Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-29
FOREIGN


by the Brazilian government.
The 1927 Nova Scotia apple crop will
be between 100000 and 100000 bar
rels, according to estimates made by
the United Fruit Company of Nova
Scotia.
Underground passages are to be To-
Gated at twenty of the principal street
crossings in Mexico City to relieve the
traffic situation, which has become
serious. 1t is planned to have the cost
of digging the tunnels covered by rent
ais from various concessions which are
to be located underground.
A 70-year-old German major general
has been forced by poverty to become
a horse groom in Munich riding
academy, testified members of rent
ers' meeting in Munich. The general
paid half of his pension for the rent
and heat, and went to work in the
stalls to prevent starvation.
The capture of Eski-Shehr, the i'm
portant railway junction in Asia Min
or, by the Greek army, was celebrated
enthusiastically in Athens. A great
crowd, after holding a demonstration
at the home of Premier Gournaris,
marched through the streets acclaim
ing King Constantine and the Greek
nation.
Myron T. Herrick, the American Am
basSadOr in Paris, is likely to find him
self homeless after Oct. l, unless he has
the good fortune in the meantime to
find house such as he needs. His
son searched a long time before the
amba ssador arrived, but found only
the small villa garches, ten miles from
the embassy, which is just large
enough to hold Mr.. Herrick's family,
with no room for guests.
Lieutenant Kirsch, French aviator,
is declared to have reached an altitude
of 10000 meters (about 34,768 feeD
Friday in an unofficial attempt to
break the worlds altitude record. AL
though the official record, made by
Capt. r. w. Schroeder of the United
States army at Dayton, Ohio, on Feb.
u, 1920. is only $4,000 feet, it Is
thought probable that the Aero Club
of France will not certify Lieutenant
KirSchs record.
Following the lead of American,
French and Austrian scientists and
doctors, in grating portion of an anil
NAL gland into the interstitial gland
of the human body to produce renewed
vitality, the Imperial University in
Fukuoka, Japan, will soon start ex-
periments of that nature. The work
by the school will be a departure from
precedent, however, as it will be the
first institution in the world to Gre
ate department for such work.
GENERAL
Albert ]. Erlerston of Lisbon swan
across the Fox river at Sheridan, ILL.,,
and then fell eXhauted in a foot of
water and drowned.
Mike Hastings of Cheyenne, WyO.
came within two-fifths of a second OF
the worlds record for the time taken
to bulldog a steer at the annual cow
boy championship contests at Chicago
his time being 94-5 seconds.
For four days, Roy McMillen. 29
years old, struggled at the bottom OF
an abandoned cistern just outside OF
the business district of Kansas City
in an attempt to release himself. He
was rescued in a dazed, starved, de
lirous condition, following his diScOv
cry by two negro boys.
Thomas d. Randolph, a business
man of Sharon, Pa, who was believed
to have been kidnapped and held fol
$4,000 ransom but who returned tC
his home and was accused of having
planned the proceeding himself
pleaded not guilty to four charges
When bail of $1,000 was not produced
he was returned to his cell. The
charges preferred were: Attempt tC
obtain money under false pretenses
attempted blackmail and eXtortiOn
and Il statutory charge against Ran
dOlph. while q postal inspector pre-
ferred charge of using the mails In
Il scheme to defraud.
Forrest Higgins was acquitted of
charge of having murdered his fiancee
Lucy Wittum, by a jury in Circuit
Court at Corunna, Mich. The jury de
liberated on the evidence less than two
hours and took but two ballots, the
first being ten to two for acquittal.
Capt Beverly Grayson Chew, court
martaled on fifty-odd charges, includ
ing forgery and desertion, was fount
guilty at New York by an army tria
board. He was sentenced to sever
years at hard labor, involving dishon
orable discharge from the service. HI
had defended his acts on the plea ot
insanity caused by wounds in the
world war. Fifty-one specific for
geries were shown.
Purchase of food and clothing ag
gregating more than $1,000, 100000 dur
ing the six years from September
1914, to September, 1920, were made
by the committee for relief in Bel
gium, according to the statement o.
Herbert c. Hoover, its chairman, il
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