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cost of living were reached at a con-
Terence at the war office between Pre-
mier ~Clemenceau, Minister of Finance
Klotz and other ministers, according
to an official announcement in Paris.
Notwithstanding strong opposition
by the government, n House of Com
mons committee adopted by a vote of
fifteen to twelve a clause in the alien
bill restricting the employment of
aliens in Great Britain.
Austria will be admitted to member
ship in the league of nations as soon
as h allied and associated powers
consider hat she possesses u respon-
sible government with both the will
and the power to fulfill it's interna-
tional obligations.
The Prince of Wales will arrive in
Washington Oct. /. He will call on
President Wilson in the White House
that day. His visit, so far as known,
Will be formal, no private functions
being included on a schedule mapped
out for him. The prince will go first
to Canada, arriving there Aug. 8.
iHt SONt ulnelt Is Cdlleu upon u
make a definite pledge to reduce tho
cost of living or to resign, in a resolu-
ton passed by the national executive
committee of the Labor party in Lon
don. The resolution declared the gov
eminent had failed to prevent ''merci-
less exploitation" of the public by
profiteers, who are charged with tax
ing ruthless advantage of the short
age in supplies and Transports
The German National Assembly in
Weimar has adopted the resolution
ratifying the peace treaty by a vote
of POS to 115, according to advices re-
ceived in Paris. The resolution reads:
THE peace treaty signed June %,
1919, as well as the protocol annexed
and special agreements on military &C.
cupation of the Rhineland. are hereby
ratified. This law becomes effective
from the date of its PRONUNCIATION"
SPORT
Jack Britton, w~elterweight champion,
knocked out AL Doty of Canton in the
second round of a scheduled twelve
round bout at Connelsville. Pa.
Jack Dempsey will enter into an in
tensive campaign on the stage, accord
ing to a letter received by friends from
Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager.
Declaring he is through with boxing,
Willie Richie has wired Philadelphia
promoters, refusing an offer to box
Law Tender, Quaker city lightweight
BY coming in with a &c for the sec
ond half of the qualifying round for
the championship fight, Ralph Rider OF
the Hyperion Field and Motor Club,
Des Moines, captured the special prize
awarded the low medalist in the Iowa
state golf tournament at Cedar Rapida
Jack Kearns, Jack Dempsey's man
agei, announced he had received a ca.
blegram from Promoter Cochran in
Paris offering Dempsey $125,00O for a
fight with the winner of the Georges
Carpentier-John Beckett bout, sched-
uled to take place in England this
month.
GENERAL
Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Of
Oyster Bay has agreed to be a candi.
date for the Republican nomination for
assemblyman from the second district
of Nassau county, it was announced in
Mineola, l. L., by Edward ]. Conlin,
chairman of the Oyster Bay Republic
IN town committee. This will be Col.
onel Roosevelt's debut in politics.,
The war savings committee an
nounced in New York the operations
of INSCRIPTIONS traffickers in thrift
and war savings stamps were being in.
v~estigated with a view to prosecution
The investigation is being carried on
under instructions from the Treasury
Department. The committee said that
many persons fail to realize that war
savings stamps can be redeemed at
plus interest.
Frank L. Rain, Nebraska, who was
installed grand exalted ruler of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks at the closing session of the IN
nual convention at Atlantic City, de-
clared in an address that he pledged
the support of all Elks in the warfare
On Bolshevism. Other officers, most
of whom were reelected, were also in
stalled.
President Wilson set foot on Amerl-
can soil for the first time in five
months at the port of embarkation,
Hoboken, N. j. Just before the George
Washington was made fast, President
Wilson stood on the bridge Of the
steamer, which had brought him back
from the peace conference in Paris,
acknowledging the cheers of thousands
of persons, afloat and ashore.
Unqualified approval of the right OF
workmen to organize, the principle OF
collective bargaining and an eight-hour
working day, coupled with far-reach.
ing recommendations as to changes In
Canada's industrial system, are includ.
Cd In tha .aniarit.. Eanart a Gha-s