The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
FOREIGN


 been killed in the last few days by lavalanches.
 Freight loss and damage claims in Canada and the United States during 1920 totaled $125, ,S36,94 Joe Marshall, special representative of the freight claim prevention committee of the American Railway Association, told the Canadian Railway Club at Mont real.
 With only approximately $250,0OO,- 900 in notes, backed up by one of the biggest gold reserves in the world, Australia occupies one of the strong est financial positions in the world, ac- cording to Sir Henry BraddOn, former commissioner for Australia to the United States.
 The campaign in Mexico against breweries is reaching it's climax. It is stated in official circles that the pres ent tax on beer is to be raised 100 per cent It is cOntended that Mexican beer is chemically injurious and the government has appointed cOmmis- sion to study the question.
 The Paris police are using wireless equipped automobiles to rid the city of bandits and highwaymen and are ready to use airplanes in time of riots or demonstrations. They plan to em- plOy airplanes primarily for the study of traffic problems, but also, when needed, to cope with rioters
 An ecclesiastical court presided over by the metropolitan of Athens, found the Most Rev. Meletois Metaxakis, re- gently elected patriarch of COnstanti- nOple, guilty of attempting to cause a Schism in the church. It ordered that he be deprived of his every rank and secluded as a monk in the monastery at Zante.
 A nurse in the employ of the Amer ican Red Cross at Goldingen, Latvia, lost ten sons in the war, her husband was shot by the BOlsheviki and her three daughters died last year. Still she goes about her work with a smile. "NitchevO," is her consolation, which means, among a million other things, "It can't be helped"
 GENERAL
 Fur buyers in the AdirOndacks de clared the present season would be marked by the largest harvest of belts on record with the trappers receiving approximately $1,5OOOOO for their catch.
 Construction projects aggregating $20, ,0O0,0OO0OO have been planned for the United States in 1922, w. O. Win stOn, president, declared at the opening of three-day conference of the Gen eral Contractors of America at Cleve- land, Ohio.
 Leslie Haywood of WoOdlawn, a sub- urb of Birmingham, Ala, reported to police that he was severely flogged by five men after being enticed from his home. According to the police, he said his assailants accused him of some ir- regular real estate transactions with his mother
 Exports of American coal, excluding shipments to Canada and Mexico, in- creased by 100 per cent in 1921, as compared with 1913, according to statement by the Commerce Depart | ment. Much of this increase, the de- partment said, was due doubtless to the British coal strike.
 When a teller mOmentarily left his | cage in the Union Trust Company at | Providence, R. l., an unidentified man | reached through the wicket, stole a S10,000 Liberty bond, a bill of lading | covering a carload of cotton and a bun dle of checks, and escaped before an | alarm could be given.
 Total expenditure for building the country for the year 1921 was $1,595, 165, ,192, a gain of 14.9 per cent over the record year of 1920, | announced. Reports from | 150 cities showed that $120,994,S39 had | been expended for building in Decem- Der, a gain of 112.s per cent over De cember, 1920.
 Tony May of Chicago, who told Judge Friend he was a newsbOy, was | ordered to pay $500 a month to his wife as alimony. Questioning by the judge brought out that while Tony for merly sold papers on the street he now owned a string of news stands, quite a bit of real estate and interests in several business enterprises.
 Convicted of annoying women, but saved from a straight jail sentence by the pleadings of his wife and children, August Shomeberger of West HObOken, N. J., was sentenced to spend the next twenty week-ends in a cell. Re corder Walter arranged for the mash CT to be locked up every Saturday at noon and released on Monday.