The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-19
FOREIGN

cd. It IS De1eVeu IndI IIllS lS IhO AhSH discovery of natural gas in Central America.
 Outlaws have captured a British mis- sionary named Stevens near Fengh- sien, in the province of Shensi, it is said in advices to the British legation. Dispatches indicate the object is to bring pressure to bear on provincial authorities to abandon oppressive measures
 Ruins of a prehistoric city have been discovered by Prof Carl Blegen of the American Archaeological School at Athens. The city was situated between Corinth and Mycenae, in southeastern Greece, and pottery and fragments of statuary unearthed fix the date of it's prosperity at about 2000 B. c.
 Twenty-four patches of American workmen and immigrants, totaling B. O42 men, arrived in PetrOgrad from December, 1920, to April 1, and during the first part of April 2,0O0 additional persons arrived, says a Petrograd dis patch. Most of the immigrants re- mained in Petrograd. The others have been sent into the provinces.
 France held a two-day observance of the centenary of the death of Ma poleon. A saIvo of artillery at the h. valides marked the passing of a cen tury since the death of the great war rior at St. Helena and closed the exercises. The celebration appeared to have little appeal for the general pub lie.
 A mule is not horse, according to an opinion of the Manitoba Court of Appeals, which awarded $100 and costs to Thomas Pople, a mule dealer, against the city of Dauphin, Man. Pc pie sold twenty mules there last sum- mer, and was forced by town officials to pay $5 head tax, which is levied on horses brought to the town for sale. He sued to recover the amount.
 A Moscow dispatch announces the quelling of the revolutionary move ment in Tambov, led by General An tonoff, a former Bolshevist command CT. The dispatch says: From Tam boy the destruction of AntonOff's bands is reported. Antonoff escaped. Many of the bandits were killed, among whom were all of the main staff. All the arms and transports were cap tured."
 Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, former governor, composing President Harding's special mission to investigate conditions in the Philippine islands, settled down to in- vestigation work immediately upon ar rival at Manila. After a popular dem onstration in the shape of a parade of all civic organizations, headed by Mayor Fernandez, in honor of the com missioners, the mission started action. GENERAL
 T. G. Brown and J. W. Creole were burned to death and several persons were injured in a fire which destroyed a boarding house at Richardson, La.
 Frank Miller is held at Muskegon, Mich, on a charge of mayhem. It is alleged he twisted off his wife's ears because of her relations with Jaseph RomenOff.
 Charles Manzell, Ogden, Utah, patrol man, on his first shift after a leave of absence for war work, was shot to death by bandits when he came upon them rObbing a clothing store there.
 The board of directors of the Pitts burgh Chamber of Commerce has adopted a resolution under which the organization would form a $20O,00C corporation for the construction of l. GOO residences of moderate cost to be rented at a reasonable figure.
 Five thousand people are facing semi-starvation in Cork, Ireland, and 180,OOO farmers are impoverished as a result of the wrecking of thirty-five CO operative creameries, according to ad- vices received in New York by the American committee for relief in Ire land
 The theft of jewelry and money to talling $1O,555 while she dozed in g moving picture theater in Chicago, was reported to the police by Mrs. Bessie Morrison, wife of an oil operator Oi Salt Lake City.
 Forcing four clerks in the depart ment store of A. J. Carlan to go into rear room, lone bandit at Matea wan, N. Y, robbed the cash drawer O1 several thousand dollars and escaped The robber previously had called, seek ing to buy pair of trousers. When hC returned he wore no mask. Police be gan a hurried search for the bandit. The united Rrntherhood of Main