Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-01-08
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, former
president of the Royal College of Ply
sicians of Edinburgh, is dead at Edin-
burgh. !,
The North Dakota supreme court at
Bismarck held valid and constitutional
the state laws providing for a state
industrial program.
Gregory Weinstein, chief of staff to
Ludwig c. A. K. Martens, soviet "am-
baSsadOr," was arrested at New York
ON deportation warrant
James B. Reynolds of Chicago, Sec
rotary of the Republican national COM
mittee since 1912, has rendered his res
1gnation, to take effect January 10.
King Alexander fell while practicing
jumping at Athens and broke his an
kle. He will be forced to remain in bed
month, according to his physicians.
The informal call for the first meet
ing of the League of Nations council
will be issued by Premier Clemenceau,
the supreme council at Paris decided.
The French government at Paris has
granted permission for the removal of
the bodies of a. 900 American soldiers
buried in France to the United States.
By decision Of the supreme council
at Paris renewed and pressing ap-
peal will be made to the United
States for the credits necessary to re-
provision Austria.
Families Of ten and twelve children
are being urged by Premier Clemen-
ceau, who is touring the department of
Var, his constituency in the chamber
of deputies at Paris.
The capture of Yekaterinoslav. OIL
the southern Russian front, and NOvo-
moskovsk, Is miles northeast of Yeka-
terinOslav, is announced in a bOlShevik
official statement received at London.
A total of $3,265,OS3 was collected
at Springfield, ILL.,, from automobile
license fees during the year 1919 by
Secretary Of State Emerson, an in
crease of $55O,752 as compared with
1918.
A London dispatch says six princes
i
joined in the proclamation expressing
their solidarity with the national de-
mand for complete independence" OF
Egypt.
Dispatches from Riga declare that
the LettiSh troops have broken the
bolshevist front along the Dvina.
Numerous prisoners have been taken,
together with much booty, it is as
serted.
The fercest fighting ever expert
enced on the Indian frontier has been
in progress during the last three days,
| in which time the British casualties
have been heavy, says Mandanna-
kacm dispatch.
In full sight of about 200 prisoners
in the county Jail at Chicago, Raffaelo
Durrage, convicted murderer of Ono
frio Gargano and his wife Mary. the
couple with whom he had made his
home, was hanged.
| Two Russian women were arrested
in the federal building at Detroit,
Mich, after what federal agents said
was jill dIIcIupt W pass CWO poNh@S~S
| containing two dozen raZOrS to one of
the group Of radicals.
Since September 1, 1919, less than
1000 cases Of influenza have been re-
ported to the United States health
service at Washington. During the
! preceding period last year more than
| 100000 cases occurred.
More than 1000 delegates repre-
senting the 100000 soft coal miners of
| the United States, assembled at Co
! lumbus, o. for the convention which
is to discuss the settlement of the ma
tion-wide strike, terminated on Deem
[ Der 10 by a truce proposed by PreN-
| dent Wilson.
Ninety-four more reds were bagged
Sunday by department Of justice op-
eratives in continuing raids on the
communist groups in various parts OF
the country. Altogether more than A.
500 persons accused of plotting to
overthrow the American form of gov
eminent by "force and violence" have
been arrested, according to Washing
| ron diSDatch