The St. Johns herald., 1922-05-11
FOREIGN

welcome on the stage at Paris, re-
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 Wireless messages received by the American legation at Peking from Canton said the expedition of Sun Yat
 Sen, head of the Canton government, against Gen. Wu Pei Flu, commander of central Chinese forces has been abandoned definitely.
 The Irish Free State constitution has been completed and it's publication may be expected within few days, says a dispatch to the London Times from Dublin. The dispatch adds that the constitution will be before the cleo tors for several weeks before the cleo tions
 Francisco Goronav, who formerly waswith Gen. Manuel Pelaez in the Hausteca oil region, attacked POtrerO del LlanO, state of Vera Cruz, with 300 men. The town was sacked and the rebels carried off valuable plunder, ac- cOrding to the official report made at 1 Mexico City.
 The Portuguese aviatOrs who were attempting a flight from Portugal to Brazil will be unable to proceed in their hydrO-airplane from St. Paul rocks, a few hundred miles short of their goal on the American conti- nent, where they landed because of the damage to their machine.
 Advices from SalOniki, Greece, ve- port great loss of life at Monastir as a result of an explosion of war material stored POO meters from the Monastir railway station Hundreds of children were buried in the. ruins of a church on which shells fell, and it was be- lieved 1,S00 soldiers were buried in the ruins of their barracks which were de- mOlished.
 The American embassy in Wilhelm platZ again houses a fully accredited ambassador, the concluding fOrmality OF effecting complete and formal re- stOration of diplomatic relations be- tween the United States and Germany having been disposed of when Alanzon B. HOughtOn placed in the hands of President Ebert his letters of credence, designating him ambassador extra ordinary and plenipotentiary" of the United States government to Germany. GENERAL
 Hedrick, Ind, almost wiped off the map by the recent floods and cyclones, is to be rebuilt at once
 Three women were elected town cOuncilmen in the municipal election at Bradley, s. D., defeating five men seeking the same offices.
 The second annual observance of National Hospital day." the anniver- sary of the birth of Florence Nightin- gale, will be held throughout the United States May 12.
 President Harding recently assured a delegation of far western senators that the McNary reclamation bill, in- vOlving the expenditure of $35O,OOO,OO0 in retaining arid lands and swamp lands in southern and western states, has his full support.
 Mrs. Esther Dudley has filed suit in the District Court at Butte, Mont, ask ing damages of $3O,OOO from Louis Kaufman, prominent in business in Butte, on the allegation that he forci- bly, kissed her. The alleged offense took place Jan. 16, she charges.
 Adopting the methods of Jesse James and Cole Younger, two high waymen rode into Leadhill, Ark, robbed the bank of $8,OOO in Liberty bonds and 5000 in cash and rode off. The gunmen who had tied their horses near the bank, forced the cashier and assistant cashier to accompany them to their mounts.
 Mary Garden has announced her re tirement as director general of ahe | Chicago Opera Company, a position which she has held for the past year. 'I am an artist, and have decided | that my place is with the artists, not l over them,' she declared in a state 1 mena which was taken as an indica- 1 ton that she would remain with the l organization as a singer.
 Armed with revolvers two negroes | forced a messenger for the Southeast 1 State Bank of Kansas City, Mo, to l leave a crowded street car, enter a mo- 1 tor car and accompany them for sev- eral blocks while they robbed him of | $4,000 in cash and $7,O0O in checks.
 A general order directed specifically | against the Ku Klux Kan and declar- | ing that there is no room in the Okla | hOma National Guard for any officer | or man who owes allegiance to any | power, secret organization or society | that might become arrayed against the United States or the state of Oklaho-