The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-06-11
NEWS OF The
WORLD in BRIEF

The people Of the United States are
paying oyer ,i.ooo,ooo day for cof-
The Australian wheat crop is esti-
mated to be the smallest in twenty
years.
Miami. Fla. Is ten times as large as
Il was when the census was taken ten
years ago.
The coal miners have rejected the
wage proposal submitted by Secretary
Of Labor Wilson.
canada's reparation claim against
Germany amounts 70 sl.s71. 900 for
losses sustained during the war.
William L. Frierson, OF Chattanooga,
Tenn. has been nominated by Presi-
dent Wilson 10 be Solicitor General OF
the United States.
President Wilson's proposal for an
American mandate over Armenia has
been rejected by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Encouraging results from the use OF
new treatment for leprosy have been
, obtained during the past year al the
Hawaiian ieprosarium.
Sir Auckland Geddes. the new Brit
ish ambassador. formally presented his
credentials to President Wilson at the
White House on May Is.
Imported Iaborers to the number OF
four hundred thousand to 1--WE hum
dred thousand are needed urgently In
France to restore the devastated re-.
gions.
American tourists visiting Canada
are not required TO have passports to
enter or leave Canada. according 10
the Canadian Department OF Immigra-
ton.
A Binghamton IN. W clothing arm
has been fined 1000 for profiteerings
This is the largest fine yet imposed in
the United States for profIteering
j. Pierpont Morgan has offered 70
give his residence In London as an
American embassy building. and Pres
ident Wilson has submitted his offer 10
Congress.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
In session recently in Philadelphia
urged ratification OF the Peace Treaty
and the League Of Nations and with
drew from the Interchurch World
Movement.
Victor +. Lawson. publisher of the
Chicago Daily News. has released one
hundred tons OF news print paper 10
be distributed to smaller newspapers
which are facing suspension for lack
OF paper
Mrs. Annette Adams, nominated last
week by President Wilson to be As
sislant Attorney General OF the United
States, is the first woman in this coun-
try TO be named as a United States
attorney. this post coming TO her In
July. 1918.
King George has refused 10 allow
the Prince Of Wales to invest one mill
lion dollars in oil stocks. on the ground
that Il would be unwise for him to be-
come large holder in shares OF a.
commodity which Is the subject Of IN
ternafional disputes.
J. Brucke Kremer. OF Montana. Vice
Chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee. viii call the National
Democratic Convention to order In San
Francisco. II being thought fitting that
Western man should open the first
convention OF the party held west Of
the Rocky Mountains. He IL Ken
tuckian.
A fleet OF fourteen immense icebergs.
some more than one hundred feet
above the water line. were reported
about seven hundred and fifty miles
on the coast OF Halifax last week.
They were sighted about zoo miles
northeast OF where the Titanic was
sunk by an iceberg on April "A. 1912,
with a loss OF more than fifteen hum
dred lives.
The contribution Of half a million
dollars by Colonel Proctor. OF cincin-
natl. to the Wood campaign fund. re-
calls the fact that IN 1910. when Pres
ident Wflson was al the head Of
Princeton University. he refused to
accent the offer of like sum from
Colonel Proctor for the university upon
the ground that the gift had strings
tied TO it,
At a meeting OF the American So
ciety OF Mechanical Engineers. In ses-
sion in St Louis last week. the state
ment was made that the United States
needs s.3fO,O00 additional houses 70
relieve the housing situation; that. nj
though there Is an average OF 100000
marriages in this country annually,
there were only 10000 houses built in
lI9ls and 10000 in 1918; and that
building costs are about 2l5 per cent
above the pre-war level