The Raymer enterprise., 1921-03-10
FOREIGN

persons killed ut La Paz, Bolivia, y
street fighting between Liberal and Re.
publican factions. Business was ~
ported suspended.
A bill prohibiting the Importation Of
rice and fixing maximum selling
price Of 8 cents per pound wholesale,
has been signed by Gov. Gen. Francis
Burton Harrison ut Manila, P. I.
Rights Of women In Japan were ad-
vanced when the House adopted the
bill giving women the right to attend
political meetings. II has been COM
mented upon as an important advance
toward the emancipation of Japanese
womanhood.
Hachiro Sainoji. son Of Prince
Sainojl, and head Of the japanese
delegation to the Paris peace confer.
cnce, was stabbed and seriously In.
jured by supposed political rival.
llachiro was member OF the crown
princes party, which Is expected to
sail for Europe soon.
Four members Of snowplow crew
on the Canadian National railway
were smothered TO death by an ava
lanche In the Canadian Rockies. The
accident became known when the bod
les arrived for inquest at Edmonton,
Alb. The accident occurred forty.sIx
miles west Of Jasper, near Mount Re-
splendent.
The introduction of German labor to
help rebuild the war.devastated dis.
trlcts Of northern France. one Of the
suggestions made by the Berlin govern.
ment during the Preparations discus.
sions, will be violently opposed by
French workers. The annual congress
of French building workers voted
overwhelmingly against the admission
of German laborers, though no objec.
tion was made to the use Of German
material.
Professor Boni, archaeologist and di.
rector of excavations on the Palntine,
is going to make another effort to grow
sweet potatoes In Italy. He has Just
received lot Of seed potatoes from
the United States Agricultural Depart
ment. Whenever sweet potatoes have
been planted in Italy, they have re-
verted to ordinary potatoes after a few
years. Professor Boni hopes to be able
to keep them true to their type. He
says that old manuscripts prove that
the ancient Romans grew them.
GENERAL
Frantic with pain from IN attack of
appendicitis, Earl Wilson. an Swear
old boy, shot and killed himself ut
Bonner Springs, Kan.
When tank filled with molten glass
burst at GAINESVILLE, O., fire started
which totally destroyed the Kearns-
Gorsuch Glass plant there, with loss
estimated at 100000.
The New York Central locomotive
repair shops at Elkhart, Ind, employ.
ing about 700 men, and those at Col
llnwood, both Of which were closed q
week ago, will resume operations at
once.
President Wilson has formally an
n0unced that he would "resdmc the
practice Of law" In partnership with
cambridge Colby, the retiring secre-
tary Of state. The firm will maintain
offices in New York and Washington.
The Senate Of the Washington Leg,
lslature passed the antI-alien land bill
by vote Of SO to 2. The bill prohibits
aliens ineligible to citizenship from
owning or leasing land In the state.
It was passed by the House and now
goes to the governor.
Macon, Ga, city council has refused
to permit Donal O'Callaghan, lord may
or Of Cork, to speak In the city audi
forum. The city council also passed
an anti-flirting ordinance, making 1t
unlawful for a man to converse with or
make signs at school or. college girls.
G. D. B. King. president Of the re-
public Of Liberia, In West Africa, ar
rived at New York en- route to Wash.
ington to discuss loan Of $1,000, 600
to his republic. The loan has been
hanging fire" nearly a year, It was
stated, and 1t is needed to further In.
dustrial development In Liberia.
In addition to 100000 sent directly
to Chinese missions by eight Protest.
ant denominations for the relief of SUI.
ferers In the Chinese famine, $398,977
has been contributed to the national
famine fund by score of denomina.
tons. The contributions came from
Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Chris
tian Science churches.
New York city taxpayers this year
face the highest tax rate In history, de.
spite an enormous increase in the A.
sessed valuation Of real estate. Based
on the 1921 budget Of sS45,530, 0S9, the
rates indicate Increases over 1920
ranging from 20 to 81 cents per $780,
Total valuation Of real estate Is com.
puted at s9.972, 5S5,104 and personal
property s218,222,175.
Plots which involved the planned as
sasslnation Of Cleveland citizens con-
nected with the Loyal American
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