The Ordway new era., 1921-06-03
FOREIGN

Nations council has been postponet
from June until June II.
Attempts TO establish trade between
Italy and Russia have failed, according
to the Bolshevist representative who
asked for his passports at Rome.
| A number of persons are reported to
have been killed or wounded during
fighting at Buenos Aires in the port
zone when union labOrers attampted to
prevent non-union workers from un-
loading ships.
The secretary general of the league
of nations has called an international
conference TO be held in Geneva, June
various governments on the question
of repression of white slavery
Rebels have adopted a new method
for attacks on police barracks in Ire
land Travelling by train. they com
PEELED the trainmen to stop the train
at Ballaghaderreen, where they opened
fire on the barracks. The police re-
piled, wounding one passenger in the
train.
There is great increase in the
number of bankruptcies which have
been gazetted by the Board of Trade
during the last three months, 153 hav-
ing been listed against 80 for the cor
responding period in 1920. For years
before 1910 the number of bankruptcies
never dropped below 1000 annually.
70, in, Lob ..irf
Bunji Suzuki, the president of the
Yuai-Kai. Japan's labor confederation.
will soon resign from his office.
Among the various rumors. that which
stands out prominently is that Mr.. Su
zuki is not in harmony with the more
radical clements in his organization.
American forms of spelling have
been barred from official documents
in the high court at Melbourne. The
federal chief justice has announced
that he will not allow their introduc-
tion and ordered the spelling of the
words program" and center
changed TO programme" and centre"
He remarked that English spelling was
good enough for him.
While digging for water on his farm
a short distance from Calgary, Alberta,
William Embree stopped work for
moment to light his pipe. and in stoop-
ing down to do so ignited gas coming
from the well. The flame shot sew
eral feet in the air and was only put
out by the use of sods and earth. This
strike of natural gas was made at
depth of 130 feet. and is said to be a
wet gas, indicating the probability of
oil.
Sudden death claimed Theodore Lut-
tof, the "Cossack Hercules" after per-
forming feats of strength in the Ma
tional theater at Havana during a
wrestling carnival the other day. He
had twisted iron bars and supported
upon his shoulders steel rail to
which eighteen persons were hanging
by their hands, without apparent i'll
effects, but after the performance he
dropped dead while emerging from q
shower bath.
GENERAL
Cleveland Tut, a negro, was beaten
to death by a mob of negroes at
Shreveport, La, after he had shot to
death a negro and negress at dance.
Louis C. Lewis. 10 years old, law
yer died in New York hospital.
Death was due to shock which he suf-
fered when his left thigh was frac-
tured by revolving door
nf orIs, "a
platinum, valued at $4,000, was found
by E. L. Kelly, guard on the pier,
where the Aquitania docked at New
York. Customs officials believe the
necklace was lost by smuggler.
After slashing his wife's throat with
a razor, r. B. Eaton, 45 years old,
farmer residing near Sloan Springs,
Ark, shot to death his 13-year-old
step-daughter and then ended his own
life with the same weapon. The bodies
were found on the floor of the living
room at Eaton's home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ton Christian of Can
lou, Mo-, are happy again. Their
fourth set of twins arrived to greet
five singles. Wen welcome the fifth
pair of twins" says Mr. Christian, who
is a Christian.
Herbert Prentice Crane, Jr., son of
Herbert P. Crane, Chicago millionaire,
was sentenced to from one to twenty
years in prison for an attack on Louise
Sturm, 13-year-old girl. Judge
Thompson overruled a motion for
new trial. Cranes attorney announced
that an appeal would be taken.
Two steamships have been chartered
to transport 1000 American and Cana
dian Rotarians to Edinburgh, Scotland,
for the annual convention of the In
ternational Association of Rotary
Clubs, TO be held June 13 to 16. They
will sail June 1 from New York on the