The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18
Here AND THERE
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS
Washington.


Senate public lands committee on the
first of the two administration conser.
walton bills already passed by the
House and the enactment OF which at
this session was strongly urged by
President Wilson in his annual adj
dress.
A resolution has been introduced
by Senator Kenyon requesting the
warning nations in the name of the |
Congress OF the United States to de-
clare a 20day truce over the Christ
mas holidays that the Christian peo-
pie Of the world may fittingly observe |
the Christmas season"
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Rapid rise in the wholesale prices |
of foodstuffs in the United States |
since the European war began is
noted in a report by the Department
of Commerce.
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Volunteer crop reporters and spe-
cial correspondents to the number of |
1880 are now assisting the bureau
OF crop estimates in its work.
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Secretary Daniels has designated |
the naval collier Cyclops as a Christ
mas ship to carry gifts to officers
and men on duty in Haitian, Domini-
can and Mexican waters and at Guam
tanamo, Cuba. The Cyclops will leave |
= Hampton Roads for Vera Cruz about |
December IS and will be met by the |
collier Brutus.
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The United States is not poorly pre- |
pared for war, according to informa-
tion given to the House military and
naval committees by Brigadier Gen.
eral Crozier, chief of ordnance of the
army, and Rear Admiral Badger Of
the naEy's general staff
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The maximum number OF enlist !
ments reported to the navy depart
ment on any single day since the
Spanish war was reached Dec. 7, when |
1872 men came under the color This
brought the total number of enlisted
men to 52,451.
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The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress has begun its annual con-
vention here with a large attendance
of delegates from throughout the coun-
try. Many prominent speakers are on
program for addresses.
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Representative Henry's fight for
$250,OOO,OOO in currency to deposit in
cotton and tobacco belt banks for the |
relief of the farmers of those sections |
has collapsed in the House.
Supplemental and deficiency esti- |
mates, in addition to the estimates of
1000 million, dollars already submit |
ted to congress, have begun to pour
into the capital, s-.t s
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President Wilson laughed heartily |
when report was brought TO his at
tention that Senator William Alden |
Smith of Michigan had said the evacu- |
alton of Vera Cruz was ordered at the |
demand of General Carranza, the pro-
visional president of Mexico.
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President Wilson has announced |
that he had instructed the State De- |
partment to make full investigation |
of published charges against James NJ. |
Sullivan, American minister to the Do
minican republic.
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Domestic Items.
]. R. Spiegel, salesman for Lofts
Bros. & Co., Of Chicago was beaten |
and robbed Of sample case contain
ing unset diamonds valued at $4,000 in |
a rooming house where he had been |
lured.
What Abram Nussbaum is alleged |
to have said about Signor Cleofonte
Campanini, director of the Chicago |
Grand Opera Company, may not be
known for several weeks. Campanini |
has filed suit for 900 against Nuss.
baum, who was bandmaster of the
opera company, alleging defamation of
character.
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Utah capitalists, including the Da-
vid Eccles interests and officers Of the
Mormon Church, have bought all of
the holdings of the American Sugar
Refining Company.
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The United States already has CIV
en- more than 100000 to the German
Red Cross since the outbreak of the
war, according to a statement by DR..
Bernard Dernberg, former colonial
secretary of the German empire. He
is making addresses in the United
States in the interest of the German
Red Cross.
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The great Colorado coal strike, pro.
ductive Of much bloodshed and suf-
fering. and enormous losses in the
last eighteen months, has been called
off.
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