The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-14
NEWS OF THE WORLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Sir Luke White, who was a MEM
Der of parliament for 18 years, has
just died in the almshouse at Drift
field, England. Born in 1916 at
neighton, near York, he started life
as a messenger boy, become an at
torney's managing clerk, a solicitor,
a county solicitor, coroner for the
East Riding and in 1900 liberal MEM
her of parliament for Buckrose. He
was knighted in 1908. The war af-
fected Sir Luke's investments and in
October of last year he filed petit
ton in bankruptcy, the statement of
claims showing deficit of more than
100000.
M. Koeford, Danish subject, who
went to Russia 40 years ago. became
a state councillor under the old regime
and has been arrested several times
since the revolution, has just return
ed to his native country. "0ne's first
! impression of Moscow is" he says,
that all private shops are closed and
only the municipal stores are open.
Nevertheless, illicit trading fourishes
land it is possible to get anything
there, even Havana cigars of the
1919 crop. The population looks
healthy and vigorous though many
people, especially brain workers. sue
Icumbed last winter to privation.e
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Blindness is no less prevalent in
the Levant than it was in biblical
days. Trachoma is responsible fo1
most of the sightless men, women and
lchildren who wander through the
streets of Cairo. Jerusalem. Damas.
Gus, Symrna and Constantinople
Throughout Armenia, Anatolia and
Syria trachoma has been the malady
which has given the American com.
Imittee for relief in the Near East
more trouble than all others com.
bined. It is especially bad among
children. It RACES in the orphanages
where little Armenians. Greeks, Jews
and Turks have been gathered BY
tphilanthropic organizations which are
lendeavoring to nurse war-torn Turkey
back to normal health.
Passports are now demanded OF
visitors seeking to enter Saint Sophia
land any Christian who cannot estab.
lish the fact that he is neither 3
IGreek nor an Armenian, is not adj
mitted. Since the Greek advance
Eastward into Anatolia and the boast
Iof Greeks that they win recover Saint
Sophia within a year, Moslem autho-
rites have doubled the guard about
THE great mosque and take special
precautions to prevent Greeks and
Armenians from entering.
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The exhibition of a ten-dollar Unit
ed States bank note with the words
First National Bank of Brazil
showing prominently on it has just
lied to-a discussion in the chamber OF
deputies at Rio de Janeiro as to the
wisdom of having Brazilian national
icurrency printed in the United States
las is new done The note was issued
by a national bank of Brazil, Indiana
but some of the deputies evidently
lwere not aware that such city ex-
listed
eff / conclude my arrangements to
lsecure American capital to finance
my campaign. / feel reasonably sure
Iof being elected king of Hungary
declares Etienne Crouy Chanel, who
1claims his family to be the only liv-
ling descendants of the ancient kings
lof Hungary, the Arpado, whose line
lost the crown six centuries ago, il
finally passing to the Hapsburgs.
The destroyer Broke, which the
Chilean government has purchased
from Great Britain, together with the
battleship La Tore and the destroy.
Ter Faulkner, figured in a notable cpl.
sode during the war. In 1917 the
Broke, commanded by Capt. Evans