The Tomahawk., 1923-06-21

suit of heart trouble. caused by exer.
tion.
Wichita Falls, Texas-Fire Of un-
known origin wiped out half the bust.
ness section of Weinert, a small town
southwest of here, according to word
received here. The loss was estimated
at about $4,000.
Sporting
New Workable Ruth faces par
ticularly warm and nerve wrecking
period in his race to keep abreast Of,
or to excel, his homerun hitting pro-
gress of 1921. So far he has re-
NAMED steadily just a few behind his
best mark but never so far behind as
not to be within striking distance.
Now, however, the pace quickens. He
enters a week in which superlative
performance in required, for in the
corresponding week Of 1921, he hit
seven someruns in five days, the first
against Bagby Of Cleveland, the Sec
ond against Middleton Of Detroit, the
third against Sutherland of Detroit,
the fourth and fifth against Ehmke
and the sixth and seventh against
Dauss.
Minneapolis-One Of the most dras-
tic measures taken in recent years to
curb PROSECUTING Of athletes in the
Big Ten Is now being voted upon by
members Of the Western conference
which, If adopted, will bar any athlete
who transfers from one collegiate in
stitution to another, after participant
ing in intercollegiate athletics at the
first school, from the Big Ten COM
petition. The measure, known as the
migrant rule" was adopted at re-
cent meeting of faculty representa-
tives Of the Big Ten at Ann Arbor
and is being sent to every Big Ten
school for ratification or rejection, &C
cording to Prof. James Paige, confer
ence representative for the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. The Minnesota
senate body is not expected to act on
the proposal before next fall.
Foreign
Nome, Alaska-The last vestiges of
winter ice in this section of Berfng
sea have drifted from view.
London-The Central News report
ed Gabriel D'Annunzio, poet warrior,
on his way to join Mustapha Kemal
Pasha in Turkey.
Nelson, B. C.-Major General Lord
Aylmer, former inspector general of
the Canadian forces, is dead at Queens
Bay, Kootenay Lake.
London-A dispatch to the Daily
Express from Tangier, Morocco, says
that the Riff tribesmen have captured
the Spanish advanced position at
Tizziazza.
Moscow-United States Senator
Smith w. Brookhart, of Iowa, has ar
rived here from Germany. He will
devote some time to study of the Rus
siaYBe BETTY flt1ase| 892}tzer1and-rne Swiss gov.
eminent has made public a note from
Soviet Russia, charging Switzerland
with moral completely" in the recent
assassination at Lausanne of the So
Wet envoy, Vorovsky.
Perugia, Italy-Count Fabini, q
member of the fascist, has been sen.
fenced to 10 months Imprisonment for
having forced the parish priest of Cub
bio to drink castor oil because the
priest had adopted an antifascist atti-
tude.
Berlin-Five hundred million marks
in $4,000 mark notes have been stolen
from the federal money printing plant
in Berlin. A reward Of 100000
marks has been offered for the return
of the missing money or the identifi-
cation of the thief.
London-A dispatch to the Times
from Jerusalem says 10 British gen.
darmes, returning after having es.
corted High Commissioner Sir Her.
bert, Samuel to the northernmost
Jewish colony, Mutallah, were ambush
ed by brigands. Two of the gen.
darmes were killed and two wounded
and one was captured.
Moscow-Ratificatio of the Russo
Danish trade agreement by the parlia-
ment at Copenhagen and the announce.
ment by the Japanese that they are
willing to negotiate for the opening of
relations with Russia are treated as
extremely important internationally
by officials and newspapers.
Dublin-The minister Of defense,
General Richard Mulcahy, introduced
in the Dali Eireann a pension bill au-
thorizing compensation to the men
who were wounded and the relatives
of those killed in three periods of the
fighting in southern Ireland. The first
category includes the Easter week
rising of 1916: the second dates from
January, 1919, to December, 1921,
when the Anglo-Irish treaty was sign.
ed, and the third comprise the period
Of strife since that time.
Acknowledgement e. H. Crowder,
the American ambassador and Manuel
Cespedes, Cuban secretary of state,
have reached an agreement providing
that in return for information regard
ing ships leaving Cuban ports with
cargoes of intoxicating liquors, Ameri.
can port authorities will give the Gu.