, 1921-10-27
FOREIGN

The Colombian Senate, after three
sessions during which there was much
discussion, ratified the treaty which
the United States by which Colombia
is 10 receive SO. 100000.
The international relief committee
of Constantinople sent a wireless APP
peal to the civilized world on behalf Of
thousands Of destitute and homeless
Russian refugees who nave been abso-
lutely helpless since the recent with
drawal of the American Red Cross
unit.
Regular white slave auctions have
been discovered and ended by the
Vienna police. In one instance n 10
year-old girl was sole by her mother
for the equivalent of one dollar. The
girl got II pair of stockings. The
mother was sentenced to three months
at hard labor.
Philip Scheideman, former secre-
tary of foreign affairs, wa fired upon
during a meeting of the German Peo-
Pies party In Ludenscheid. Westphn-
lia. The bullet went wild, and Herr
Scheideman was uninjured. Five per-
sons were arrested for the attempted
assassination.
A desperate situation which al
ready has cost two lives from violence,
is reported mt puebla. Mexico, where
demonstrations against the state gov
ernment's allegedly excessive tax laws
continue. Many of the stores have
been closed, bread and milk supplies
are said to be exhausted and food
scarce.
a British mission will soon proceed
to Anatolia to sound the Natlonalists
regarding peace. The Angora govern
ment has already advised the British
embassy that the delegates would be
welcome. The feeling in Constantine
pie is that the cessation of the long
drawn out conflict in Asia Minor may
passibly be in sight.
The yacht Lucullus, on which Gen.
Baron Wrangel, former head of the
anti-Bolshevist government in South
Russia, was making his home in Con-
s~tantinople, was struck at the en-
trance of the harbor by the British
steamer Adria and sunk with the loss
VI w" hNtS' Neherhi NruhSel n
Durohess range were ashore.
a robber who was foiled in an at
tempt to rob the Bank of Hamilton,
oht' AFTER II pistol duel with an Off
clal OF the institution, tried his for
tunes again with better success. He
walked into the Union bank, said to
u cierk; "Ihey stopped me yesterday
huf won't fps1tt. - nAtnt,I IT. -.
~ 'p'"aS, l"inteu Il pistol at
"'"' %-''0o MT escdpeu-
GENERAL
Thirty-fiye horses and mules and
three motor trucks of the go rho 90 and
street cleaning dennrtments of Tho citv
of Little Rock were lost in a fire hat
of the CITY. The loss is estimoted or
S25OOO Only ono of tbe ,hir,r.s,~
animals in the stable was saved.
The railroad b~rotherhoods have a
strike fund of 81, OOO ,OOO, which is in
sufficient for n general strike of any
length, John Grunau, president of the
United Association of Railway EN-
ployes of North America and leader
of the so-called OUTLAW" strike of
last year. declared in Chicago.
Decisions of lower courts holding
that Irrigation companies can fore
close on farmers for failure to pay
water rent were in effect upheld when
the Supreme Court declined to review
appeals of John ii. Martens and 9TH
ers of Idaho against the Twin Falls
Oakley Land and Water Company.
A resolution calling upon Copgrass
and President Harding TO enact Iegis-
latIon and amend the national nrohi-
bition enforcement act to permit the
manufacture of light wines and beer,
In order that the breweries might be
reopeheu' thereDy renewing the unem-
was presenueu IN
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