The state herald., 1920-12-07
present year.

present year.
Prospect of more serious food
shortage In Budapest, In part caused
by failure of the Hungarian wheat
crop, with continued use of stringent
bread card regulations, has been re-
ported to American Red Cross head.
quarters at Washington.
Unless Immediate financial relief is
afforded the New England railroads,
'all or most Of them will very short.
ly be driven into receiverships," the
interstate commerce commission has
been nstified BY Charles r. Choate,
Jr, an1 Wilbur Ia Roe. Jr., counsel
for the lines.
New Limitations on the weight and
siss Of Christmas packages for sol.
disrs stationed In Germany, Porto Rico
and the Panama canal zone have been
fixsd ~ the auartermaster general.
Packages for Porto Rico must not
weigh more than fifty pounds, or have
. combined length and girth Of more
than sighty-fsur inches; packages TO-
Panama must not exceed seventy-twu
inches In length and girth, and pack
ages for the army In Germany must
not weigh more than twenty-five
pounds, or have q combined length
and girth Of more than eighty.four
inches.
Representatives Of the Pacific coast
lumber companies and cattle grazers
have appeared before Secretary Payne
Of the Interior Department In an ef
fort to substantiate by oral argument
their claims to nearly 5000 acres Of
land In the states Of Oregon. Idaho
and California, obtained from r. A
Hyde. formerly Of San Francisco, un
der the forest lieu selection" legIs.
lation Of 1897. Hyds's title to the land
was afterward questioned BY the gov.
ernment and prosecution followed, as
Z result Of which Hyde was sent 10
prison.
FOREIGN
The owners OF the italian steamer
COgne. which was ssissd last Septem-
Der by D'Annunzio's Fiume lexionaires.
have decided to lend Fiume 15.000.OOO
Ire to secure the steamers release.
Madrid and Its Immediate neighbor-
hood Is again In the grasp Of nm acute
bread shortage. In the poor districts
bread lines hnlf mile long have been
formed and the people remain for
hours outside the bakeries despite the
sharpness OF the weather.
Hundreds Of prisoners have been
taken In Dublin In n great roundup OF
Slim Fein leaders. In addition to Ar.
thur Griffith. head Of the Sim Fein.
and John Mcneil, commander Of the
irish volunteers, police and military
,Ook many lesser officials to jail.
Following the refusal Of the election
authorities TO permit women to vote
In the municipal election, Buenos
Aires women conducted separate bal
lot under the auspices Of two suffrage
organizations. The women voted on
he same cnndidates ~ did the men.
A tremendous explosion occurred at
vergato, near Milan. Italy. Several
persons were killed or injured and
great property damage resulted. The
explosion is attributed to the extract
Ing Of charges from airpiane bombs.
There was shell factory ut vereato
during the war and an ammunition
lump still exists there.
An official report issued from Toxic
snys that japanese troops have burned
the Christian school near Chnngtea, II
having been said that II was found 10
be n nest OF Korean outlaws. The jill
Shimpo reports that the japanese have
arrested five Koreans ut vlndivostok
and sent them into Korcn. They were
charged with purchasing arms. II IL
alleged that they confessed
Answering nm Interpolation In the
rclchstng regarding the expulsion Of
800 Germans from Samoa. the govern.
mcnt declared the blame rested ON
England. Several notes sent to Eng.
land, II said, had not been answered.
The questioncr asserted that those eN-
PEELED bnd been allowed only 800
marks cncb. though many OF them were
wealtby. From the nature OF the In
terpcllatioD II was gathered that the
belief Ind prevailed tbnt the eS-