The Raymer enterprise., 1923-06-21
FOREIGN

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A Joint reply by allies to the last
German reparations note is regarded
in official circles In Brussels as like.
ly to be sent, providing the Brussels,
London, Paris and Rome governments
can agree upon an Interpretation OF
the term abandon passive resist
ance."
Former Premier StambOullsky Of
Bulgaria has been killed while trying
to escape. The end Of the peasant
leaders career was series Of dra.
matte developments beginning with
the overthrow Of his government and
the formation Of a coalition govern.
ment.
A sensational discovery for the
treatment Of tuberculosis was an.
nounced by Prof. Georges Dreyer OF
Oxford university. The method con-
sists Of depriving microbes Of the pro-
tective covering that enables them to
resist digestion. Once bereft Of this
armOr the microbes are easily COM
bated.
President Ii Yuan Hung, Of China,
who fled the capital under military
pressure from Gen. Feng Jul-Siang.
was reported safe at Tientsln under
French protection. State seals, re-
ported missing. which caused his
train to be held up. have been re-
turned to the cabinet, few remain
ing members OF which are still func.
tionIng In Peking. The political stu.
alton remains greatly muddled. Ii
has signed no formal abdlcati0n.
GENERAL
Building and loan associations In
the United States have Invested S..
OO0, 100000, the savings Of 6.OOO,OOO
persons, In home building mortgages,
the National Association Of Real Es,
tate Boards announced In Chicago.
Thirteen thousand maintenance Of
way employees and shop laborers OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad were granted wage increases
ranging from ! cent an hour to 81 q
month, effective as Of June 10. 1t was
announced In Chicago.
The feminine administration OF
Thuyer, first Of Its kind inaugurated
In Kansas, has returned to civic and
domestic pursuits. and Is content to
return control Of the town Of 500 In.
habtants to masculine control. Two
years ago Abby Howe was elected
Mayor and with her elected five
councilwOmen and police judge.
Severely crticizing the Pennsyl'
vania system as unfair, unjust and
inconsistent In its method Of dealing
with the shop crafts union In an EN-
ployee representation election. the
United States Railroad Labor Board
In Chicago, issued its long expected
public rebuke of the carrier for viola
ton of an order directing the carrier
to recognize the shop crafts union.
Thomas A. Edison, who has been
quoted us believing college graduates
to be uniformed and Ignorant white
collar" experts, was at Cambridge
Miss, to watch his son, Thomas Mil
Ter Edison, receive Il degree from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol'
ogy. For this college graduate, Mr.
Edison said, there is job waiting al
the Edison plant without the prellm-
mary mental test usually insisted
on for candidates.
The French Steamship Company
has formally asked the French gov
ernment to send warshlps to New
York with supply of wine for
French sailors on board French
merchant ships in New York City, ii
was learned from an authoritative
source. 1t was understood this ac'
ton was taken because French sail
Urs under the French laws must have
wine served with their meals. The
warshlps may receive their sailing or
ders Immediately.
Wall Street, in the midst Of n many
sided cleanup campaign, directed
primarily at bucket shops, was hit by
l all n Ia
Nachod and kuhne, Il member of the
New York Stock Exchange and OF the
New York Curb Market. BOasting Q
record Of seventy years in the street
twenty.eight of them as members OF
the stock exchange, the supposedly
powerful house, with strong German
connections, was forced into a re
ceIyership with S1l,0OO,OOO liabilities
With her decks a veritablt
shambles, the little sailing vessel Mary
Beatrice arrived at New York City
with the story of a terrible fight a
sea In which nine men were killed ant
numerous others wounded. tn,
bodies of the slain were dumped over
board at the height Of the battle. TIVE
OF the dead were white men, two
negroes and five Chinese. The casu
alties resulted in battle between
. coolies and the crew. According t
| Information In possession Of th'
United State immigration authorities
twenty Chinese were being smugglet
into New York for fee Of $50(