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but through no fault Of the operator
as revealed by the district attorneys
investigation


as revealed by the district attorneys
investigation.
Recent government figures show that
twO-thirds of the soldiers have stopped
payments Oh their life insurance poll
cies since being discharged from the
Army
The organization of MisSisSippi So
ciety was made permanent III New
Orleans Sunday. All former residents
of the State of Mississippi are eligible
for membership.
The Belgian Parliament was dis
solved last week by Il decree of King
Albert. dated at Los Angeles, Calf.
King Albert is visiting in the United
States ut present.
King Albert. of Belgium, laid a
wreath Of flowers upon the grave Of
the late Theodore Roosevelt as he
passed through Long Island Sunday.
almost unrecogniZed.
\ Hattiesburg, Miss, news story of
Sunday says that at Il meeting of the
Forrest County Bar Association in
that city il new fee system was adopt
ed. due to the high cost Of living. The
fee for divorces was lOubled-from
$2j to $50. the latter sum being the
minimum charge.
Mrs. Alice Hills received III her foot
Il prick from the fin Of fish while
mai king purchases at the Poydras Mar
ket in New Orleans lately. Her foot
was afterward amputated because Of
blood poison and now she is suing
the Gravelet Fish and Oyster Company
for $4,000 damages.
Creation of permanent interna-
tional organization of business men.
whose membership shall be limited to
countries within the proposed League
of Nations. was unanimously voted last
31O subcommittee delegates to the i'll
ternatiOnal trade conference.
An FL PaSo. Texas. dispatch says
that menace to. the health of the
people of the United States is reported
by the officer in charge of the FL IlsO
station of the Public Health Service
in the crossing of numerous aliens Of
the worst type over the international
border from Mexico at many .loints.
"A
way Of Copenhagen recites how the
| staff Of Leon Trotsky. Bolsheviki min
lister of war. was captured i'll the last
offensive of the Allied and North Rus
sian armies. the BolSlieviki minister
of war escaping narrowly by clingins
| to the rear bOXcar Of a departing rail
| way train.
A New York dispatch of Tuesday
says that William Randolph Hearst
the publisher. who was recently chal-
lenged to public debate by Governor
Smith. in the course Of a speech re-
| plying to the Governor said he had
mo intention of meeting Governor
Smith, publicly OF privately. politically
or socially.
The Governor Of California has sent
messages to the governors of seven
states. including Oklahoma and Ten
neSSee. notifying them that California
! Colorado and Nevada are calling Sle
cial legislative sessions to ratify the
national women's suffrage amendment
to the Constitution and urging them t.
| join in the movement.
| Strained relations between William
Randolph Hearst and Governor Smith
Of New York. have developed into olei
war. according to statement issued
last Thursday by the Governor. IN
which he says that the Hearst news
papers should be kept out Of decent
hOneS.' The Governor alleges that
the Hearst papers have deliberately
nisstated facts in their dealings Will
him.