The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-16

IN the reparau0ns negotiations, II was
authoritatiyely stated In London. The
reply will be dispatched shortly.
New volcanoes are developing In the
mountains Of northern Spain, following
an earthquake which destroyed VII
lages. said dispatch from Berdun.
Hundreds Of persons whose homes
were demolished are living In the open.
The man who was shot and killed by
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. the Ameri-
can draft evader has been Identified
rs Swiss named Karl Schmidt Of
Lausanne, and the man wounded Is
said to be Roger Sperber, an American
resident Of Paris.
Quiet has prevailed In Amboy since
Aug. 8. Admiral Yang, representing
the Peking government, Is moving on
Annoy with four gunboats and two
transports. BY land troops are moving
on the city from Poochow. An attack
by land and sea Is expected soon.
Annoy Is defended by southern troops
friendly to Sun Yat-Sen.
Senator Glorgio Bambich was killed
by two revolver shots through the
head, fired by vittoria Calecchic, ma.
tive Of Fume. As soon as 'Calecchlc
started firing, Bombich attempted to
take cover behind u trolley car stand.
ard, but slipped and fell. His assail.
ant WAS upon him Instantly and shot
him twice through the head before the
terrified onlookers could interfere.
Colecchic Is believed to be insane.
Berlin.-Passiye resistance In the
Ruhr and the Rhineland, which Chan
cellor Cuno. yesterday Informed the
reichstag would be continued until
France decided to create an atmos-
phere conducive to negotiations on an
equality basis, Is approaching the
stage where Its further maintenance
along peaceful lines will depend Who'll.
ly on the governments ability to keep
the resisting population well fed
Twelve thousand persons attending
the annual Welsh festival, or Eistedd.
fod, at Mold, Wales, heard former Pre-
mier Lloyd George speak Of the late
President Harding us lone OF the
strongest men who ever governed
country" Later Mr. Lloyd George, as
president of the Eisteddfod for the
day, dispatched message to the
White House expressing sympathy to
Mrs. Harding and the American peO-
pie.
GENERAL
Fire In the flour mills Of the Dutch
Colony" Amana, Iowa, twenty-five
miles southwest Of Cedar Rapids, did
damage estimated close to half mil
lion dollars before 1t was put under
control
Untitled orders Of the United States
Steel corporation on July 81, made
public in New York City totaled D.
9lO,763 tons, decrease Of 475.49S
under those at the end OF the preced.
ing month.
Three members Of the supreme board
OF the Knights Of Columbus whose
terms expire Sept, |. were reelected
In the fifty.flrst international conven.
ton Of the order at Montreal, Canada.
They were william r. Fox OF Indian
apolis, fourth term; Frank X. Loner-
gan Of Portland, Oregon, second term,
and Edward Houlhan Of Chicago, sec
ond term.
A few days ago st. Louis experienced
Its heaviest hours rainfall In the fifty.
two years record Of the weather
bureau, It was announced. Streets
were flooded, some with four feet Of
water, hundreds Of automobiles were
stalled. and several thousand persons
we're marooned at the municipal open
air theater In Forest Park, where they
had gone to attend style show.
Wall Streets confidence In President
Coolidge, which has been voiced By
many of its banking and business lead.
ers, found expression In the stock
market few days ago. the first full
day session since the death Of Presi-
dent Harding. when prices recovered
the ground lost recently and mounted
upward to higher levels than those pre-
vailIng at the close Of business Aug. 2.
Announcement by the Standard Oil
Company Of Indiana that 1t would re-
duce its price Of gasoline to 16 cents
gallone in South Dakota TO meet the
price which Gov. W. II. McMaster had
ordered the state storage house to fix
was followed by statement from l..
V. Nicholas, president Of the National
Petroleum Marketers' Association, that
Independent oil dealers In South Dako- !.
ia would be crippled. .,.
Three persons are dead, the current /
In the Chicago river was. reversed, an
airplane was brought down. "A dam In
the Des PLANES river was bursted.
two houses were toppled over and tel
ephone and electric light wires and ele-
vated and street car traffic we're Grip
pied us result Of terttfic electrical
storm which visited Chicago few
days ago.
Five people were killed at Girard.
ILL.,, when an lnterurban car struck an