Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
FOREIGN

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the allied reparations committee. this
sum being due Dec. Is, said Central
News dispatch from Paris to London.
The London conference Of allied
premiers, called to arrange the basis
for an allied financial and repara-
tions conference in Brussels. has
broken down. The premiers had TAX
en- adjournment until Jan. 2.
Two arrests have been made In con-
nection with the shooting OF Mason
Mitchell, American consul at Valetta,
Malta. MIR. Mitchell is suffering from
flesh wound In the left side which Is
said to be not of serious nature.
One hundred workmen were killed
or injured In boiler explosion which
wrecked the Estrella sugar mill. near
Camaguay, Havana. Most Of the VIC
tins are SpanIards. Two uf the sugar
central's big battery Of boilers are re-
ported to Auve exploded simultane-
ously.
Twelve persons were reported miss
ing from the French hospital ship
Vinh-Long, which caught fire in the
Sea Of Marmora. Earlier In the day
the United States destroyer Bainbridge
which had gone to the rescue of the
French ship, had reported all on board
saved.
william Pepper. an Englishman en-
ployed by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Company In Its trans-Pacific
steamship service. was stabbed to
death on the main street Of Yokohama
by japanese whom he had dis
charged as a member Of launch
crew. The slayer surrendered to the
police.
The Nobel peace prize has been
presented to DR.. Fridtjof Nansen of
Christiana, Norway. The award was
made for Dr.. Nansen's work In re-
lieving the starving populations of
Russia and Asia Minor on behalf of
the League of Nations and for his en-
nations.
President Gabrielle Narutowicz Of
the Republic Of Poland was assassin
ated at Warsaw. He was elected one
week before, being the first president
of the republic. President Nurutowicz
was shot to death ut the opening of
an art exhibition. Three shots were
fired, all entering the presidents body.
Death was instantaneous.
The Near East peace conference was
saved from collapse when lsnet
Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation.
announced ut Lausanne that Turkey
would join the League Of Nations. A
compromise plan was submitted by
the Turks for safeguarding Chris
tians In Asia Minor. The backdown
Of the Turks means q peaceful con-
tinuution Of the conference. the Brit
ish delegates said.
GENERAL
John wanamaker died in Philadel-
phia recently.
Bainbridge Colby. secretary Of state
In President Wilson's cabinet, has an
nounced that his law partnership with
the former President would terminate
Dec. 81, at the expiration Of their CO
partnership agreement The an
nouncement was made from the New
York offices of Wilson & Colby.
Frank Leroy Chance. who will man-
age the Boston club of the American
League, before leaving Los Angeles re-
Gently for the East, signed Orvie over
all, formerly pitcher for the Chicago
club of the National League, to become
his assistan. In the Red Sox manage
ment, according to statements pub
lished II Los Angeles.
The Transportation BrOtherhoods
National Bank, the sixth Of Its kind in
America, opened for business in Min
neapolis recently with initial deposits
of more than $4,000 during the first
hour of business. The bank Is capt.
talized ut 100000. and will be oper-
ated on plan similar to the Engineers
Cooperative Bank Of Cleveland. The
stock is held by members Of the four
TRANSPORTATION brotherh0Ods Of the
Northwest.
Five thousand American Indians
who have lived near Grand River,
Ont, since 1854, and who insist that
they are sovereign people not an
sweruble to the Canadian government,
have appealed to the League Of Ma
tions through the Dutch government
for settlement Of their dispute with
Canada, it was learned in New York
City.
A verdict for the defendant conciud-
ed q suit In Federal Court at Oxford,
Miss, for 100000 damages, filed by
Miss Frances G. Birkhead, stenogra-
pher, against Lee III. Russell, Missis-
sIppi's chief executive. Miss Birkhead
had asked for $4,000 on each Of two
counts-one charging seduction and
the other Impairment Of health as the
result of an alleged operation.
Menifee county, Kentucky's moon
shine war has ended after a week of
campaigning in the hill country. Fed
eral prohibition enforcement forces
emerged victors, but not until three
agents had been slain in clashes with