The state herald., 1920-12-10
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Gen. Aivargo Obregon has been In.
tuglrated president Of Mexico. The
simple ceremony Of taking the oath OF
,ffIce marked the fourth time in the
republics history of ninety.nine years
that the executive power has been
'ransferred peacefully.
The people of Porto Rico. benefiting
rom wave of prosperity which over
,pread the territory during the Inst fis-
cal year. were better fed and better
clothed than during any year In the
islands history. Arthur Yager. terri
,orial governor, declared In his annual
eport recently made public.
An army OF unemployed. more thnn
1000 strong. marched on the center OF
Edmonton, town Of Middlesex, eight
lies from London. seized the town
hall as their headquarters, and raised
the He'd flng. The jobiess men and
women then presented a set Of de-
nands to the town councillors md pre-
vailed upon them TO evacufe the city
building.
No less than nm average Of forty
persons day were sentenced TO death
~ the Moscow revolutionary tribunals
md executed during September, nc
.ordlng TO the Official soviet organ
isvestia. The same paper throws
light on the desperate fuel situation In
Moscow by stating that 5000 wooden
houses have been torn down In Mos
,ow TO provide fuel for the people.
General Semenoff. leader OF anti
Bolshevist forces along the frontier be-
,wecn Siberia and Mongolia. has ar
rived q. ylndIvostok under Japanese
'scort. Dispatches from that city state
he Inns gone on board n Japanese trans
port. General Scmcnofrs troops de-
fentcd by the Boisbcvisis recently, de-
serted IN such numbers that their lead.
sr gave up the struggle against the
,oviet armies In that region.
Increasing hostility toward Amerl.
cans md American relief interests In
being shown By the Turkish national
lists. says letter from Henry Riggs.
director for the Near Enst Relief at
Khnrput He asserts the nationniists
still refuse the Americans permission
to proceed 10 various places TO carry
on their work and forbid the American
rln. TO be flown from American build
ngs and automobiles.
The naval court OF inquiry Inycstl.
gniIng the actions OF American marines
concluded It's hearings In Haiti with
the examination OF Lieutenant Colonel
Hooker OF the Hcndnrmcrlc. who tcsii.
fled To the belief that 1900 peaceful
iiaitIcns hnd been killed by bandits IN
the lns, few ycnrs. lie declared thni
from March. 1919. TO October. 1919.
large fnrming mud settlement areas
were completely wiped out by bandits.
GENERAL
The liner. Celtic. bearing 10 America
Mrs, Murlcl Mncswincy. widow OF tho
mayor Of Cork. who died on hunger
urikc IN mn English prison. has ar.
lived In New York.
Six masked bandits held NJ the
Ridg.vllle State Bank Mt Muncic, Ind.
imprisoned the cnshicr and several en-
ploy6s IN the vault and escaped with
three sncks Of money and n quantity
of Liberty bonds. The bandits oh.
lninrd 5000 IN mn undetermined
amount Of Liberty bonds and securities,
according TO bnnk officials.
e. II. Troycr Of La Fontnine. Ind,
was named the nntionnl corn king"
At the Hny mud Grain show In conncc.
tIon with the International Livestock
exposition nj Chicago. Peter Lux, also
~ Indiana was last years "kiDg." Mr..
'i'roycr's ten winning ears Of corn were
gathered from a scvcntccn.arre field
that yielded 100 bushels 10 the acre.
A golden cnskst. presented by the