Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-31
Foreign

Thirty-nine persons are reported
killed and many others injured in q
railway accident in northern CeylOn,
caused when floods washed away part
of track, it is reported at Calcutta
Two British officers were captured
when the airplane in which they were
operating against hostile tribes on In
dia's northwest frontier was forced to
land in the village of Jandola.
Dispatches received at Buenos Aires
say the federal Brazilian government
probably will intervene in the revolt
in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande
do Sui, where conditions are critical
Ten persons are missing and twenty
two others were injured as the result
of an explosion which destroyed the
Mexican Eagle Oil company's tank
steamer San Leonardo, loaded with
10000 barrels of fuel oil, at the Aguila
wharf at Tampico, Mexico.
Patrick Cunningham, William Con
roy and Colin Kelley, all Of Tullamore,
were executed at Birr, Kings county,
Ireland, for possessing arms and am
munition and for theft from resi-
dences.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Stan
Do OWN prif ic6
debt mission to the United States, will
not return there, it is understood at
London. Ambassador Geddes prob
ably will continue negotiations.
A dozen French soldiers and civilian
Treves, Rhineland French troops
have been ordered to shoot rioters in
a proclamation by General Degoutte.
The shipyard of the Kaiji-Shokai or
Vessels Repair company. which went
into liquidation recently, has been
bought by working shipbuilders of
Tokyo, who will control and man
age it.
The transport St Mihel left Ant
werp Thursday with the American
troops which have been on duty at
Coblenz. About sixty men were left
behind on the Rhine to dispose OF
goods.
The top story of the Tageblatt
building at Berlin collapsed Twenty
of the newspapers employees are re-
ported killed and many others seri-
ously hurt
Riots in which killings were mar
rowly averted occurred at Mayence
when huge crowds Of angry Germans
ran amuck in the streets because fines
were imposed on Fritz Thyss en- and
other Ruhr magnates
The tariff on imported grain has
been cut from 11.50 to 1.50 gold lire
($3S2 and % cents) per quintal 600
pounds) This action is in line with
Premier Mussolini's campaign to re-
duce the cost of living, says a Rome
dispatch.
The American Radio corporation at
Shanghai staged the first radio
broadcasting program ever given in
China. Enthusiasm for the innovation
was voiced by hotels and other insti-
tutions equipped with receivers.
A GermaL gymnastic troupe was
prevented from appearing il Olympia
Music hall at Paris by demonstra-
ton by unemployed French perform
ers. A police squad cleared the stage.
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Germans at Essen deny the posi-
bility that hostilities will develop
from the Ruhr occupation. They say
that the combat between Paris and
Berlin is confined to game of eco
nOmic chess"
Canada has modified her import du-
ties of pulp board in rolls for use in
manufacturing wall boards, says an
Ottawa dispatch.
Having completed their submerging
and surface tests, four new French
submarines. the Henri Fourier, Du-
petft-Thouars, Maurice Callot and
Lieutenant OByrne, will be placed in
commission at Toulouse soon.
A banking organization to control
all financial matters common to Jugo-
Slavia and Czechoslovakia will be
created as a result of conferences
held at Belgrade.
Found guilty of possessing arms,
two residents of Cork named Fitz-
gerald and 0'Reilly were executed at
the infantry barracks at Waterford.
In order to avoid the necessity of
immediate by-elections, the Nova Sco-
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