The state herald., 1920-10-26
FOREIGN


flee of the Independent parlys news
paper, says n dispatch from Frank
fort.
The drys have lost their first battl'
in the prohibition fight in the federal
district In Mexico. The saloons were
open Sunday, though the government
had made an effort to have them all
closed.
The imports into France for the
nine months ended Sept. 80 We're 81
1S0.0OO,000 francs, as compared with
"A. .567 100000 for the same period of
1919. The exports were 1857, ,0Oo,c
us compared with 0,70i,000,000.
Luis A. Sanlander, consul for Chile
m the state OF Washington, and assist
mt professor Of Spanish at the Uni
versIty Of Washington, died at Seattle
after few hours illness. Mr.. San
lander was formerly secretary of the
Chilean legation at Bucnos Aires.
Action by the French government
TO recover sl,372, 100, alleged 10 be the
value of war equipment which went
down with the steamship North Cam
hria Aug. ., 1918, has been Instituted
in Admiralty Court in Brooklyn against
the Commonwealth and Dominion Line,
Limited, of London.
A general strike throughout Poland
has been proclaimed ms n protest
against the proposed creation OF an
upper parliamentary house under the
new constitution, on which commits
sion has been working for more than
year. IN Warsaw the street cars
ceased running and restaurants and
many stores were closed.
As result OF the census taken
Oct. 1, the figures of which have not
been announced, the Japanese govern
inent has begun sending circulars
throughout the country, asking physi-
cinns, surgeons, dentists, pharmacists,
tailors, blacismlths and other persons
whether they would be willing to
serve in the army in case of war.
GENERAL
The convicts, George Stivers and
Marcus Bassett, who escaped from
Sing Sing prison. were captured in
the woods at Warner, y. II.
Sale of the ssh deadweight ton
steamer Wcstmead TO the Standard
Steamship Company of New York for
S1.ilo.iGT has been announced nt the
shipping Board.
The Philadelphia & Reading railway
has announced reduction Of It's work
ing force approximately 1000 men and
that all employees have been put on an
eight-hour basis.
\ farm survey to eradicate the com.
mon barbcrry us defensive measure
against wheat rust, has been started
by the Department of Agriculture Ia
portions Of thirteen states in the West
and Middle West
The public utilities commission, In
nm order made public Mt Hartford,
grants a petition OF the Connecticut
Company for fiat ten-cent fare rate
on Its trolley lines, instead OF the
seven-cent furc now In force.
All farm organizations In the United
States and Canada have been asked to
cooperate In the request Of the Ma.
tlonnl Wheat Growers' Association to
suspend delivery Of wheat from farms
to market, until such time az "the
price Of good wheat Il stabilized Mt s.
per bushel at the terminal market" =
DR., Duncan MacDouGail. fifty-four.
surgeon known particularly Cor his
experiments In 'the weighing Of the
sovi," u dead at Haverhill. Mass.
Through delicate weiEhtfng devices, he
calculated the weight Of the human
soul af between six aud eight ounces
He was . contributor Of poetry to
various magaxines.
Production Of bItuminous coal went
above the 1900. .000-ton mark for the
first time size Jan. II, during the
week ended Oct. Q. The total output
Is estimated by the geological survey
ut l2.075.000 net tons. This was nm
increase Of 224.OO0 tons over the week
OF Sept. 25 and 7O8.O00.OO0 tons or o.
per cent over the week OF Oct. 2.
Three trainmen were killed. five
others injured and five or six pns-
sengcrs shaken up In hcad-on col
lision between two Norfolk & West.
ern passenger trains Mt Rurnl Retreat,
Va. according TO an official announce
ncnt at the railway headquarters at
Roanoke. Va. The trnins met on n
siding.
Testimony taken nj the Now York
hearing of the Joint legislative com
miitcc investigating the alleged build
lng trust. relative TO the payment Of
$4,000 by T.. H. Levy. rcnl estate
owner and builder, to have n s,rlk,
settled on one OF his building projects,
will be submitted 10 the proper
prosecuting authorities for immediate
action"
Mrs. siilln d. shon,s. widow OF
Theodore T.. shonts. former president
OF the lntcrborough Rapid Transit
] a.