Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-01-02
W0RLD DIS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Gently entered the former home OF
Goethe and carried off a quantity of
mementOs of the poet.
Five persons were killed and q in
jured when a st. Louis & San Fran
cisco freight train crashed into a pas
senger train at Merge, Okla.
War Savings stamps to the value OF
$4,000 and some cash, amount un-
known, were stolen from the safe i'll
the Greeley, (Colo.) post office.
Fire destroyed the four-story brick
building occupied by the Brown Mer
chandise company at Mansfield. o.,
causing a loss estimated at 100000,
The Rome Giornale D'Italia asserts
that the Vatican has decided not to
publish white book dealing with the
pope's diplomatic action during the
war.
Two hundred and fifty new cases OF
influenza are being reported daily IN
New York, according to/an announce
nent made at the health commission
er's Office.
Lima dispatch says it is estimated
that 5000 Peruvians have fed from
Chile to Peru and Bolivia during the
last month as a result of the crisis be-
tween Chile and Peru.
Fifty additional large German
U-boats will soon be surrendered the
London Evening News learns. This
will make the total of surrendered
German submarines 164.
Ten American destroyers, flying
their long "homeward bound" pen
nants, steamed out of the Question:
harbor Thursday amid the roar OF
Whistles from shipping.
An Amsterdam dispatch says the
German government has announced
that no more titles, honors or decora-
tons will be conferred. Those now
existing can be retained.
Washington dispatch says during
the week that ended December ~, T.
46S wounded and sick soldiers were
landed in the United States from the
American eXpedtiOnary forces.
Sim Feiners at Cork, after the an
nOuncement of the election results
blew up the monument erected by pub
lie subscription to the Cork soldiers
who had fought in the South African
war.
The treasury department at Wash
ington issued instructions for the re-
call of all unsold War Savings stamps
of the series of 1913. In their stead
stamps of the 1919 series will be sup
piled.
The largest German fOOthOld in
American commerce has been wiped
out. The Hamburg-American line piers
in Hoboken have been purchased by
the United States government, it is
said at Washington.
The Illinois traction system was au-
thOrized by the interstate commerce
commission at Washington to increase
passenger fares to rate not exceeding
3 cents mile, and to sell 500 and
1000 mileage books at $13 and 500 re-
spectively.
France does not desire any anneXa-
tons as a result of the war, but re-
serves to herself the right of discus
sion concerning the boundaries of AL
sace-Lorraine, according to a state
ment made in Paris by Stephen Pr
chon, minister Of foreign affairs.
Representatives of the allies, accord
ing to newspapers at Paris, have de-
cided that neutral nations will not be
admitted to the peace conference. Neu-
trails may address their claims to bel
ligerents, however, and any demands
thus made will be referred to special
body, which will be created by the
peace conference.
An appeal was made in Paris cham
Der of deputies to have rehabilitation
fastened, as there are only 1000 non
modified doctors to care for the 3d.
100000 civilian population, the death
rate among whom has doubled owing
to the influenza. 1t was said that
the army's health was excellent and
that it has 10000 physicians with the