The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-29
FOREIGN

nation In the island. which Is under
japanese mandate. @
Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes
Wilson, formerly chief Of the British
imperial general staff and lately milf.
tsry adviser to the Ulster government,
was assassinated near the door of hil
home In Easton place, London.
Fresh reports from the interior Of
Kiangsl province are lacking, mis-
sionaries and officials at Shanghai be-
lieve the fury Of the mutiny has been
spent and the pillaging soldiers Of the
Peking government brought under
control either by force or bribery.
Fire Of undetermined origin ut
Mexicali, Lower California, destroyed
nearly city block at on estimated
damage Of 100000. A liquor ware
house and new barroom OF the Low.
er California Commercial Company.
the Monte Carlo gambling hall, 4 par
tally constructed boxing arena and
other buildings were destroyed.
A mysterious disease In the south.
eastern districts of Queensland IL puz-
zling the medical authorities and has
forced them to seek aid from the
United States In determining Its cause
and II possible, a cure. The malady is
described as being similar to meninN-
tis, with the difference that the brain
and not the spinal cord Is affected. In
one town twelve out Of fifteen persons
afflicted died. ....r. s.s.
A report Of the national treasurer,
Mexico City, shows that there was a
surplus at the end Of the year 1921 Of
3,55S,53l pesos. Receipts from all
sources totaled 2s0, ,802, 1888 pesos and
expenditures amounted to 277.04s,sa2
pesos The largest expense was in
CURED by the War Department with
l36,2l2,263 pesos, the next being the
Department of Finance with only b.
634,2S0 pesos and the Department Of
Communications and Public Works
with 2s,677,77s pesos.
GENERAL
Forty-four persons, two Of whom
were union coal miners, were killed
when 5000 armed striking miners at
tackled the Lester Strip mine. near
Heron. ILL.,, which was being oper.
ated BY imported workers and guards.
William Bross Lloyd, Chicago mil
lionaire Communist. and eighteen 9th.
er members Of the now defunct Com
munlst Labor party. must serve pris-
on terms for advocating the over
throw of the United States govern
ment, 1t was ruled by the Illinois Su.
preme Court.
Eagle Boat No. 81. which went
ashore on reef near Cattle Point,
San Juan island, arrived at Seattle.
having pulled off the reef under her
own power. She escaped serious dam
age. The boat was differed and
manned by members Of the Seattle and
Tacoma naval militia units.
william Rockefeller, who with his
older brother, John D., built up the
family millions in the oil industry.
died recently Of pneumonia compli-
Gated by recurrence Of kidney trou-
bic, at his country estate overlooking
the Hudson river from North Tarry-
town, n. Y, He was 81 years old.
Immediate enactment by Congress
Of legislation for the construction Of a
dam and reservoir at Boulder canon
for the control of the flood waters OF
the Colorado river. was urged In
Washington by Secretary OF Com.
merce Hoover before the House com.
mttee on irrigation Of arid lands con.
sidering the Swing bill.
Col. Marcellus II. Thompson, vice
president and active head of the Auto
Ordnance Company Of New York, has
been Indicted by the federal grand
grand jury at Trenton on the charge
Of conspiracy to ship arms to ireland
in violation Of the neutrality laws.
The announcement was made by As
sistant. United States District Attor-
ney Thomas V. ArrowsHith.
Adoption Of a program calling for
a nonpartisan political campaign this
fall to elect the friends Of organized
labor, and an overwhelming defeat of
the radical forces that favored recog-
milton of the Russian soviet govern
nent. marked the closing SESSION of
the American Federation Of Labor con.
vention at Cincinnati.
The administration is considering
the matter Of decreasing second
class postal rates, 1t was said at the
White House Considerable discussion
was given 10 the subject at the cabi-
ret meeting, and President Harding
and Postmaster General Work are In.
clined to believe that at least n part
of the increase In the secOnd-class
rates made during the war should now
be removed.
Two hoboes were killed outright and
George Welch. third knight Of the
rail, so badly injured he died In hos
pital at Redding. Calf, when freight
train on which they were riding was
derailed near Sims. The three were
riding In a car laden with lumber and
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