GENERAL CABLES.

Grey River Argus, 3 November 1928, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DID OIL MA_"«ATES BRIBE STATE PROSECUTOR. VANCOUVER, Nov. 1. Fv-l’owing tho conviction of the pie bident (Le.ii.s and other leading omc.ai . of t.ie n’-lorious Julian 1A tru .eu ,i Co.p ration), toe grand jury re | •(),..in n(• d t.i.ii A. b. A. iv.-yrs, th famou. disti.e. attorney :f Lus Ange s Uoun-y, be himself prosecute,, ior ..ccep mice of bribes totalling 12S. 000, iu connection with tlu ‘’Hurts . s. cure charges agaii st tire i o- porau e rcl.M.ve t.' th* ai’cgod watering •ml an oi. stock, Io the tune of twvnU million dollars. HU.3SIAN AEFAIR3. BERLIN, Nov-mber JOfficial ng ares from Mivrow show that there are 1,418,000 r gistcremembers of tho Communist Party mi der one pex cent of the population. MOSCOW, November 1. Russia’s trade returns for the ya? end d Septi mtrer 30, show a deficit A’ eighteen millions sterling. import were eighty-two millions and exports sixty-three .milU'ons ctjnpared wit a ■ast y ar’y surplus of £5,300,000. STORM IN MEDITERRANEAN. PARIS, November 1. A tornado struck Nice yesterdiiy afternoon, causing much damage. N" (Fetalis have been received. THE NEW TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 1. The Angora Assembly passed a Bi I. substitliting Latin for Arabic characters from January 1, f - pub ic departments. PrivatV individuals may write applications and petitions in Arabi? until June. Ship signs, street Domes, and hoarding advertisements also newspapers, must be Latinised by December and newr bdoks by January.