, 1922-12-21
FOREIGN

aAa III 6Sf tA hAINhL III Dhb-
lin were attacked by armed men and
set on fire. recently.
Rory O'Connor and Liam Mellowes
and two Other Irish rebels were exc
cuted in Mount Joy prison in Dublin.
The other two men executed were
John Mckinley and Richard Barrett,
both prominent Republicans.
The London conference of allied
p%reiniers, called to arrange the basis
for an allied financial and repara.
lions conference in Brussels. has
en- adjournment until Jan. z.
Two arrests have beer made in con-
nection with the shooting OF Mason
Mitchell, American consul at Valetta,
Malta. Mr.. Mitchell is suffering from
a flesh wound in the left side which is
said to be not of u serious nature.
One hundred workmen were killed
or injured in "a boiler explosion which
wrecked the Estrella sugar mill, near
Camaguay, Havana. Most of the vic
tins are Spaniards. Two Of the sugar
central's big battery of boilers are re-
ported to have exploded simultane-
ously.
William Pepper, an Engllshman en-
ployed by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Company in it's truns-Pucific
steamship service, was stabbed to
death on the main street of Yokohama
by u japanese whom he had dis
charged as u member of "a launch
crew. The slayer surrendered to the
police.
The Nobel peace prize has been
presented TO DIR. trIdtjof Nunsen of
Christiana, Norway. The award was
made for DR.. Nansen's work in re-
lieving the starving populations of
Russia and Asia Minor on behalf of
the League OF Nations and for his en-
deayors to promote a brotherhood Of
nationH.
The Near East peace conference was
saved from collapse when Ismet
Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation,
announced at Lausanne that Turkey
would join the League of Nations. A
compromise plan was submitted by
he Turks for safeguarding Chris
tians in Asia Minor. The ~backdown
of the Turks means a peaceful con-
tinuation of the conference, the Brit
ish delegates said.
GENERAL
John Wanamaker died in Philadel-
phia recently.
Three persons burned to death at
Buffalo, n. Y, in fires which drove
many victims into the bitter cold and
did $5OO,OOO property damage.
ID your Christmas mailing early"
and other slogans designed TO Impress
upon holiday users the importance of
cooperation with the postal author
tiles were flushed from motion picture
screens in all parts of the country, 1t
was announced in New York by Post
master Morgan.
Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state
in President Wilson's cabinet. has I'M
nounced hat his law partnership with
the former President would terminate
Dec. 81, at the expiration of their CO
partnership agreement. The an
nouncement was mad from the New
York offices of Wilson & Colby.
A verdict for the defendant conciud-
ed a suit / n Federal Court al Oxford.
Miss. for 100000 damages, filed by
Miss Frances q. Blrkhead, s%tenogra-
pher. against Lee NJ. Russell, Mlssis-
sippi's chief executive. Miss Birkhead
had asked for $4,000 ON each of two
counts-one charging seduction and
the other impairment of health as the
result of an alleged operation.
noa man u,a EiIIad ~ ,oIfoan,o.
were wounded, n probably fatally.
and a companion of the dead man is
in u hospital, the result of IA shooting
affray at Crestline, Ohio. The Off
GERS suspected the men of being boot
leggers. When they approached them
the men opened fire, the officers said.
The patrolmen returned the fire, one
OF the men dropping dead from
wounds.
Frank Leroy Chance, who will man
age the Boston club Of the American
League, before leaving Los angeles re-
Gently for thG East, signed Oryie over
all, formerly a pitcher for the Chicago
club of the National League, TO become
his assistant in the Red y manage
ment, according to statement pub
lished il Los Angeles.
The activities of Madame Gadski,
concert and psra singer, during the
recent war. were entirely honorable"
according TO u statement Issued in San
Francisco by Seth Wilmington, com
mander of the American Legion. De.
purtment of California. There is no
reuson why ex-service men should TAKE
offense at any proposed concert given
by Madame Gadski." Commander Mll.
lington stated.
Proof that Bo.sl.evik Russia is hlgi.
ly dissatisfied with Turkey because Is.
met Pashn has abandoned the Ruc.