Taiban Valley news., 1920-10-15
FOREIGN

mea, now controlled by General Wran-
gels anti-Bolshevist forces, have been
ordered to increase their distribution
of supplies and foodstuffs to 500 tons
per week.
The italian government has refused
permission to former King Constan-
tine of Greece, to enter Italy, accord
ing to information reaching the French
foreign office. Constantine some
weeks ago expressed a desire to visit
Italy.
Horse racing in Argentina received
4 blow when President Irigoyen We
toed bill authorizing the Jockey Club
to continue to hold meetings on Thurs
days. The veto condemned gambling
and declared the Sunday holiday was
sufficient.
Sixty persons, arrested during anar-
| chist riots at Ancona, Italy, last June,
have started hunger strike as a pro-
test against delay in being brought to
trial. Workmen have proclaimed a
general strike in support of the pris-
Oners' claims.
King Alexander Of Greece was bit
ten by a monkey at Athens. The king
rushed in to rescue his dog which was
getting the worst of a battle with the
monkey. The animal bit the royal
rescuer on the arms and legs, but in
flicted no serious damage.
Next years budget for France, total
ing 26,OOO,OO0O0O francs is being
trimmed down by President Millerand
and Frederic Francis-Marsal, the fl
nance minister 1t is proposed to fix
the reparation expenditures which are
recoverable from Germany at 24,000,-
100000 francs.
A dispatch was sent through official
channels to Paris for confirmation Of
the Copenhagen report that the French
General, Weygand, had proceeded to
South Russia to take supreme COM
mand of the Baron Wrangel's anti
Bolshevik forces. If the report is true,
it is said, the action of France is in
tended to give larger moral support to
the Wrangel government in pursuance
Of the French policy which was indi-
Gated when France recognized the
Wrangel government.
GENERAL
Mrs. Elizabeth Niles, 90 years old,
who with close clipped hair and uni
form that concealed her sex, Is said
to have fought beside her husband
thru the Civil war, is dead at Rari-
tan, N. J.
Capt. R. w. Schroeder ofoMcCook
field, holder of the world altitude
record, will retire from the air serv-
ice as soon as he returns from
France, where he flew in the Gordon
Bennett race.
Twelve members of the crew of the
steamer Speedwell, wrecked in trop-
ical hurricane in the gulf, and one
passenger, were picked up in life
boat by the steamer Lake Superior,
according to radio advlces received at
New Orleans.
Two Brooklyn Boy Scouts have ar
rived in New York from San Francis
co, completing round trip made part
ly on foot and by picking up rides in
automobiles and wagons. The boys,
]. It. Budd and A. G.. Greiner, began
their journey July 81, arrived at San
Francisco Aug. % and started back
three days later.
Public bequests totaling $685., 700 are
contained in the will of w. Murray
Crane, filed for probate at Pittsfleld,
Mass The will is twenty-eight pages
long. The widow, Mrs Josephine M.
Crane, received $750,O00 and the in
come from a trust fund Of $1,000,000.
The total amount of the estate of the
former United States Senator was not
given.
Lieut.. Sidney Pedott of Chicago, a
naval reserve officer, was drowned
when naval seaplane which he was
flying plunged into Lake Michigan
two miles off Lake Forest. Lieut.. A.
X. Bachelor of Saginaw, Mich, his
companion, was thrown clear and
swan back to the wreckage. He made
a vain effort to release Pedott's life
belt before the wreckage sank.
Seaman Eugene Paquette of Dover,
N. H., reported drowned when washed
overheard from the destroyer Colds
borough off Tampico, Mexico, on Sept.
80, has been rescued by the destroyer
Hatfield, that vessel reported on its
arrival at Miami, Florida.
The 1920 corn crop promises to be
the largest in the history Of the coun-
try by more than ninety million BUSH
els. A yield of 3,216, 10000 bushels,
compared with the previous record
production of 124,746,000 bushels in
1912, was forecast by the Department
of Agriculture from a condition of
S91 on Oct. l. The yield would ex-
ceed that of last year by practically
100000 bushels.
Charles Ponzi can pay less than one
dollar in three on the claims of
creditors of his shattered scheme of
high finance. The extent to which the
millions entrusted to Ponzi had been
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