The Raymer enterprise., 1922-02-23
FOREIGN

ished when the chief justice Of the Su-
preme Court Of Appeals threw out the
French Bluebeard's> request for new
trial.
The uniforms Of the Irish Free State
soldiers will he entirely Irish made.
They will be Of gray-green material
Orders have been placed with the Irish
COOPERATIVE Cething Manufacturing
Society. Shirts, socks and all other
general equipment also will be wholly
Irish products.
The Assam government In BritisI
India has informed the India Officers
that there was rioting al Jamunsmuki,
between Callphate volunteers and
Sylhet tribesmen. The dispatch adds
that prisoners who had been convicted
were forcibly released from the jails,
and a late train was held up and
stoned. The police in the region have
been reinforced
Generals Antonio Pruneda and An
tonic Ruiz and Capt. Lugardo Perez
OF the Mexican army were executed
by firing squads for completely In reyo
lutiOnary plotting. General Ruiz and
Captain Perez were surrendered to
the authorities by Pancho villa. the
former bandit chieftain who caused
the Mexican authorities so much trOu'
bic. All three officers were convicted
of having plotted against the Obregon
government in favor Of General Muir
guia.
With reference to recently rircu-
lated rumor that Cardinal Gaspnrri
was TO he replaced rs paral secretary
Of state By Monsignor irrr"rti. now
papal nnnCi0 nj Paris, Il scmi-ufficial
vatican statement said: at Is super.
fluous to state that such It report is
absolutely unfnundcd. Cardinal Gas
pnrrI has not displayed any intention
OF leaving his high office and he en-
Joys the complete confidence of Pope
Plus, rs he in the past enjoyed that Of
Pope Benedict"
The basis upon which the heads Of
the American oil companies last Sep.
tember reached an agreement with the
Mexican government relative Ia the
payment OF export taxes under the dc.
cree Of June I, were dlvulged in the
outline Of Il decree given out by Min
lister Of the Treasury DE La Huerta.
The decree lacks only the signature OF
President Obregon to become effective.
The project contemplates the payment
Of 10 per cent Of the lax as originally
imposed by the June decree, and means
the payment to the Mexican treasury
of approximately l3,5Oo,0OO pesos.
GENERAL
The price Of cement was lowered ~
cents per barrel by large cement
manufacturing concern in ST. Louis re-
Gently, reducing the present scale TO
$3.50 per barrel in carload lots to deal
sfs.
In accordance with plans made at
the national convention OF the Greeters
Of America held In New Orleans last
year, national home for aged and
disabled members Of the organizat Ion
has been established In Denver.
A mans education Is usually closely
related to his natural intelligence and
the grade ut which he ends his school
Ing Is In most cases the limit to which
his intelligence will carry him, accord
ing to Prof. Forrest A. KIngsbury OF
the psychological department Of the
University Of Chicago In announcing
the results OF tests among employees
OF large Chicago bank.
A spirited and unusual contest for
control of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company In which the 10000 en-
ploy6s have taken the side Of the
president Of the corporation, has dcvel.
oped. In the scramble for proxies for
the annual meeting on March Ii the
employees voted to purchase l0,0W,
shares Of the stock out Of the funds
In their Cooperative Welfare Associa.
ton and throw them to the support
Of Thomas F.. Mitten, president OF the
company.
A spectacular fire destroyed between
five and ten acres Of pens In the stock
yards district at Kansas City, Kan,
and threatened to spread to the main
plants before being placed under con-
troll after n two-hour fight. Officials
estimated the loss at between $4,000
and 10000 The origin of the fire Is
undetermined.
The bandit career Of Eva Daley, ~
years old was ended recently In Chi.
cago when she entered a grocery store
an attempted to hold up the proprietor,
according to the police. The grocer
grabbed her gun and held her until a
customer called the police. The police
say they believe that she Is the girl
who has been leading n band Of rob.
hers in holdups and burglaries here for
several days.
Contracts for the building Of sixty
miles of new railroad from Satanic,
Kan, to n point near Springfield,
Colo, have been let by the Atchison,
Topeka 4 Santa Fe railway and con
Ntrnrtinn will hnnin Luz Mnrrh 1 Tho