, 1921-09-15
FOREIGN

bad, according to an Innsbruck dis
patch from Geneva
Josef Mann, first tenor of the Ber-
lin opera, collapsed and died on the
stage in Berlin while singing in
Aida" He had been engaged to sing
n the Metropolitan Opera house in
New York the coming season.
Two soldiers were killed and more
than twenty wounded when 900 Hun
gnrian regulars and volunteers clashed
with Austrian gendarmeric ON the
Austro-fIungarian frontier. said II
Vienna dispatch to the Morgenpost.
Mustapha Renal Pashn, Turkish Ma
tionalist leader, is fighting stubborn
ly against the Greek army in his last
attempt to save Angora. His army is
continually being pressed by the
Greeks, who are only forty miles from
the city. The Turkish losses have been
exceedingly heavy.
Hungarian troops. led by two parish
priests. o~verpowered the sentries Of
the Austrian garrison at Zagersdorf.
Two members of the garrison were
killed and many wounded, while the
others We're blindfolded and taken
away in motor trucks. ReinfOrcements
overlook the Hungarians and the Aus
TRANS were released. The priests were
made prisoner.
Informal discussions are taking
place mt Paris between American fl
nanciers with the purpose of estab-
fishing closer cooperation between
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end evolving practical methods for
helping French Industries through
these institutions. Five of the largest
American banks and trust companies
have offices there.
Twenty-Five persons were injured,
among them several women and chill
dren, when "A bomb was thrown into Il
bathing establishment at Varazze, near
Genoa. 1t was apparently intended
that the bomb should fall in the main
hall of the pavilion, but it was de
Elected by striking a telegraph wire,
and exploded where only IL few per-
sons were congregated.
The discovery of IL generally un.
known Rembrandt Birth of Christi
estimated to be worth more than $780,
900, is reported from Nottingham. The
painting. which is signed by the great
Dutch master. is ~ inches by 4S inches
in size. For the asst $50 years it has
been in the possession of the family
of its present owner, Mrs. Catherine
Gadd. widow OF n prominent lace
manufacturer.
The worlds poultry congress was
opened in Holland by Queen Wllhel-
nina and Prince Henry. Fifteen coun-
tries tent exhibits. The United States
Is represented by educational displays,
among them II model poultry farm,
which greatly interested the queen.
Demonstrations of the methods en-
ployed on such farms were given by
Professor Rice of Cornell and Profess
sor Beach of the University of Cali
fornia.
GENERAL
David Behnke of the Che%ckerboard
field, carrying a woman passenger,
won the Labor Day airplane derby ut
Chicago, flying the f~ifty-five-mile
course in 40 minutes. He was closely
followed by Price Holl.ngsworth, John
Kiser and James Curran.
Two through Florida passenger
trains, the Dixie Flyer and Seminole
Limited, running between Jackson
Vile and Chicago, met in n rear-end
collision at Sumner. Ga, on the Allan
tic Coast Line railroad. Several pas
sengers were injured.
Masked men numbering more than
one hundred overpowered the night
jailer at Collinsville. Okla. and after
taking from jail E.. Scott, charged
with automobile theft, and Roy Hol-
lingsworth. who attempted to secure
SCOTS release. conveyed the pair by
automobile to a lonely spot eight miles
east of Tulsu and dashed them with
whips.
The wheat land blowing match, a
contest open to plowmen of the world,
was held on the John Wolf farm neal
Plainfield, III. Over 10000 persons
witnessed the final burrows turned.
The great preponderance of entries
was In the tractor contests.
Louis f. Swift, Jr.. son of the mil
hfhhit PhNh'is WIS AlHtu HlUU III
County Court at Waukegan. Ill.,, for
taking n drink" in Zion City. Swift
pleaded guilty to the charge. His
companion, DIR. George f. Neouvos of
Chicago, was given n similar fine.
Joseph Cain, sheriff of Boone coun.
~. Ind. was shot to death in II bat.
tie with whisky bandits. one bandit
was wounded. His three companions,
driving n truckload of whisky. es.
capped. The wounded man said they
had come from Chicago.
Chief Of Police Daniel Hays, Chief
of Detectives Gene Cassidy, and VIII.
liam Kohrt. n traffic officer, all of
Hibbing, Mimi, are lead from rifle
shot wounds inflicted by John Webb