The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-11
FOREIGN


decided 10 send about sl,000.0O0 worth
OF foOdstuffs TO Berlin and Vienna to
relieve conditions there, according to
Swedish reports received.
The situation in soviet Russia is
growing more serious. In several
towns workers are without employ
ment and desperately hungry, and
have rrvolted against the BoIshcyikl.
The fIreplts of Mount Kllauea which
for months was level with the main
crater and oyerflowed frequently. col
lapsed and fell 400 feet. Ten earth
quake shocks accompanied the col
lapse.
The order for the dsc0ntlnnance Of
the general strike called after the
opening OF the parliament 10 Italy, has
been generally obeyed. Quiet has been
restored in Mantua, where disorders
occurred.
The League OF Nations Association
In Brussels adopted a resolution rec.
ommending that the covenant OF the
League OF Nations be amended to to-
tally eliminate from the text the
clauses giving nations the right 10 90
to war.
Tickets 10 the public gallery ~ the
house OF commons for the opening SEES
sion were In great demand, hundreds
showing their desire to see the first
woman member presented In the house.
II was impossible to accommodate
nearly all the applicants.
Milk and cream have been barred
from Paris bars and restaurants and
now the authorities are going after
eggs as well. They have decided TO
prohibit the c0ncociion nf any egg
drink, In order 10 conserve the sup
plies Of eggs for children. the aged aud
the sick.
Domingo Salabcrry, Argentine min.
ister Of finance, during his coming visit
w 'h' 'hii'h t,tHt'S as fHhllihhu VI
the Argentine delegation TO the Pan
American financial congress, will take
up with American banks the possibll.
Ity Of obtaining loan for Argentina
OF s3o0,0o0.0oo In gold.
Lady Asior has received her first
lesson In the rules and regulations Of
parliamentary conduct She has been
twice called TO order by The speaker
for conyersing on the floor Of the
house with another member. The Wis
countess occupied the seat formerly
belonging to Tim IIealey, the Irish na.
tlonaist leader.
The japanese government. through
Ambassador shidehara. has conferred
| decorations on fourteen ranking off
GERS Of the American navy In recogni
| ton OF war service. Among those dec
grated were Rear Admlrais Benson
Sims, Mayo aud Knight, who received
the Grand Gordon of the Rising sun
Admirals Gleaves and Wilson, Grand
Gordon Of the Sacred Treasury: Ad
miral RodmaD, Order of the Risins
Sun, second class.
GENERAL
Henry Clay Frick, pioneer ironmas
ter and one Of the foremost art collee
tors In the United States, died sudden
ly at his New York home In his 70tl
year.
The American Woolen Company II
Boston announced an advance In
| wages in all its mills The increase
became effective AT once. The amount
was not stated The company In,
forty mills In several states
Trial of Industrial Workers OF tho
Canton Lumber Company at Baltimor,
spread to the Spedden ShipbuildinI
Company adjoining, and half dozer
or more ships, and caused u propert,
loss Of more than sl,0O0,0O0 One III,
was lost, several men injured and sev
eral boats owned by the United State,
| shipping board were burned and sunk
Cause OF the fire has not been deter
mined.
The country as N whole now is In
volyed In coal rationing measures
which have been proposed to exc on
supplies shortened by the nationwid,
strike Of hitumlnous mine workers.
Hugh Duffy, who managed til,
Philadelphia National league baseball
team IN 1905 and 1905, has been ap
pointed manager of the Toronto Inter
nationals to succeed George Gibson
Duffy has been out of baseball foI
many years.
Expressing appreciation Of the sery
Ices rendered patriotic agencies b,
stage people during the war, John ID
Rockefeller, Jr., contributed S25,0U /,
the Actors Fund OF America. In max
Ing the contribution he expressed graf
ltude, especially for the help actor
| gave TO the United War Work cam
paln, of which he was an official.
After fatally injurlng his wife, Hat
tie, aged II. and seriously woundin,
his l6.yearold daughter. Maude, whil'
they slept. Walter Webb. Ford EN-
ploye at Detroit, blew out his brain
with the revolver with which he iii,
the shooting. Relatives say he In,
been in an ugly mood several week