The Winslow mail., 1923-08-17
FOREIGN

hdI uluS was Helu ut luG bdlIlC M0Lu-
odist Episcopal conference In Kovno,
Lithuania
Protection of the western Canadian
coal industry by high tariff on
United States coal was advocated by
Premier Charles A. Dunning of Sas-
katchewan before the royal grain in
dustry commission.
Premier ZenkOff issued a decree re-
questing the people Of Bulgaria to join
in the mourning Of the American peo-
pie over the death of President Hard
ing. Bulgaria had suffered the loss
of sincere friend, he said.
The British cabinet council has
agreed to the terms of the reply to
the French and Belgian governments
in the reparations negotiations, it was
authorltatively stated in London. The
reply will be dispatched shortly.
New volcanoes are developing In the
mountains of northern Spain, following
an earthquake which destroyed vii
lagos, said a dispatch from Berdun.
Hundreds of persons whose homes
were demolished are living In the open.
The war department made public
reports from General Martinez, chief
of operation in Chihuahua, containing
denials of stories published in the
United States that three uprisings Of
followers of the late Francisco Villa oc-
Cured in the vicinity Of Canutillo,
Hacienda, Durango's estate.
Quiet has prevailed in Amboy since
Aug. 3. Admiral Yang, representing
the Peking government, is moving on
Annoy with four gunboats and two
transports. BY land troops are moving
on the city from Foochow. An attack
by land and sea is expected soon.
Annoy is defended by southern troops
friendly to Sun Yat-Sen.
Senator GiOrgio Bambich was killed
by two revolver shots through the
head, fired by Vittoria Calecchic, a ma
tive of Fiunie. AS soon as Calecchic
started firing, Bombich attempted to
take cover behind a trolley car stand
ard, but slipped and fell. His assail-
ant was upon him instantly and shot
him twice through the head before the
terrified onlookers could interfere.
Colecchic is believed to be insane.
Berlin.-Passive resistance In the
Ruhr and the Rhineland, which Chan
cellor CunO yesterday informed the
reichStag would be continued until
France decided to create an atmos-
phere conducive to negotiations on an
equality basis, is approaching the
stage where it's further maintenance
along peaceful lines will depend Who'll
ly on the governments ability to keep
the resisting population well fed.
The league of nations temporary
committee on limitation of armament,
which is holding sessions in Paris to
discuss the pending plans, took up the
proposed compromise between Lord
Robert Cecil's plan and the French
project. The former provides for
general guarantee pact with a general
reduction of ornaments, and the latter
for partial guarantee pacts between
two or more powers with limitation
of ornaments proportionate to the
security afforded by such pacts. The
compromise will probably form the
basis of the text of the treaty which
the committee will draw up to present
to the next assembly of the league.
GENERAL
Five people were killed at Girard,
ILL.,, when an interurban car struck an
automobile The dead are John and
George Walcopp Of Chicago, two wom-
en- and a child.
Untitled orders Of the United States
Steel corporation on July 81, made
public in New York City totaled s.
91O,763 tons, a decrease Of AIS, ,498
under those at the end of the preced-
ing month.
Indians from the West and Middle
West will meet in Chicago from Sep
tember "a to 80 to attend the annual
meeting of the American Indian SOci-
ETY. and discuss means of preserving
their legal and land rights.
A few days ago st. Louis experienced
it's heaviest hours rainfall in the fifty
two years record Of the weather
bureau, it was announced. Streets
were flooded some with four feet Of
water, hundreds Of automobiles were
stalled, and several thousand persons
were marooned at the municipal open
air theater in Forest Park, where they
had gone to attend style show.
Three members of the supreme board
of the Knights Of Columbus whose
terms expire Sept. L, were reelected
in the fifty-first international conven-
tion Of the order at Montreal, Canada.
They were William f. Fox of Indian
apolis, fourth term; Frank X. Loner-
gan of Portland, Oregon, second term,
and Edward Houlihan of Chicago, sec
Ond term.
Wall Streets confidence In President
Coolidge, which has been voiced by