The Raymer enterprise., 1922-05-18
FOREIGN

ho MISREPRESENTATION VI tue dUll-Wn1IN
commission. II
Gen. John ]. Pershing, commander
OF American troops during the war
was made doctor Of laws in Neon
University, Montreal. The degree
was conferred BY Sir Arthur Currie
principal Of McGill, in downtown
theater.
After an hours fighting 100 federal
soldiers near San Pablo del Monte
Mexico, captured fifty-two Indians
who are suspected Of having taker
part In train hoidup near Jalapu
when a number Of persons were killed
and wounded.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Dublin pictures the outlook for
an agreement by the peace conference
rather. hopelessly. 1t says that as far
as could be learned, the two parties
to the conference are us far from
agreement as ever. ..
The German reply to the repara
tons note Of April IS. which has been
received by the reparatIons commits
sion In Paris, protests the good will OF
the German government. but plead,
the material impossibllity Of imposing
sixty billion marks new taxes before
May 81, or complying with all the con
dltions laid down on March 81
Pilgrims from the four corners OF
the world visited the quaint little vii
lage Of Oberammergau to look on
while the simple Christian towns
people redeemed their age.old vow to
God. For the first time since 1910
the Passion play-the famous dramas!'
zation Of the life Of Christ-was en-,
acted. The war prevented intervening
production.
1t Is believed In Mexico City that
all unemployed foreigners, particular
~ Americans, may be ordered out OF
Mexico by presidential decree as the
result Of alleged discovery that more
than 100 Americans living In Tamplco
and Tuxpan, were subject to the or.
dess Of the American bandit, Monte
Mlchaels, who was killed by federal
forces near Campo NueyO. Six Amer.
leans who were with Michaels at the
time Of his death escaped. Soldiers
who pursued them captured three OF
the gang at Rancho De Laslomas De
Lascalabnza. The trio, who gave the
names Of Bill ]. Hawkins, r. B. Spra.
der and Harry Bufflt, are reported to
have confessed that they were mem.
bers Of Michaels' bandit organization.
GENERAL
The degree Of doctor Of laws will
be conferred upon President Harding
when he goes to Princeton University
on June 0 to dedicate the Princeton
memorial monument, 1t has been an.
nounced.
The Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers of America will establish cooper.
alive banks In other centers. similar
to the one about to be opened In Chi.
cago, II was decided at the final ses.
sion Of the biennial convention.
Nine Industrial Workers Of the
World received In Leavenworth, Kan,
Sept. I, 1918. with the big Bill" Hay
wood consignment, have been released
from the federal penltentiary. HAVING
completed sentences Of five years with
reductions for good behavior.
Eight all-steel trains of ten cars
each and costing a total Of $1,000. 900.
have been placed In service between
Chicago and Seattle by the Burling.
ton-Great Northern railroads, P. 8.
Eustis, passenger traffic manager Of
the Burlington road, announced re-
Gently.
Hundreds Of delegates and visitors
to the Quadrennial conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South. be.
ing held In Hot Springs, Ark, left
their beds to watch the "Old City Hail.
building burn to the ground, with an
estimated loss Of $4,000. For a time
the entire heart Of the business dis
trict was threatened. The plant Of the
Sentinel.R Record, a morning newspaper
was located In the destroyed building.
Flood backwaters of the Mississippi
and tributary streams have inundated
1853 square miles In nine Louisiana
parishes. leaving $4,000 persons who
will need assistance, according to a
statement issued at Baton Rouge. La,
by Joseph C. Logan, assistant man
ager Of the southern division. Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Several of twenty-five persons re.
Gently indicted by federal grand jury
at Omaha on charge Of conspiracy
to use the malls to defraud In connec-
ton with promotion Of the Guaranty
Securities Company Of Omaha, Des
Moines and Denver, have furnished
bond. They included 7. II. Matters,
Omaha attorney. and the Rev. Charles
II. Rogers Of Lincoln.
One of the most far-reaching deci'
sions ever reached by the United
States railroad labor board came In a
ruling that places ban on the con-
tract system which many roads are al
legged TO have been evadlng the boards
orders as to wages, working conditions