Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-12-11
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

The strike at Malaga naS ended, dlS-
patches from Madrid state.
A Berlin dispatch says that the
Prussan government has abolshed
martial law in greater Berlin.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin an
nOunces HAT the Spanish and Bulgar-
ian governments have recognized the
Austrian republic.
Business at Port Of Spain, Trlnl-
dad, has been completely held up by
an element which is backing the strike
of stevedores and lighternen.
Eight persons are dead and AZ 9TH
ers are known to have been wounded
as a result Of the rioting last week at
Mantua, Italy, where mobs terrorized
the city.
A Paris dispatch says the allies
have consented to modify some of the
terms Of the protocol putting the peace
treaty into effect, to which Germany
objected.
The sixth investigation of the high
cost of living in Paris has uncovered
a scandal Of large proportions, involv-
ing government officials as well as
business men.
Recent arrivals Of bolshevist agita-
tors In Yokohama and Kobe have
stirred the police into activity, and de-
p0rtations, it is said, will ensue within
a short time.
Six young bandits, armed with pls-
tolls, robbed the Norris Klein loan
bank at Chicago Of 100000 in jeWelry
and $1,000 in cash in a daring day
light robbery.
The American farmer leads the
world in individual production OF
crops, Secretary Houston Of the de-
partment Of agriculture at Washington
asserted IN his annual report.
The department Of justice is con-
fronted with increasingly dangerous
radical activities" Attorney General
Palmer said in his annual report sub
mitted to congress at Washington.
A fiat increase in pay of 10 per cent
for officers and 20 per cent for en-
listed men OF the army, navy and ma
rine corps was voted by the senate
military affairs committee at Wash
ington.
The supreme court at Seoul con.
firmed the decision Of the court of ap-
peals, convicting Rev. Eli Miller Now
ry, Presbyterian missionary of Mans
field, O., Of sheltering agitators during
the Korean revolt.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions at Washington
shows that 5000, 129, 2927O was paid to
624,427 persons during the year, as
compared with $179,835, 328.75 to 646,,
895 pensioners the year before.
NJ Kovacs, the judge who has been
investigating the facts concernng the
murder of Count TisZa, the former
Hungarian premier, committed suicide
by jumping from the third floor win
dow of the courthouse at Budapest.
Samuel c. Pandolfa, the promoter
who succeeded in selling S. shares OF
stock In a future industry" for SIC
each, was found guilty Of using the
United States mails to defraud by a
jury in Judge Lands federal court al
Chicago.
Mail Christmas parcels early and
avoid disappointment. This was the
tadmonition of the post Office depart
ment at Washington and Is due to the
fact that the coal strike has caused q
reduction Of train service on some
railroads.
Alteration in business hours fol
Chicago retail stores was ordered by
the public utilities commission. The
new ruling permits the use of light
,and power only from II noon to 6 p
M, except on Saturdays, when 9 a. m
us the cosing hour.
Jachestoff, who was charged with nav,
ling ordered the execution of the cZal
and the whole imperial family, has
been executed at Perm, after trial by
a revolutionary tribunal, the newspa,
per Pravda learns, according to .
Copenhagen dispatch.
Georges Carpenter, French cham.
pion and hero of the world war, de.
tfeated the English champion, Joe
Beckett, for the European heavy.
weight boxing championship at Lon.
.don. The Frenchman scored a knock
out In the first round, the end coming
one minute and ten seconds after the
opening bell.