The Snowflake herald., 1922-04-14
FOREIGN

has been suspended by strike in SYM
pathy with the striking port workers
at Naples, has been resumed.
The Chamber OF Deputies at Paris,
after discussion of the Interpolation
on the governments foreign policy,
voted confidence in the Poincare min
istry. The vote was 4S4 to 7s.
The French and Belgian govern
ments accepted the full American
claim for reimbursement for the cost
of the United States forces on the
Rhine, as outlined in the recent notes
by Secretary of State Hughes.
The overwhelming victory of Prime
Minister Lloyd George in the House of
Commons when he was given the con-
fidence of the house by vote of 372-
"a, has had the effect OF quick, vio-
lent thunder storm in clearing the po-
litical atmosphere.
M. Jeannes, betrayer Of Edith Cavell,
British war nurse, was found guilty in
Brussels and sentenced to death for his
act. Miss Cavell was executed by the
Germans during their occupation at
Brussels, on the ground she was spy
and revealed secrets to the allies.
A cabinet bill authorizing the gov
ernment to raise a forced loan of l.
5OO,000,000 drachmas (now about $67,-
5OO,0OO) was introduced in the nation
al assembly at Athens. The measure
provides that all persons possessing
paper currency must lend SO per cent
to the state.
Death of former King Charles in
Madeira has been announced in Buda-
pest. The news of the death of
Charles caused widespread feelings of
regret among all classes of the people.
Even those who were opposed to the
former king were moved to expressions
Of sympathy by the tragic and lonely
end of his career.
The remarks of Alazon B. Hough-
ton, American ambassador to Germany,
on the occasion of the farewell dinner
rendered him recently prior to his de-
parture for Berlin, are given unusual
prominence by the German newspa
Il.
Houghton as a peace ambassador"
whose sentiments accord him hearty
welcome"
GENERAL
Five cars of the Dominion express
on the Pennsylvania railroad slid down
a twenty-fOot embankment into the old
Pennsylvania canal at Halifax, near
Harrisburg. The train was bound from
Buffalo to Washington.
Several thousand railroad employees
--mellberS of coal crews-fOund them
selves out of employment as a result
of the coal mine suspension. In the
Wilkes-Barre, Penn, district, alone, p
600 railroad men were idle.
Paul Hartung, "a, confessed, accord
ing to Chicago police, that he had
committed more than 800 burglaries
during the last four months. During
the burglaries, he said, his wife ac-
companied him and acted as lookout.
And, because there was no place to
leave the 1-year-old baby, they took it
along in perambulator, in which the
stolen articles were concealed.
Wall street is arming itself against
bandits. During the last few months
between 10000 and $4,000 bankers,
brokers and others who handle money
in the financial district have taken out
permits for employees to carry revol-
vers, according to police department
records. The New York police depart
ment has issued about $4,000 permits
since the first of the year.
The federal power commission has
approved the issuance of q final IL
cense to the San Joaquin Light and
Power Corporation of Fresno, Calf,
for the construction Of a hydraulic
power plant on the north and west
forks of the Kings river in California
The project will cost approximately
$50,0OO,O0O, according to the plans sub
mitted will develop 250,OOO horsepower
and $4,000 kilowatts.
A spectacular fire completely
wrecked the southeast wing of the
Mammoth Glucose plant at Daven-
port, Iowa, resulting in loss of $780,
900. The origin of the blaze is un-
known. A score of firemen narrowly
escaped injury when a wall collapsed
under the roof on which they were
working.
Mischievous boys playing near the
New York Central tracks at Ludlow,
New York, almost wrecked the VOL
VERNE express from the west by OBJ
structing the tracks with heavy planks
and galvanized pipes. A possible seri-
Gus accident was averted by the en-
gineer, who saw the danger in time and
clamped on the emergency brakes,
bringing the train to a stop just as the
engine pilot touched the barricade.
Herbert Clayton, IL years old, under
arrest in Portland, Ore, has confessed
twenty-five successful forgeries, police
detectives say. By representing him
self as caddy at times and at other
fin1oc noxUchnu ho found 80 ~