The Ordway new era., 1921-09-23
FOREIGN

been called to the colors. All who
have acquired Greek citizenship since
1921 and have not passed the age or
forty. were also directed TO report for
military duty.
The governor of the state of Vera
Cruz threatened penalties for any man
ufa acturers who close their plants be-
cause of the new profit-sharing law
which compels them 10 give one-half OF
their profits TO the workers in Mexico.
Marshal Foch has received and ac-
cepted an invitation from Elbert III.
Gary. chairman of the board of the
United States Steel corporation. tn he
guest at dinner given by the Iron
and Steel institute in New York City
at which, il is understood, there will
be great gathering of financiers and
industrialists-
Baden authorities announced that
they had ascertained the names Of the
murderers of Matthias Erzherger. They
are Heinrich TilleSsen, student, and
Heinrich Schulz, merchant. Both
men We're members of the brigade of
General Erhardt, which was prumin
ent in the Kapp insurrection. Neither
has been arrested
Occupation by the Spanish forces of
the Rasquiviana-Zo loco. ArbaS line in
their new offensive against the Iiffian
tribesmen has given them II point of
departure for fresh forward move
ment The Moroccans have destroyed
the railroad running from Nador To
the south of Melilla 10 Batel. II he
longed to a French mining company.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood announced
his acceptance of the post of governor
general of the Philippines offered him
by President Harding. He notified
Secretary of War Weeks that he would
retire from the army to accept the gov
ernorship. He said he believed ii to
be his patriotic duty TO accept the posi-
tion, owing 10 the seriousness of the
situation in the Philippines.
Payments made by various ril com
panies in compliance with President
Obregon's export tax decree Of June
last We're returned by the government
in accordance with an agreement said
to have been reached with the five
American oil company heads Such
taxes as We're paid were proportiouute.
ly small as compared with the usual
payments, as the larger companies had
postponed payments.
GENERAL
Gilmon Holmes. negro, arrested
on charge of numbering Sidney Man
helm, station agent at Columbia, La,
was hanged by a mob, the body then
being riddled with bullets and sci
afire. Holmes was alleged To have
confessed TO the posse that captured
him.
If either of the two sons of the late
T. H. Atwood. Chicago attorney, use
tobacco or alcoholic drinks during the
life of their mother they will forfeit
an Inheritance of 100000 under thei1
fathers will If the widow remarries.
she will he deprived of her hequest
according to the will. No restrictions
We're placed on daughter
The German mark fell to the lowest
price i'll its history. Its value ON the
i'i'i-h '->'ieir' uili MI at -Nth
York was less than cent-S.0 .0093, TO
he exact. Disquieting, unconfrlned
rumors of the possibility of morator-
iln being declared in Germany was
responsible for the decline. The pre-
war value of the mark was about "a
cents.
The charred body of one man, who
could not be identified, has been re-
covered, and bodies of-twO others re-
porte missing after fire which de-
three square blocks Of build
ings at Rockaway beach, Long Is
land resort. The damage is estimated
at 81 100000. The fire is believed to
have started by gay season send
party in frame cottage
Having been bought by the White
Star Line the Columbus, a new 81. 600
ton ex-German liner now lying at Dan
zig. is to he renamed the Homeric and
will be employed on The company's
Southampton-New York service.
Five bullets We're fired into the back
of Frank Demarlo as he stood on
crowded street corner in the Nine
teenth ward in Chicago, scene of thir-
teen feud murders in the last few
months. He died later. The shots
were fired by one of two men in an au-
tomobile which sped away.
The military order of the Cootie Of
the United States of America, was in
corpOrated in New Jersey in the office
of Secretary of State Martin. The oh
ject of the order is to foster ties of
comradeship formed during the world
war among men who saw service on
foreign soil
The committee of forty-eight an
nounced it is organizing Il new politi-
cal party to enter the 1922 congress
sionaI campaign. Solution of the rail