The Benson signal., 1919-01-18
FOREIGN

on the throne.
A French destroyer struck a mine
in the Black sea, but succeeded in
reaching Constantinople Four men
were killed.
President Poincare probably will
visit the United States late in June or
early in July. This announcement
was made by the president himself in
Paris this week.
There have been 10000 deaths in
the present influenza epidemic in
Italy, according to Mgr Montague
Arnieri, who is asking the govern
ment to do everything possible to
fight the disease.
| The Seine is steadily rising under
| the continuous rain and is threatening
Faris with repetition of the floods
of 1910. River transport, which at the
present time is more important than
in normal times, already is almost
suspended.
| Jose Yves de Limantour, former
Mexican minister of finance, has do
mated $4,000 francs to the Academy
of Moral and Political Sciences. This
sum is to found prize intended to
strengthen the bonds of friendship
and understanding between Mexico
and France.
The Dutch government has met fav-
! orably the request of the British gov
ernment that facilities be granted for
the transport of provisions for troops
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| Dutch waterways, and for the use of
the Scheldt river for the passage of
demobilized troops.
Georges Clemenceau, premier of
France, will be the permanent presi-
dent of the interallied peace confer
ence as mark of proper tribute to
the premier Of the country in which
the conference is held. President
Wilson and the American delegates
have agreed to his appointment,
which is by common consent of all
the delegates.
SPORT
The naval academy won it's eighth
consecutive basketball victory today
by defeating the Lehigh team by a
score of 39 to 21.
Billy Miske of St. Paul defeated
Tom Cowler of Australia in Philadel-
phia in bout that went the sched-
uled six rounds. 1t was Miske's fight
from start to finish.
Welker Cochran of New York de-
feated Jake Schaefer of San Fran
cisco, 4,200 to 1856, in the fourteenth
block, 1872 balkline billiard match,
which were concluded in Detroit.
George Hallas, former University
of Illinois athletic star, and one of the
mainstays of the Great Lakes naval
training station football and basket
ball teams, will get tryout for the
outfeld with the New York American
league club next spring.
GENERAL
resolution ratifying the national pro-
hibition amendment.
Louisiana Wednesday observed the
one hundred and fourth anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans. Busi-
ness generally was suspended
Despite the great prosperity in this
country during the period of the war,
with thousands of coal miners and
others earning from SIS to $25 day,
the poorhouse shows !. large increase
in the number of inmates.
Thirty-nine billion cigarettes were
produced in the United States last
year-and, so far as the department
of agriculture has been able to ascer-
tain, practically all will be used in
this country, as few will be exported.
Appointment of Huston Thompson
of Denver, assistant attorney general,
to membership on the Federal Trade
Commission to succeed Senator-elect
Harris of Georgia, was confirmed by
the Senate.
All orders and regulations as to
fuel conservation, except one relating
to natural gas, are withdrawn by the
fuel administration. Regulations as
to zones and prices and some others
remain in effect, but in accordance
with the announced policy of the ad-
ministration, the question of fuel saw
ing is now once more matter for in
dividual determination.
A portrait of George Washington
by Gilbert Stuart was sold for $21,-
600 at public auction to a firm of art
dealers at the first sale of early
American portraits held in New YORK
and which was under the auspices of
the American Art Association. The
portrait was from the collection of
Thomas B. Clarke. Three years ago
the portrait was sold for $3,5O0.
Walter V. Turner, manager of the
engineering department of the West
inghouse Airbrake company, and an
inventor of note, died in hospital in
Pittsburg after brief illness. Ris-
ing from Wyoming sheepherder to
one of the country's foremost author
tiles on pneumatics, Mr.. Turner had
more than 400 patents granted for va
rious inventions. One of these, the
"K" triple valve, is said to be valued
at $28,000,000.
Twenty thousand dollars was the
amount which the salvage depart