The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-01
FOREIGN

ifnOhsiy decided thht tne court Shall De
located at The Hague.
The Poles have repulsed strong en-
envy attacks In the region OF Smigal
Szaozina, inflIctlng considerable losses
upon the Bolsheylki, according to an
official statement on the fighting OPP
erations issued at Warsaw.
American missionaries stationed at
Ressht. Persia, near the Caspian sea.
retired from that town when the Boil
sheyiki approached II and are safe, the
State Department was advised by the
American legation at Teheran.
Four people were drowned when
their automobile ran off the ferry at
Latellier, forty miles south Of WiDni-
peg, into the Red river. The dead are
Joseph knlsely. aged As; his soL, aged
5; Thomas Bennett, n and Miss Edna
Scott, %.
An automobile carrying the assist
ant director general of the royal Irish
constabulary and four constables was
attacked with revolver fire and bombs
In Dublin. Assistant Director General
Roberts was shot In the head, but is
expected to live. The chauffeur was
shot in both legs.
As an example Of the strict vigilance
az the E.r,nau ouutn,S nffi.ars, In or
der TO save their country from being
drained OF valuables, the Handelsblad
says that 100000 marks worth Of
diamonds and 100000 marks have been
confiscated at Bentheim, the Dutch
frontier station, within the last two
weeks.
OF all industries in japan, ship
building made the greatest progress
during the war, reports the depart
ment Of agriculture and commerce. Be-
fore the war japan ranked sixth
among the powers In the number OF
vessels. Last year she ranked In
third place after the United States
and Great Britain.
The department Of overseas trade ID
dispatching an official trade circus'
TO tour the British dominions TO adver-
tise British goods. Those to Far East,
South America and the United States
have been postponed because manu-
facturers cannot work off present
commitments, say the American Cham
ber Of Commerce at London.
Mrs. Richard Mansfield. widow Of
the American actor, and Colin Glenn
ents of New York, poet and play
wright, have returned to Paris after
being held prisoners By the Turkish
Nationalists at Urfa, Mesopoiamla,
for three months. They escaped to
Jerabus, on the Euphrates, and from
there were taken 10 Aleppo by friendly
Arabs.
The Canadian government has de-
cided To introduce a bin providing an
increase In pay from $500 to $4,000
n year for members Of the Senate and
House Of Commons. Sir Robert Bor-
den, the premier, announced at Otta.
wa. Can. Salaries Of Dominion cabi.
net ministers, Of the speakers Of the
two houses Of parliament and OF virtu.
ally all Canadian judges also are to be
increased, il is understood.
GENERAL
Between s2000,0Oo and $4,000 900
damage was done to corn, tobacco and
cotton crops by hailstorm which
swept Wayne, Pitt, Ienoir and Greene
counties in North Carolina. The grow.
ers declare little Of their crop can be
saved.
Operating revenues Of the Southern
Pacific Company and proprietary com.
panes for 1919, as disclosed In the an.
nual report published In New York,
amounted TO s239,657, ,2I2, an increase
Of $lS,o46,086, or 614 per cent over the
preceding year.
A $3,00.000 cargo Of South African
gold, consigned to the banking firm
Of Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co.. and shipped
aboard the steamer Mauretania, has
arrived In New York. The metal was
purchased In the London open mar.
ket last week.
The sum Of $4,000 and an annuity
Of S6,000 were left Miss Mary Kihm.
for twenty-seven years secretary to
George W. Perkins of New York, by
the will of the financier. The bulk of
the estate was left to Mrs. Perkins and
the two children.
President Lowell has announced gifts
to Harvard during the year totaling
sS,332,6l5. This amount does not in.
ciude sums less than $50, 600, or pledg.
es. Total subscriptions 10 the pro-
posed endowment fund Of Sl5,250,000
have reached si2, 2,ly.764.
Since the beginning OF the World
war In 1914, the United States has
rolled up a trade balance of approx.
mately Si7,0000O0,000 against the
world. This exceeds by several bill.
lions OF dollars the total balance In
favor of the United States from 1895
to 1914.
Allan A. Ryan, chairman Of the Stutz
Motor Car Company, who became in
yolyed In controversy with officials
of the New York Stock Exchange at