The Benson signal., 1919-02-15
FOREIGN

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| A Dublin dispatch reported that
| all Sim Feiners interned in England
will be released Immediately
The Luxembourg Chamber of Depu-
| ties adopted tentatively bill granting
women the right to vote and to be
elected to office
| A delegation from the Aland islands
| conferred with Premier Orlando of It
ally concerning their claim for annex
alton to Sweden. The premier assured
them of Italy's support
| DR.. Bernhard Dernburg, former
German colonial minister, in an inter
| vitw at Weimar, declared that Ger
many would not sign a peace that de-
| prived Germany of her colonies
King George is expected formally
to open the fishing season in Febru-
ary at Balmoral on the Dee. While
a devoted sportsman, the king has
not angled since the war began.
Government troops have captured
! the Bremen town hall and most of
the government buildings, it was re-
ported in dispatches received at CO.
penhagen. The Sparticans were said
to be retiring.
News reached Dublin, according to
a dispatch from that city, that Ed
ward de Valera, Aiillroy. and John
McGarry, three Sim Feiners elected
to the British Parliament last Decem
Der, had escaped from the Lincoln
prison.
A dispatch from Milan says that q
! sensation has been caused in Italy
| by the proposal in the American Con-
gress to exclude immigration to the
United States for four years, meas
ure which threatens particularly to
affect Italians.
The government is determined not
to relax it's efforts to limit the sale of
pulque and tlachique. The Mexican
Chamber of Deputies has approved
| the decree of June q, 1917, which in
creased the internal revenue taxes on
these intoxicating beverages from %
to SO per cent. 1t is expected that
! similar action will be taken by the
| Senate and the president.
SPORT
Benny Leonard's proposed two-year
tour around the world, during which
| time he does not expect to defend his
title, is being severely criticised in
boxing circles in New York
Con O'Leary, one time welterweight
| oh 11r-oI yIyOn To
three years at Fort Leavenworth pris-
ON on a charge of counterfeiting He
pleaded guilty to making bogus dimes
Napoleon Lajoie, former star second
baseman, has been rendered the man
agement of the Sioux City baseball
club Of the Western League, accord
ing to an announcement made by Har-
ry A. Eells, president of the Baseball
Booster Association.
Few changes will be made in the
personnel of the Kansas City Ameri-
can Association club, according to
President George Muehlebach 1--WE
may take on a couple of new pitchers
and catcher, but otherwise will be
much like the pennant-wnning team
of last year," said President Muehle-
BACH Frank Graham of the OklahO-
ma team of the Western League will
be one of the new pitchers. He has
already been signed
GENERAL
Prof George Heron and William
Allen White have been appointed
American delegates to the joint con-
ference of the associated powers and
Russian factions at Prinkipos.
The Belgian government has asked
the United States to lend it 400 loco
motives and 1000 passenger cars, in
addition to returning all of the 800 To-
comotives which were placed at the
disposal Of the American expedition
ary forces.
The shortage of the rice crop is
causing unusual anxiety throughout
Japan. The crop this year is 30,O00,-
600 bushels less than the average. AS
the annual consumption is 3O0,000,O00
bushels, the supply for the next Year
is short exactly 10 per cent.
More than fifty generals of the Mex
lean army who took up arms during
the revolution have asked the chief
executive to release them from their
military duties so that they may re-
turn to civil pursuits. Most of them
have been without commands and
have not been engaged in active serv-
| ice for several years.
The announcement from New Yorn
! that representatives of British anu
| American oil, mining and cattle in
terests in Mexico were coming to
Paris to lay their claims before the
peace conference is attracting much
| attention in American government
| circles, and is causing speculation as
| to how Mexico affairs may be pre-
sented, if at all.
Details of the robbery last Sep
tember of Mrs. Grace M. Chevalier
| af xryh0 o1 ~,