, 1921-07-28
FOREIGN

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be between 100000 and 100000 bar
rels. according to estimates made by
the United Fruit Company of Nova
Scotia.
Underground passages are TO be To-
Gated ut twenty of the principal street
crossings in Mexico City to relieve the
traffic situation, which has become
serious. 1t is planned to nave the cost
of digging the tunnels covered by rent
ais from various concessions which are
TO be located underground.
\ 70-year-old German major general
has beer forced by poverty to become
II horse groom In n Munich riding
academy, testified members of n rent
ers' meeting in Munich. The general
paid half of his pension for the rent
and heat, and went to work in the
stalls to prevent starvation.
The capture of Eski-Shehr, the i'm
portant railway junction in Asia Min
or, by the Greek army, was celebrated
enthusiastically in Athens. A great
crowd, after holding a demonstration
at the home of Premier Gournaris,
marched through the streets acclaim
ing King Constantine and the Greek
nation.
Myron T. Herrick, the American Am
bassador in Paris, Is likely TO find him
self homeless after Oct. l, unless he has
the good fortune in the meantime 10
find Il house such MS he needs. His
son searched Il long time before the
ambassador arrived, but found only
the small villa garches, ten miles from
the embassy, which is just large
enough to hold Mr.. Herrick's family.
with no room for guests.
Lieutenant Kirsch, French aviator,
is declared to nave reached an altitude
of 10000 meters (about 34,76S feet)
Friday in an unofficial attempt to
break the worlds altitude record. Al
though the official record, made by
Capt. II. w. Schroeder of the United
States army at Dayton, Ohio, on Feb.
%, 1920, is only $4,000 feet. it is
thought probable that the Aero Club
of France will not certify Lieutenant
Kirsch's record.
Following the lead of American,
French and Austrian scientists and
doctors, in grating a portion of an ani-
NAL gland into the interstitial gland
of the human body to produce renewed
vitality. the Imperial University In
Fukuoka, Japan. will sOon start ex-
periments of hat nature. The work
by he school will be a departure from
precedent, however, as it will be the
first institution in the world to Gre
ate a department for such work.
GENERAL
Albert ]. Erlerston of Lisbon swan
across the Fox river at Sheridan. ILL.,,
and then fell exhauted in a foot of
water and drowned.
Mike Hastings of Cheyenne, Wyo.
came within two-fifths of a second of
the worlds record for the time taken
to bulldog n steer at the annual cow
boy championship contests at Chicago,
his time being . 10 seconds.
For four days, Roy McMllen, 20
years old, struggled at the bottom of
an abandoned cistern just outside of
the business district of Kansas City
in an attempt TO release himself. He
was rescued in n dazed, starved. de-
lirious condition, following his discov-
cry by two negro boys.
Thomas d. Randolph, a business
man of Sharon, Pa, who was believed
TO have been kidnapped and held for
$4,000 ransom but who returned to
his home and was accused Of having
planned the proceeding himself,
pleaded not guilty to four charges.
When bail of 1000 was not produced
he was returned TO his cell. The
charges preferred were: Attempt to
obtain money under false ~pretenses,
attempted blackmaIl and extortlon,
and n statutory charge against Ran
dolph, while a postal inspector pre-
ferred n charge Of using the mails in
"A scheme to defraud.
Forrest Higgins was acquitted of a
charge of having murdered his fiancee,
Lucy Wittum, by "A jury in Circuit
Court Mt Corunna. Mich. The jury de-
liberated ON the evidence less than two
hours and took hut two ballots, the
first being ten to two for acquittal.
Capt. Beverly Gruyson Chew, court
martialed on fifty-odd charges. lnclud-
ing forgery and desertion, was found
guilty at New York by an army trial
board. He was sentenced TO seven
years ut hard labor, involving dishon.
orable discharge from the service. He
had defended his acts on the plen Of
insanity caused by wounds In the
world war. F~ifty-one specific for
geries were shown.
Purchase OF food and clothing ng-
gregating more han 81, 300, 100000 dur
ing the six years from September,
1914, to September. 1920, were made
by the committee for relief In Bel
GUM, according TO the statement of
Herbert c. Hoover, it's chairman. in