The Glenwood post., 1921-10-01
FOREIGN

/ Railroad ,rnffic throughout Austria
has been completely tied up by strike
and thousands of visitors from all
parts of Europe are marOOned in
| Vienna
! Three new nations. Esthonia. Lithu-
ania and Latvin have been admitted to
membership in the League Of Nations
This brings the membership of the
League to fifty-one
Paul Ambruster of Switzerland was
officially declared winner of the Cor
don Bennett international balloon
race, which started from Brussels. His
balloon landed Mt Lambay Island, near
| Dublin, Ireland. Henry Spencer, the
English entry, was second, and Ralph
Epson. American, third.
A pack of 5,Ss4.OOO cases of canned
Hawaiian pineapples for the 1921 sea-
son is the advance estimate given out
by officials of the Pineapple Packers
Association, in Honolulu Last years
pack ran over 6.OOO,OOO cases, but poor
growing conditions combined with la
bor troubles, is cutting down the pack
| for the current year.
A conspiracy on the part of II num-
Der of petty chiefs to slay the high
| chief of Samoa because of their loyal
| ty to the American administration of
the island, has been broken up by the
| island authorities and seventeen of the
ringeaders have been sentenced to
prison for terms ranging from five to
seven and one-half years.
The soviet government announced "A
new issue of 1000, GOO, .50O0000 and
100000 ruble bills good only until
July /, 1923, These large denomna-
tiOnS are necessary because of the i'm
possibility of carrying millions of ru-
bles in small bills, it was announced.
At the present official rate the dollar
is worth Il little less than 10000 rubies.
A great military demonstration was
held at Munich at which the Duke of
Brunswick, former German emperor's
son-n-law, and several Bavarian
princes were present, says II Berlin
dispatch to the London Times. When
Crown Prince Rupprecht appeared on
the parade ground in a field marsha's
uniform, there was scene Of wild EN-
| thusiasm.
| President Obregon of Mexico has is
sued an appeal to the press to assist
| him in stamping out gambling. Several
months ago he issued a decree forbid
ding operation of gambling houses.
but, according to his appeal, some ''lo-
cal authorities have invoked their SOW
ereignty in the matter and are per
mitting games of chance. Newspapers
announce they will support the presi-
dent.
GENERAL
The Kansas Public Utilities Colnnis-
sion has declined to join with the state
of Colorado in an application to the
| Interstate Commerce Commission for II
reduction in freight and passenger
rates to the level prior to the increases
of Aug. 26, 1920.
| Prof p Giraudet of the University
of Paris and Loyola University, New
Orleans, has announced the discovery
of process for the manufacture of
| synthetic camphor from turpcntine.
| Application has been fiji, d for patent,
which will relieve the government
from the present Japanese monopoly,
he states.
Charles g. Fitzmorris. general super
| intendent of police of Chicago. assert
| ed in letters he sent to John II. AIcock,
| first deputy, and Charles L. Clync, dis
| trict attorney, that he is convinced
that 80 per cent of the members ot
the Chicago police department are in
volved in illegal sales and transporfa-
lion of liquor
Police of Chicago are Investigating
the strange case of dual personality OF
Frank Sinnick, chief or police of Riv
crdale, II suburb. who was arrested
while holding up Il Chicago saloon.
Sinnick has been police chief OF the
suburb for thirteen years. His arrest
disclosed that, after enforcing the law
during the day, he became n bandit at
night. He was identified by two sa-
loonkeepers as the robber who held
them up. according to the authorities.
The order of the White Horse
Knights. whose announced purpose is
I" oppose the spread of the Ku KluN
;>an and 10 auilaw the existing order
r the klausincn, has been organized
nj Conehalta, Miss. National head
quarters will he opened at Jackson.
James &. Johnston, West Jackson, was
elected grand chief. .
ten. Joseph Pilsudski, president of
the Polish republic. narrowly escaped
death by assassination nj l.imbcrg re
comfy. He WIS entering an automobile
n city hall sqi'arc ON his way to II
heater after attending banquet in
his honor when three shots were fired
ut him. General I'ilsudski was not in
jured. but Count Grnhowsli, who was
accompanying him, was wounded in the
leg