The Ordway new era., 1920-08-27
FOREIGN

tIal.
The British light cruiser Vindictive,
which was sunk in the entrance of
Ostend harbor May IL, 1918. has been
refloated and the port is again open
for traffic.
The conrt-martial which tried Ter
ence MacSweeney, lord mayor of Cork,
on a charge of having under his con
troll the secret police cipher and sedi-
ton. sentenced him to two years i'm
prlsonment.
An official list OF imports and e1-
ports from Jan. / to July 81, 1920,
shows increases of 2.73S. .502 600 francs
in imports and 1920, ,22s, 600 francs in
exports over the same period last year
In France.
China is confronted with serious
situation as a result Of the retirement
In Siberia of between 1900 and 20,0O0
Semenoff and Kappei anti-Bolshevist
troops eastward toward the Manchu-
ian frontier.
The Swiss police have taken meas
ures to protect the British premier,
David Lloyd George, declaring they
have discovered a plot against his life
The police claim to have the plotters
under supervision in Geneva.
Polish emigrants for America to the
number OF $50 have been stopped by
the Danzig authorities on the Polish
frontier on the pretense that many of
them are OF military age and might be
used in the warfare against the Bolshe-
visits, according to a Berlin dispatch 10
the London Times.
French troops clashed with the in
habitants of Kattowitz, an important
mining town of Upper Silesia, eleven
persons being killed and twenty-six
wounded. Polish troops attempted to
break up mass meeting at Rybnik,
and four wounded.
The news of the attempted assassin
alton of Premier VenizelOs in Paris has
resulted in cxcesses in Athens, such as
the wreckIng the plants of opposition
newspapers and the residence OF for
mer Premier Skouloudis. Many Of the
opposition leaders were arrested. NJ
lIHkOuUllHt Nltfh ihiii6Afi ~
Petrograd. was shot dead while trying
to escape from a military escort
Henry Il. Warner, OF Raleigh, n. c.,
former president of the National Edl-
torinl association, ex-cOmmissioner OF
labor and printing and now chairman
of the state prison board. has brought
suit for 100000 against r. Baxter Nc
Rary Of Lexington, perhaps the best
known negro In North Carolina, for
alleged alienation of Mrs. Warmers
affections. He has also sued his wife
for absolute divorce.
Collapse of mountain top near
Manila, r. l., in a recent storm buried
an entire Igorot village under hun
dreds of feet OF earth, blotting out the
lives OF seventy natives, according to
official advices received at Manila.
The village was located in the noun
tain province within 200 miles of the
city of Manila. The top slid down
upon the village at midnight. Nc
bodies have been recovered.
GENERAL
Assurance that no further bank clos.
ings are likely to result from the col.
lapse OF the financial dealings OF
Charles Ponzi was given Mt Boston by
Charles G. Allen, state bank commits
sioner.
George Griffin, millionaire Chicago
sportsman, who died recently in Cali
rornia, left an estate valued at 81, 500
900, including $4,000 worth of liquor,
ii was learned when an inventory was
filed in Chicago.
| Four masked and armed taxi bandits
held up ten members of the United Re
publican Club at Brooklyn, robbed
them of $500 in cash and S2,5Oc
in n waiting taxi.
Eight men were arrested and whisky
valued at 100000 was confiscated in
n raid at Norwalk, Ohio. The men
said they were taking the liquor from
Frankfort, KY, to New iork, for legal
sale to hospitals.
John J. McGraw, manager of the
New York Giants, told the district at
torney's office at New York his mind
v-"s "''"nk" ns 10 how John c. Slavln
musical comedy actor, received frac
tured skull while in his company.
Damage estimated at $1,000, 600 wal
done at Toledo by severe, rainstorm
which floated away great stretches OF
city paving, flooded cellars and para
iyzed traffic. 1t was one of the most
severe storms that ever struck that
city.
The five Socialist assemblymen oi
New York who were ousted from the
State Legislature have been renomi
mated and will fight for reelection 4,
the special elections September 18th
II has been announced by the county