The Dolores star., 1921-06-03
FOREIGN

Attempts TO establish trade between
Italy and Russia have failed. according
to the Bolshevist representative VINO
asked for his passports at Rome.
A number of persons are reported to
have been killed or wounded during
fighting at ,Buenos Aires In the port
zone when union laborers attampted to
prevent non-union workers from un-
loading ships.
The secretary general Of the league
of nations has called an international
conference to be held In Geneva, June
80, to bring together the views Of the
various governments on the question
Of repression of white slavery"
Electrically operated trains on the
mountain lines at Gotthard and
Loetschberg are making part of the
current they consume. On down grades
where gravity 10 the motive force, cleo
tricity is generated SO successfully that
there is an estimated saving of % to
80 per cent In current.
There is 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.
Pursuit of the mirage of religious
freedom has been taken up again by
10000 Mennonites. For four centuries
the sect has followed the phantom. Ar
rangements We're completed for the
transportation of the colony now resid-
ing in Canada to land in Mexico, pur-
chased from the Obregon government
for S5,OOO,OOO.
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.
Sudden death claimed Theodore Lut-
tof. 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 and supported
upon his shoulders 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 a
shower bath.
GENERAL
Cleveland Tutt, negro, was beaten
to death by mob of negroes at
Shreveport, La, after he had shot to
death a negro and negress at dance
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
pair of twins says Mr.. Christian, who
is Il Christian
State police headquarters at Will
hanson, w. Va, received reports that
a, Int,
Kentucky national guardsman were
killed ut Nolan, when fighting in the
Tug river battle zone was resumed.
1t was announced at the Union Ma
tional bank in Newcastle, Pa, that the
five bandits who held up the bank had
secured sG0,300. 1t was also stated
that the bandits failed TO take S4lS.-
600 in securities which was within
their reach.
City council at Lima, Ohio, has been
asked by Mayor Burkhardt to place Il
ban on bare knees for women or girls
over II years Of age. Rolled stockings,
together with short skirts. are indis-
Greet, to say the least. Burkhardt said,
no matter what the sightseeing male
may think Of the practice.
Louis c. Lewis, 20 years old, law
yer, died in New York hospital.
Death was due to shock which he suf-
fered when his left thigh was frac-
tured by a revolving door
Two steamships have been chartered
to transport 1000 American and Cana.
dian Rotarians to Edinburgh, Scotland.
for the annual convention of the In.
ternational Association of Rotary
Clubs, to be held June 13 to 1G. They