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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
; SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE HEWS IrTHE SOUTH
Secretary of War Baker announced
that he would refuse the recent pro
posal of the Victory . Hall association
that an unidentified body of an Amer
ican .soldier be buried in the proposed
victory hall to be built , in New York.
Practical suspension of - the" nation's
business marked the observance of
Thanksgiving Day in Washington to
day. The closing of all public offices
and most of the private institutions
and places of business gave the capital
a holiday aspect but there were no
public functions. Most of the cabinet
officers spent the day quietly at home
ftftPT Jtf-origin or hViili -ivirt.m-.c A
vvnat is Taking Place in The South- number of private social functions and
land Will Be Found
Brief Paragraphs
In
the eve-
Fo
reigrr
dinners were arranged for
ning.
That a unmber of messages may be
sent over submarine cables simultan
eously through the use of alternating
(current, and that the trunks of irrnw-
Members of the German reirRta J ing trees may be ultilized at times in
openly denounced France for sending tne Pce of sending and receiving
ueeru iroops into Germany. antenna for raido apparatus, was dis-
Doctor Zapf. memhpr nf tho r.or. closed by experiments conducted in
man People's party, recently said in I ne research laboratories of the army
"ie yeicnstag that the German finan- 8l&nai corps aunng tne past year, ac-
cial situation was hopeless.
w wiBucnM ana tne jfoiGS con
tinue to clash, The Bolsheviks be
gan to bombard the town of Podwol
ociyska, causing the death of five per
sons and injuring" sixteen others.
Former King Constantine of Greece
cording to . the annual report of Ma
jor General George O. Squiers, chief
signal officer, to secretary Baker re
cently made public.
Peace with Germany by congressfcK
nal resolution f should be accomplished
as . soon as possible, Senator Knox
ha otlicialy . notified England, Italy Pennsylvania,- said recently
He
and. France that he nlahs nn nhn announced his Intention of introducing
- in the foreign nolicv of ot-PP, r anH his Peace resolution when congress
tuat any possible government of rwonvenea, dui wnemer ne wui press
ureece will continue the friendly at
titude of j the country toward the al
lies.'. -,.
Keports received in Tokio from
Seoul, Korea, state that the Japan
ese 'consul at Chang-Te, Manchuria,
nas uea to Keizan, with the Japanese
for. action during the short session de
pends on the views of the mojority of
his Republican colleagues and President-elect
Harding.
Three Cincinatti brewing companies
were cited by Prohibition Commis
sioner Kramer to show cause Decern
presence of 800 Chinese bandits.
Suppression of the blockade of Rus-
inhabitants of Chang-Te, owing to the ber 13 why their Permits t0 manufac-
iure cereai Deverages snoum not oe
cancelled because "they have not in
w lavuieu uy rremier jeygues, ne vSV,; ,
VUiuiuiitco uu lui clfcU rela
tions of the chamber of deputies re
cently. Inasmuch as the Soviet gov- ri
ernment is actually in operation, it
ns oeen aeciaea 10 permit i?rencn A bottle of CQ . . ...
w,A Mn.ny...A.a nil I . .... 1 c61'
mau.iuuu.uo w w imate stuffing for a Thanksgiving tur-
wo'Dusiness tney can wun nussia. key. The 1 Mnntmpr ai
The Russian Soviet government department ruled that a neero who
ay London advices, has issued a de- was apprehended with a turkey in the
cree pointing out the general princl- cavity of Vhich was a bottle of corn
pies on which foreign capitalists ' will J juice should eat his Thanksgiving din-
dg permitted to exploit tne natural ner in jail.
.Ticnes 01 nussia. ine government, a national r-onforpnr nr.w.
i i ; i m i I e a
"wrB irume lureigu capi- national association for Hebrew edu
uuuims lucy meBt cation will be held in the near fu-
wtssia wui do nationaiizea, comiscat-1 ture m Pittsbure
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AMERICA ASKED TO MEDIATE
Balfour Suspects Plan to Recognize
Kemal Pasha Poles and Bolahe
vikl ' Resume Negotiations
Affairs in Greece Murders
and Reprisals in Dublin.
By 6p WARD W. PICKARD.
' What shall be done to save Armenia?
That is the" question that absorbed
much of the attention of the League
of Nations" assembly last week, and it
Is not yet solved, nor,' apparently, in
the way of being solved. The Armeni
an problem was forced on the atten-
i w, ouu ut a, wcoiuiy manu- i lion or ine asseraoiy uy iue rrireaieu
All the stores of Paris staged a spe- facturer near Meridian. Miaa wm; mta-Mnna f mprvihpr nf dclezations
w sue NiunuKirwB, w.u ve member or the posse that o-icountries would not be involved,
iuwuuiinui tuo wvwuo Vfc Diooauounas tnat trailed tr
go wj ia bwoui iou. slayer or Mrs; Lewis Mor
vannprecedentea rush or j own home. Miner . is in A
i! r . . "Tlrr tnat n autom- ile ! drivel
inxew ana iHwriot- duty to the pubilc to ke
I yeeiea xor peaestrians whethar . nf
tfiss uutn sweets er, represeniauye street crossinjr. In the mlddl nf
Va A morlrn Snffpfaf nrrB.nlZA- I mail .
4km. has notified th police that, while verdict in favor of a plaintiff who Pnejrredon, Argentina ; Slgnor Schan
.attending the league ti nations meet-1 sued another man for damages for 1 zl ItaIyt and Rene vlvlanl, France.
fas. Genera, she was robbed oi xurs careless driving between street cross. In the course of the debate Vlvianl
trained at 1250. . - . . inga and not at the crossine ItselL
Who ofMol.l ngramMt nf 'CrOWn I . . . '
ius -v..vm - , ii i ii ill- m.11 Aini'nmn.mana onnn
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Prince unanes oi ttouxaui w plane, Lieut. C. C. Mosley won the first
cess Helene or reece, oaugnwr i Pulitier tronhv in th T,na
former King Constantine, took place racfc at Mineoiaf N Y., maintaining an
,t Genera recently. average speed of three miles a min-
Swedish newspapers say that Presi-1 ute.
.dent Wilson will be awarded the Io-
LEGATEE REFUSED
MILLION DOLLARS
GARLAND ADVANCES SOMEWHAT
UNUSUAL REASON FOR RE
NOUNCING LEGACY.
CONDEMNS MONETARY SYSTEK
"System Which Starves Its Thousands;
While Hundred Are Stuffed
, Condemns Itself.
1 Dedication of memorial in Vancouver to 57 Japanese who fell with the Canadian expeditiouary forces
overseas. 2 Irish sympathizers in an "endless procession' around fountain in the White House grounds. 3
Tearing down houses in Petrograd to obtain fuel.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
League of Nations Assembly Is
Trying to Find Some Way
to Save Armenia.
be refused admittance. This accords
with the position taken by the Unit-"
ed States administration some weks
ago.
The league council decided to limit
the scope of policing operations to the
Vilna region and to keep the league
"army' down to 1,800 men. Of these
Spain will supply 300, Sweden 100,
France at least 1,000, and Great Brit
ain and Belgium small detachments.
Holland and Switzerland refused to
participate.
Buzzards Bay, Mass.- Charles Gar
land, the young man who renounced.
his right to a million-dollar legacy left
him by his father, Jame3 A. Garlands
who. was a wealthy club man and
yachtsman of 'Boston, made a formal
statement of his reason for rejecting:
bis money. His statement, he said".
was due to the fact that the many re
ports of his failure to accept the leg
acy had failed properly to present h
position. .
"I refuse to accept the money be
cause it is 'not mine," was young Gar
land's summary of this action. "A sys-
rests were made by them and quanti
ties of documents said to be Incrim
inating seized.
Though attacked bitterly by the or tern which starves itHif "i,n
position press and .members of parli- hundreds are stuffed condemns itself-
ament for this Dublin affair as well K Bystfsm whIch leaves a sIck wman
as for Its Irish policy generally, . the helpless .and offers its services to a-
government defended its position with healthy man condemns itself It is;
extraordinary tenacity, and. to support BUCh a svstem that off
VUas
nttives of the greater
w v take It np.
VappoihfcJ
j wur ex
f uatlon.-- Sir
CSouthTAfrica, Is Its chalr-
, and the other members are: Sen
ator Henri La Fontaine, Belgium ; Doc
tor Fridjof Nansen, Norway; Honorio
Peace negotiations between Poland
and soviet Russia were resumed after
a lapse that threatened the renewal
of active hostilities. The Poles, how
ever, consented to withdraw their
troops to the armistice line. Moscow
notified Lithuania that the Red forces
would have to occupy Vilna, which Is
still in the hands of General Zellgou
ski. The soviet government has now
pretty nearly cleared Russia of all
its active opponents. Petlura's troops
have about all escaped from the Uk
raine into Poland and have been dis
armed there, and now it is announced
that General SemenofTs campaign in
Siberia has collapsed . entirely. His
last base has been taken by the Reds,
the corps that was defending It hav
ing mutinied, killed its officers and
joined' the BolshevikL Senienoff him
self has fled to apan. " 1
It made public captured documents
which were said to expose Sinn Fein
plots for a campaign of terrorism in
England, including assassinations and
the destruction of property by dyna
mite and fire. In the house of com
mons Wednesday night Lloyd George,
scored a notable victory. Former Pre
mier Asquith moved a resolution ex
pressing abhorrence of the Dublin as
sassinations and condemning the re
prisals and . urging immediate steps
to pacify Ireland. Col. John Ward by
an amendment changed the motion
into an expression of admiration for
the courage of the crown, forces In
Ireland, and this was adopted by a
vote of 303 to 83, amid the cheers of
the government's supporters.
lion dollars," he continued.
"It is blind" to the simplest truth,
known to every child, the truth that
the hungry should be fed and the na
ked clothed." -
Copper Coins Disappearing.
Madrid. Copper coins are rapidly
disappearing from circulation in the
large cities in Spain, says the news
paper El Liberal. The Bank ot Spain-,
confirms reports that in the course or
the last three years the amount of!
copper in circulation has diminished:
over 50 per cent. The newspaper
hints that speculators are accumulat
ing coins.
Unless thetemper of the Gik rjeoj'
pie changes, they will vote, on Decern
ber 5, for the return qf Constantine
to the throne. This will be t$e logi
cal outcome of the victory of Gounarls
and Rhallls In the election. v However,
the new government ts placed In a
somewhat uncomfortable position, for
to restore the ex-king will be to alien
ate France and possibly Great Brit-
proposed that ' the league council
should seek some government which .
will mediate for Armenia with the
Turkish nationalists and try to ob
tain a cessation of hostilities. The
council thereupon cabled" to President
Wilson asking the United States to
act as mediator in the case, pointing
tIJ 'J Jected .the mandate for Armenia, a
IrL wWh n, the w situation had arisen and a new
SET lit , T a ?Tn tation. was possible. The United
PSSLSL?J!? States is not asked to send an expe-
or of Cork, Ireland, rioted at the sight J1"01?1 force d only -B small out-
An echo of the Irish trouble was
heard in New York Thanksgiving day,
when an anti-English mob undertook
to sack the Union club on Fifth ave
nue. On the 'club building was flying
theAjnerican flajc between British and
j- Vnl- flags, and t the manager was
Lr to remov-'v,Brttlsli emblem.
ipueaj t? tne nag, was re-
I and t Jnob attacked tb
V..tw Jdl lu; windows
IstroylngS t of Its paintings
aj.i'irnlshtngs before the police
could disperse, it
The American commission on condi
tions In Ireland is hearing many wit
nesses and has now decided to send a
special committee to conduct a first
hand Investigation. It is made np of
Georgia Wants Back Taxes
Macon, Ga. Demand for $176,000
as back taxes on the estate of the late
Alfred Sbepard, father of the late
Fred D. Shep&rd, will be made oa tax:
officials of the state toy legislators oC
the state.
The amount demanded "represents
tmpald ' taxea on the Alfred Shepard
estate for the p3 years. It will ba .
set out to r " nd.'.
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f. .T!? J5?S fiw. Ollrer P. K,Vnn.n of W.Aln,
bel peace prize for 1920.
The usual Thanksgiving Day in
Washington
head of the naval medical school, be-
comes surgeon general of the navy,
succeeding Rear Admiral W. C. Brais
ted, who goes on the retired list. Ad
miral Stitt was called into consulta
tion during the president's illness. .
Conscientious objectors who refused
to take part in the world war received
their greatest possible Thanksgiving
Day gift in the form of an order re
leasing thirty-three still held in pris
ons of the country..
Establishment of a new government
department of social welfare is pro
7 Tided in a bill completed by Senator
'Xenyon of Iowa. President-elect Har
ding indorsed the suggestion during
. Ms campaign for the presidency and
i Senator Kenyon will ask action on
liis bill in the term of the new pres-
4dent.
One ton of grain, vegetables and
-fruits for reach of the 107,000,000 .In
habitants of the United States , is the
response of farmers to the popular
nnftftl of the country for more and
Reaper food, reports to the agricul-
ttffe department indicate apprapn
. lately. -
' RepresenUtive Mondell of Wyoming,
wnMlcan leader or tne nouse, was
confined to his bed as a result of the
.i.m arHdent ne has suffered since
V cimgress adjourned last June. WhUe
-lending the steps at his home here
last night a crutch which he was using
Kn roait of previous injuries,
jr,o. th maiorlty leader
, tain a severe fall.
in the view of state department of
ficials virtual de facto recognition of
the Russian Soviet government is ex
ended by Great Britain in the pro-
. pQgQ trade agrctjuiw wmocu imu
vwo countries. A copy of the agree-:
iient ha bn received l depart-
ment "' '"' ' r ' : " " ' '
More eyewitness tales- of violence
"in Ireland and, accoupts of social and
-conomic developments , resulting
om the effort tor Irish independ
ence were received by the commte
ton of one hundred invesUgating the
Arfsh Question. .
of the British flag decorating the fa
cade of the Union Club across Fifth
avenue from St. Patrick's cathedral.
A, cordon of 200 police established or
der. V
Miss Alice Robertson of Muskogee,
Okla., who was . elected to congress
in a very unique manner, i. e through
the classified advertising columns of
the newspapers, is in Kansas, City,
resting. She is suffering from "nerves,"
dodging newspaper and camera men.
lay of money will be necessary, since
we are asked merely to represent Ar
menia by entering negotiations toward
ending warfare with Kemal Pasha.
It is believed in Geneva that the Na
tionalist leader would welcome Amer
ica as mediator because the fixing
of the boundaries of Armenia was
left to President Wilson.
M. VIviani Meclared that the Unit
ed States would be the most logical
power to represent Armenia In the
nronosed negotiations, and that the
A janitors' strike is looming up in fact that it was not a member of the
Chicago. Tenants say they will carry
in their own coal rather than be
gouged. 1 It is announced that some
janitors make as high as $5,000 a year.
One man, if the increase - is granted,
will make $900 a month.
league would not Interfere. Some cor
respondents saw in all this talk an
endeavor to "lure" the United States
into the league. Mr. Balfour saw more
than this in the French plan. He be
lieved it was the beginning of an ef-
The second accidental discharge of fort to tear up the treaty of , Sevres
the same revolver caused the death with Turkey and to deprive Greece of
of James H. Butchard, 18 years old, at the territory given her by that pact;
Wichita, Kans. Two years ago he also that it was designed first to rec-
dropped the revolver and it was ac- ognlze Mustapha Kemal Pasha. He
cidentally discharged, woundrng him in j demanded whether the Kemalists
the foot. This time the, bullet struck would be offered money or territory as
him in the chest and he died. I a bribe to cease attacking the Armenl-
Declaring he understood "that led- ans, and said Kemal was entirely ln
eral agents are already going over different about the league's opinion;
Kansas, Iowa and other states trying furthermore, he did not believe a
to get evidence necessary to the in mandatory power for Armenia conid
dictment of men who are asking farm- be found anywhere in the world, and
ers toubold their crops, Charles S. said the league ceuld not send an ex
Barrett, president of the National pedltion into Asia Minor unless it was
Farmers' Union,, through a statement under the control of some treaty sign
just issued, appealed to members of ing power.
his organization to stand together and Various delegates asserted their be
not to sell their products at present uef that the United States would now
"ruinously low prices.". v- accept the mandate and furnish the
Believing that a police automobile, expeditionary force, which,- according
moral support, but It Is not known
certainly what attitude Lloyd George
will assume. The Greek newspapers
favorable to Constantine assert that
Great Britain is willing to recognize
the right oi. .Greece tpi. manage her"
own affairs and that King George is
in constant communication with Con
stantine and has assented to his re
turn to, the throne.
Of course, Rhallls and his confreres
are most worried overthe possible ef
fect of the restoration on Greece's
adventure in Asia Minor. They can
hardly hope to maintain their army
there against the. Turkish nationalists
and the Arabs without the active co
operation of the entente allies, and,
too, they rely on the" British to sup
ply the money needed for the occupa
tion. It is said by them that Venlz
elists left the treasury empty, de
stroyed quantities of documents and
left Athens without informing their
successors of the state of business In
the various departments.
Queen Mother Olga, the regent,
staged a triumphal return last week
for two of Constantino's brothers.
Prince Andreas and Prince Christo
pher. They were received by enthusi
astic crowds and escorted to the pal
ace. The same day the foreign news
paper correspondents made formal
complaint that the press censorship
was being continued and that their
dispatches were suppressed or de
layed. Rhallls and Gounarls made ex
planations and promised all restric
tions should be removed.
Paris had press dispatches from
Smyrna saying the Greek army In
Asia Minor was split into two camps,
one for and one against Constantine,
and that fighting between therm al
ready had broken out Some of the
troops were said to' be demobilizing
themselves, declaring they were done
with the war against the Turks. .
ton, Rev. Dr. Norman Thomas and
Arthur Gleason of New York and J. H.
Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor.
American C,mn Appear.
fjondoo. American "guren" are-'
said to have mads their pe&ranoe
in London berry, Ireland, according;
to advices received here. The pres
ence of these mercenaries In Dublin
and ether Irish cities has previously
been reported. The . military authori
ties of Londonderry are taking ail pre-
cautions in the event of attempted
saseinatlons.
Guarding Mine Fields.
' Williamson, W. Va. Federal
troops brought into Mingo county at
the- request ' of Governor ' Corn w ell
at strategic points
The row between the Western Union
Telegraph company and the admlnls- I were disposed
tration has reached the acute stage, throughout the district where miners:
It has to do with the laying of cer- ha,Te been on strike since last July,
tain cables at BIscayne bay, Miami, Colonel Herman Hall, commanding
Fla., permission for which was grant- the troops, had the situation well la
ed some time ago. Connected with It hand, and no disorders were reported.
was the attempt to land a cable from
Barbados, which the Navy department Egyptian Cotton Talk.
prevented.. The company thereupon Cairo, Egypt. Extravagant specu
decllhed to carry further messages for latlon following the armistice was re
the State department at reduced rates, sponsible for the advance in cotton
and the Navy department threatened prices in ,1919, which carried the prod
to destroy the bay cable If the con- uct to a point SO per cent higher than
structlon work was not stopped. The normal, says a statement regarding:,
company applied for an injunction to the crisis in the cotton Industry, Is-
restrain Secretary Daniels from In- sued by the Egyptian government.
terfering with the work, and the next
day Secretary of War Baker revoked Irish Clergy Enter Protest.
the permit for the laying of the ca- Rome. Members of the Italian
bles. The courts must' now decide the I chamber of deputies ana senate nave
entire matter. received a strong protest concerning-
the latest serious events in Ireland!
from the Irish clergy, headed by Card
inal Logue, archbishop of Armagh.
President-elect Harding and his
party landed at Cristobal en Tuesday
for a five-day visit In" the Canal Zone.
Wednesday lie made a trip on the
canal to Panama City and called on
President Porras. Later the president
crossed Into American territory to re
turn the call. Thursday Mr. Harding
had a game of golf, followed by din
ner with President Porras, and Friday
he returned to Cristobal, whence he
sailed on Sunday for Norfolk.
Pol lee Detect Firebugs.
London. Half a dozen men who
were preparing to set fire to a large
lumberyard in the district of Fins
bury, less than a mile north of Lon
don feridge, were surprised by a po
liceman and fled.
Ministers Received by Wilson.
Washington. Three Latin-American
ministers recently arrivm? in the
A Thanksgiving day announcement united States to assume their duties
was made to , the effect tnat Jonn u. i wcr eiyed by the President.
Rockefeller had given to charities ana
public institutions the sum ox 1 Cotton Exports Doubled.
76357, in memory of his Ute wife. Washinrton.Cotton exports last.
The fund is being administered by nonta were nearly double those of
the Laura Spellman Rockefeller me- October 1919, the total last month be
moriaL chartered In New York, and E8S.725. bales, valued at $91,-
the beneficiaries are mostly organizar 307,491 compared with 352,231 bales,
tions In the support of which Mrs. rained at $60,722, in October, 1919,
Rockefeller was especially interested the department ot commerce an-
Sunday, November 21, was a day of
bloodshed and terror In Dublin. The
Sinn Fein assassins early in the day In her lifetime. More than eight mil- aounced.
which was pursuing her speeding ma-1 to Doctor Nansen of Norway, would i put Into execution a' deliberate plan 1 Hons of the fund already has been ap-
,un w9a ft bandit car. Mra RmnBi reouire '60.000 men and $100,000,000. of murder, callinir 14 British officers propriated to 22 Institutions. It Is 1 Honor Alexander Bell.
c 5tt. a Drominent society woman. High French officials in Paris said on or forroft officers to their doors and estimated that this brings the ?otal of , .Edinburgh, Scotland. The free
b. aeon. v - 7 Wednesday that France, would tnt shooting them dead. About sixty oth- Mr. 'Rockefeller's big gifts up to ap- dom of the city was conferred to
shot and killed Patrolman Charles J. ft man or spend a franc on an ers were wounded in these attacks, proximately S475,000.000. making him day upon Alexander Graham Bell.
Backer as he brought her car to a Armenian mandate, but Intimated that The black and tans got into action the most munificent giver known to Inventor oC the telephone, who is av
stop in St. Louis, Mo.
she might ask,' Kemal Pasha .what
Frank and Floyd Kirby, '5 and 8 ,hnm in thm rmttV would malm ft
years old. whose mutilated bodies wore acceptabltf to him. .
found in Blue Branch creek, six miles The leae subcommlssion on new
from 9&fn'vtoeil members has decided - not to admit
deathsat the hands of . Ror Hender- state8 carve1 out- of ;the f ormer Bm
.5 sian empire-Limuanla, ' Latvia. Es-
Vertm-t , 1 mi. nrf.TTWA. nrf ww"hir
derson is in Seminole county JaiL 1 T '
and other states in the Caucasus will
at once, making many, arrests. . Then
they forcibly entered Croke park,
where 15,000 persons were watching
a football game, and, bels hooted and
attacked, fired on the crowd. Several
score of persons were killed and many
wounded before the wild combat uided.
Of course more murders and more 're
prisals followed, and the military took
possession of the city. Numerous ar-
history.
native, of - Edinburgh. .
nBtAn nhrrrrAt nnc nf tm hMt I FlftSSfl Police CaaetS KIIICV.
known of the automobile speed kings, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
was Wiled, and Eddie OTXmneL an- Fifteen auxiliary police cadeta were
other race driver, fatally hurt when killed and one cadet mortaUy wonnd
their cars collided during the 250- ed aa the result of an
mile national championship race at tween 70 and 100 men 1
t rr.-v ji.- r,- amihwest of here. Another ot oe
XAin AHgcics oa iuauM(,uui i
contest was won by J3arUa,
cadets is calssing.
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