The Benson signal., 1919-12-27
FOREIGN

atOr who was the first pilot to COM
plete nonstop flight across the At
lantic, died of injuries sustained when
he fell near Rouen, France.
Gossip in the chamber of deputies
was that Premier Clemenceau, despite
numerous utterances to the contrary,
was a candidate for the presidency
and that he was not hindering his
friends from working i'm his behalf
Reports of a fresh wave of pogroms
ina the districts of the Ukraine occr
pied by General Denikine's forces are
printed by the Lemberg newspaper Ga
zetta WiscrOwka, according to Lem
berg advices. The newspaper claims
that about 5000 Jews were killed in
EkaterinOS. Nv alone.
August Mueller, former under secre
| tary in the German food administra-
tion, is arranging to visit the United
States, Berlin dispatch to the London
1 Times reported. Mueller will attempt
| to arrange for import and export of raw
materials and to ascertain the amount
of food available for Germany, the dis
| patch said
The bubonic plague is reported to
have attained grave proportions at Las
Rosas, Santa Fe province, where the
| business houses have been ordered
closed for forty-eight hours owing to
bad hygienic conditions. Several
deaths have occurred. The national
| min Of hnO q
! war on the rats infestfng grain ware
houses.
A dispatch from Basle states the
former German emperor has finally
agreed to accept trial by the allies
but adds that he wishes to choose the
place and time of the trial and desires
Ito be defended by German experts and
lawyers The Basle advices say the
former crown prince declares he never
will appear if he lis called before Il
court of justice.
Taiga has been captured by local
Bolsheviki Many trains on the trans
siberian railroad west of Taga have
been cut off and Polish troops in that
region will be forced to fight their
way out. Fears for the safety of T..
r. Hansen, United States vice consul
at Omsk, and Joseph H. Ray, consul
at IrkutSk, who are west of Taiga, are
felt here. Nothing has been heard
from them for more than "a week
4 Alexandra Millerand, former minis
ter of war and at present governor of
Alsace, according to reports, will sue
ceed Georges Clemenceau as premier
of France, says the Echo de Paris. ut
is asserted that Millerand, in addition
to being premier, will hold the port
| folio of minister of foreign affairs.
Stephen PinchOt, at present foreign
minister, is considering retiring from
the cabinet because 'of his health.
GENERAL
Prof. Horatio W.. Parker, famous mu-
sician and composer and dean of music
at Yale University, died of pneumonia
at his daughters home i'm Cedarhurst,
LII
Victor l.. Bergen, who WAS reelected
to Congress from the fifth cOngreSSiOn-
al district, December 10Th, following
his expulsion from that body, said that
he will go to Washington january 9th
tC claim his seat.
Returned soldiers i'm Canada have
already acquired either as Il free gift
or on money advanced by the Domin-
ION government about 100000 acres
of land. The value of the loans APP
proved is given as $40, 100 233, repre-
senting 1862 individual loans, max
| ing the average 1926.
The new Ohio Products Company
brought in the largest we'll in WyOm-
ing in the last five years with the eX-
ceptiOn of one Salt Greek well Of 10000
last year. The new well is making
$50 barrels an hour by actual measure
| ment, making it 5000 barrel pro-
ducer and is located in the Lance Creek
field.
Liauor interests estimate their losses
as a result of the enforcement of the
wartime prohibition law at $4OO,O0O,-
600, according to a statement at Chi
cago by Levy Mayer, chief counsel for
| the UlStlllCIS III Tic l1lUNIlc w CSt.
The new road bill in Ohio has gone
into effect and as a result the OhlO
highway commission and motorists
generally are very much elated. The
new law provides for a levy of . mill
| instead of 3 mill This will mean
about $4,OOO,OOO for road improvements
next year. The law provides that the
various counties must put up 90 per
cent and in many cases more; thus
about $12,OOO,00O comes from that
source.
Somewhere in Montana, julius b.
Johnson, formerly of st. Joseph, Mo-,
is working on a railroad. In New York
an $4,000 legacy awaits him. When
an application was made to settle the
| S42O,OOO estate of Alex Johnson, de-
| ceased, importer and exporter, in sur
| rOoate cOurt il was disclosed that JUL