The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-07
FOREIGN

Wireless communication between
Aires and Nauen, Germany.
was inaugurated with the transmission
of a message from Nauen saluting
President Irigoyen.
Northeast Of GrOdno the Poles have
reached the River lila, half way be-
tween Grodno and Wilma, the Lith-
uanian capital, says the official state
ment on fighting operations.
Countess Buyermineure, formerly
Miss Daisy Polk OF California, was
made member OF the French Legion
of Honor at Paris. The countess was
recognized because of her work during
the war.
Capt. R. W. Schroeder Of McCook
field, holder of the world altitude
record. will retire from the air serv-
ice as soon as he returns from
France, where he flew in the Gordon
Bennett race.
A violent earthquake Is reported to
have occurred in Giarre, Sicily, at tha
base Of Mount Etna, according to q
Rome dispatch. The quake lasted ten
seconds. One village was destroyed
and many persons were injured.
Mrs. Sarah Jackson. found guilty Of
murder In the first degree for shooting
her husband on their homestead at
Swan river. Alberta, on Christmas
night, 1919. has been sentenced to be
hanged on December 2lst. This Is the
first woman ever sentenced to death In
Alberta province.
The yearly production by paper mills
thruout Japan is roughly given as 16S,.
700 tons, Of which $1,000 tons are used
for newspaper printing, 1900 tons by
the government monopoly bureau for
cigarettes, 100000 tons for the printing
Of school textbooks, and 10000 tons for
the printing Of magazines.
Two thousand peasants took part In
the seizure Of royal estates near
Naples As they marched toward the
kings property they carried shotguns
and sang the "workmen's hymn" The
property seized was called the Gar.
diello" and was one Of the largest be.
longing to the royal house.
Signature OF the definite agreement
between employers and workmen.
which Is expected to settle the dispute
which resulted In the occupation OF In
dustrial plants by metal workers, took
place In the presence Of the prefect
OF Milan. The spokesman Of the en-
ployers said they were obliged to bow
TO "impositions independent Of their
will"
GENERAL
Four armed robbers escaped with
$4,000 after holding up the cashier
and bookkeeper OF the American
Cigar Company In New York.
Twenty-Five hotel owners In Chicago
have agreed to cut their restaurant
prices from 25 to 80 l-3 per cent.
Vegetables, fruits and cereals will be
cut the most.
Howard W. ShOwaiter, a banker Of
Fairmount, w. Va, who was sentenced
TO five years in federal prison In 1917
for mlsnpplication Of national bank
funds. has been granted pardon by
President Wilson.
A bill appropriating S3,0OO,OOO for
the construction OF a thousand-bed hos.
| pital for the care Of the states World
War veterans who have become men.
tally disabled. has been signed by Gov.
ernor Smith Of New York,
Rosa Raisa. the Italian soprano, an.
nOunced at Bangor. Me, her marriage
to Glacomo Rimini, baritone, who IL
In Maine with her to take part in a
musical festival. The wedding was
celebrated In Naples just before the
couple left for this country.
Gustaf Nelson, son.in.law Of United
States Senator Nelson, was convicted
at Alexandria, MIMI. Of u charge Of
murder In the first degree. He was ac.
cused Of the killing Of Joseph Middle
ton, n farm hand, who was shot during
a scuffle for possession Of a shotgun.
japanese troops are TO be withdrawn
from NIkolaieysk this winter, Minister
Of War Tanaka has informed the gov
ernOrs Of the empire. This, however,
does not necessarily mean permanent
evacuation. he added. He explained
that insufficient preparations hud been
made to winter the troops, but that
such arrangements probably would be
completed by the succeeding winter.
Babe Ruth. worlds champion
home-run hitter, on his way to
Springfield in a new roadster, col
lided with truck in Meriden, Conn.
He landed in field. with his car
wrecked, even to the steering post,
but he and a friend. who was his
passenger. escaped unhurt except for
scratches from the broken wind
shield.
Presldent-elect Alvaro Obregon, Of
Mexico will be guest at Dallas and
the state fair on International Day,
October 18th, according to an an
nouncement made at Dallas, Texas, by
W. II. Stratton, secretary Of the state
fair. Mr. Stratton said he was notified
by Consul Rnherfn Carcin of Dallas