, 1923-02-01
FOREIGN

ing the death penalty for civil GRIMM
ais in Spain.
The American troops have been
withdrawn from the Rhine, ending
American military participation in the
occupational area.
The staff of the First Southern Div
ision of the irregular military forces
together with all its records for the
last six months, have been captured
by a column of national troops oper-
ating from Macroom, County Cork.
According to Investigations made by
the agriculture and office in
Toxic, this years rye crop in Japan
aggregated 21,62S,S $50 koku. Compared
with the crop of last year, 1t shows a
decrease of about $4,000 koku.
The Amaraco News, conducted by
American soldiers on the Rhine, went
out of existence with the removal of
the soldiers, and the balance of the
money on hand went to buy milk for
babies of the poor in Coblenz.
The "wets' are breathing a trifl1
easier now that it is impossible for Il
bone dry" bill to be considered by the
present regular session of Congress in
Mexico City, which adjourned sine die
recently. Although there was small
fear that such II measure would pass
the lower house 1t was expected in
many quarters that the dry" element,
receiving inspiration from certain high
government officials, would attempt to
hnvn cunh a hill nt lnaSt hrnIuht nm
for discussion. But other legislation
interviewed, anC a new liquor law was
forgotten.
A sensational find of gold and silver
is reported at Eloro. State of Mexico,
on the property of the Eloro Mining
of over nine pounds and silver over
$50 pounds to the ton from the same
vein. The same district some years
ago made the Estrellas mine the Won
der mine of the world. 1t is asserted
that the find is so rich that it is likely
to change the world market for gold
and silver. A rush of miners from all
parts of Mexico is expected, as the
company it will exploit the
vein on an immense scale, employing
hundreds of miners. The Dos Estrel-
las mine made fortunes for hundreds
of investors. History is expected to
repeat itself at Eloro.
GENERAL
Eveline Booth, a negro woman of
O~glethorpe county, Ga, is dead at the
age of 125 years, 8 months and IL days
according to information made public
by DIR. William A. Davis, director of
the department of vital statistics of
the State Board of Health.
The police department bomb squad
of New York brought to the Manhat-
tan headquarters and booked for in
v~estigation' eight men taken in Gus
tody at II meeting reported to have
beer held by the Ku Klux Klan in
Brooklyn. The authorities asserted
the men were officers of the Ku klux
Khan.
Nine men will be tried on charges
of murder in connection with the Her
rim mine killings at the next trial in
Circuit Court, beginning Feb. II, it
was announced by Assistant Attorney
General &. h. Middlekauff / n Il notice
sent to the a%ttorne.r of the defense.
These nine me will be tried on II
charge OF having killed Antonio Mol
kovitch of Erie, Pa, one of the en-
ployes Of the Lester strip mine who
were Killed during the rioting June -
last.
Charles Z. Howard, vice president of
the International Typographical Union,
appeared before the committee on
printing of the national House of Rep
r~esentatives In Washington to urge
that action be taken on II measure to
increase wages of printers In the gov
eminent printing office, 1t was an
nounced ut headquarters of the union
ut Indianapolis. 1t vas stated at head
quarters tina u bill is pending IN the
House to Increase the pay OF govern
ment printers to $1.O4 an hour.
in some ways | am sorry to leave
this place." Alexander Howatt, de-
posed president OF the Kansas union
conl miners, told John Huntington,
sheriff, as he prepared to leave the
Crawford county Jail n few days ago,
with ave other deposed officials vino
had been, like HowAtt, serving Il SCI
tence of one year Tor contempt Ul
court in calling a strike, Howatt was
paroled by Judge ID. ii. Woolley at
Pittsburg.
Declaring that the debt question
was too delicate to discuss at this
time. members Of the British debt
Funding Commission sailed for home
on the Olympic from New York.
Stanley Baldwin. chancellor of the
British exchequeE and Montagu g.
Normnn, governor OF the Bank IF
England, both paid glowing tributes to
the fair treatment they had received
from the American press. Il am
particularly grateful said Mr.. Bald