The Raymer enterprise., 1922-05-25
FOREIGN

self to respect 1t.
The council Of the League Of Ma.
lions refused TO take up the Russian
problem and referred to the Genoa
conference the Norwegian govern.
ment's request for an immediate In.
quiry by the league into the general
situation In Russia and the effect of
the famine on economic reconstruc.
ton in Europe.
Austen Chamberlain. government
spokesman, denied in the House Of
Commons that France Is preparing to
extend her military occupation Of Ger.
many. Indirect threats had been
made by France to take over add
tional German territory unless the
Germans accepted the new demands
of the interallied reparations commits.
sion by May 81.
Silver by the ton, gold by the hun
pearls by the bushel and
diamonds by the peek, dumped into
wooden boxes, Jute sacks, pasteboard
cartons or merely wrapped in parcels
all this treasure hoard awaits open
ing and sorting ut the siorehouse for
conflscated by the soviet gov
eminent from the churches and syna-
gogues OF Russia for the benefit OF
famine suffnrars
Peking-Chang Tso.Lin's campaign
to obtain control OF The north China
Is regarded as definitely crushed with
the retreat Of the main body Of the
ManChurian army north OF the Great
Wall The Mnnchurian forces. headed
by General Chang, are presumably On
tn" way TO Mukdrn. General WI de-
clarcd that Chang Tso-LIn Is now left
10 his own devices. AMI whether lie
would establish til. Independence IS
China proper WIS problem 10 he
solved later.
The American Memorial hospital for
the gift of the women AMI
Of the United States. was ded.
icated N Rheims by Myron T. Hcrrick.
the American ambassador in the pres.
encc Of Il distinguished gathering The
hospital will he built with fund Of
$500, 600 and will have n permanent en-.
dowmenf nf 100000, now In the hands
Of the committee The fund wns raised
throughout the United States, and hun
dreds of beds were offered by individ.
uals, clubs, schools and organizations.
GENERAL
Gang terrorism" was held respon'
siblc by Chicago police for an outbreak
Of incendlarism In Chicago recently In
which three fires caused $4,000 dam
ages
Maj Edward D'Ardery, engineers
corps, United States army, has been
Dominated by President Harding to be
a member OF the California debris
commission.
Miles q. Buckingham. Memphis,
Tenn, clubman. has been arrested,
with Staying his wife, Mrs.
Lorraine Harrison Buckingham He was
released on $4,000 bond
Leconcy star field and track athlete
Of Lafayette College, Pennsylvania,
broke the intercollegiate record for the
100, yard dash in dual field ind track
meet with the Annapolis midshipmen
nj Annapolis, which was won by the
latter by a score of 7Tla to 1873 points.
Lrconcy negotiated the distance in
y 40 seconds, one-tcnth OF a second
better than the former record, which
stood at -,
State Finance Commissioner Hughes
has announced revocation of licenses
Of number Of corporations 10 do
business under the blue sky" laws of
Missouri Some of the revucations are
due to unsatisfactory reports filed by
the corporations, and others to failure
10 file rs required by the statutes. 1t
was announced. The list includes:
C"IunIbinc Mining and Reduction Com
rany, Pueblo, Colo. California Hotel
Company of Delaware, Pasadena,
Iallf, and the Melrosc Mining Com.
pany, Denver
A new record paid for a scat on the
New York curb market WIS paid re.
Gently when Joseph II Hirshorn pur-
.hased ii membership Of William +.
Rrnrdon, deceased. for $4,000. The
previous record was $4,000.
Earl f. Gordon. - years old. stu.
dent Of Miami, Okla, must stand
trial on charges of murder for the
shooting TO death of Beckham Cobb,
-, birmingham. Ala. This was the
decision after Gordon had been given
Il preliminary hearing
A thousand convicts braved death
md acquitted themselves like men
when the leyee broke at the prison
farm AT Angola, twenty miles from the
state capitol AT Baton Rouge, La. They
displayed the bravery Of men who
have never been called upon to wear
he stripes Of shame or serve time In
payment of their debts to society.
Carrying n cargo Of more than 5000
rare specimens Of African jungle deni-
zens, the Dromore Castle has arrived
in port ut New York. One Of the odd.
est creatures aboard was thorn
tailed lizard a survival of nrphis.