The Raymer enterprise., 1923-09-06
FOREIGN

plete breakdown owing to lack OF
money to carry them on.
Nine members Of one family died
from eating what they thought were
mushrooms, bringing the total deaths
from this cause In Berlin recently to
eighteen.
A branch Of the Ku Klux Klan has
been formed at Auckland, New Zea.
land, to combat Asiatlc labor and trad.
ers. according to reports. 1t is assert
ed that the branch has a membership
Of nearly 1000.
The Oldest surviving nurse Of the
American Civil war Is living In an
English workhouse In London. She Is
Mra Janet Newbury. l0l years old.
She was IN associate Of Florence
Nightingale, the founder Of modern
Red Cross nursing. ~--..a,
The Rev. W. A. whIteside and the
Rev. F. ]. Watt, British missionaries
Of the Church Missionary Society,
were shot and killed by bandits when
travelling In Szechwan province, Aug.
IA, according to letter from Men
chow received In Shanghai.
According to the London Star the
salvage ship which has recovered $780,
100000 In gold bars from the sunken
liner Laurentic off the Irish coast Ia
under guard Of destroyer to prevent
a raid by Irish republicans. The sll.
wage vessel Is real treasure ship
with the decks literally covered with
recovered gold.
Continued fall Of grain prices In the
world markets threatens to make Rus
sian grain exports Improbable and is
having tremendous effect on the
Russian peasantry In the lowering of
prices In the home market. As a coun-
ter measure, the council Of commits.
sars has ordered the remittance OF q
number Of taxes on all grain destined
for export. This, the government be-
lieves, will to certain extent alleN-
ate the situation.
The press Is excited over disciplin-
ary measures taken against one news
paper which violated the release date
on Gov. Gen. Leonard Woods annual
report to the secretary Of war. The
report was for release ut midnight Sat
urday, Aug. rs, but one paper printed
the most important excerpt on Satur-
day afternoon. In consequence the
governor general has excluded report.
ers Of that newspaper from his execu-
tive offices for one month.
Eberbach, Germany. Aug. 2S.-'I am
certain that the gold discovered In the
hills near Hagerstown, Md, Is part Of
the money l buried there before leav-
Ing the United States" said Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy American
draft dodger. lie continued: Il could
not describe just where l secreted my
money but l could 20 to the place. It
was in the mountainous region around
Hagerstown. | planted more than
100000. renounce all claim to the
money. The lucky finder can have It
l congratulate him. hope he needed
1t. l also buried some money in West
Virginia but l will not say just where.
Maybe l will get 1t back myself some
day." Bergdoll Is living In secrecy In
Eberbach, Germany, owing to the re-
cent attempt to kldnap him.
GENERAL
Miss Emile Bulow Of New York
was reelected president of the Ma
tonal Association Of Women Lawyers.
Robbers who had piled $4,000 worth
of furs outside the establishment Of
Pannock X Hallbach, Omaha furriers,
made their escape when surprised by
police.
A violent hail storm which struck
the section around Norfolk, Neb., re-
suited disastrOusly to corn crops, live
stock and poultry, corn being stripped
Of its ears and foliage and many head
Of live stock and flocks being killed.
The battleship Colorado, most pow
erful sea fighter OF the United States
navy, went into commission ut Cam
den, n. j., shipyard The ceremony
planned for the official passing of the
ship from her builders to the navy
was simple one.
Women's rights In the pulpit were
demanded by the International Asso-
citation Of Women Preachers In Chi.
cago.
Aside from the anthracite situation,
President Coolidge Is understood to be
giving us much study these days to
the merchant marine problem as to any
other governmental question.
Fire gutted the Cosmopolitan cafe,
the largest restaurant In Nogales, So
nora, few days ago. The Nogales,
Ariz., fire department crossed the In
ternational line and assisted In efforts
to control the blaze. Damage Is esti.
mated ut $4,000 The Cosmopolitan
cafe was popular gathering place fol-
visitors from the United Stntes.
Members Of score Of New York
unions have bought the stock Of the
New York Call, for fifteen years New
York's leading labor publication. 1t was
announced by the newspaper. The