The Winslow mail., 1923-07-20
FOREIGN

w dSLIHSlOu treaty Tor the limitation
of naval ornaments without reserva-
tions by vote of 287 to 3.
There hasn't been an execution in
Denmark in 80 years. SO the punish
ing commission is considering a pro-
posal for abolition of capital punish
ment.
Manitoba province voted against
sale of beer and light wines in public
places by majority of $4,000 The
referendum was on permitting the light
alcoholic beverages to be sold in hotels
with meals.
Southampton police served sum-
monses on twenty-five members of the
crew of the American steamship
Leviathan, directing them to appear in
British court to answer charges of
deserting from British ships in New
York
Il am confident, I am not worried"
That was Premier POincaires message
to the French Senate as the break
with England on reparations loomed to
threaten the peace of Europe. France
has need of England" said Poincare,
but England needs France just as
much"
Buddhists who opposed the eX-
change of diplomatic representatives
between Japan and the vatican, there
by recently causing the diet to vote
down a proposal to send a Japanese
minister to the papal court, have de-
cided to send one of their abbots to
Rome to study the whole subject of
Roman Catholicism.
1t is semiOfficially announced in
Toxic that Russia has agreed to in
demnify Japan for the Nikolaevsk
massacre. At the same time Russia
will not force Japan to recognize her
claims of violation of the army Of
Japan during its Siberian occupation.
This is regarded as a diplomatic VIC
tory for the Japanese.
Reservations were attached to it's
approval of the ratification of the
Washington naval limitation treaty by
the senate naval commission in Paris
in adopting the report of Senator
Lemery. These reservations are re-
garded as important by the commits
sion and are similar to objections pre-
viOusly voiced by other commissions.
Except for satisfaction that the ap-
parently interminable discussions at
Lausanne at last have ended in some
sort OF an agreement, there is little
qualification in London over the out
come. The opinion of the newspapers
is that Turkey won a substantial VIC
tory and obtained immeasurably more
from her nominal conquerors than
would have been thought possible a
few months ago.
GENERAL
William r. Day, former associate
justice of the United States Supreme
Court, died at his cottage on Mack
mac Island, Mich. With him was his
son, William L. Day, and the latter's
wife.
"Ye Wayside Inn," at Sudbury,
Mass, immOrtalized by the Poet Long
fellow, is now the property of Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile manufactu-
rer. 1t is said Ford paid 100000 for
the relics and antiques alone housed
in the ancient hostelry. The inn had
been operated continuously since 1856.
Excessive heat in Nebraska was
held indirectly responsible for the
death of at least five persons. Three
youths we're drowned, two at Norfolk
and one at Lincoln, while two chill
dren. were killed in an automobile ac-
cident near Bloomfield. There was
one prostratiOn reported in Omaha.
Luis Angel Firpo closed the door to
Jess Wizards attempted return to
fistic fame by knocking out the giant
former champion at Jersey City in the
eighth round of a slashing battle-One
of the greatest in recent heavyweight
history. incidentally he reached the
goal at which he has aimed for the
past year of his meteOric rise to prOmi-
nence-a match for the title with Jack
Dempsey.
The Boston American League Base,
ball Club has been sold to a syndicate
of Columbus, Ohio, men by Harry H.
Frazee owner of the club since 1916.
final decree making permanent
the temporary injunction obtained by
the United States government in Fed
eral Court here Oct. 5, 1922, against
the railway employees department of
the American Federation of Labor, its
officers and others, restraining them
from interfering in any manner, shape
or form in the operation of railroads
during the nationwide shOpmens
strike, was entered at Chicago by
Judge James H. Wilkerson of the
United States District Court.
GubernatOrial authority fell with
thud before the dignity of an ordinary
traffic cop, when the governors of
North Carolina and Tennessee were