The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-08-11
FOREIGN


BY a sheer drop of 5000 feet into
a crevasse three men and one wom-
an were killed while climbing the
Jungfrau in Switzerland.
France will impose penalties Of an
economic and financial character upon
Germany because of her refusal to con-
tinue payments on the debts contracted
by her nationals with allied nationals
before the war, it was said in official
circles at Paris.
Horatio Bottomley, former publisher
of the anti-American publication,
"John Bull" was expelled from the
House of Commons, London, by
unanimous vote. Bottomley recently
was sentenced to seven years impris-
onment for embezzling funds from pa
triotic organizations he organized.
The end of the season homeward
movement of Americans has been ac-
CELEBRATED by an official announcement
by the French bureau of statistics that
the cost of living is doomed to rise rs
per cent within the next few months
Many who had intended to remain for
some time have changed their minds
and the booking passage.
The body of City Receiver Clement
Denize, Port Au Prince, Haiti, was
found recently, wound in the head
indicating he had been murdered. This
follows closely the attempted shooting
Of Mayor Edouard Mandones, for
which minor city official is under
arrest, and which was regarded as
development from the mayors activi-
ties in unearthing alleged local graft.
Eugene iowa, acting American con-
sular agent, captured by bandits at
Sagua la Grande, Cuba, and held for
$4,000 ransom, escaped recently, but
was badly wounded as he made his
break for liberty. There were five dag
ger wounds in the young mans body
when he was found in a ranch house
in which he had sought shelter, but
he was able to give the authorities
information which was expected to
lead to the capture Of the bandits.
Because of the technical state of
war still existing between the allied
powers and Turkey, the plan of the
British, French and Italian and Amer
lean governments to investigate joint
ly alleged Turkish atrocities in Ana
tOlia has been abandoned and an In
quiry is to be made Instead by the In
ternational Red Cross. The change in
plans was made at the suggestion of
the British and French officials after
the United States had indicated it's
willingness to take part in joint gov
ernmental investigation.
GENERAL
Mrs. Angie M. Booth, widow of the
former head Of the Ward Steamship
Company, left an estate whose value
will aggregate between $8,OOO,0OO and
$12,OOO,OOO, it was disclosed in Surro-
gate Court in Chicago.
A special commission of the grand
lodge of Masons in New York state,
headed by Supreme Court Justice
Arthur G. Tompkins, grand master,
sailed on the Frederick VIII. to con-
stitute the first Masonic lodge in the
republic of Finland 1t will be located
at Helsingfors.
Report was confirmed by w. ].
O'Connor, assistant manager of the
American Smelling and Refining Com
smelter at East Helena, Mont,
that the wage scale at the plant would
be increased so cents a day. The
smelter will thus be paying the same
scale which will prevail in other places
in Montana for similar work, said Mr..
O'Connor.
S. c. Freiden, presj dent Of the Citi
zens' Ice and Coal Company of Council
Bluffs, was shot and instantly killed,
it is alleged, by Mrs. Linda Taylor,
wife Of William Taylor. Mrs. Taylor
alleges that about one week ago when
Freiden came to her house to callect a
bill he assaulted her; that county Off
Gals refused to take any action and
that when Freiden again appeared at
her home she shot him.
Frank and Will Brown, aged II and
16 yeas, are in Jail at Bluefield, w.
Va, charged with having lied their
father, Elias Brown, as he was sleep
ing in his cabin near Bradshaw. The
lads told a deputy sheriff that tho
parent abused them and when he fell
asleep they obtained a shotgun and
killed him.
Three men on the wagon bridge
spanning the west end of Ray yards,
freight terminal at the outskirts of
Denison, recently fired on Texas ma
tional guard troops protecting that
section of the railroad property al
Denison. An exchange of about fifty
shots between the men and the sol.
diers followed. No casualties were
reported.
Benny Leonard, worlds lightweight
boxing champion, successfully defend
ed his title against Lew Tender of
Philadelphia in a twelve-round node
cision contest at Jersey City, N. J..
earning in the Oninfon az a maiorftv nj