, 1921-06-02
FOREIGN

AA"As ahh iNuNSiu hANt iuiitu, uCNOIuluS
to the Bolshevist representative who
asked for his passports at Rome.
A number of persons are reported to
have been killed or wounded durisg
fighting at Buenos Aires in the port
zone when union laborers Attempted to
loading ships.
The secretary general Of the league
of nations has called an international
conference to be held in Geneva, June
so, to bring together the views of the
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 n passenger in the
train.
There is a great increase in the
number of bankruptcies which have
been gazetted by the Board of Trade
during the last three months, 1853 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.
According to reports in labor circles,
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 elements 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-
ton 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 a
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 a
depth of 100 feet. and is said to be a
wet gas, indicating the probability Of
oil.
Sudden death claimed Theodore Lut-
tot, 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 md supported
upon his shoulders a 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 IL
shower bath.
GENERAL
Cleveland Tut, a negro, was beaten
to death by n mob of negroes ut
Shreveport, La, after he had shot to
death n negro and negress at a dance.
Louis C. Lewis, 10 years old, law
yer, died in a New York hospital.
Death was due to shock which he suf-
fered when his left thigh was frac-
tured by a revolving door.
A necklace of pearls, diamonds and
platinum, valued at $4,000, was found
by L, l.. Kelly, a guard on the pier,
where the Aqultania docked at New
York. Customs officials believe the
necklace was lost by n smuggler.
After slashing his wife's throat with
a razor, II. b. Eaton, 40 years old; a
farmer residing ear Sloan Springs,
Ark, shot to death his 13-year-old
step-daughter and hen 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
PAL. of twins" says Mr.. Christian, who
Is n Christian.
Herbert Prentice Crane, Jr., son of
Herbert +. Crane, Chicago millionaire,
was sentenced to from one to twenty
years in prison for an attack on Louise
Sturm, Il ~13-year-old girl Judge
Thompson overruled a motion for n
new trial. Cranes attorney announced
that an appeal would be taken.
Two steamships have beer chartered
TO transport 1000 American and Cana
dian Rotarlans to Edinburgh, Scotland,
for the annual convention OF the In
ternational Association OF Rotary
Clubs, to be held June 13 to 10. They
Will sail June 1 from New York on the
steamers Cameronia and Caronla.
A. s.. Embree, self-acknowledged l..
w. W. leader, was sentenced from one
to ten years In the stare p%enitenilary
after having been found guilty Of Grim
lnal syndlcallsm by n jury at Wallace.