The Benson signal., 1919-01-04
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN q Q, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
Siam has a war bill against Ger
many OF $597,550, 1t was announced.
Five hundred and seventeen ships
have been added to the British navy
since August, 1914, 1t was announced
In London.
Italy's war damages amount to more
than 100000. 100000 lire (about $13,-
000,000,O00,) according to Finanza
Italia of Rome.
Sixty-eight thousand American sol
diers had been returned from overseas
Dec. 81, and slightly more than 100000
in this country had been mustered out.
Italy's losses in killed, wounded,
dead Of disease, disabled, missing and
prisoners aggregate 100000, accord
ing to Col. Ugo Pizzarello Of the Ital-
ian army.
A battalion OF infantry has occupied
Mannheim by order of Marshal Foch
in order to watch the prison camp
near Zurich, where 10000 allied pris-
oners await liberation, according to
the Badische Landes Zeitung
Wives and sweethearts of the mu-
tinous German sailors have seized RI
fles and joined in defense Of the royal
palace against the civil guards, accord
ing to a dispatch filed in Berlin, and
received by the London Express.
Bolsheviki have occupied the courts
In 81 0m hn 1ayA0
cording to a Zurich dispatch received
by the Paris LIE Journal. The dis
patch said the German press is becom-
ing more pessimistic regarding the
new revolt.
A group of Americans of German
birth, who have been in Munich
throughout the war, unable to secure
American passports, met and drew up
a petition to President Wilson asking
for quick food relief for Germany,
an dalso assistance in returning to the
United States"
There was sharp fighting through
out Odessa for several hours Dec. 18
in which 5000 French troops partici-
front and the big guns of the French
battleship Justice fired over the city,
bombarding the Republican camp de-
yond.
WESTERN
America Socialists hope to have a
delegatio1s the international Social
ists' Congress at Lucerne, Switzerland,
next month, it was announced in Chi
cago.
Baron Nobuaki Maxine, head of the
Japanese delegation en- route to the
Versailles peace conference, arrived
in San Francisco from Japan on the
steamer Tenyo Maru.
Five persons will compose the Red
Cross mission being sent to Siberia to
inspect the work of the organization
there. The mission is headed by
George w. Simmons of st. Louis with
rank Of major.
Two convicts who escaped from Flor
ence (Ariz) penitentoary, kidnapped
the daughter of Pinal county cattle
were taken into custody at Douglas,
Ariz, by the military authorities, while
endeavoring to cross the line into Mex
leo.
WASHINGTON
A new Portuguese ministry has been
formed with Tamagnini Barbosa as
premier.
Herbert Hoover cabled that Europe
will not recover from it's main food
difficulties for another six months
The treasury has issued instructions
for the recall of all unsold War Saw
ings stamps for the series of 1918 In
their stead stamps of the 1919 series
will be supplied.
Wheatless and meatless days, to-
gether with other food restrictions
placed upon United States eating
places by the Food Administration,
were declared off Dec. %.
A new issue of $75O,O00,000 or more
of treasury certificates of indebted
ness maturing in six months was an
nounced by Secretary of the Treasury
Glass in preparation for the Fifth Lib
erty loan
Taxes designed to raise about SO,-
000,000,000 marks are planned by the
council of the peoples delegates, said
an official report received from Berne,
quoting Berlin dispatch from the
Suddeutsche Zeitung.
The keeping of Uncle Sans war
promises to his farmers is going to
cost $500, 100000, and perhaps more.
1t will take this amount to pay the diff
ference between the market price of
the forecast 100000, 0,OO0-bushel 1919
wheat crop and the price of 1926 set
by the President during wartime,
Chairman Lever Of the House agricul-
tural committee estimated
Forty-five thousand mules and
horses, part Of the army's surplus sup
ply. will be sold at auction at camps.