The Raymer enterprise., 1920-12-23
FOREIGN

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assembly Of the league at Geneva.
The plan for an international court.
submitted to the assembly by ths
League Of Nations by Its COMMITTEES
which had been considering the sub
ject. was unanimously adopted by the
ASSEMBLY at Geneva.
Two Russian refugee ships, bound
for Bulgaria, have been held up In the
Black sea by Turkish nationalist
forces. The steamers were overtaken
by storm and sought shelter at the
port OF ZOngudak.
Three thousand well-armed revolu-
tionaries, alleged by the Mexican gov
ernment to be BOlsheviks, have invad-
ed the state Of Campeche from Yuca-
tan and are attempting to drive out
the federal authorities.
Charges Of murder have been filed
In court at Manila by the city
prosecutor against seventy-seven Phil
ippine constabulary soldiers us result
Of the rIotng In which four Americans
and seven FllipInos were killed.
Correspondence which has been 60
ing on between Premier Lloyd George
and Father Michael O'Flanagan, vice
president Of the Irish republic" In an
effort TO bring about truce between
I'm ,,tund and tho CHM Ealp nroa at,a
tions, apparently has been ended.
Andre Lefevre, French war minister.
has resigned. His resignation resulted
from his opposition to the new mill
tary service bin before the chamber
Of deputies, which provides for eight
cen months obligatory military serv.
Ice. n. 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. Patricks 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 raIdlng hotels to
compel them to obey the rationing reg.
ulatlons." 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
Population Of the United States on
Jan. this year, as enumerated In the
fourteenth census was 100, 5,70S,77l, rs
announced by the census bureau for
certiflcatlon to Congress as the basis
for reapportlonment Of the members
of the House Of Representatives from
the various states.
Federal grand jury indictments
against sixteen officials Of the Dan
iel Hayes Company Of Idaho, charging
conspiracy to use the malls to defraud,
were announced at Chicago. The in
dctments were returned Oct. "a, but
were kept secret until they had been
served. According to federal officials,
officials Of the company sold from
S3,OO0,OOO to S5,OOO,OOO worth Of Cali
fornla land which they are alleged to
have mIsrepresented.
Criminal carelessness upon the part
Of Capt. George H. Hart, master OF
the United States steam launch Mar
garet, that sank In the Ohio river,
was responsible for the tragedy, &C.
cortling to the verdict returned by the
coroner's jury, following the recovery
Of the body Of one Of the eleven vic.
tins. Captain Hart, his daughter and
the latter's husband were drowned,
having been trapped with three others
In the upper cabin.
Stockyards' workers In Chicago will
abide by the recent wage decision of
Judge Samuel Alschuler. federal medi.
ator, 1t has been announced by George
Youstra, secretary Of the stOckyards
labor council. A mass meeting called
to protest against the award. which
denied most Of the wage Increases
asked by the employees, was attended
by less than 100 workers.
The National League, at Its annual
meeting. extended for three years the
term Of President John A. Heydler
and granted to him a substantial In.
crease In salary. President Heydler's
present salary ID $4,000 . year and
the Increase, while II was not Of.
ficially stated, IL said to have been 80
per cent The additional years will
make his term expire Dec. 81, 1924.
Twenty-nine cut stone contractors
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
In New York. Twenty.ssven Of the
contractors having corporations were
fined 1880 as individuals, with q g..