The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-09-29
FOREIGN


A French note was received in Lon
don offering French cooperation in de-
Tending the Turkish straits, but depre-
eating the warlike tone of the British
semi-offfcial statement of Saturday.
Russia intends to support the Turks
morally, and perhaps will give them
munitions, if they should be needed
but it Isl considered in Moscow as ex-
tremely unlikely that Russian troops
will be sent to assist the Kemalists If
they attempt to take Constantinople,
soviet officials indicated.
John H. Clark, American cashier of
the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Pc
troleum Corporation in TampicO, was
wounded seriously and his Mexican
chauffeur killed when six bandits held
up their automobile less than half
mile from Tampico and robbed them of
pay roll funds amounting to $4,000
pesos.
The Hungarian foreign committee of
parliament at Budapest heard the gov
ernment's explanations concerning the
allegations that it was concerned in
the recent plot against the Rumanian
royal family. Premier Bethlen de-
clared the incident was merely
maneuver against Hungary's good rep
utation."
With the utter collapse Of the Greek
army in Asia Minor before the Turks,
the long smoldering Near Eastern
problem again confronts Europe and
in some quarters is considered as con-
shutting a threat against the peace
and well being of Europe, owing to the
differing interests and conflicting
views of the principal allied govern
mentS.
Ten republicans and six nationaliStS
were killed in a conflict at ErriS, in
County Mayo, when the republicans,
retreating from Ballina, were attacked
by government troops. The military
were at disadvantage, as they had
no machine guns, and they suffered
severely in the earlier stages of the
fight Later their accurate markham
ship took heavy toll from the repub-
licanS.
With British tro ops intrenched at
strategic points on the Dardanelles,
French and Italian ba.talions rushing
to join them, and from far New Zea-
land word that an AnZac contingent
will be dispatched to the scenes of
their herioc sacrifices in the late war,
to assist in dealing with the Turkish
Ayo% 1ser%1 boc hAn
carrying into effect of the allied pro-
nouncements regarding firm deter
mination to preserve the freedom of
the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.
GENERAL
Walter Allen, one of those held re-
sponsible for the Logan county mine
war last summer, was convicted t
Charleston, w. Va, for treason against
the state of West Virginia, with the
recommendation that he be sentenced
to serve ten years in the state peni-
tertiary. The jury was out only for
ty-six minutes.
An international cooperative body
for promoting police efficiency thru
out all countries, and to be known as
the world police conference, came into
being at the national police conference
in New York. The present member
ship of the organization is comprised
only of the heads of police depart
ments of cities of this country A CON-
mittee of one was appointed to devise
secret, confidential code, to be used
by the world organization.
Police of Canton, Ohio, are hoping
that Joseph Nola, husband of one Of
the women murdered in the triple STAY
ing in Canton, can give them informa-
ton that will lead them to the capture
of the crusher who beat two women
and a man to death with an iron bar
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burns were beaten
to death in their home and their slayer
waited until Mrs. Mary Nola and Lu-
Their Armstrong entered the house.
killed Mrs. Nola and wounded Arm
strong, who escaped and called police.
One Of the greatest present menaceS
to the prosperity of the United States
is the unwillingness of large groups of
p0OplG W dCCCpI dry lCSuIt VI SON-
eminent regulation which are not di-
rectly adverse to the development of
the railways" declared Samuel o.
Dunn editor of Railway Age, in an adj
dress before the Des MONIES Chamber
of Commerce.
Applicants for admission to Harvard
University will be asked to state
whether "any change has been made
since their birth in their names or the
names of their fathers it became
known in Cambridge. The appearance
of this and similar queries on the
questionnaires was said to result from
the movement initiated last spring to
limit enrolment of persons of certain
races.
Developments in the United States
air mail service within a year will in
clude twenty eight-hour mail service
between New York and San Francisco