The Raymer enterprise., 1923-03-01
FOREIGN

Rhineland commission, sitting at Cob.
lenx.
The residence Of Field Marshal the
Earl Of Ypres, at Drumdoe, County
Roscommon. was raided recently. The
members Of the gang removed the
costly furniture, completely stripping
the interior Of the house, and carried
off their loot In carts.
A Reuter- dispatch received In Lon.
don from Essen says a patrol Of troops
which was attacked In the streets Of
Essen arrested all their aggressors. A
French sentry who was molested at
Oberhausen by number Of Germans
wounded one Of his assaIlants.
II will take four years to clear the
tomb Of King Tut-Ankh-Amen In the
opinion Of Sir Hercules Reed Of the
British museum, who has taken deep
Interest In the discovery and has had
ample opportunity to estimate the
work yet to be done. A boom In fake
antiques Is now In full swing.
The Berlin Communist newspaper,
Rote Fahne (Red Flag. declared that
Germany has begun to make prepara.
tions for war. According to the news.
paper, Chancellor Wilhelm Cune, min.
lister of defense, and General Won
Zeekt OF the German military police,
participated In meeting at which
Germanys war capacity was dis,
cussed."
A Dortmund dispatch received In
London says that French troops &C.
companied by detectives and gen.
darme and escorted by twenty tanks,
surrounded the main police barracks Il
Essen and disarmed the thousand men
within. Police duty was resumed by
the men who had not been disarmed.
but later left their posts and Essen IL
again without police.
Tons Of limestone will be dumped
over the 3.0OO-year-old tomb Of Tut.
ankhamen in the Valley Of the Kings
when 1t is resealed until next autumn,
with the ancient Phara0h's mummy
undisturbed within, 1t was announced
by the chiefs Of the exploration party
ut Luxor. Egypt. Every precaution
will be taken to prevent the tomb from
being disturbed during the summer.
The mummy Of Tutankhamen may
remain In Its S.0O0-year.old tomb In
the Valley Of the Kings and not be
placed In q museum to satisfy the
eyes Of curious world. Lord
Carnarvon. head Of the Egypt.
ologist explorers, who discovered the
tomb, has been deeply moved BY the
protests from many parts Of the world
against disturbing the body Of the
ancient Pharaoh and especially against
putting 1t upon public view.
GENERAL
Thirteen persons were burned to
death and three others were reported
missing In fire In Kansas City, Kan,
which destroyed two-story frame
rooming house.
Edward Furey, who escaped from
New York, where he was indicted with
julius Mickey Arnstein, for attempt
ed larceny OF S5,OOO,OOO In securities.
was arrested ut Lynn, Mass. Furey
was captured at revolver point as be
attempted to escape.
Baseball has been given back one Of
its most popular heroes, the man the
back lot boy emulates, Christy Math.
ewson, who 1t was announced In Bos.
ton recently returns from his battle
with tuberculosis to the diamond as
president Of the Boston National
League baseball club, which has been
purchased by Il New York syndicate.
Secret service men are drawing In
the strings Of q nationwide net that
they expect will enmesh 1000 men,
bers Of an international counterfeit.
ing conspiracy that they believe has
Its tentacles gripped in every Import
ant city OF the country. The ring is
believed to have been maintained and
distributed between S1,0oO,O0o and
slO,OOO,OOO Of the bogus bills and
spurious stamps.
The Wisconsin National Guard lost
Its fight for existence In the lower
house Of the Legislature when the AS
sembly by vote Of 65 TO IA refused
to indefinitely postpone the Polakow'
ski bill, calling for complete abolition
Of the states military force.
Harry X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, who is an inmate Of the Penn
sylvanla Hospital for Mental and
Nervous Diseases In West Philadel.
phla, was recently granted Il ten days
leave from the institution to visit his
mother in Pittsburgh.
The seizure Of seventy-five cases Of
hand grenades and high explosives be.
ing unloaded from truck into base.
ment in the Chelsea bier district, New
York City, led to the discovery Of l0O
more cases, which had been secreted
In a river front lodging house. -Four
men, who were transferring the explo'
sives were taken in custody.
Twenty.two maniacs and three nj.
tendants perished In fire that swept
through three.story building Of the
Manhattan state hospital on Wards
Island. New York. Sixteen hundred
violently insane men 1mperiled In the
hu,Id,py refused 10 he removed from