIshevists. who
are maltreating inhabitants. These
statements are not Officially confirmed
which was signed June 4. 1920. in the
Tranon Palace at Versailles. and is
known ns the treaty of Trianon.r was
ratified mt Paris by the chamber of
deputies The vote on ratification was
i7s In favor to "a against.
DIR. V. X. Wellington Koo. Chinese
representative In the League of M
tions. has notified the secretary of the
lengue that II is the intention of the
Chinese government to give effect to
the League nssembly's recommendation
concerning limitation OF expenditure
on arrnnments
Greece is opening hostilitles against
the Turkish Na,ionallsts In Asia Minor
by land and sea Already the Greek
fleet has been concentrated Mt full war
strength In Turkish waters and has
bombarded Turkish positions and sunk
several small transports, according to
information from Constantinople
Three Italian cardinals We're added
to the Sacred College when Pope Ben
edtct. in secret consistory. raised to
the purple Monsignor Giovanni Tacci
Poroelli, the papal major domo; Mon
signor Camille laurent, secretary of
the Congregation of the Propaganda.
and Monsignor Achile Ratti. papnl
nuncio to Poland
The British cabinet has decided to
serve a new warning upon the Sim
Fein that amounts virtually to an ulti-
matum. Reports say that the cabinet
will issue time limit and IL the south
of ireland refuses to accept the home
rule (partitlon) act. powerful CAIN
paign of repression against 'gunmen'
and the Irish Republican army Will he
started Mt the end of July.
GENERAL
Mrs Ethel Hutchins Mott. on trial
at bridgeport. Conn. charged with the
murder of her husband. George b.
Mott. pleaded guilty TO murder in the
second degree. Judge AInltbie SEN
fenced her to life Imprisonment.
Brown sugar sold at auction for %
cents per 100 pounds in New Orleans
Five thousand bags, brought last year
from Guatemala in the sugar rush.
brought from 4 to y cents II pound at
Il government auction. The prices OBJ
tanned were not sufficient TO pay the
duty.
Brother Batch. owned by G. L. Ar
mold and ridden by NJ. Garner. won
the thirty-ninth Latonia derby, beating
Il. X. Bradley's Kentucky Derby win
ner. Behave Yourself. by length.
Uncle Velo was third, two lengths
away. The time for the mile and
half was . al 80.
Three boys, convicted in Juvenile
Court in Tampa, Fla, OF having entered
IA hardware store, We're sentenced to
save enough money to buy pocket
knife for each boy in the children's
home. The court ordered that the
knives should be purchased from the
store that was entered
Between 1000 and 10000 workmen
will be re-employed in the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroad
shops, officials announced at st. Paul.
MINI. The men will he called back
to work July l. The decision is d.
rect result of the wage reduction. said
a Northern Pacific official.
A lone bandit stole S3,25o at Kan
sas City. While en- route to bank,
Fred Sofage, cashier, and John Brad
ish, bookkeeper of the Wyandotte Gas
Company We're accosted by the bandit.
A pistol was pushed against the body
of the cashier, accompanied by an or
der 10 come through" The bandit es-
capped
With his head almost severed by Il
razor. the body of Otto Smitherman
was found near Ringgold, Ga. Near
by the body of Earl Williams was
found hanging from the limb of a tree.
A coroner's jury found that Williams
slew Smitherman and then hung him
self. Williams was said to have been
jealous Of the attention paid a young
woman of the vicinity by Smithermaa
The new shipping board steamship
Buckeye State, which sailed for San
Francisco was forced to return to
Baltimore because of fire in the for
ward boiler room. Officials of the
Matson line which operates the yes
sci. stated that the blaze was caused