, 1920-06-24

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umns.
The Polish army has evacuated Kiev
owing to the continued menaclng ad-
vance Of the Bolshevist army which
threatened to cut off the Polish line of
retreat.
Two hundred miners have been
killed by an explosion of fire damp in
the Yubari coal mines at Sappero, on
the island of Yezo, according to dis
patches received at Toxic. Japan.
A bas relief In memory of Edith Ca
veil, the English nurse who was exc
cuted by the Germans during their oc-
cupation of Belgium, was unveiled at
Paris in the Tuilleries gardens. The
simple ceremony was presided over by
Andre Magnet, minister of pensions.
Losses estimated at 5 ,2OO,O00 were
caused by a fire which destroyed the
plant of the Santiago Electric Light,
Railway and Power Company at Ha-
vana, according to u dispatch from
that city. Virtually all the rolling
stock and electrical supplies of the
company were burned.
lttlliittt, EtiitI u lllSSlDlluEN
of the Reformed church at Yo Chow,
Human province, was shot and killed
when forces under Gen. Chang Chin
Yao, governor of Human province, at
tackled the mission, according to relia-
BILE information reaching the American
consulate at Hankow, China.
An attempt to assassirate Arturo
A1nSGnn1ri nrnGi1nntiuI nonIiInta 1f
the liberal alliance, occurred at Santi-
ago, Chile. Three shots were fired Mt
him but he was uninjured. He was
speaking from the balcony of his house
when the shots were fired. His on,
rushing at the %assailant, disturbed the
would-be assassln's aim.
Alarming confidential reports of an
intended uprising in India in the au-
tumn are reaching the government,
according to the Star, in London,
which says that BOlshevist literature
is known to be behind the movement.
The India office when questioned with
regard to the Star reports declared
that 1t had received no such Informal
ton.
Heroic work by the officers and
crew of the American steamer West
Jester outside Yokohoma harbor re-
suited in saving the Japanese steamer
KiyO Maru. with seventy passengers
from South America on board, from
possible total destruction by fire, it
is announced I'm advices received from
Kobe, whittier the KIyo Maru was
bound.
GENERAL
Frank NJ. Silva of San Francisco has
been given a recess appointment by
President Wilson to be United States
attorney for the northern district of
California.
Canada, like Ireland, is going to
declare herself Independent of Great
Britain within a measurable period of
time" according to Lindsay Crawford,
who spoke at the banquet in commem-
Grafton of the battle of Bunker Hill at
the Jefferson Club in Boston.
The secon largest bridge span ever
produced at Gary, Ind, requiring a
score of cars to transport, weighing
thousands of tons and 564 feet in
length. has been shipped by the Amer
lean Bridge Company to Fairmont,
Alaska. 1t will be reassembled there
to bridge the Susitna river, connecting
FairmOnt and Seward.
With the city councils 1920 budget
already Overappropriated by S4,50O,-
900, new wage schedules of members
of union crafts employed by the city
nave been presented to the finance
committee of Chicago. Increases asked
average 20 per cent above the present
pay. and If granted would add nearly
5000 600 to the budget. The commit
tee also considered the report of the
city wage arbitration commission rec
~ommending wage increases totaling
100000 for city employees.
Three national political conventions
will be held in Chicago the week of
July 10. The Single Tax party, through
Robert c. Macauley of Pennsylvania,
has issued n call for its convention.
The committee of Forty-eight and Ma
tional Labor party have already issued
their calls.
The Public Utilities Commission at
Chicago has granted the Peoples Gas
Light and Coke Company an increase
to S1.15 per 1000 cubic feet for gas,
with a minimum charge of 60 cents.
The present ate is 80 cents. The or.
der of the commission says 1t costs the
company 96.5 cents to make each 1,000
feet of gas, and that the loss of 11.5
per 1000 under the present rate
amounts to $4,000 per day.
Election of officers, approval Of con.
ditions of a gift of 100000 to the
Lutheran synod for the care of In
capacitated pastors and teachers and
plans for recognized s%ynodical finan-
ces wound up the convention Of the