, 1921-03-31
FOREIGN

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persons being killed, according to the
London Times. Many were injured, ut
least twenty Of whom are not expect
ed to. live.
The council of ministers of Bel
GUM have decided to send Burgomas-
ter Max Of Brussels to the United
States to tender congratulations of the
Belgian government to President Hard
ing on his election.
There are 100000 war orphans in
Germany, according to official fig
ures. They are being given state and
local care, but it is said they form
n large percentage of more than L.
100000 children in Germany being aid
ed by foreign relief workers.
The German government has been
notified by the allied reparations com
mission that the total amount of 30
OOO,O0O,0 900 gold marks due under ar
ticle 235 of the peace treaty must be
paid by May / or additional penalties
viii be inflicted N Germany.
Estimates that 25.O0O United States
~landseekers will visit western Canada
during 1921 have been made by Walter
Johnson of Winnipeg, secretary of the
Farm Lands Settlement Association of
Manitoba. A very large number of in
luiries about lands have been received
from the states.
Emil Locke, real estate man, left
San Antonio, Texas. for Las Vacas,
Coahuila, Mexico, where he met repre-
sentatives of Gen. Ignaclo villareal,
Mexican secretary of agriculture, to
discuss the plan for the colonization of
10000 acres of land south of that city
by COMMUNICATIONS.
The million-dollar plant of the Howe
Sound Mining and Smelling Company
at B%rittania Beach. Il. c., twenty miles
north of Vancouver, is reported to have
been destroyed by fire. Communica-
ton by telegraph has been broken and
no details are available as to the ex-
tent of the damage done. The plant
Is owned in New York.
Sam Lowe of Holland Landing, near
Toronto. Can, was the hero of his
townsfolk all because he had the pres
ence of mind 10 pull off n boot and
sock and flag an onrushing passenger
train before 1t reached Il washout on
the Grand Trunk railway. The sock
was red. and the train stopped. Pas
sengers made up n purse.
Customs offlclalshave found what they
believe to be n part of the Russian i'm.
perial treasures, including a fragment
okthe late Cars crown, in the baggage
of the Russian commercial delegation
to Italy, held in the railway station at
Rome. pending examination. Brilliants
as large rs nuts we're discovered. A
collection of 1.290 ancient coins. Is de-
clared to be worth several millions.
GENERAL
The In%terborough Rapid Transit
subway lines In Manhattan, had "A net
deficit of S2,6s2. 760 for the six months
ended Dec. 81, its annual report
showed, which has just tbeen issued.
Indictment of ores of Chicago
landlords for making false income tax
eturns is threatened by Harry w.
Mayer. collector of internal revenue.
tibitiou luiiliNiitu ". ttiiuiitS
whose rents nave been increased, will
be used as the basis of the ~inyestiga-'
ton Mayer is now making.
Larry Mclean, former catcher for
the Cincinnati Reds and the New York
Giants, was shot and killed in Boston
lishment. Jack Mccarthy, n friend,
was severely wounded. The police took
into custody James j. Common. the BAR
tender. pending investigation.
Although court decisions have gen
orally been to the effect that whisky
is not property and cnnnot be stolen,
Judge L. X. Humphries, in the cFimi-
nal division Of the Superior Court at
Atlanta. Ga, ruled that taking the CON
tainer. which In this instance was n
suitcase, constituted "A theft and sen
fenced three Negroes to serve four to
six years in the chain gang.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood will leave
Seattle April . on the steamer Wenat-
chez for Manila, where he will conduct
an investigation relative To Philippine
claims for independence, he notified
the chamber Of commerce at Seattle. 1t
previously had been announced that he
would sail from San Francisco April 2.
The wearing OF scant attire in pub
lie has been prohibited in Leavenworth.
Ind, by an ordinance adopted by the
town board. Any person more than II
years old who apears on the street in
a garment which exposes the arms.
shoulders or legs Is to be fined under
the terms of the ordinance from So to
$50.
A marked Increase since 1910 In the
number of insane In institutions In
all parts OF the United Suites is n fea-
ture of a census of patients in insane
hospitals, just completed by IIoration
NJ. Pollock, statlstician of the New
York Hospital Commission. Edith NJ.
Kurdish, statlstlcian of the National
Committee for Mental Hygiene. The