The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
FOREIGN

Austria mas Deen elecIeu II ne1uDeE
Of the League OF Nations by the
assembly OF the league at Geneva.
Belgium, Brazil, Spain and China
have been chosen az the four elective
members of the council OF the League
of Nations.
Two Russian refugee ships. bound
for Bulgaria, have been held up In the
Black sea by Turkish nationalist
forces. The steamers were overtaken
by a storm and sought Shelter at the
port of Zongudak.
The plan for an international court,
League of Nations by its committee
which had been considering the sub
ject, was unanimously adopted by the
assembly ut Geneva.
Three thousand well-armed revolu-
tionaries, alleged by the Mexican gov
ed the state of Campeche from Yuca-
tan and are attempting to drive out
the federal authorities.
Andre Lefevre, French war minister,
has resigned. His resignation resulted
from his opposition TO the new mill
tnry service bill before the chamber
of deputies, which provides for eight
cen months obligatory military serv-
ice. NJ Lefevre had insisted upon two
years service with the colors.
The weekend of terror and wild de
struction through which Cork has
passed left in its train a terrible welt
er of ruin. The conflagrations have
burned themselves out, but the finest
part OF the city is mass of ruins.
In st. Patrick's street, which was the
main commercial artery of the city,
solid blocks of business premises, the
most imposing in Cork, have been
wiped out.
The members of the reichstag at
Berlin went on rations of black bread
without butter, and coffee without su-
gar or milk when the managers and
employees of the reichstag restaurant
refused to serve the forbidden foods,
in view of the governments apparent
intention TO continue raiding hotels TO
compel them to obey the rntioning reg
ulatiOns." The hotel proprietOrs have
closed the restaurants In virtually all
the principal hostelries as a protest
against the government insisting on
obedience to these regulations.
GENERAL
President-elect Harding, according
to information received mt Washing
ton. will spend the last four weeks be
fore his Inauguration at Palm Beach,
Fla.
Population of the United States on
Jan. this year, as enumerated in the
fourteenth census was 105, ,70S,T71, as
announced by the census bureau for
certification to Congress as the basis
for reapportionment of the members
of the House of Representatives from
the various states.
Federal grand jury indictments
against sixteen officials of the Dan
icl Hayes Company of Idaho, charging
conspiracy to use the mails TO defraud,
were announced at Chicago. The in
dictments were returned Oct. "a, but
were kept secret unlil they had been
served. According to federal officials,
officials of the company sold from
So, 100000 TO $5,000,000 worth of Cali
fornia land which they are alleged to
have misrepresented.
After n desperate battle with aut
bandits in upper Broadway, New York,
| in which police lieutenant and at
least one of the armed thugs were
killed, Mayor John Il. Hylan took of.
| ficial cogniZance of the sensational
crime wave that has recently engulfed
the metropolis. Floyd Horton, police
lieutenant, died bravcly. After jumping
onto the running board of n fleeing tax
icab containing the armed robbers
Horton, unable to get the highwayman
to stop, emptied his revolver into the
limousine, although one bullet had
pierced his chest below the heart.
The National League, at its annual
meeting, extended for three years the
term of President John A. Heydlel
and granted to him IA substantial in
crease in salary. President Heydler's
present salary is $4,000 year and
the increase, while it was not Of
ficially stated. is said to have been 5t
per cent. The additional years viii
make his term expire Dec. 81, 1924.
Stockyards' workers in Chicago vii
abide by the recent wage decision OF
Judge Samuel Alschuler, federal medi
atOr, it has been announced by George
Youstra, secretary of the stockyard:
labor council. A mass meeting called
to protest against the award. which
I
asked by the employees, was ATTENDED
by less than 100 workers.
Twenty-nlne cut stone contractor.
indicted for violation of the Donnelly
state antitrust act pleaded guilty be
fore Justice John b. McAvoy in the
criminal branch of the Supreme Court