The Snowflake herald., 1922-09-22
FOREIGN

lin.
The Irish parliament has adopted
resolution expressing confidence in the
government. The vote was 54 to 10.
The minority vote was cast by La
| borites.
A wireless dispatch to London from
| Smyrna reports the surrender of the
town to the Turks, according to Con-
stantinople dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
The Greek losses since the opening
| of the campaign are estimated in offl-
| cial adviceS received in Paris from An
CORA at $4,000. OF these $1,000 repre-
sent prisoners and the remainder
killed and wounded.
Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Brit
| ish ambassador to Frances has deliv-
cred note to the French government
| in which the British government de-
clares it counts upon the support of
the allies to assure the defense of Con-
stantinople and the Gallipoli peninsula.
| The abdication of King Constantine
and the resignation of the Triantafil-
| lakos cabinet are the two uncOmprO-
missing conditions on which Eliphther-
| los Venizelos will agree to return to
Greece, it was declared at the former
Greek premier's headquarters in Paris.
Eight miners and one policeman
were killed and a number of persons
! injured in a riot at Bismarckhutte,
Polish Upper Silesia The trouble be-
gan when miners objected to being
paid in Polish marks, hitherto having
received their wages in German cur
rency.
Twenty-Five bodies have been recov-
cred from the coal pit in which forty
men were entombed by an explosion at
White Haven, England. Heavy falls of
rock and the presence of much gas are
hampering rescue squads and it is
feared the pit will have to be sealed,
as was the case when 1876 workers
were lost in a neighboring mine in
1910
The negotiations between the Ger
man government and the Belgian fl
nancial delegates have fallen through.
owing to the impoSSibility of the Bel
gian governments acceptance of an
extension of the treasury bills to be
issued by Germany to eighteen months
instead of six months, in accordance
| with the recent decision of the rep
aratiOnS commission.
If Great Britain should have the mis-
fortune to be engaged in another big
war, it is safe to predict that no cases
of "shell shock" will appear among her
list of casualties. "War neurosis" is
considered to be the best general term.
"Shell shock is declared to be wholly
misleading, because it occurred to pa
tients who had never been even with
in hearing of shellburst.
There was q considerable loss of life
when the German steamer HammOnia
foundered off Vigo. Confirmation of
this, was oi5taffeu when the DrIu1Sn
steamer Kinfauns Castle locked at
Southampton with 2S5 of the rescued
passengers on board. Captain Day,
commander of the Kinfauns Castle,
said the loss of life possibly would
reach eighty. Others on board esti-
mated the dead at 80.
GENERAL
Production of anthracite coal has
been resumed, and $4,000 hard coal
strikers have returned to their work
in Pennsylvania. after idleness OF
. more than five months.
o;rbt man nj huf fouu NJ
whom are union miners of Williamson
county, Illinois, stand indicted for
murder, as the aftermath of the mas
sacre of June %, near Herrin.
Abnormally warm weather has
caused considerable damage to the
Nebraska corn crop, according to the
weekly crop summary issued by the
weather bureau at Lincoln and con
Cured in by travelling representatives
of local banking institutions, who have
been making a survey of the situa-
ton.
After a search over the Panhandle
of Idaho since Aug. 4, Joe .Farriri,
wanted in connection with the shoot
ing of Joe Marsden, timber cruiser
was captured in the brush near Her.
rick, Wash. The fugitive had been liv-
ing on berries, fish and herbs ever
since the shooting, which occurred fol
lowing dispute over money matters
Nearly complete returns in Names
state election showed that the entire
Republican ticket had been returned
to office Senator Frederick Hale anG
Gov. Percival Baxter were returned to
office by smaller pluralties than they
received when elected in 1920. The
Democratic vote showed a gain of APP.
proximately 5000, while the Republi
can vote fell off more than 10000.
Developments in the United States
air mail service within a year will in
clude a twenty eight-hour mail service
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