The Snowflake herald., 1922-11-24
FOREIGN


PEELED by the Kemalists.
Four thousand Armenian Christians
have been killed in the vilayet Of
Smyrna, and 5000 more are missing, 1t
was reported by the committee OF
bishops which has been investigating
the plight Of Armenians who took
refuge in Smyrna after the Greek de-
leat. The Armenian losses in money
total $1S,OOO,OOO.
Investigation of the Philippine Ma
tional bank of Manila by a committee
of six members of the Legislature is
proposed in resolution introduced
jointly in the Philippine Senate and
House. The resolution instructs such
committee particularly to ascertain
the truth of the reports of fabulous,
exorbitant salaries paid bank officials
and employees"
A bank for farmers, sponsored by
the federal government, is one of the
projects now being considered by the
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico City,
following the presentation of bill to
that effect by the Co-operitista party,
the dominant party in the lower
House. The bank is designed TO aid
small farmers and will be modelled
after similar institutions in the Unit
ed States.
Terrific havoc was wrought by fire
which broke out in the Italian fleet in
the harbor at Naples, said Central
News dispatch from Rome, received in
London. The light warcraft MarSala,
Russo and Aquila were sunk. Two
gunboats were entirely destroyed. Four
torpedo boats were also burned The
fire spread from the ships to the
shore, destroying waterfront buildings,
| ) liarveS and bargeS
Since the resumption by Eamon de
Valera OF his title of president of the
Irish republic and the reconstruction
of the republican council of state,
backed by the republican army, the
war in Ireland has entered new
phase. Captured correspondence has
revealed proposed war measures
which have been submitted 10 be Va
lera for approval, and it is assumed
sanction.
The Spanish government, it was an
nounced recently, denounced on Nov.
5, the commercial agreement made
with the United States, Aug, 1, 1906.
Under this agreement, Spain accorded
the United States most favored nation
treatment, with the exception of spe-
| cial advantages conceded to Portugal,
while the United States agreed to spe-
cial rates of duty upon certain Span
ish products, notably crude tartar,
brandies and wines.
GENERAL
Three persons were injured, one
probably fatally, and dozen women
| and children were saved in thrilling
rescues in fire believed to have been
incendiary, which caused $4,000 dam
age to a West side aparement build
ing in Chicago.
The soldier bonus, providing $50 a
month for ex-service men, passed, ac-
cording to figures given out from the
| State Election Bureau at Oklahoma
City. The vote was 1889 majority
| for the measure. The farmer vote was
in favor of the measure.
The three-masted schooner Samuel
Hart of New York was sunk in a col
lision with the sea-going tug Wyoming
at the entrance of Casco bay, near
Portland, Maine. Captain Johnson of
the sailing vessel and three members
| of his crew were brought to this port
| by the Wyoming A haze is said to
have been responsible for the collision.
The Wyoming was not seriously dam
| aged.
C. V. Toner, oil field worker, was
the hero of Humble, eighteen miles
north of Houston, Texas. During the
| boiling over of the second of two
| earthen tanks on the Gulf farm, near
| Humble, Toner climbed upon a third
| tank belonging to the Texas Company,
| and extinguiShed sparks which in a
| few minutes would have added 100000
more barrels to the loss which was
estimated to total $4,000 barrels.
The prohibition enforcement meas
ure on the California ballot, providing
for making the Eighteenth amendment
| and the Volstead act the law of Cali
| fornia, was defeated.
Fire that threatened for several
hours to destroy the frame buildings
at Selfridge field, the army aviation
post near Mt. Clemens, Mich, was
brought under control after burning
| the structure housing the quartermas-
| ter's department. The stores de-
stroyed and the buildings were valued
at nearly $5OO,OOO. Fifty or more air.
planes were removed from the hangers
and parked on the flying field for
| safety.
The Mississippi Supreme Court at
Jackson affirmed the decision Of Chan
cellor v. J. Strickler in the Kinds