Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-11-13
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD


decided to strike unless discharged
men are reinstated within two days. !
Troops of the Fifth infantry, which
arrived aN Brest recently from the
United States, reached the Rhine at
Coblenz Friday.
FL. 0. Eviston, a passenger in an air
plane, was burned to death at Kansas
City, Mo-, when the plane fell 30 feet
and was destroyed by fire.
President Poincare of France and
Nine Poincare arrived at London from
Paris. They were given tremendous
ovation at Victoria station.
Sonora Virginia Salinas Carranza,
wife of President Carranza of Mexico,
died at Queretaro. Sonora Carranza
had been i'll for four months.
The treaty of Versailles and the
peace settlement with Germany will
become effective, it is asserted in we'll
Informed circles at Paris, November
2e.
The Japanese military budget for
1920 will be double that Of 1919, ac-
cording to Tokyo cable dispatch to
the Hochi, a Honolulu Japanese news
paper.
The bill providing for the purchase
of the Grand Trunk railway system
was passed by the senate at Ottawa,
Ont, on record reading by narrow
| majority.
Communist headquarters at Berlin
were raided by the authorities Sun
day, the troops seizing literature and
| maps showing division of Berlin into
Is districts.
Hugo Haase, president Of the inde-
pendent socialist party, died from
wounds received October 8 when he
was shot three times when entering
the reichstag building at Berlin.
Trapped in disastrous blaze at Chi
cago, one fireman was killed, one in
jured, probably fatally, and seven 9th
ers were seriously cut and bruised.
John Burke was the fireman killed.
Thousands Of dollars In material and
labor were wantonly wasted in the
construction Of Camp Grant, accord
ing to witnesses who appeared there
in the congressional investigation.
Under directions from Washington
bail was raised from $1,000 to $4,000
in the cases of 36 alleged reds now be-
ing held at Hartford, Conn, and warn
ing was received against permitting
any to escape.
Denial that union railroad men
would join in sympathetic strike in
aid of the striking steel employees
was made by a high official Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trafnmen Of
the Gary district.
In the sale by auction Of the paint
ings, furniture and jewels of the late
duke of Hamilton at London, one OF
the portraits, by Romney, sold for
$273,OO0, the record price for single
picture in any art sale.
Henry Lindsey of Texas was
chosen permanent chairman of the
American Legion convention at Mime
apolis, Mimi. AL convention officers
were selected from the list of tenn
porary officers of the legion.
Investigators for the Deutsche Allge-
meine Zeitung of Berlin claim to have
discovered plans for communist up
rising to depose the present German
government and to establish new one
modelled on the Russian plan.
Two military aviators, Lieutenant
Patanchan and Major Cheutin, have
arrived at Tunis by airplane from
Rabat, Morocco. The flight. which is
stated to have been made without a
stop, covered a distance of over 1,2OO
miles.
The United Mine Workers of Ameri-
"a were ordered to withdraw the strike
order under which 100000 men quit
work November 1. The mandate was
issued by Judge A. B. Anderson OF the