The Raymer enterprise., 1919-06-26
FOREIGN

a consequence Of an increase In raids
upon food depots.
A divorce craze III sweeping England.
Three courts granted decrees In one
day at the rate of fifteen an hour. The
total number on the calendar Is sos,
and In 452 Of these husbands are the
petitioners.
Leon Ambrami, under secretary In
the ministry OF war, announced that
more than G0.000 French prisoners In
excess Of the figures given by Ger
many were found In Germany. The
number Of French soldiers missing In
action has reached 3l4,000, the under
secretary said.
Five million dollars are to be SET
aside by the British government tt
conduct q search for petroleum 10
Great Britain, the financial secretary
to the treasury told the House Of Com
mons. He also stated that $1,0OO,OO(
would be devoted to aid flax produc-
tion. principally In Ireland.
A strike OF priests, which In without
precedent has just occurred at Loret-
to, a celebrated resort OF pilgrims.
The priests asked for an amelioration
OF their financial condition, owing to
the high cost OF living and when their
claims were not granted, they stopped
celebrating masses and performing
other religious duties.
Capt. John Aleock. pilot of the Wick
ers-Vimy airplane which made the first
nonstop flight from North America TO
Ireland, announced that he and Lieut..
a. W. Brown, the navigator. intended
to divide equally $500 Of the 10000
prize given them by the Daily Mail.
The other f2,000 Will 90 to the work.
men who built the machine
Instead OF bread lines in Petrograd
there are crowds awaiting their turn
for c0ffins and death certificates
Visitors TO hospitals refuse 10 recog.
nize their dead relatives In order to
save funeral expenses, and the old and
young are got rid of or told to die as
soon as possible SO That crust OF
bread may be saved for the survivors.
SPORT
Joie Ray, crack middle distance run.
ner Of the Illinois Athletic Club. won
the first annual Chicago Daily News
marathon of six and three-fourths
miles on the boulebard In the time of
80 ~ :02.
Mrs. George ". Wightman, Long
wood Cricket Club, won the women's
national lawn tennis championship
when she defeated Miss Marion Zind.
erstein, her clnbmate at the Phlladel.
phia Cricket Club. 81, 81.
The Illinois House of Representa-
tives passed the ten-round commission
boxing bill. The victory of the fight
fans came after years of defeat from
the hands of legislatures. The measure
provides for commission Of three to
be named by the governor. limits the
weight OF gloves TO six ounces and pro
hlblls decisions.
W. 5. IIoon of Jewell Junction, Iowa.
captured the cup for high score ia the
state trap shoot which closed at Mason
City with 59i out of 900 targets thrown
In three days. A. H. Chalk. Portal
\. d., made score Of 59a, hut, as q
nonresident, was barred from claiming
the cup b. F. Ebert Des Mones. win.
ner of individual honors, was the run.
ner-up with 500.
GENERAL
In the ruins Of the library OF Lou
vain, destroyed by the Germans in
1914, the degree OF doctor OF law wau
conferred on President Wilson by the
University of Louvan.
The steamer vauban left New Yorl
for South American points with moro
than Sl5,o0O,Oo0 in gold aboard. This
Is said 10 be the largest single cargo
OF gold that ever left New York.
Jewels valued at more than $4,000
were taken from the residence OF Mrs.
Nellie Magnus Loeb, daughter of the
late Adolphns Busch, during party
In Chicago. The robbers worked with.
in sight of the party on the front
veranda.
Samuel Gnmpers was reelected pres.
| ident OF the American Federation of
Labor, In convention at Atlantic City,
and his salary raised from 81 800 to
Sld,uo. Mr.. Gompers In speech said
the selection WIS American labor's an
swer 10 its tradueers and opponents.
Citing the fact that conditions re-
vealed by the war called for unprece.
dented exertions TO check the progress
of tuberculosis, the National Tubercu.
losls Association upon adIourning its
annual meeting at Atlantic City, adopt.
ed resolutions providing for Red
Cross Christmas seal campaign In De-
cember by means of which sum in
excess of S6,000,0O0 will be raised.
Full confessions are expected by the
police from Antony Kunski, build
ing contractor, and Miss Frances
Mann, arrested In connection with a
$4,000 ''fire-bug' ring, which is al.