, 1922-12-14
FOREIGN

created CONSERVATION In the foreign
colony.
President Obregon Is expected to Is
sue u decree at once lifting the import
duty on beans, corn, wheat and other
cereals into Mexico, according to a
telegram received ut Ell Paso from Chi
huahua City.
President Cosgrave announced to the
Irish Parliament that Deputy Sean
Hales had been shot and killed, and
Deputy Patrick O'Maille, who was dep
uty speaker, had beer wounded while
they were IN their way to the Parlia-
ment session.
Federal troops of Mexico have res
cued III. *. Wereker, superintendent of
the Aguila Oil Conpany's camp at
Tiacolula, Vera Cruz, who was kid
mapped and held for 10000 pesos ran
som, according to a war office an
nouncement. He is u British subject.
American tobacco buyers are being
held up and robbed in western Thrace.
The latest robbed are X. j. Workman
of Henderson. N. c.. who was deprived
of money and jewelry while travelling
by automobile from Drama to Kavala.
and ]. j. Harrington of Rocky Mount
n. c., who was robbed on a road from
Sores to Saloliki.
At the opening of the disarmament
conference | n Moscow. Maxim Litvin-
off. Russian assistant commissioner of
foreign affairs. definitely proposed u
reduction of the Red army to 10000
H. ...l~ .II, u--lGF.- 49,,
eve on "a corresponding reduction IN
the standing armies of the states OF
Russla's western boundaries"
The prohibit onists of ~Schoenberg, a
suburb of Berlin, having been prevent
ed by the police from holding IN open
air meeting engaged n flock of sand
witch men to parade the streets with
p%lacards denouncing the evils of aico-
hol. This aroused the ire OF the sa-
~loonkeepers and distillery employees,
who gave the sandwish men u severe
beating.
The American d~oughboys in the
Rhineland are making up a purse of
many million of murks with which to
give to German youngsters IL real
SnIlSlindS. lht lAlllhtlulu DOSl VI NCl-
Grams of foreign wars started the purse
with 100000 marks and every soldier
in the American forces Is giving at
least the equivalent of 81, which is
more than 5000 marks. Top %sergeants
are entrusted with the task of seeing
that none of the soldiers forget to con-
tribute. Relief work already has be-
~ nnnnU tho Earnnn nnnF
Rafet Pasha is trying to find hus-
bands for $50 members of the former
sultan's harem. The women range in
age from II to 80 years. All of them
are penniless. Rafet also is anxious
to solve the fate of the former mon
arch's numerous progeny. as well as
that of twenty princes and p~rincesses
of the royal blood. 1T ought not to be
difficult to find husbands or helpmates
for these women" said a palace func-
tionary. 'They all were selected for
their beauty, youth and figure. Most
of them were gifts to the sultan from
governors of the provinces. They have
m%atchless compilations, dark eyes and
long chestnut colored hair"
GENERAL
Members of the Ku Klux Khan were
barred from serving on IA Cook county
grand jury by Chief Justice NJ. l.. Nc
Kinley Of the Criminal Court in Chi
cago.
More than 1000 reserve, National
guard and regular army officers gath
cred recently at Baltimore and effected
the organization of the third zone of
the army of the United States and
pledged themselves TO the principle of
zone army"
A campaign to enlist 10000 minis
tiers and through them 40,000,000
church members to take an active part
in the 1924 presidential election was
announced by the Rev. j. Glover Mons
ma, editor of the Minister'S monthly In
Chicago.
Four students OF Colby College, Wa
terville, Maine, were burned TO death
when fire destroyed one section of
North college, the original college
building erected in 1920.
High school fraternlties scored a vic
tory In the Missouri Supreme Couct at
jefferson City, when the court held
that studentc have the right to become
members of secret societies and en-
Joined school boards from enforcing
the rule against such organizations.
Hundreds of the worlds fine cattle
were led into the arena at the Inter
national Livestock Show ut Chicago
for judging, under the direction of j..
NJ. Strickland of Yorkshire, England.
Glen Phares of S~helbyvllle, Ind, won
the sweepstakes in the Junior corn
contest at the hay and grain show held
in connection with the live stock *
position. Region winners We're: Re
gion l, Donald Stoltz, Park City,
Mont RprIon q. pnul Hoffman. Tiff.