The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-08-06
NEWS OF THE
WORLD IN BRIEF

shoCk jury So Nv uAiAbe was uoh'
The value Of property destroyed il
Ireland by the Sim Fein Is estimtte6
TO be 2.OO5.7z pounds. ~
1t was announced on July Fl thj
Turkey had decided TO accept the pe9k'
treaty. .-
There were three hundred and sew
enty two aerial flights between London
and Paris during June.
The nations greatest tax bill. S.
4IO. 2s4.S75. was collected during the
fiscal year ending June 30.
John W. Davis, American ambassa
dor TO Great Britain. will sail for home
on leave Of absence August is.
The governments income for the
fiscal year ending June 30 exceeded It's
expenses for the first time in three
years
Guayaquil, Ecuador. suffered a Sc
lvere earthquake on July Is, Many
buildings were damaged. but no lives
were lost,
The total value OF all export ship
u.ents from the United States during
the fiscal year ended June 30. 1890. is
represented BY ss.lii.OOO. 600.
The second largest wheat crop on
record for kansas. Ii7.03O. sos bushels.
; IS forecast in the July report OF the
Kansas State Board Of Agriculture
George. OF Great Britain. have ordered
an immediate and absolute rest for
him. the condition OF his health re-
| quiring IT,
Franklin Roosevelt. Democratic
nominee for Vice President. formally
rendered his resignation as Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy 10 President
Wilson July "a.
Saturday. August I, has been chosen
as the date for the formal notification
OF Governor Cox Of his nomination as
Presidential candidate OF the Demo
cratic party.
Frances harvest is so good as TO
warrant an early Improvement in the
quality OF its bread The harvesting
has been greatly hampered by the lack
OF workers.
Seven ships were launched at Hog
Island July Fl. being the last Of the
cargo ships built as part Of the emer
gency fleet for the United States Ship
ping Board
The transport Great Northern. bear
ing a group OF United States Senators
and Congressman and their families
on a tour Of the Far East. reached
Manila July q.
= negro in Jail at Los Angeles. SEN
fenced 10 hang for the murder OF a
California ranchsr. has confessed 10
ten murders and so many burglaries
that he could not enumerate them.
William K Vanderbilt. Oldest mem
Der OF the Vanderbilt family. died at
his home in Paris. Rance. July 70,
aged seventy years. The body will be
brought TO. this country for burial
villa began negotiations for surren-
der last week By taxing Sabinas. Mex 1
leo. after wiping out the government
troops there. His force f. said TO mum
Der between four and I'VE hundred
In experiments being made al st 1
wireless telephone communications.
messages were heard from Chelmsford.
near London. more than two thousand
miles distant
Despite the fact that he drew No
1879 in the draft. Orlando T. Nc
Garfin. of Dover. Ohio, saw service on
six fronts. including Chateau Thierry.
Champagne. and Argonne. and came
through without a scratch
With the statement that .it Is time
he men got down TO WORK, /" the Penn
sylvanis Railroad made the announce
nent at Philadelphia on July 20 that
1 would within a few days discharge
.welve thousand employees
Erwin Bergdoil. half brother Of Gro
Ter c. Bergdoll, the notorious draft
ledger who escaped from guaFds at
recently, surrendered AT
New York City July q. ending the
iearch which has been made for him
or two years as q draft evader.
More than four thousand people have !
'een arrested in Greater New York I
or violation OF the volstead law since
January 16- Twenty-Five have been
onEicfed by juries. ten hundred nd (
ne have pleaded guilty. twenty four
nd the remainder have not !;
eth brought to trial.
A young French war nurse has es-
ablished a record for women by swim
hing Lake Geneva She was ten and ;
half hours in the water. though the
istance is only about eight miles. The
ecord time for swimming the lake
iade by a man IS seven and a half
ours.
George H White has been chosen as y
hartman of the Democratic National Z
cmmittee. in which capacity he viii =
irect the partyis campaign Mr.. White .
.rved three terms in the House. dur
Y which he voted twice for prohibit 4
on While serving in his State legis- =
ture he Was in favor OF local option
The Prohibition party. in its con-
sntion at Lincoln. Nebr-. last week. 4
rst elected William ]. Bryan as its :
0minee for President: but upon Mr.
ryan's refusa Ito accept the nOmi- y
alton Aaron S. Watkins. of German =
wn. Ohio. was elected as Presiden- :
Al nominee. with o. Leigh Colvin. OF Z
ew York. as nominee for the Vice J