The Raymer enterprise., 1923-03-29
FOREIGN

equaled since 1918.
The German Zeppelin Construction
Company has undertaken to build the
alrships to be used on the new postal
service between Seville and Buenos
Aires.
Gabrielle d'AnnunIlo, In letter to
Minister Of the Navy Admiral Thaon
de Revel, offers as gift to the Italian
nation his house. garden, books and
artistic and literary treasures In bis
villa at Carignano.
The high cost Of dying Is bothering
the Jewish community Of Poland. The
fees for burial services at the ceme-
tery have been increased to SOC, 900
marks and those at Prague to 5000
marks
Payment of s2O.OO0,0O0 a year for
twelve years to the United States In
settlement Of the costs Of the Amen-
can army Of occupation In Germany
seems feasible, In the opinion OF Eliot
WadswOrth, assistant secretary Of the
American treasury.
Women teachers In London must in
future resign when they marry. This
decision was made few days ago BY
the education committee Of the Lon
don county council. The 1000 mar
ried teachers at present working IN
London county council schools will not
be affected.
The world nonstop dancing record
now Is claimed by Marseilles PRO
fessor," who called It a day after be
had held the floor for twenty-four
hours, four minutes and five secondA
He was assisted by two young women
pupils, the first Of whom, Mile. Mar
celle Tref, daLced sixteen hours,
twenty-five minutes and fifteen sec-
onds.
The good humor Of Alexander p.
Moore Of Pittsburgh, new American
ambassador to Spain, averted Fran
co-American diplomatic incident re-
Gently In Paris, when the chief French
customs inspector refused to honor
Moore's ambassadorial passport
Moore was able to obtain his trunks
after Interpreters were engaged for
two hours in Strengthening out the tan
gle.
A letter purported to have been
written by Liam Lynch, republican
army leader. to Joseph Mccarthy Of
Philadelphia. urging the vital import.
ance Of "a consignment Of arms NJ
irving as soon as possible" was made
public recently by the Free State gov.
ernment. "One piece Of small artillery
In few weeks would be worth twenty
pieces arriving In couple Of months"
Lynch was said to have written. Time
Is on the side Of the enemy. We want
to make the most Of the coming few
months. II It Is at all possible to have
such here ut once nothing should pre-
vent 1t. We could turn the scale here
Immediately and also end the wal
quickly II this arrived
GENERAL
D.. W. Davis, former governor Of Ida.
no, was sworn In as special assistant
secretary OF the interior. He Is to act
us personal aide to Secretary Work.
A proclamation calling on the people
Of Minnesota TO eat more wheat and
thus consume the surplus which he
said Is the cause Of present low wheat
prices, WAS issued by Gov. J. A. o.
PreuS.
1t has been learned from what 1t
considers reliable sources that Henry
Ford had bought a tract Of coal and
timber land covering about 125,0O0
acres, in eastern Kentucky. The pur-
chase price Is said to be between Sl0,-
100000 and $20.0OO,O00. The tract is
owned by the Peabody interests
Mystery surrounded the origin of So,
100000 in gold that arrived from HQl-
land and was delivered to Wall street
banking firms recently. Ii was the
largest sum received from neutral
country In months. In financial cir
cles II was intimated that Germany
was shipping gold through Holland and
Switzerland to stabilize the mark and
to purchase coal.
Two men, one believed to he Louis
Burston, manager Of II motion picture
producing organization bearing his
name, were killed and n young woman
possibly fatally injured, when an auto
mobile In which 1t Is reported they
were racing train was struck at
grade crossing near Pomona. Calf
In the span Of little more than two
generations the United States has as
sumed the leading position among all
nations In the volume and variety Of
Its manufactured production. the num-
Der of wage earners engaged In manu-
featuring, the power applied to pro-
cesses and the value Of products, the
national conference board says In an
analysis of recent census Of manu-
facturers. From 1S49 to 1919 the to-
tai value Of products manufactured In
the United States rose from Sl,092,.
100000 to nearly S62, 500, ,0O0, 900. and
the number Of wage earners employed
In manufacturing from 957,O59 to o.
O98,372. In the first twenty years Of
this century the personnel Of manufac-