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cession. The sum of 18,000,000 available for use as will be francs advances soon towards the building of and those France, improving hotels that al- in ready exist. A law passed last June authorizing government advances to the hotel industry has just been promulgated. , The French cabinet, acting in the financial crisis caused by the fall of the decided increase nomenal all franc, phe- to taxes, direct and indirect, per cent. It also recoverable in 1924 duce to by 20 the budget decided to re5,000,000,000 francs, which will be met by this new taxation. Henri La Fontaine, vice president of Senate, has made to the correspondent ment the his Belgian explaining a stateallusions to America's his Senate address he said: "It ly. to Europe In his in speech obligations recent- cannot that we for we saved her; and be denied that fought consequently America we are entitled to expect effective Our government to from have the her. ought help courage to tell this to American people." secretary of finance has The sent to New York scrip payment under the ference as first between $16,000,000 covering delivered Lamont- the difagreement and the which should be the De 125,000 la Huerta amount $23,delivered yearly to the international payment of debtedness. bankers in Mexico's inAccording to the agreethe payment increase ment, the Mexican government 5,000,000 should pesos each year until the the been reached, balance, $23,000,000 meanwhile, has being paid in scrip until 1928, when on the foreign normalized. shall the payments become The Mexi- debts can government then will issue 3 per bonds for the held cent gold amount in scrip by the international banks. GENERAL Adj. Gen. Carlos Black has returned to Ill., but without ordering return of the Springfield, the troops summoned to Ill., by threat of out of trouble Marion, growing wholesale factional dry raids. world's and St. champion, Jack Dempsey, Tommy Gibbons heavyweight of a return title in probably in Paul New will York, fight early match June, Promoter Tex Rickard announced in after a conference Rickard came New Eddle York, Kane. to a with definite agreement with Kane after an hour's conference at Madison Square garden. young wife of Louise nephew Salerno, Tony Salerno, of the Italian consul at Omaha, shot and killed Peter ras, accused of her life if she ather and whom threatening she attacking Sfeto expose him. The as Sferas, who leaves tempted occurred shooting a widow and three children, was entering the door of the woman's home. He died almost at once. Albert Miller, 20-year-old bad man who officers declared fired the shot that killed Deputy Sheriff Fred Baker camp notorious gang at the in the Florida of the Everglades, Ashley twenty-five miles north of West was by and captured deputies Palm lodged Beach in jail at West Palm Beach. Four aland intimates the were into by leged gang also associates taken custody of officers and placed in jail. A word chosen from more than 25,000 suggestions as the one best calto awake the culated the lawless "stab conscience was of drinker" anDeloevare of a of for Mass., nounced who by offered prize King $200 Quincy, the most suitable epithet. The word Two and the was posed is "scofflaw." this word contestants prize prodivided between them. The are Shaw of Henry Irving Shawshen winners village, and Miss Kate L. Butler of Dorchester. Charles A. Stoneham, former broker part owner of the New York a of not Giants, and entered plea guilty to a use of the mails to defraud in general indictment charging connection with alleged bucketshop operations. The Sioux Falls Trust and Savings Bank, with deposits of $5,000,000, was the of the fund complaced state depositors' under guaranty supervision mission and will temporarily suspend payments on deposits, it has been announced. First reports were that the but these were announcebank corrected had by been the closed, subsequent ment that the institution would remain open under state supervision. E. B. McLean, Washington newspaper publisher, lent former Secretary A. B. Fall $100,000 but the checks for were restatement had this turned that the amount uncashed former interior with subsequently the secretary arranged to secure the funds else-
