The Winslow mail., 1923-11-16
FOREIGN

NObS On lOCdL OplIOIl, mas NOt0u uOWu
prohibition, according to official re-
| turns.
| Heavy loss of life, due to cloudbursts
and floods, is reported from the Mix
teca Alta region of the state of OAK
aca, and from MiXteca Baja, state of
Puebla, Mexico.
At Lethbridge, Alta, Blackhorse
Joe, also known as Two Stab, an In
dian, wounded when he was arrested
on charge of Staying Winnie Telles-
trup, high school girl, whose mutt
lated body was found in a straw
stack, died few days ago.
Terror broke out at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, as a result of a police strike
Bands of ruffians rOamed the city in
motor cars, smashing windows and
looting. Thirty persons were hurt in
rioting and taken to hospitals. The
special constabulary was helpless to
cope with the mobs. Eighty thousand
dollars worth of plate glass. windows
were broken
Great Britain, according to the
Ekstrabladet recently made overtures
to Denmark for buying Greenland,
asking in addition that she be allowed
to make the first offer of purchase if
Denmark wished to sell at future
date. The reply of the Danish govern
ment, the newspaper says, was that
the island was not for sale and never
would be.
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion, mining operator, real estate
dealer and moving picture actor, is
about to become a turfman with a
stable of from six to eight horses,
said James w. Coffroth, president of
the Tia Juana Jockey Club. The
Mexican course opens on Thanksgiving
day. The initial purchase of Demp-
sey's racing venture, Coffroth added
would be a string of either six or
eight thoroughbreds.
A presidential decree made public
recently grants to Mexicans the right
of seizure, without foPmalities, of wa
ter rights for irrigation purposes in
those districts where water courses are
under federal control This supple
ments President Obregon's decree of
last August throwing open the federal
lands for agricultural purposes. The
order points out that the greater part
of the real estate thus granted land
less Mexicans has been found to be un-
tillable without supply of water
which the second decree affords.
Bulgaria and Jugo-Slavia have
reached an agreement in principle on
all the disputes between them, Bull
100000 at the normal rate of exchange)
being accepted. The negotiations be-
tween the two countries, which mainly
concerned military acquisitions during
the war, were suspended because of
the attack by three armed men on the
JugoSlav military attache, Colonel
Krastitch, but there has been no rup-
ture in diplomatic relations, and Jugo-
Slavia is not expected to pursue the
incident further.
GENERAL
Minority organizations in some sec
tiOns are taking law enforcement in
to their own hands and some of their
leaders are openly advocating the
breaking of the law, Brigadier-G -Gener-
al Charles G. Dawes, told the Chicago
Association of Commerce. He de-
clared the citizens must define issues
or stand by and see the nation under
mined.
President Coolidge has endorsed the
plan for observing Dec. 2 as interna-
tional golden rule Sunday, it was an
naunced by Charles V. Vickrey, gen.
eral secretary of the Near East relief.
Plans for the day, as outlined at re-
cent international conference at Gen
eva, call upon people Of fourteen coun-
tries to serve a menu in their homes
similar to that served in orphanages in
the Near East, the difference in cost
of the orphanage menu and the ordin-
ary meal to be contributed to orphan
age work overseas. Mr.. Vickrey said
he expected the day would be observed
by 20,O0O000 persons.
The Bank of Orr, N. d., has been
taken charge of by the state guaranty
fund commission and is open for the
receipt of special deposits only.
Five persons were instantly killed
and one probably fatally injured when
motor bus running between Ashland,
KY, and Ironton, Ohio, was struck at
grade crossing in Russell, KY, by
Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train
No 8.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
has been filed at Abilene, Texas by
attorneys for George Fineberg & Co.,
cotton merchants The attorneys gave
the liquidated liabilities of 1927, ,3SS.O7,
and the assets, including exemptions
and excluding insurance, $279,025. Ex-
emptions claimed total $4,000. Fine
berg is widely known in cotton circles
in Texas.
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