The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-23
FOREIGN

France.
Grover Cleveland Bersdoll. American
iraft evader, said that he had expect
I'd to return to the United States with
his mother on Sept n. but that the
recent effort to kidnap him made him
hesitate about doing %.
Eight persons lost their lives when
the Wowa hotel on the Lake Of Bays,
Ont, burned to the ground,
according TO an announcement by the
Canada Railway News Company OF
Toronto. owners Of the property.
Two italian Catholic priests were
kidnapped when bandits pillaged the
district near Sungho, China, according
to reports. The town Of Tsaoshlh was
looted and the Catholic church burned.
Eighty Chinese captives were taken.
Twenty-dx persons were wounded in
encounters between Fascist and Com
munists at Molinells following the ex-
plosion Of bombs, which were thrown
against the Fascist headquarters and
the home of the local Fascist leaders.
Tidal waves, combined with severe
storm. have submerged 25.OO0 homes
along the Yalu river and on the west
coast Of Korea. No estimate OF the
loss of life has yet been received, but
It Is said the damage to crops and the
lumber industry will be heavy.
The police Of Berlin have forbidden
the Deutsche AIlgemeine Zeitung to
publish for three days, presumably In
consequence Of an attack made by the
newspaper on Chancellor Stressemann-
The Deutsche Allgemelne Zeitung IL
owned by Hugo SHINES, the great Ger
man industrialist.
French aviators have conducted sue
cessful experiments with an airplane
capable Of throwing torpedo weigh
Ing 1,540 pounds. says lie Journal. The
machine itself weighs more than three
tons. 1t Is fitted with 300-horsepow-
er motor and has attained a speed Of
105 miles IN hour.
Addressing the members Of the West
Birmingham Unionist Association, Aus
ten Chamberlain. former chancellor OF
the exchequer. declared "the entente
is hanging by a thread and any clum-
sy handling OF the reparations Ques-
tIon ut this moment may snap that
thread and undo the work Of the last
twelve or fifteen years"
Jesus Salas, the member Of the Du-
range (iexico) Legislature. who Is In
jail following his voluntary confession
that he led the band which killed Fran
cisco villa. has announced that he will
donate the rewards offered for the
death Of the former bandit leader to-
wards the establishment OF charita-
BILE institution for the families Of VI.
las numerous victims. 1t is said that
the reward Of 100000 pesos offered by
Chihuahua state and others offered by
the United States as result Of tho
Columbus raid have not been with
drawn.
GENERAL
The Kansas City Journal-Post has
raised the price Of Its Sunday paper
to 10 cents u copy, effective Aug. 26.
Joe Huff. known along the Pacific
coast as the tallor-aviator, and Edwin
Dihall, a negro, q years old, were
killed when the aIrplane In which they
were riding crashed to earth at Ven.
Ice, Calf.
Officials Of the United Mine Work.
ers of America gathered In New York
for wage negotiations with anthracite
operators, appropriated $4,000 to re-
lieve the distress Of members in the
mine explosion at Kemmerer. Wyo.
by unanimous vote. the slxty-eighth
annual convention Of the International
Typographical Union adopted a resolu-
ton strongly urging the executive
council to resist any attempt to call off
the fight for the f0rty-four-hour week, F"
and ndreCalnmended that all strike benefits
be continued until all members still on
strike are back at work. Toronto was
selected as the meeting place for the
1924 convention.
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed u large portion Of the busi-
ness section of Edgewood, Texas
Eight buildings were wiped out by the
fire. The town, with hardly any fire
protection, was helpless as the fire
spread to adjoining structures.
The Arizona state board Of paroles
and pardOns refusing to intervene In
the case, Manuel Martinez was hanged
ut the state penitentiary at Florence
for the murder Of J. Frank Pearson.
postmaster at Ruby, Ariz., during q
border bandit raid In August, 1921
DR.. Amy Kaukonen. only woman In
Ohio filling the office Of mayor. an
nounced she will resign that office In
q few days to accept an offer Of po-
sltlon In Seattle. DIR. Kaukonen, q
was elected mayor OF Fair
port on n liquor enforcement platform.
For five days, Chicagoans will be
able to send Il letter for cents by air
mail TO San Francisco, the postoffice
announced. After the experimental
period. a sliding scale of rates will be-
come effective. Mail Is to be carried