The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-04-09

the terms of the armistice, General
Allen has full authority to utilize his
troops for the police of the occupied
district for the preservation of order,
and to repel any attack which may
be made upon him."
MARTENS, the "Soviet Ambassa-
DOR" has offered to leave the country,
according to a Washington report,
which quotes him as saying in a let
ter to Secretary Of State Colby, that
he does not care to stay here unless
the State Department will recognize
the Russian Soviet Government. The
State Department, it is said, will ig-
more the latter, considering it as an
attempt to trick the American Gov
ernmen into a declaration of its atti-
tude regarding the present Russian
regime.
PERU has made amends to Bolivia,
according to a dispatch from Buenos
Aires, which says that an official 30
livian statement declares that Peru
has given ample satisfaction to b.
livia and has presented her regrets for
the recent attacks on the Bolivian Lee
cation in Lima and the Consulate in
Mollendo.
SMYRNA and the hinterland along
that section of, the Turkish coast has
been awarded to Greece by the Coun-
Gil of Ambassadors, according to u
Paris report.
THE LEAK" in the U. S. Supreme
Court, resulting in the giving out of
advance information regarding GER
tain recent decisions of that body, has
been made the basis for action by the
Grand Jury at Washington, d. c., in
dictments having been returned
against four men alleged to have been
implicated in the crime. 1t is said
that the persons involved in this mat
ter made only slap.
SENATOR INEWBERRY of Micha-
gan, according to a Washington re-
port, will not resume his seat in the
Senate until after the disposition of
questions as to his status arising from
his conviction in the Michigan cleo
ton conspiracy cases. 1t is said that
tho Senators who were active in press
ing for investigation of the Michigan
Senatorial contest were prepared, had
NeWberry put in an appearance in the
Senate, to seek his expulsion on the
ground of his conviction on a criminal
charge. Even though Mr.. Newberry
neither participates in any roll call
nor is paired on any votes, the Repub-
lican control of the Senate by a ma
jority of one will continue, the align
ment being 48 to AZ.
HERBERT HOOVER has attracted
much attention not only in political
circles but throughout the entire coun-
try by an announcement that, sub
ject to certain conditions, he is willing
to run for President on the Republi-
can ticket. Mr.. Hoover declares his
attitude regarding the League of Ma
tons as being sin favor Of the League
Of Nations, with proper reservations
safeguarding American traditions and
interests"
Here is Mr.. Hoover's statement of
the conditions on which he is willing
to accept the Republican nomination:
eff the Republican party, with the in
dependent element of which am nat
urally affiliated, adopts a forward
looking, liberal. and constructive plat
form on the treaty, and if the party
proposes measures for sound business
administration of the country and is
neither reactionary nor radical in its
approach to our great domestic ques-
tons, and is backed by men who I'M
doubtedly assure the consummatioh of
these policies and measures, T. will
give it my entire support"
LABOR NOMINEES have, accord
ing to unofficial returns, been sue
cessful at the municipal elections in a
number of Iowa towns. This is re-
garded as Of special significance be-
cause of the unusual preparations
which are being made by organized
labor throughout the country for par
ticipation in the coming presidential,
congressional and State elections.
THE KANSAS ANTI STRIKE
LAW has been invoked and a temper
airy order has been issued against
President Howat Of the United Mine
Workers, forty-seven district officials
and others. restraining them from in
terfering with coal production in
Crawford and Cherokee counties, Kan,
lilo EGl.
UNIoNIZATIoN OF CLERKS has
been demanded by trade unions in
England. The determination of or
ganized labor to capture the so-called
"black-coated workers" is indicated
by demand just made on the clerks,
book-keepeis, ETC., of of the larg-
est wholesale drug firms in England,
by organized manual workers, that
they form union of their own, tell
ing them that they considered them
"a menace to the unionists' interests"
as long as they remained unorganized.
A STRIKE OF STENOGRAPHERS,
bookkeepers and clerks, numbering
nearly 1000, employed by the City Of
Chicago, was called a few days ago.
threatening to pafalyze municipal
business. This action was taken be-
cause of the refusal Of the City Coun
Gil to grant the demand made for al
general salary9increase ofi$8o0ea year.
The strike terminated almost as Sud
denly as ittstafted,G the decision being
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