The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1920-09-09
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT couN.
TRY AND ABROAD
EVENTS or IMPORTANCE
Gathered From All Parts OF Tho
Globe And Told In Short
Paragraphs
Foreign

EleVen men dead Is the toll of the
fighting in Belfast August 20. In ad
dition to the six men killed durins
the height of the battle, five of tn,
wounded died. About forty person,
were wounded and some of them will
undoubtedly die.
When the rioting in Belfast, Ireland
was at its worst August goth. womer
could be seen clad in their night at
tire, rushing from their homes, at
tempting to lead their families from
the danger zone. Some of them wer,
wounded by stray shots.
The condition of Terence MacSwin
ney, lord mayor Of Cork, Ireland, wht
Is in Brixton jail on a hunger strike
is officially stated to be unchanged
He made this statement: 81 am con
WINGED I will not be released; 1t will
be better for my country if am not.
John Parmentier, administrator O
the French ministry of finance, wht
is in New York city negotiating will
United States bankers for paymen
of the French loan of $3.50, 900 from thu
United States, has arranged for a LOAF
Of one hundred and fifty million dol
lars with American banks, Paris news
papers report,
No woman will be permitted to en-
ter church unless dressed 'in Chris
tian modesty, says a notice circulated
in the diocese of Gaudix, Spain, by au
thority of the bishop. Any woman who
displays herself chest or legs conspic
uously will be barred from holy com
munion and absolution
Louis Bleriot, the first French avi
aotr to cross the English channel, has
been ordered by the French courts tt
pay Immediately five million francs
into the French treasury. The fine is
imposed for profiteering and many 9th
err cases will be handed similarly, ant
some may receive Jail sentences.
The Island of Malta, where St. Pau
labored for some months, suffered ar
earthquake shock of considerable force
recently. The population was thrown
into panic and property was consid
erably damaged
Pope Benedict has been snapped by
the movies, to the CONSERVATION and
amazement Of his dignified cardinalate
The United States Knights of Colum
bus paid him visit and took movie
men along, and prevailed upon the
pope to pose for them. The pope was
in high spirits and said Let the
Americans have what they want
Visitors said they would have taken
what they wanted anyhow.
A Mexican treasury statement says
Mexico will export this year more pc
troleum than all other countries com
bined, estimated at one hundred and
forty million barrels.
The Polish peace delegates while on
their way to Minsk to confer with the
representatives of Soviet Russia were
picturesuuely received after crossing
the Russian lines. The Poles were es
corted along the highway in Soviet
automobiles of United States NAVE
containing Enthusiastically CARRIED guards
A wireless message from MinsR
says that members of the Polish peace
delegation and those who accompanied
1t to the conference with the Soviet
emissaries are becoming Ill because OF
the unsanitary conditions under which
they are compelled to exist.
French farmers are becoming sleigh'
O. hand artists, mint masters at Paris
believe. Every day $4,000 nickels
are minted and vanish in thin air. AS
soon as Frenchman lays his hand
on metal money it is out Of circula
ton for good.
The situation in Korea Is become
more serious. The conditions are re
ported to have been aggravated by or
ganization of the activities OF the 40
rean nationalists, especially in Manchu
ria.
The delegation Of American con
gressmen touring the Far East were
met and entertained by japanese del
egation in Korea.