The Coconino sun., 1920-01-16

velopment of womanhood in the past decade" there is no reason, judicial or otherwise, why women should serve on juries, in the opinion of Justice Lazarsky, of the supreme court of New York. In his opinion he denied a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioner of juries of Brooklyn to include representatives of the fair sex in making up his lists.
 "The conduct of federal and state governments in limiting jury service to males has been so unvaried," he said, "that to adopt any other course would be disregarding that which is practically conclusive"
 The 5000 American troops in Si- beria will begin their homeward move- ment soon after the middle of Febru- ary, by way of Japan, the protection of the Siberian railroad aud the loyal Russians in Siberia. When the Czecho- Slovak troops will have been repatri- ated early next month, the reason for the presence of the American military forces will have been removed. A wave of decadent revelry such as, on larger scale, preceded the down. fall of the Byzantine and Roman em- pires is now sweeping over Plume, according to a diplomat who has just arrived in Paris from Plume. He de- clares that Gabrielle d'Annunzio's he- roic adventure, conceived in an ultra patriotic spirit, is collapsing amid amazing orgies.
 Abraham Ruef, one-time political boss, convicted in San Francisco of bribery, was granted pardon by Gov. Stephens, of California. He is thus restored to the rights of citizenship. Ruef was paroled in 1915, and re-en- tered business in San Francisco. He was sentenced in December, 1911, to fourteen years in prison. With sixty three months good conduct credits, his sentence expired last week.
 Notifications of the treaty of Yer sailles were exchanged and peace be- tween Germany, France, Great Brit ain and the other allied and associ- ated powers, except the United States, became effective last week. December is reported to have smashed all records for Virginia dis tilleries destroyed. According to Sam uel R. Brame, federal supervisor for that district and internal revenue agent for a district embracing twelve states, one Virginia county having a population of 2S,000, is so completely devoted to illicit distilling that 2,O00 of this number are engaged in some phase of it.
 Conditions overseas have improved so enormously that the task of feed ing Europe until the next harvest on October 1, will not be the burden on the American government that it was last year, according to Herbert Hoov- er
 High officials declare day of reck- oning for Car1anza is fast approach ing, and hint at American receivership for Mexico.
 Secretary Glass says there will be no need of further Liberty loan issues if congress is not extravagant and does not reduce taxes.
 General March is to be succeeded by General Pershing as chief of staff of the army if the new army bill, the draft of which has just been com pleted by the senate military sub-com- mittee, passes.
 The former kaiser is declared to be hopelessly insane, his condition rang ing from utter idiocy to acute mania, by one of the American newspaper correspondents in Europe.
 There is no possibility of final sen ate action on the peace treaty by January 16, when the league of na- tions council will assemble in Paris. Not before next week, spokesmen of both parties predicted, was any action probable.
 Victor l.. Berger, Milwaukee social ist, twice denied seat in the house and immediately nominated for the third time, would be declared ineligi- ble for membership in either house or senate under bill introduced by Rep resentative Luhring, republican, ln- diana.
 Wm. Jennings Bryan throws demo- cratic league of nations non-reserva- tionstist out of gear by advising dem ocrats to get together with republi cans and endorse league either "with or without" His stand weakens Will sons hold on situation and arouses speculation as to whether Bryan will again be candidate for president. POSTPONE MOHAvE nnAn DnNn E(rrUnN