Warsaw Report 1928-01-26

January £6,1928 Election. The Chief Election Committee debated yesterday on all lists prsented until the 24th of Janaury. It appeared that on many of them signatures were count erfited,therefore the SaBrxsxwssxik Com ait tee will spend several days on analysing all these doubtful lists and then decide which of them will be cancelled. The Religious Jews brought yesterday the first local Warsaw list which presumably will receve the 36th number. Arrests The former director of the Ministry of Finance and the fo mer employe of the Minist y of blic Works,Mesrs.Woszatycki and eng.Rechowicz were arrested yesterday for embzzelments. It appears that both of them being snagged ia the Constuction Bank were using Governmental credit for the'fostrihg of const uctions for their speculations. %e thieves of the Brazilian legation were found. It appears that they could not sell the articles stilen and thus throw them in the Vistula. Hotel Mr.Paderewski plans to sell the Bristol Hotel to one of the local Banks which schemes to close the hotel and instal there their offices. Survey The Kurjer Polski states that the survey which was sup osed to take place during the Present year to establ sh the cost of productioa of vari us branches of P lish industries will o not take place. Hurricane The Polish press states a new hurricane pasted the States of Kuntucky,Tenensee while a very strong storm damaged Hew England. There were also very strong storms in Great Britain. Soviets The Polish press is extremely indigned over the trial of priest Skalski in Moscow. The wriest was supposed to be exchanged during the recent exchange of pr soners. The S viets declared,how ever just before the exchange that they could not find priest Skalski. As soon as the exchange was accomplished ,Skalski was found in one of the prisons and is being tried now for antiO governmental activities and spying for Poland. Land Minister Staniewicz organizes on the 30 inst . a confer nee on the matter of the land reform. ^