The Dolores star., 1922-01-13
FOREIGN

Mrs Joseph Perron, wife of col
onist at LaMothe, fifteen miles from
Amos, Quebec, and five of her chill
dren were burned to death In their
home Saturday. An oil lamp exploded.
The Greek ministry of finance an
nounces that the British government
has authorized completion of a loan to
Greece of 100000 pounds sterling on
condition that the greatest part of the
amount possible be used in the pur-
chase of English products.
Eliseo Pho Rodriguez, when he was
rounded up in police raid on the beg
ging pests of Madrid, proved to be
capitalist with $4,000 TO his name In
a provincial bank, while he also pos
sesses a farm with thirty cows. This
fortune is the result OF many years OF
mendlcancy.
Fifty bodies have been recovered
from the Greek torpedo boat DESTROYER
Leon, anchored in the harbor of Pr
aeus, which was wrecked by an eNpio-
sion of torpedo. The explosion dam
aged nearby warships and caused
houses ashore to collapse, killing IA
number of the inhabitants.
A dispatch from Innsbruck says that
the Tyrol Diet at Geneva, after a ses-
sion of thirty-three hours. broke down
the Socialist obstruction and voted the
1922 budget, amounting TO l,93O,OoO,op
kronen When the vote was taken
number of the Socialist members fell
asleep. Other Socialists had gone
home.
The men who served under Gen.
Francisco Villa, former revolutionist,
are soon to receive from the govern
ment tracts of land in accordance with
the agreement made with Villa by the
Huerta government at the time of his
surrender in July. 1920. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has appointed Il
commission of engineers TO divide the
land.
General Frunze, chief of the Ukra-
nian mission, will leave Angora, seat Of
the Turkish Nationalist government,
soon with the draft Of an agreement
for consideration by the Kiev soviet.
1t is reported that the treaty provides
for military assistance 10 the Turks by
Ukraine against Rumanla in the event
the Rumanians manifest an Intention
of assisting the Greeks in Thrace.
1t is possible to prevent n river from
freezing over by supplying a small
amount of heat, the American Assocl
alton for the Advancement OF Science
at Toronto was told by John Murphy,
engineer of the Canadian Department
of Railways and Canals. The Rock
river in Illinois, navigable stream,
has been kept from. freezing for five
winters over thirteen miles of its
length by spilling tepid water into 1t
at the rate of two barrels second.
GENERAL
Madison Square Garden, New York,
yielded TO the federal and state gov
ernments from Aug. 3, 1920, to Dec. %,
last, S535,317 in property and amuse-
ment taxes, according to a compilation
made by Tex Rickard, lessee of the
building.
Three firemen were hurt, several
families were made homeless and $780,
900 damage was done in the first two
big fires of the year in Chicago. A
garage and eighty-five automobiles
were destroyed and tenement house
adjoining was burned, forcing a score
of persons to flee from the building.
The second blaze destroyed the inter-
ior of n seyen-story factory ana office
building.
Psychopathic experts will examine
Stanley Oliver, Jr., % years old, held
by the police, charged with being the
author OF more than 100 letters to
wealthy Chicagoans. Police declare the
object of the letters was blackmail. A
request for S77 contained in a letter to
DIR. George S. Ishan, which Isham
turned over to the police, resulted in
divers arrest. Oliver is said to have
confessed and to have declared he
wrote the letters as Joke"
Fifty persons within 200 feet of po-
lice station in New York saw negro
prisoner shoot and kill Acting Detec-
ly wound Detective Francis J. Buckley,
after they had arrested the negro for
felonious assault. In the confusion
which followed the negro escaped.
Business failures in the United
States during 1921 number 1862, with
an Indebtedness of S627, ,401 1888, as
compared with 1851 defaults in 1920,
involving 1895, ,121 ,SO5, according to a
report made public by r. G. Dun and
Company. Failures last year ranked
next to the 1915 total of $4,000 and the
Indebtedness was the heaviest on rec
ord. Banking suspensions and person
al bankruptcies were not included
Two Chicago banks with resources
of more than 49,, 100000 were sold aft
er the Chicago clearing house commit
tee had conducted an examination and
found their assets had been impaired
by bad loans and Investments. After
two days' nepOtintiOns the Fort Dear