Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-15
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Pirates operating on the Black sea
have held up and robbed the steamer
Constantine OF ~Sl5.OO0,OOO worth OF
notes aud gold, says a dispatch from
ConstantInople.
The first passenger alrshlp TO fly 70
Rio de Janelro from England will
leave next month from Barrow. The
fare will be 5000 n round trip, which
will be made via West Africa.
a shortage OF more than I0,0OO,OOO
1913 output, Is faced by Great Britain
in the coming year, according TO Sir
Auckland Geddes, president OF the
Board OF Trade.
Budapest Is occupied by Rumanlan
troops who advanced from the river
Thesis, In spite OF representations
made by Lieutenant Colonel ltomnnel-
II, the Italian representative Of the al
lies ut Vienna.
George Johnson, u United States
army officer, committed suicide In
dramatic fashion ut Nice. lie wnded
out into the sen In sight of numbers Of
pleasure seekers and then drew II re-
volver ond shot himself.
The United States Is not the only
prohibition country, Belgium having
followed suit so far as whisky, gin and
other highly alcoholic liquors are con-
cerned, Soon after the armlstlce was
signed n law was passed forblddlng the
manufacture and sale OF such bever-
ngcs.
Advlces from Berlin report that
trunks belonging TO the allied armls-
tice commission In Germany have been
stolen. The trunks contained import.
ant documents concerning agreements
for the restitution to Belgium and
France of machinery that had been re-
moved by the Germans.
An extraordinary attempt of. eleven
Koreans to commit suicide by tying
themselves together with n rope and
then jumping overheard Is reported
from Chemulpo. The incident occurred
on n ferryboat. All were picked up,
but three were dead. The net is be-
lleved TO have been inspired by Budd-
hist superstition,
The PrussInn government, according
tn American reports, Is planning to or
gnnlze n new and separate police
force to consist OF from 100000 to
100000 trained soldiers, solely MS n
force TO suppress disorder. 1t Is
planned to arm this force with the
latest type of military weapons and
to put the men In garrlsons through
out Germany.
Germany has cut the high cost of
living IN half. The reduction applies
to all rational food, principally flour,
potatoes, meat and fat. The govern
mcnt Is spending one and n half billion
marks (S375,o0O, OOO) In an attempt ia
bring food prices down 10 a permanent
ly lower level. At the same time the
meat and fat ration Is being increased
American imports being assured.
GENERAL
A sample Loaf of bread refused to
explode when Chicago police shot at
II within a package. They thought the
box Judge Lands got In the mail was
n bomb.
Quentin Roosevelt, killed In aerial
combat tn France, left an estate of
only 81, 100, II was learned when his
mother, widow Of Colonel Roosevelt,
applied for letters of administration.
A petition bearing the signatures OF
li2,5+S voters, asking the submission
TO the Ohio electorate at the November
election of a constitutional amendment
repeating the state wide prohibition
amendment and re-estahlishlng the
liquor license system and home rule 10
chi option. and defining Intoxicating
beverages as those containing IN eX.
cess Of 2.75 per cent alcohol, has been
filed with Secretary of State Smith
Saturday by L. p. Gibson, manager OF
the Ohio Home Rule Association.
The abnormal demand for pennies Il
still taxing the capacity OF tho presses
In the Philadelphia mint, the enormous.
total OF 8S,081 900 having been strucl
during July. The other coinage con
sisted of 100000 dimes aud 9,3O8,OOl
nickels.
The Black Hllls mining district o
South Dakota produced S6,505,2O0 II
gold and 1920 ounces of silver II
1915. From Jan. /, 1918, to Oct. %
1913, the IIomestnke mine and mill
were operated at full crpaclty, bu
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