The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-01-24
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

The air ministry is constructing sew
eral airplanes which will be used to fly
across the Atlantic in groups, the Lon
don Mail reports.
Albert j. Earring, chairman Of the
board of directors OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, has re-
signed at Chicago.
Eichhorn, the Spartacan police
chief in Berlin, is reported TO have fled
from that city, according to a Zurich
dispatch to the Paris Matin.
a Paris dispatch says 1t develops
that Charles NJ. Schwab is among
those who have received the Cross or
Chevalier in the Legion of Honor.
A Paris dispatch says a French de-
stroyer struck n mine in the Black
sea, but succeeded in reaching Con
sta%ntinople. Four men were killed.
The municipal council Of Warsaw
has extended an invitation to Presi-
dent Wilson TO visit the Polish capital.
according to a dispatch received at
Zurich.
A London dispatch says the allies
have notified Turkey that unless the
Turkish force at Medina lays down its
arms Immediately the forts ut the OAR
danelles will be destroyed.
All members of the bourgeoise have
been arrested at Riga by the Lettish
soviet, which has abolished the own
ershlp of private property in that city.
according 10 a Riga dispatch received
ut Stockholm.
A Sacramento dispatch says the
senate of California voted TO ratify
the national prohibition amendment,
% TO IA. The assembly has not yet
acted on the measure.
A Raleigh dispatch says the North
Carolina senate by q viva voce vote
ratified the federal prohibition amend
ment. 1t was made a special order in
the house for January 16.
A Metz cablegram says a large
crowd paraded before the grand
duchal palace in Luxembourg, request
ing the abdIcation of the grand Ouch
ess and the proclamation Of n repub-
lie.
The New York. city board of esti-
mate denied the request Of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit company for
an increase from 5 to S cents in the
fare charged on elevated and subway
lines.
Nikolai Lenine, the bolshevlst pre-
mier Of Russia, has been arrested at
the command of Leon Trotzky, minis
ter of war and marine, who has made
himself dictator, according to a Mos
cow dispatch to the G~othenburg (Swe-
DEM Gazette.
A battle between the strikers at
Buenos Aires and the government
forces began at the Vasena iron foun-
dry. Meanwhile the strike movement
Is spreading and more than fifty
unions have joined. At least 100000
lahorers are affected.
Baron Allardt Won Dem b. Muench,
nephew Of the former German ambas-
sador, Count Won B~ernstorff, vas sem
fenced to three months i'm the county
iail at San Francisco for perpetrating
IL lTtuu upon TIC SONSi hhiChb Wy "N,
tempting to enter the country with a
forged passport.
The Studebaker corporation OF
South Bend, Ind, was robbed last Sat-
urday Of $4,000 in the fourth issue
Of U. s.. Liberty bonds. Though the
Federal Reserve bank authorities
have been making efforts, no trace
has as yet been found Of the identity
of the robbers or the exact manner in
which the crime was committed.
A Copenhagen dispatch says govern
ment troops have occupied all the pub
lie buildings in Berlin and thousands
Of government troops are still entering
the capital. The Berlin correspondent
Of the Berlingske Tidende, who sends
this information, declares the Sparta
cans have been beaten and that quiet
was partly restored. DR.. Karl Lieb-i
knecht is reported to have been killed.
There is no confirmation of the report.