The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-15
| FOREIGN

lister Of the navy In the recently re-
signed TakahashI cabinet, has accept.
ed the premiership Of japan.
Nine rebels, Including Epifaince
Mendez, chief Of the anti government
forces In the state of MichOacan, Mex
leo, have been killed In a fight with
federal troops, according to advices to
the war office In Mexico City from
Ixtlan.
Asunci0n, capital Of Paraguay, has
been taken by the revolutionary forces.
according to dispatch from P0sades,
an the tlne-Paraguay border.
The report, which has not been con-
firmed, was received at Posadas from
villa Encarnacion, Paraguay. :.
Avoidance Of any extensive recipro-
cal trade arrangement with the United
States Is Canada's right course, former
Premier Arthur Meighen. leader Of the
Conservative party, declared In de-
'ate on the budget In the House Of
Commons. He was opposed to reciproc-
ity. he said, because the power to ter
inmate II rests with the United
States"
Great Britain IL planning to pay the
United States s25O,OOO.0O0 annually
for interest upon the money borrowed
from the United States during the war,
II was learned In London from a semi.
official source. Beginning in October
the interest will be paid In two INSTALL
ments. Sl25,OOO.000 In October and
sl25, 100000 In the last part OF March
Of the first Of April.
Serious disorders with some casual
ties occurred at Agran. Croatia, when
Croat anti-Serbians and monarchIsfs
FLASHED during a public celebration "
the wedding Of King Alexander OF
Jugo-Slavia and Princess Marie Of Ru.
mania. Meager censored dispatches
say that the fighting, in which shots
were exchanged, lasted for three
hours, but details are suppressed.
Royal Canadian mounted police re-
Gently ralded farmhouse on st. The
rese Island, near Montreal, and seized
nearly 100000 worth Of forged United
States Federal Reserve Bank notes
Phillip Briere, alias Dedrocker, and
Alfred Jean were arrested A large
modern printing press was discovered
In the house. The bogus bills were
clever limitations Of American curren-
cy, officials said.
The French Olynspic committee,
with twenty-five declarations represent
ed, held n meeting In Paris and ar
rived ut a decision to proceed with the
organization Of the Olympic games for
1924. The following communication
was issued after the meeting: The
French Olympic committee has decld-
ed unanimously to continue with all
the means ut Its disposal the organ
Ization Of the games for 1924. II au.
thorIzes Its president to make dec
laration to this effect to the interna-
tional Olympic committee and to the
public authorities"
GENERAL
Mayor william Hale Thompson Of
Chicago has demanded the resignation
Of the entire school board OF ten mem
bers and the school board attorney,
Henry Bither. recently indicted by the
grand jury on charges Of embezzle-
ment, larceny and conspiracy.
Chlcagos police force has been in
creased by the addition OF. 773 new pa
trolmen. The increase was the latest
step In the city's anti-crime crusade
and followed approval by the Cook
county board Of a 100000 appropria-
ton to States Attorney Grove in the
prosecution of pending cases.
Competition In business is coming
back into the world with vengeance
and the merchant, manufacturer or
banker who expects to get ahead from
this time on must realize that he must
fight his way upward, declared George
Woodruff of Chicago, vice president Of
the National Bank of the Republic, In
an address before the South Dakota
Bankers Association.
Vice President James Starr Of the
United Textile Workers, who has been
in charge OF the textile strike In Man
chester, N. H., since II began Feb Is,
will not be permitted hereafter to ad-
dress open-air meetings in Manchester,
the park commission decided other
non. resident union leaders are also
barred.
Properties of the Willis corporation
at Elizabeth, N. j., were bid In at auc-
ton by the Durant Motor Corporation
for $5,525,000. The second highest bid
was made by the Maxwell Motor Car
Company and was s5,5OO.0OO. Sale OF
the Willis plant; which covers thirty
seven acres and had an estimated value
Of approximately s11,0O0,0OO. must
await confirmation Of Judge Bodine in
the Federal District Court at Newark.
Establishment OF national agencies
to eliminate strikes and solve other
troubles Of the building industry was
favored by John Donlin, president Of
the building trades department or the
American Federation Of Labor, who