The Raymer enterprise., 1922-12-07
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Six former cabinet officers and ssmy
officials convicted Of high treason In
connection with the Greek military DIS
sster In AAa Minor were executed 1t
Athens. The execution Of the con
demned men was by shooting.
The rate Of exchange on shipments
Of freight between Canada and the
United States from Dec. to Dec. n,
inclusive, will be 1-32 Of l per cent, It
has been announced officially. No sur
charge will be collected on lntezna-
tlonal traffic.
Lord Curzon, the British foreign SEC
rotary, recently authorized IN official
statement t. the press that England
supports the American open door"
policy In Turkey and regards the San
Reno agreement for division Of the
Mosul oil district as null and void
At least four persons were killed
and dozen injured when the police
used machine guns against band Of
demonstrators who attempted to In
wade the city hall In Mexico City In
protest against the alleged negligence
Of the aldermen In connection with the
water famine In the city.
Miss Mary MacSwiney, who has been
hunger striking In Mount Joy prison.
has been relersed- Her release came
On the twenty third day Of her strike
She had refused to take food since her
arrest, when she was seized during 4
raid on q house In Ayiesbury road BY
Nationalist troops who were seeking
Eamonn de Valera.
At the opening Of the disarmament
conference in Moscow, Maxim Ltvin-
off, Russian assistant commissioner Of
foreign affairs, definitely proposed u
reduction Of the Red army to 100000
men. He made this conditional, how
ever. en- "a corresponding reduction in
the standing armies Of the states on
Russia's western boundaries"
William- 7, Cosgraye, president Of
the Dali Eireann. said that the execu-
ton Of Erskine Childers was Ineytta-
bic, and added: II fear there will be
many more. We do not want these
executions, and would give anything to
avoid them, but there Is no othe.
course Of opinion. The only people
who can stop them are the lrregulars
themselves"
The American doughboys In the
Rhineland are making up purse Of
many million Of marks with which to
give to German youngsters real
Christmas. The Rhlneland post Of vet
Grams Of foreign wars started the purse
with 100000 marks and every soldier
In the American forces is giving ut
least the equivalent OF 81, which Is
more than 5000 marks. Top sergeants
are entrusted with the task Of seeing
that none of the soldiers forget to con-
tribute. Relief work already has be-
gun among the German poor.
GENERAL
More than 1000 reserve, National
guard and regular army officers gath
cred recently ut Baltimore and effected
the organization of the third zone OF
the army Of the United States and
pledged themselves to the principle OF
zone army"
More than 200 miners employed by
the Georges Creek Coal Mining Com
pany at Homecoming, Mich, went on
strike In sympathy with fifteen labor.
ers who quit work after a disagree
ment with employers following a wage
dispute The miners struck despite the
advice of Francis J. Drum, president
of District No. III, United Mine Work
ers Of America.
A plan for direct action by France
as u solution Of the reparations ques-
ton has been submitted to full cab
met meetins in the Elysee palace, with
President Millerand presiding. The
plan provides for seizure Of the state
coal mines and collection Of the ex-
port taxes In the Ruhr district, togeth-
er with absolute control Of that Sec
ton Of the Rhine.
President Obregon is expected to Is
sue decree at once lifting the import
duty on beans, corn, wheat and other
cereals into Mexico, according to u
telegram received at FL Paso from Chi.
huahua City.
Miss Anna Lentz, who lives on q
farm near Chiffon. Wis, confessed
that she had mailed the poisoned can
dy which caused the death Of Mrs.
Frank Schneider, mother Of eight
children. She has been arraigned on
u charge Of murder. The confession
was made and signed before Federal
Postal Inspector Niles Of Fond Du Lac.
Byron Ernest Thady. 20 years old.
switchboard man. was awarded the
Theodore N. Vail gold medal for note.
worthy public service and $500 In cash
for unusual service during the flood at
Pueblo, Colo, June 8, 1921. Mrs. Jo-
sephine d. Pryor. chief operator at
Pueblo, was awarded q silver medal
md SON for unusual service during the