The Raymer enterprise., 1923-02-08
FOREIGN

Great Britain formally accepted the
American terms for funding Of the ST..
50O.OO0,0O0 debt owing 10 the United
States.
Andre Maneyrol, French pilot, broke
all world gliding records ut Cherbourg,
France. with u flight Of eight hours
and five minutes.
A former British soldier. suffering
from shell shock, attempted to attack
King George with his crutch at the St
Pancrus railway substation. The ex.
soldier was arrested.
With the arrival at Manila OF the
steamship Paris. belated member OF
the fleet Of Russian refugees, 1t was
learned that her sister ship had been
sunk off Formosn last week with the
loss Of twenty lives. .
The residence Of Sir Horace Plunkett
at Fox Rock, Dublin, was destroyed
by fire. The final destruction OF the
residence was due to u second attack,
the previous explosion having only
partly wrecked the building.
Railroad service In the Rhineland Is
virtually normal, and the lines In the
Ruhr region are not occupied by the
French In military sense. The strike
ut Mayence continues. The situation
in the Ruhr is drifting back to the reg
ular routine.
Captain Coyne of the Irish National
army was shot dead and three soldiers
were wounded when u party Of troops
were ambushed by irregulars between
Abbeyfeale and Brosna, on the Liner.
IckKerry border. The attacking par
ty Is said to have left the captains
body at the roadside. stripped Of all
clothing.
Seven tidal waves recently swept
Hllo buy, Island Of Hawaii. The waves
reached maximum Of fifteen feet.
The waves. apparently the result OF In.
tense earth shocks, brought death to
number of persons. One japanese
was killed when the Matson Naviga.
tion Company's lighter Walloa struck
the railroad bridge across the WaIlu-
ku river.
The Free State government still Is
confronted with a grave task, as shown
by the Intensified compaign Of destruc-
tiOn and lncendlarism that is being
carried on by the Irregular forces.
These acts are considered proof Of the
determination OF the Republicans to
resort to every possible means TO pre-.
vent the government from functioning
and to break the country's morale.
Late advices from Essen indicate
rigorous procedure on the purt Of the
French und Belgians throughout the
occupied zone, where Wholesale arrests
Of German officials are taking place.
which are promptly followed by strikes
In all branches Of the governmental
service. The telegraph. telephone and
postal employees at Essen walked out
ih body as protest against the ar.
rest Of six officials who declined to &C.
cede TO French orders.
GENERAL
Restoration Of the elght.hour day BY
the United States railroad labor board
with time and One-half pay for over
time to $4,000 railway signal men, has
been announced ut Chicago.
The sinking Of the Lusltania was ar
act Of war, the court Of appeals al
Albany, n. Y. held In deciding the case
Of the estate Of Alfred g. Vanderbilt
against an Insurance company.
Closer affiliatlon of the various
printing trades unions under jurisdlc
ton of the International Typographical
Union was discussed at meeting Of
the boards Of governors Of the Inter
national Allied Printing Trades Asso
citation at indianapolis.
Fred Lundin, former Illinois con
gressman and known as the silent
power behind the political machine Of
Mayor William Hale Thompson, and
twenty-three others were named In q
blanket indictment returned In court
by the special grand jury ut Chicago
which IL investigating school board uf
fuirs.
Mrs. Alvin Z. Anhert, 50 years old
lost u $4,000 damage suit against the
United States Cremation Company OF
New York City for the alleged mixing
| Of the ashes of her first two husbands
The court directed verdict holding
Mrs. Anhert had failed to substantiate
her claim that the cremation company
carelessly handled the ashes.
The explosion Of storage tank Of
the Springfield. Mass. Gas Light Com.
pany caused at leas; three deaths. In
Jured forty persons and caused confu
sion and wreckage In the business sec
ton. Office workers and persons In
the streets were struck down BY
debris. Workers In the plant were re-
ported seriously hurt. Automobiles In
the streets were hub deep In tbe
wreckage. Ella
Hopes Of thousands Of sufferers
from epidemic influenza for cure OF
preventive Of the disease were raised
by the announcement Of the discovery
Of the cause and the isolation Of the
germ. The announcement is made by
DR.. Simon W. Flexner, director Of the
Rockefeller Institute Of Medical Re.