The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-06-09
NEWS OF THE
WORLD In BRIEF

The people of'the United States are
paying over sl.oOO,0Oo a day for cof-
fee.
The Australian wheat crop is esti-
mated to be the smallest in twenty
years.
Miami, Fla, il 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 PREPARATION claim against
Germany amounts TO sl,s7l.000 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 leprosS have been
obtained during the past year at the
Hawaiian leprosarium.
Sir Auckland Geddes. the new Brit
ish ambassador. formally presented his
credentials 10 President Wilson at the
White House on May 20.
Imported laborers TO the number OF
four hundred thousand TO five hun
dred thousand are needed urgently in
France 10 restore the devastated re-
gions.
American tourists visiting Canada
are not required 10 have passports TO
enter or leave Canada. according 10
the Canadian Department OF Immigra-
ton
A Binghamton IN. W clothing Arm
has been fined s3I 900 for profiteering.
This is the largest fine yet imposed In
the United States for profiteering. 4
]. Pierpont Morgan has offered to
give his residence in London as an
American embassy building, and Pres
ident Wilson has submitted his offer to
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 r. Lawson. publisher OF the
Chicago Daily News. has released one
hundred tons OF news print paper to
be distributed TO smaller newspapers
which are facing suspension fo- lack
OF paper
Mrs. Annette Adams. nominated last
week by President Wilson TO be AS
sistant 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 TO allow
the Prince OF Wales to invest one mill
lion dollars in oil stocks, on the ground
that II would be unwise for him TO be-
come a large holder In shares OF
commodity which is the subject OF in
ternational disputes.
]. Brucke Kremer. OF Montana, Vice
Chairman OF the Democratic National
Committee. win call the National
Demociatic Convention to order in San
Francisco. It being thought fitting that
a Western man should open the first
convention OF the party held west OF
the Rocky Mountains. He Is Ken
tuckian.
A fleet OF fourteen immense lcebergs,
some more than one hundred feet
above the water line. were reported
about seven hundred and hfey miles
on the coast of Halifax last week
They were sighted about 200 miles
northeast OF where the Titanic was
sunk BY an iceberg on April -, 1919.
with loss OF more than fifteen hun
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
dent Wilson was at the head OF
Princeton University. he refused to
accept 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 $4,000 additional houses To-
relieve the housing situation; that, al
though there is an average of 1.04O. 900
marriages in this country annually,
there were only 10000 houses built in
1918 and 10000 in 1919; and that
building costs are about 2i5 per cent
above the pre-war level