Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-12
FOREIGN


new war. King George II has Issued
a proclamation calling upon the people
to support a conflict against the Turks
In Thrace. Mobilization bus been
started.
Forest fire refugees who arrived IN
North Bay, Ont, from Haileybury. re-
ported that many persons had heen
drowned when they were crowded
from dock where they were tryins
to board a rescue ship.
Republicans made a surprise attack
on the Nationalist garrison Ut OIhea'h
County I.outh, and sharp threerh""'
fight ensued. It is reported that ten
Republicans were killed and man!
wounded.
John d. Wallingford Of Des M"ines'
Iowa, who was nominated recently I"
succeed Judge Charles Kerr. opene"
the Canal Zone District Court recent!
after it had been closed for fi'r
months, owing to a vacancy IN th'
judgeship.
Twenty-three Irregulars were Killed
and thirty taken prisoners in tue
thlrty-hOur battle recently ut kill"rg-
lin. near Killarney, according to an OF
flciai report. The Free State casual
ties were slight, but included the com
manding officer.
A band of 800 Turkish irregulars
crossed the border of Thrace ut Sinek
II to the northwest Of Si!ivri f"r'y
miles west of COnstantinople) and AT
tackled the Greek Outposts. They were
being forced to withdraw when rein
forcements arrived, and the Turks
were thrown back across the bOun
dairy.
The Greek revolutionary committee
ut Athens is keeping George virtual
prisoner in the palace. Advices direct
from Athens to London said that
recognition of the new Greek .revOiu-
tionary regime by Great Britaln anu
Belgium is expected as the result OF
IL visit paid to King George by the
British minister to Greece. L. o. Lind
ley.
Communists In VladvOstOk predict
that soviet forces will occupy the city
by the middle of October. This VIII
be facilitated by the Japanese com.
munder's reduction of the neutral zone
to Ugolnaia station after Oct. u. Ihus
the Primoria government Will be left
TO its own resources and the reds Will
be relieved Of their fear OF Japanese
Intervention.
The Turkish cavalry has retired
from Its advanced positions In the
Chanak area, decreasing the danger
of conflict there. This withdrawal,
which Is described In messages from
the Dardanelles us slight" was sup
posed here to be in consequence OF
word received by the Turks that the
Mudania conference was In session
The Turks, however, were said Still
to be we'll within the neutral zone.
GENERAL
City Paymaster f. +. SchOOley and
Robert Armstrong of the city hall staff
of Vancouver, b. c., were held up and
robbed of $75.OOO by two automobile
bandits. The robbers escaped, max.
ing q sensational dash through the
business district.
Five men were killed In landslide
at Elcho harbor, twenty miles from
Ocean Falls, B. c. The men were In
a bunkhouse upon which the slide de.
scended. Four of the men were bur
led in debris and one was swept into
the sea and drowned.
Because of complaints made regard
ing the manner used by traffic and
other policemen in their dealing with
the general public. Safety Director
Charles Il. Tudor of Cincinnati has
announced that he is considering the
establishment of a school of courtesy,
The allied debts to the United
States and German reparations anC
settlement of these problems as the!
may affect the industry and commerce
of the United States were the out
standing topics of interest ut the third
and closing session of the convention
of the American Bankers Association
in New York.
Within twenty-four hours after he
Iuu ueleUlcu " IhuShAi' A''i'i'''
open golf champion, Gene Sarazen,
American national open champion, was
on the operating table ut St. Johns
hospital, in Yonkers, n. y, where he
was brought from the Westchester-
Biltmore Country Club. suffering from
appendicitis.
The United States Railroad Labor
Board, in Chicago, handed down three
decisions, holding, us in former cases
that the contracting out of railroad
work to outside agencies was illegal
because the practice attempted TO
evade the provisions of the transpor-
tation act Two Of the cases involved
grievances of the maintenance of way
union against the st. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad.
Liquor valued at $4,000 was seized
by federal prohibition agents in New