The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-06
FOREIGN

mental council to reduce INFANT NOR
tality.
Dr. Louise Pearse and Miss Eliza.
beth Bowen Of New York have re-
turned to Brussels after six months
study Of the sleeping sickness In the
Congo. They made Il practical test Of
n new remedy which ii Is hoped will
diminish fatalities from the disease.
The French Socialist party by a
large majority. voted In favor Of abso-
lutte affIlIatlon with the Moscow inter
rationale. Efforts are now proceeding
to keep the Socialist party intact but
the probability seems to be that the
organizations should be split In two.
The annual report Of the Brazilian
Bank Of Germany shows net profits Of
2,OO0,393 marks rs against 10000
marks for the previous year. The re-
port says that "the reconstruction Of
the bank was caused by the favorable
development Of the foreign trade OF
Germany"
King Constantine has declared to
delegations from the provinces that he
must 60 to the Smyrna front. He Is re-
ceiying telegrams Of felicitation from
all parts Of the country. Constantine
slowly and carefully is formulating the
speech with which he will open parlia.
lnent on Jan. 8.
News from Armenia continues con.
fused. The territory OF the Armenian
soviet republic Is the scene Of military
movements Of Russian troops. The
country appears In complete anarchy !:
the bulk of the Armenian army has
taken to the hills and many towns and
villages are being looted.
Cancellation of President Iroygen's
usual holiday trip gnve strength to ru.
mors Of an impending general strike at
Buenos Aires. Workers generally were
said to be planning walkOut TO sup
port ferry hands and naphtha work
ers. The presidents trip was post
poned because OF the extraordinary
situation now prevailing" according to
newspapers.
GENERAL
Four men are seeking to recover In
court at Milwaukee S2,725 lost In an
African domino game In which II Is al.
legged loaded" dice were used
An entire family Of seven was wiped
out by fire Mt Fairfield. Conn. The
victims were Felix YackImoyitch, "a ;
his three sons. and three daughters.
The Union cotton mills at Lafayette,
Ga, one of the plants Of the American
Textile Corporation, announced full
time operation would be resumed at
once, but that reduction of 10 per
cent In wages would be made.
Retail prices of practically all cloth
Ing reached their lowest levels since
1914 IN Chicago when merchants ad-
vertiscd gigantic clearance sales.
throwing millions of dollars worth of
goods on the market this week
A red.hot rivet, dropped by workers
In the hold of the oil tanker Charles
Evarest, at dry dock, Redhook, Brook.
lyn, caused an explosion which killed
one man, seriously injured two and
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same time virtually destroying the
vessel.
An unidentified man entered the
Peoples bank at Springfield, Tenn,
and, making his way unobseryed to the
bank vault, helped himself to $4,000
In bonds. He stood off bank officials
and wounded an officer. Taking ref
uge in a storeroom, he was killed by
officers.
John Doyle. an A. L. +. veteran, was
killed In the subway when he leaped
In front OF an express train at the Sew.
enty-second street station In New
York. Doyle served In France with a
machine gun battalion and was suffer.
ing from shell shock when he returned
Up to two weeks ago he worked In q
ship yard, but because of the state OF
his nerves, due to shell shock, went to
n base hospital.
More than score Of women and
children were partially overcome and
a panic among the 200 guests was mar.
rowly averted during fire In the Bur.
net house in Cincinnati. The fire orig.
mated in Il storeroom in the basement.
Firemen rescued all occupants and the
fire was confined to the basement.
The plant of the Wilmington Leather
Company, covering four city blocks,
was destroyed by fire at Wilmington,
Del. The fire broke out in a dry.
ing loft, rapidly spread to ten adjoin.
Ing buildings and, despite the best eff.
forts OF ten fire companies. the plant
was a mass of ruins early today, with
total loss estimated by James I.
Ford, treasurer of the company, at
g, 100000.
Plans have been completed for new
slx-story $4,OOO,OOO postoffice building
at Chicago to handle parcel post exclu.
slvely. Work will start about March l.
The new building, which Is to be 10
Gated In the heart Of the railroad ter
minal district, will have underground
loading nlatformc ON foot lnnv cana