The Winslow mail., 1924-01-11
FOREIGN

nese paper in Honolulu.
The heir to the crown of Jugoslavia
holds the distinction of being the
youngest colonel in the army of the
nations of the world Having recent
ly reached the age of seven weeks, his
elevation to the military rank of regi-
mental commander cOincided with his
christening.
Opposition to extension of the coast
wise shipping laws of the United
States to the Philippines, as recon-
mended to President Coolidge by
Chairman Jones of the Senate COM
merce committee, was expressed by
Manuel Quezon, president of the Phil
ippine Senate
Type composed by Warren G. Hard
ing in the office of the Fairbanks
Alaska, News Miner will be forward
ed to the Harding Memorial Associa-
ton if the organization at it's coming
meeting in New York accepts the Of
fer, w. F. Thompson, publisher of the
newspaper, has announced.
hcLI vi ueIAlHcIJ lle oApcllcu pIcSl-
dent of the Rhine provinces, was SEN
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment
by a French court-martial on the
charge of resisting Franco-Belgian
orders. Minor sentences were i'm
posed on number of German police
officials. Herr Pohl, a former Ger
man submarine commander, was
among those sentenced.
Provincial officials, emphasizing the
liberal regulatory liquor laws in effect
in Quebec, boasted that the province
had enjoyed an absolutely crimeless
New Year day. Not one violent death,
riot, quarrel or robbery was reported
anywhere in the most thickly popu-
lated province of Canada. In Mont
real only eleven arrests were mace on
the last day of 1923, and the first of
1924-all for petty Offenses. The
usual daily list contains 100 to $50
names.
GENERAL
Zina n. Cleveland and Mrs. Helen t.
Carlson are eligible for the appoint
ment as postmaster at Julesburg, Colo,
it was announced by the Civil Service
Commission.
The Geological Survey announced
that the daily average production of
crude petroleum in the United States
in November amounted to 2,150,866
barrels, an increase of 22,576 barrels
over the daily average for October.
Every candidate for the legislature
in the primaries this spring will be
called upon by the state administra-
tion to announce his or her position
upon prohibition enforcement bills
which were defeated by the 1923 leg
islature. Governor Pinchot of Penn
sylvania declared in an address.
Joseph M. Dean, chairman of the
Memphis, (Tenn.) board of motion
picture censors, stated that films in
which Mabel Normand appears will be
barred permanently from local screens
as a result of the connection Of her
name with the shooting of Courtland
S. Dimes, son of a Denver capitalist
who was seriously wounded by Miss
Normands chauffeur.
Billy Niske, st. Paul heavyweight
pugilist, died at a Minneapolis hospi-
tai after weeks illness from an
acute attack of Bright's disease. He
was % years old. Although Miske had
cI1fforod from q chronic condition Of
the disease for four years, he did not
become seriously ill until recently. He
spent Christmas with his family in St.
Paul but collapsed the next day and
was taken to the hospital. Saturday he
became unconscious and remained so
until his death. Miske's ring career
was full of action. He had engaged in
ia ring battles and has been knocked
out but once. His illness had twice
forced him to retire from the pugilis-
tic arena.
Two stockholders of the Doris
Motor Car Company of st. Louis filed
suit to enjoin the company from pro-
ceeding with the liquidation Of the
company. They also asked for d re-
ceiver.
The Columbia Graphophone Manu-
featuring Company, which went into
bankruptcy October Is, filed sched-
ule in Federal Court in New York list
ing $23,91O,4O5 liabilities and $1S,667,-
931 assets.
-Four special trains carrying $12,-
100000 worth of silk, the largest and
most valuable shipment ever to cross
the continent, arrived in Chicago over
the Burlington railroad a few days
ago The consignment comes from the
Orient by way of Seattle and will be
run through to New York intact The
silk is being transported in baggage
cars and the trains are being operated
on faster than regular passenger train
time the run from Seattle to Chicago
being scheduled at sixty-eight and one
half hours. There are forty-siX cars