Taiban Valley news., 1921-01-14
FOREIGN

Italian government forces have es-
tSblished close blockade of Fiume by
land and sea.
A serious labor riot occurred recent
ly in Petrograd in which many persons
were killed or injured. The riot was
crushed and 105 laborers were ex-
ecuted.
The number of persons dead and in
iured in Argentine's earthquake disas-
ter is now estimated at more than 400.
This figure is based ON reports from
relief parties in the affected zone.
First reports from the general cleo
tions held in Spain indicate govern
ment victory. Unofficial estimates
are that the majority for the Monarch
list parties will be a large one.
Two firemen were killed and four
injured in fire which destroyed the
Star theater at st. Johns, n. F. One OF
the walls collapsed, burying the six
men. The loss was placed at $4,000
The Irish home rule bill, as slightly
modified by the House of Lords, has
been adopted by the House of Com
mons in London. The measure now
needs only the royal signature to be-
come law.
Japans population, as revealed by
the census recently completed, is more
than million under the estimate. The
total number of persons in the empire
is 77,005,000, of which 55,960,OOO are
in japan and 1924, 900 in Korea.
Official cognizance has been taken
by the State Department of the action
of the British embassy in writing dl-
rectly to Chairman Kellogg of the Sen
ate committee investigating cable com
munications, denying testimony of wit
nesses that the British authorities inn
posed censorship on cable messages
coming to the United States from
Great Britain.
Payment by Germany of 100,000,0O0,-
600 marks in gold remains the basis
upon which experts and delegates to
the second financial conference, in ses-
sion at Brussels, are working. This
amount, although far below what was
authorized by the treaty of Versailles,
is considered by them cOllectable only
on condition that Germany is helped
along the lines suggested by the Ger
man delegates.
GENERAL
Four men are known to be dead as
a result of an explosion in No. 2 pack
ing mill of the DUPONT Powder Works
at Moosic, seven miles from Ccranton
Pa.
Carrying S14,000,000 less than was
appropriated for this year, the annual
pension bill was reported out by the
House appropriations committee. The
total of the bill is $265, 100000
Twenty-Five individual plumbers anC
twenty-seven plumbing firms, members
of the Master Plumbers Association
were charged in a blanket indictmen
reported to Justice McAvoy in New
York with violation of the anti-trus
law.
A woman with $4,000 in bank notes
bound to her thigh by handkerchie
was found dead of gas poisoning in
room on East Twelfth street in New
York. A note with the money read: Il
anything happens to me, this none.
belongs to NJ. Bolaton & Son, Sharon
Pa"
Losses to the American Railway EX
press Company through banditry an
wholesale thievery throughout tn
United States for 1920 will total az
proximately $24OO0,000, according t
Cassius NJ. Day, head of the Denve
. and mountain branch of the organiza
ton.
Can't. William A. Moffett, formerl
commandant of the Great Lakes tralr
ing station and later commander @
- the battleship Mississippi of the Pf
y cific fleet, has been appointed directo
a of naval aviation, it has been al
Il nounced by Secretary Daniels. Cal
NJ tain Moffett succeeds Capt Thoma
Al Craven, who will be sent 10 sea, prol
ably in command of a battleship.
,r The entire plant and apparatus
in the Stegmaier Brewing Company, Il
20 largest in Luzerne county, Pennsylv
l. mia, were seized by the United Stat'
al government for alleged violation of Il
X. volstead prohibition act. 1t was tt
in first brewery taken over by the re
of enue authorities in the state of Pen
h. sylvania.
For an indefinite period, employ
- of the Newbern Iron Works and Su
~ ply Company, one of the largest plan
=. of its kind in Eastern North Carolin
y are to receive all profits made by Il
a. concern above cost of operation. I'll
agreement was reached between t
~ workers and the management folio
- ing q disagreement over 20 per ce
~ reduction in wages.
Criminal carelessness upon the pa
u. of Capt. George II. Hart, master
=. the United States steam launch Mi
,is garet, that sank in the Ohio rlv'
aa was responsible for the tragedy,
~ cording to the verdict returned by t
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