The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
| FOREIGN

1919 and 1920. 1t has been officially
announced. The national debt Of the
country increased 10000, 900 france last
year and now totals 2,l10,00O000
francs.
The Vienna city government realized
1,l98, ,000, 100 crowns by way Of amuse-
ment taxes levied on dancing enter.
tainments during the recent carnival.
The average number Of balls held on
each Of the forty nights Of the carni.
val season was eighty-nlne, a record
figure for Vienna.
To rid Petrograd Of Its criminal ele-
ment, the police are utilizing daily
their new prerogauve Of speedy pun
ishment In certain cases without trial.
Recently, according to the official
press, seventeen bandits who were
caught In the act Of robbery and re-
sisted arrest were shot In one batch.
Mexico Is spending this year. s500, 600
on Its air service und il proposes to
spend next year $3,0OO,O0O or more.
The object Is to make the air feet the
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 Mevican 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
gored badly by u wild bull imported
from Sonora at bull fight at Meu-
call. Chagrined BY his failure TO de-
feat the animal, Rivera, II was said,
attempted to commit suicide in the
ring, according to reputed matad0r
custom, but was prevented by plea
dOres. These diverted the attacks Of
the bull from Rivera and rescued him
after he had been injured.
ANY person who refuses to Ill orders
coke, or iHterferes with the execution
Of such orders, Is made liable TO five
years Imprisonment under a new ordi-
nance adopted by the inter-allied
Rhineland commission. The comm!s-
sion also directed that number Of
highways leading from the occupied
district into unoccupied Germany be
closed 80 as to permit better control
Of traffic.
GENERAL
There are 2,S19D0 miles Of high
ways In the United States, Of which
Texas has the greatest mileage, total
ing lS2, SIC, and Kansas is tie next
largest with 124.143.
The Boston 4 Maine Railroad an
nounced an Increase in wages making
the wages Of employees receiving 81
cents an hour ~ cents About i,0OO
employees are affected
william + (Pussyfoot) Johnson, dry
leader, said that neither party will
venture to make the modification OF
prohibition an ISSUE" adding that Con
gress and the country would continue
getting dryer.
Robert Harris, IS years old, vice
president of the Smith National Bank
ut st. Edward, Neb.. walked into the
banks vault and shot himself fatally
with q pistol. according to special
dispatch. His accounts appear in or
der and no motive Is known, the dis
patch adds.
Albert l.. (Ted) Hollywood, alleged
leader of the bandit gang that staged
the $20,500 Frisco payroll robbery at
Springfield, Mo-, last May, has been
arrested In Beilinghum, Wash. Holly
wood Is the last alleged member Of the
bandit gang to be arrested. He is also
suspected OF being connected with the
Denver mint robbery.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Company announced that the organiza-
ton 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 a SIS a week increase. The com
pany claims revenues are not sufficient
to pay this Increase to the 100 musi-
clans employed.
Albert Peterson, q policeman, was
shot and killed and Guy Carlson, dep
uty sheriff. was dangerously wounded
recently at Mitchell, Neb.. by Harold
Randall, whose arrest was sought on
a charge Of bootlegging. Randall es-
capped.
Many Americans visiting Matamoras,
Mexico, were compelled to spend the
night there because immigration Of
| ficers closed the International bridge
at 8 o'clock without warning, when
proprietors Of gambling houses refused
| to close their places In accordance
with orders from Mexico City.
John ]. Creedcn, q years old, whose
automobile dashed into crowd wait.
ing for a street car In Philadelphia
causing the death Of Julia Kollnko,
II years old, pleaded guilty to a gen.
eral charge Of homicide and was sen.
fenced to serve from four to eigh:
years In the pen!tentiary.
Charlie, a huge elephant, "ran wild"
while acting before motion picture
camera In the Hollywood district, and