The Raymer enterprise., 1921-01-13
FOREIGN

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cember % and December 20. covering
the Christmas holidays.
Reports that soviet Russia Is prepar.
ing for war against the Russian b0r-
der states, including RumanIa. were
declared false by Adolph Joffe, presi-
dent Of the Russia peace delegation at
Riga.
Gen. PerdO ZamOra, the reformed
bandit, now with Gen. Francisco villa.
who has also turned over n new leaf. at
east for time, Is reported to be max.
ing adobe brick at the Cnnutilla haci-
enda in the state Of Durango.
A presidential decree suspending the
concession that had been granted the
Western Union Telegraph and Cable
Company to land It's Barbadoes cable
On the shores Of Cuba has been signed
and Is In the hands OF the government
secretary.
Mineral production In Canada In
1920 reached a total value OF $780,.
100000, the Department Of Mines an.
nOunced. This Is an increase Of S24,.
100000 over 1919, but slightly less
than the production Of 1918, the rec
ord year.
A woman will be the next speaker
Of the British Columbian Legislature.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith, newly elected
representative from Vancouver, re-
ceived such large plurality in the re-
cent election that the cabinet has
named her for the speakershIp.
Berlin again Is threatened with
strikes Of electrical street car and
subway workers and similar crafts.
men because the municipal govern.
ment has refused to reinstate and set
free thirty.three Communist leaders
who have been active among Berlin
workers.
The Spanish steamer Santa Isabel
has been wrecked at the entrance Of
the bay In the Island Of Salvera, on
the northwestern Spanish coast, near
Villa Garcia. with n considerable loss
Of life, according to reports received.
The vessel, which was OF 2,4SS gross
tons, will be total loss.
Forty-nine ocean steamers, mostly
Dutch, are laid up at Rotterdam be-
cause OF lack Of cargoes and low
freight rates, according to Burgomas-
ter Zimmerman. He also announced
that while more ships entered Rotter-
dam last year than previously, the ac-
tual tonnage was only 80 per cent Of
that Of 1913.
GENERAL
More motorists were killed In Della
ware last year in proportion to the
number OF automobiles registered than
In any other state.
The Lewisburg Seminary for Girls
at Lewsburg, W. Va, was destroyed
by fire with n loss Of approximately
100000.
The municipal street railway of San
Francisco showed receipts Of S2,Sll,-
I2352 during 1920, according TO re-
port made public, This was a gain OF
Sl7S,Sl0.Tl over 1918.
Films depicting criminal acts have
been barred from display at Newark,
y. j., ". ]. Brennan, director Of mo-
tl0n pictures, has announced. Such
acts, he said, have bad effect on the
criminally inclined.
Wages Of all employees of the Detroit
United Railway Company, other than
platform men, have been reduced ap-
proXimately 20 per cent. MotOrlnen
and conductors are to decide this week
whether 10 accept a similar reduction.
During the fiscal year that ended
with the last day of November the
motorists Of Massachusetts paid to the
state in fees for registration and H.
ccnses total Of S3,SG0, ,23l, while 9th.
er users Of the highways paid nothing.
For stealing locomotivc-six
months In jail. That was the sentence
given by Federal Judge lands to Dan
lei Abosast and Thomas McDermOtt Of
the Chicago Yardmen's Union, who
turned an engine loose In the railway
yards last August during the OUTLAW
strike" OF switchmen at Chicago.
All records for paid.up membership
In the United Mine Workers Of Ameri-
ca were broken In December, when
553,29J workers met their dues, ac.
cording 10 Il statement made at the
organization headquarters at Indian
apolis.
4 book, 700 years old, valued at
100000, has been placed In the uni
vcrSty OF Pennsylvania for translation
by DR.. William X. Newbold. 1t is said
TO have been written by the English
monk, Roger Bacon, sometime between
l216 and 1862, and is an exposition Of
the laws governing life. The volume,
which is written upon yellum, is the
property Of DR.. Willifred NJ. de Voy-
nloh, an exile Of Poland, who recently
became Il British subject.
Market value Of twenty.one leading
Standard Oil Company stocks at the
close of 1920 was SiG0,T9S.5l2 below
the selling price Dec. 81, 1919. This