The Dolores star., 1923-05-11
FOREIGN

Gently at kingStown. lie was cheereu
/, by crowd ON the pier.
The autographed manuscript of the
diary Captain Cook Kept during ms
| first voyage to the South Seas in lI6O
has been sold at auction for $4,000 TO
w. W. Ifould, librarian ut the pubic
| library, sydney, \. 5. w.
| Switzerland has repaid the United
| States during the last year SlOrOoo,ouV
| on account of loans floated there in
1919 and 1920. it has been officially
announced. The national debt OF the
] country increased 9O,OOOOOO france last
year and now totals 2,ll0ooO,OoO
| francs.
The day of the handbook operator
| is over in Canada as result of the
anti-gambling act just passed in the
House of Commons. 1t prohibits
newspaper publication of betting in
| formation or the circulation of such
| information except ut the race track
/ during the actual race meet.
\ scientific expedition financed by
the government has solved Il mystery
| of fifty years standing by Its discov-
| cry in Kursk Of Il magnetic iron ore
field. The ore was found ut depth
| of 600 feet and in such quantities as
/ to arouse the hope that 1t may develop
| into one Of the worlds largest fields.
Mexico is spending this year $JOO'OOO
on its air service and 1t proposes 10
| spend next year S3,OOO,OOO or more.
&. In. . ..f~ lao "a
/ eyes OF the army wherever revolution
| threatens 1t is believed that the in
| crease in the air service will largely
| decrease the costs OF the army which
are still heavy. Scores Of Mevtcan air
| plane officers are in training in Mex
| leo City, in the United States and
| Europe.
Francisco Perez Rivera, matador of
| Mexico City and Barcelona, Spain, was
| gUred badly by Il wild bull imported
| from Sonora ut u bull fight at MeNi-
cali Chugrined by his failure to de-
feat the animal, Rivera. it was said,
attempted To commit suicide In the
! ring, according to reputcd mutadUr
custom, but was prevented by plea
GUreS. These diverted the attacks of
the bull from Rivera ana rescued him
after he had been injured.
The people of Manitoba will be
asked TO vote not only Tor the esIaD-
Iishment of government liquor stores
to dispense liquor FOR beverage pur-
poses, but also on Il petition put for
I..s 81. I
for the sale of beer and wine with
meals in hotels. Separate referen
Gums will be taken, according to de-
ciSiun reached by the Manitoba Legis-
iature The referendum submitted by
the Moderate League Of Manitoba,
calling for establishment Of govern.
ment liquor stores, will be voted on
June l, while the Der and wine ques-
tion will be settled by the electorate,
probably in September.
GENERAL
Emerson uough, author, died in a
hospital in Evanston, H., few days
ago.
There are 2,Sl9,OOO miles of high
" "ls al NlIt = Illt'h Nltlt'Hs VI which
Texas has the greatest mileage, total
ing lS2,SlG, and Kansas is the next
largest with 124, ,143.
Hyman Bushel, counsel for Babe
Ruth, laid before Acting District At
tOrney PecOra, in New York, charges
of conspiracy and Il request for the
Indictment of Dolores Dixon and 9TH
ers involved in the girls $4,000 suit
against the home-run king, which her
attorney withdrew.
Persistent reports that there is to
be u wholesale eXhumation of the
bodies of House of David followers at
st. Joseph, Mich, who have died were
strengthened when Homer S. Quay,
assistant attorney general, caused an
investigation TO be made of the rec
Ords of approximately forty deaths.
OF the forty who died six came to
their ends through causes unknown"
The American State Bank at Kan
sas City failed to open few days
ago. a notice announced it was in
the hands Of the state finance com
missioner
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Company announced that the organZa-
tiOn would be disbanded unless some
agreement is reached on the wage
scale for the coming season. The mu-
siCians, affiliated with the Chicago
Federation of Musicians, have demand
ed u SO a week increase. The COM
pany claims revenues are not sufficient
to pay this increase to the 100 musi.
clans employed.
The HippodrOme, the home of big
spectacles and New York's greatest
playhouse, closed it's doors for good
recently and no longer will its audi
ences, each representing half the states
in the Union, wonder where the diving
girls go when they disappear into the
huge tank and never are seen from the
front to reach the surface. About 40
100000 persons are computed to have
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