The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-09
FOREIGN

that the executive power has been
transferred peacefully.
Mustnpha kemal Pasha, leader Of
the Turkish NatIomlists, Is masslng
10000 troops for an offensive against
the Greeks In Smyrna, according to
dispatch from Constantinople. All
these troops are being withdrawn from
Armenia since soviet Russia ordered
the Turkish Nationalisls to cease their
war against Armenia.
Thousands OF tons OF German coal,
intended for some Of the entente ma
ti0ns, have been stolen while en- route
down the Rhine and smuggled into
Holland on barges, says the Rotter-
dam Cour Aut. Only part OF the
coal was unloaded at the allied depots,
and the rest, covered with stones, way
brought down the river to Holland.
An army of unemployed, more than
| 1000 strong. marched on the center OF
Edmonton. q town Of Middlesex. eight
miles from London, seized the town
hall as their headquarters, and raised
the Red flag. The jobless men and
women then presented a set of de-
maads to the town councillors and pre-
vailed upon them to evacute the city
building.
No less than nm average Of forty
persons n day were sentenced to death
by the Moscow revolutionary tribunals
and executed during September, ac-
cording to the official soviet organ
lsvestla. The same paper throws
light on the desperate fuel situation In
Moscow by stating that 5000 wooden
houses have been torn down In Mos
COW to provide fuel for the people.
General Semenoff, leader of anti
BOlshevist forces along the frontier be-
tween Siberia and Mongolia, has ar.
rived at Vladivostok under japanese
escort. Dispatches from that city state
he has gone on board a japanese trans
port. General Semenoff's troops de-
feated by the Bolshevlsts recently, de-
serted In such numbers that their lead.
er gave up the struggle against the
soviet armies in that region.
Increasing hostility toward Ameri.
cans and American relief interests Ii
being shown by the Turkish national
lists, says letter from Henry Riggs.
director for the Near East Relief at
kharput. He asserts the nationallsts
still refuse the Americans permission
to proceed to various places to carry
on their work and forbid the American
flag to be flown from American build.
lngs and automobiles.
The naval court Of inquiry investl-
eating the actions Of American marines
concluded It's hearings In Haiti with
the examination Of Lieutenant Colonel
Hooker Of the gcndarmerie, who testi-
fled to the belief that 1000 peaceful
Haitiens had been killed by bandits In
the last few years. He declared that
from March, 1919, to October, 1919,
large farming and settlement areas
were completely wiped out by bandits.
GENERAL
The liner, Celtic, bearing To America
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow Of the
mayor OF Cork, who died on hunger
strike In an English prison, has ar
rived in New York.
A reign of terror exists In many
districts In Fayette, WestmOreland and
Washington counties, in Pennsylvania,
comprising an area Of 80 square
miles. Firebugs are running amuck,
, and many schoolh0uses, barns. stores
and other buildings have been mysttri.
ously burned within the last thirty
days, cntailing losses mounting Into
large figures.
Brownie Of Linwood, 4-year- old
Guernsey cow owned by the Corium
farm, near Fond du Lac, Wis, has
completed years official test with
n record of producing S3l.07 pounds OF
butterfat, the equivalent Of 1,03S
pounds Of butter. This record Is be.
lieved to rank her first In Wisconsin
among Guernseys Of her age and sec.
ond In the United States.
c. T. Troyer of La FontaIne, Ind,
was named the national corn king"
at the Hay and Grain show In cOnnec-
ton with the International Livestock
exposition at Chicago. Peter Lux, also
Of Indiana was last years king" Mr..
Troyer's ten winning ears of corn were
gathered from seventcen-acre field
that yielded 100 bushels to the acre.
Two armed men held up Paul Sund-
enbcrg, paymaster of the Thompson
starrett Construction Company in De-
troit and escaped with a valise con-
tanning $4,000 in pay envelopes. less
than an hour later Charles Mcahc,
depositor, was shot and seriously
wounded when three men attempted
tc hold up the cashier Of bank n mile
away.
Renewed violence has been reported
from several points In the Mingo coun-
ty coal strike zone and nearby, to mil
itary authorities and to the offices OF
the Coal Operators Association at VIII
llamston, W. Va. The most serious oc-
Cured at Baranshee. on the Kentucky