Arizona state miner., 1919-10-17
FOREIGN

nave been forced to abandon the town
of Dvinsk, between Old Russia and Po-
land
A commission of German experts
who have visited the mines of north
ern France which were devasted dur
ing the war, believes that it will take
from two to eight years to restore
them to their former condition
General Won der Goltz, commander of
German forces in the Baltic provinces,
whose activities there have recently
led to sharp exchanges between the al
lied powers and Germany, has, with
his staff, Joined the Russian Bolshe-
vik forces, according to Berlin dis
patch.
The German reply to the allied note
demanding the withdrawal of General
Won der Goltz's troops from the Baltic
provinces was discussed by the Su-
preme Council at the resumption of it's
meetings. It was considered unsatis-
factory and Marshal Foch was in
structed to draw up a new note to send
the Germans.
Capt. Andre Tardieu, member of the
French Peace Commission, speaking at
a meeting of the French-American
Club at Paris, gave interesting figures
on the reconstruction work accom-
plished since the armistice. Sixty
thousand of the $4,000 houses in the
battle area wrecked by shell fire have
been rebuilt; 2,016 kilometers of the
3,246 kilometers of railway destroyed
have been repaired and 700 of the
1875 kilometers of canals rendered
useless in the course of the hOstilities
are again in commission OF the 1,160
plants destroyed by the enemy 588
have been repaired. Equally remark
able progress is being made in restor-
ing to civilization the vast areas in
the devastated regions which, at the
end of the war, embraced 100000
acres. Of this approximately 100000
acres have been returned to the farm
ers and 100000 acres of it are ready
for the seed.
GENERAL
Henry Mills Alden, editor of Harp
er's Magazine since 1869, died at his
home in New York after long illness.
He was 50 years old.
Serbia has enfranchised it's women,
according to cable advices by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
National Woman Suffrage Association.
Suit to test the constitutionality Of
the war time prohibition law was filed
in federal District Court at Louisville,
KY, by Attorneys Levey Mayer of Chi
cago and Marshall Bullitt of Louisville.
An attempt was made to wreck the
plant of the American Sheet and Tin
plate Company at McKeesport, when
missile believed to have been a bomb
was thrown on the shipping depart
ment building. 1t exploded, tearing a
large hole in the roof of the structure.
Six men were reported killed and
five are said by the police to be dying
as the result of boiler explosion on
the oil steamer Chestnut Hill at Phila-
delphia. The killed and injured were
members of the crew. Several others
were badly burned. The vessel was
getting up steam to depart for Mexico
when the accident occurred
Heavily increased use of sugar in
candy, soft drinks, ice cream and other
luXuries in the United States during
the first nine months of 1919, it was
announced in New York, by the Unit
ed States Sugar Equalization Board,
means that such over indulgence in
sweets must now be curtailed in some
sections of the East for the next three
months"
The spring wheat crop was forecast
at 203, 10000 bushels by the crop esti-
mate bureau of the Agriculture Depart
ment, as compared with a harvest of
358, 1851, 900 bushels in 1918 This indi-
Gates a decrease of 4,879,O00 bushels
since the forecast of Sept. Is. The to-
tai forecast of all wheat was given as
918,417, ,OO0 Other crop forecasts were:
Cotton, 1O,896,00O bales; corn, 2,90O,-
100000 bushels, and oats, 1,219,521, 900
bushels.
The Aero Club Of America and the
Aerial League of America have an
nounced the appointment of a commits
sion to arrange for the aerial derby
around the world to be held in 1920.
The commission which is to arrange
the air race is composed of Commo-
dore Louis B. Beaumont, president;
Maj. Charles J. Glidden, executive sec
retary, and Benjamine Hillman. The
members will leave New York Oct 10th
for trip around the world to arrange
for the race, and will sail from San
Francisco Nov. 3rd.
Two men lost their lives and another