The Dolores star., 1921-03-11
FOREIGN

al ''''ilE lllt importation OF
'ice ana fixing a maximum selling
price "t " cents per pound wholesale
,,lS he"n signed by Gov. Gen, Francis
burton Harrison at ManIla. =,
rights of women in Japan were ad.
,ah'ed when the House adopted the
""i giving women the right to attend
p"''u'il' meetings, 1t has been com
'n'h'od upon as an important advance
'"N"rd the emancipation Of JAPANESE
womanlood.
liachiro Sainoli, son of Prince
Nalh"Ji, and head of tlle JanoncS.
neleGntion 10 the Paris peace confer
rhce, was stabbed and seriously in.
Iur'u ny supposed political rival.
iihchlro was Il member of the crown
princes party. which is expected TO
sail for Europe soon.
-Four members of snowpIow crew
ON the Canadian National railway
were smothered TO death by an ava
lhhrhe IN the Canadian Rockies. The
accident became known when the bod
les arrived for inquest at Edmonton.
AID. The accident occurred forty-six
ii'ii'S west of Jasper, near Mount Re
splcndcnt
Inc average yield of gold per ton of
ore from the mines of the Kilo Motto
district, in the Belgian Congo. exceeds
'iiat oil the gold mines Of British South
Africa, says the Belgian minister of
colonies. NJ. FranCk. The yield of the
Congo mines averages twelve grams of
gold TO the ton of ore, while those of
British South Africa, the minister stat
ed. yield only eight grams.
Professor Boni, arclaeologist and di-
rector of excavations on the PaIatinc,
Is going to make another effort to grow
sweet potatoes in Italy. He has just
received Il lot Of seed potatoes from
the United States Agricultural Depart
mcnt. Whenever sweet potatoes have
been planted in Italy. they have re-
verted to ordinary potatoes after 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 an attack of
appendicitis, Earl Wilson, an S-ycar-
old boy. shot and killed himself ut
Bonner Springs, Kan.
When tank filled with molten glass
burst at Barncsville, o.. fire started
which totally destroyed the KearnS-
Gorsuch Glass plant there, with loss
estimated at 100000.
repair shops at Elkhart, Ind, employ
ing about 100 men, and those at Col
linwood, both of which were closed a
week ago, will resume operations at
once.
President Wilson has formally an
nOunCcd that he would resume the
practice of law" in partnership with
Bainbridge Colby, the retiring secre-
tary Of state. The firm will maintain
offices in New York and Washington.
The Senate of the Washington Leg
islature passed the anti-alien land bill
by vote of 36 to 9. The bill prohibits
aliens ineligible to citizenship from
owning or leasing land in the state.
1t was passed by the House and now
goes to the governor.
One hundred and ten cement dealers
were named in indictments handed
down by the special federal grand jury
which has been investigating an al
legged building material combine men,
toned in connection with the building
trust inquiry in New York.
Macon. Ga, city council has refused
to permit Donal OCallaghan, lord may
or of Cork, to speak in the city audi
torium. The city council also passed
an anti-flirting ordinance, making 1t
unlawful for n man to converse with or
make signs mt school or college girls.
A. W. Crawford, 80, prominent Dem
and Don Barrus, president of the Don
Barrus Auto Company of Alton, were
instantly killed when their automo-
bile was demolished by the fast st.
Louis Chicago train at the Chicago X
Alton rlllfOau cTOSSlllS 1T Npou lNSiB
III.
New York city taxpayers this year
face the highest tax rate in history, de-
spite an enormous increase in the as
srssed valuation of real estate. Based
on the 1921 budget of 345,53O, ,O39, the
rates indicate increases over l92o
ranging from 20 to 81 cents per 500.
Total valuation of real estate is COM
puted at S9.972, ,5S5,104 and personal
property S2l3,222,175.
Bribes totaling S1,000,OOO and rang
ing from So to 100000 have been Of
fered W. ]. Mccarthy, supervising pro-
bibitiop enforcement agent for New
England since July. Mccarthy said he
had been threatened with death in the
performance of his duty, and told OF
attempts of bogus revenue officers to
steal liquor lawfully in transit between
New York and Boston.
Plots which involved the planned as
sossiuution of Cleveland citizens con-
,ect,d with the Loyal American
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