The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-04-08
NEWS OF THE
WORLD in BRIEF

The War Department IL planning FOR
the reestR blishment OF citizens train
| ing camps.
Fifty buildings OF fireworks plant
were destroyed in a spectacular fire al
Cincinnati last week.
! Plans for the consolidation of all the
secret service activities of the govern
ment are being considered.
Former President Wilson is recov-
cr.ng from an attack of acute indiges-
ION which he suffered on March IS,
Estimates of the Department OF Ag-
riculture place the number of cattle In
his country at 66,l9l, 900 head.
| Secretary Weeks has announced that
Grover c. Bergdoll, draft evader, will
be extradited. from Germany If pos
sible.
| Important discoveries OF ruins Of a
lhighly developed Greco Roman civili-
gzation have been made at Palmyra, in
Syria. a
! DIR. William a. HOFFMAN, recognized
,as one OF the nations leading surgeons,
died at his home in New Orleans.
March %.
The Colorado, battleship OF the
most modern and powerful type. was
launched from the shipyards at Cam
\ den, N. j., March %.
| Postmasters of a number OF large
cities have been called to Washington
10 conference with the Postmaster
General, VIII Hays.
Major General Wood Is TO retire from
active service in the army TO become
the head of Pennsylvania University
after he returns from the Philippines,
James c. Davis, of Iowa. has been
appointed director general OF the Rail-
road Administration by President
Harding to succeed John Barton Payne.
The Greek minister, Dir. Alexander
Nouros. is TO act as charge d'affaircs
10 the United States until this country
recognizes the present Greek monarch.
An immediate strike in the packing
industry has been averted by com
promise agreement entered into be-
tween employees and the iive big pack
ers
! President Harding has announced
that he will hold conferences with
/ newspaper correspondents on Tuesday
and Friday OF each week following
cabinet meetings.
/ A bomb explosion in a theater in
Milan, Italy. Killed twenty persons and
injured many others on March %. II
! is believed the outrage was the work
OF anarchists.
! The ceremony usually held in the
palace at Madrid on Holy Thursday.
when the feet of twelve beggars are
7 hxr fI,. u af
Z Spain. had TO be postponed this year
on account OF the lndisposition of King
! Alfonso.
| Direct steamship service between
Japan and Mexico has been establish
ed, and many Japanese colonists are
to be brought To Mexico by this direct
! transportation route
| Eugene " Debs, inmate OF the Al
lanta Federal Penitentiary, was al
lowed TO 90 to Washington last week,
unattended, TO discuss his case with
Attorney General Daugherty.
Tokyo, Japan suffered a disastrous
fire on the night of March 26, when
thousands OF houses In the norwestcrn
part OF he city were destroyed in
volying loss Of about s12,500,000.
Plans for a survey Of world produs-
tion and consumption, together with
the gathering OF figures on Visible
storks OF all commodities. are under
reconsideration of Federal authorities
! Mary Jane" the mischievous girl
OF the Buster Brown cartoons. In real
| life Mary Jane outcalL daughter OF
the car4oonist. has just married Capt.
Frank Pershing, nephew OF General
jiPershing.
Nicaragua desires TO resign her
membership In the League OF Nations
because OF the expense attached IL Is
stated that ii costs that country $4,000
la month TO retain a place In the
League.
A new worlds record for parachute
leap was established last week when
Lieutenant Hamilton dropped 24,400
feet, nearly four and three fifths miles,
from an airplane at Canute Field, Ill
inois.
Income and profit taxes for the first
quarter OF 1921 were estimated at
s675, 100000. ON this basis the total
revenue from income and profit taxes
for the fiscal year ending June 30th.
would be $3,060,0 700.
Five men are in Jail at New Orleans
suspected of completely in the Wall
Street bomb plot of last September.
They were arrested in Rio de Janeiro
nnd brought to this country on the
steamer Rushvllle.
New York City has arranged to have
shower baths attached 10 hydrants in
the congested sections of the city under
which the children may play during
the hot summer months Under the SUI
pervision Of the firemen. >
Lieut.. w. d. Coney, transcontinental
flyer, on his return trip from the At
tIantic to the Pacific Coast crashed to
the earth near Monroe, La. and suf-
fered a broken back and other injuries
from which he is not expected to re-
cover.
Mrs. Ralph Smith has been sworn In
as a member of the cabinet Of British
Columbia. She will be a minister
without portfolio" voting in the exec
,utive council, but having no special
department of government under her
supervision.
British war widows are remarrying
50 rapidly that the Chancellor. Austin
Chamberlain. expects to be able to re-
duce the pension appropriations this
|,year by s1O,000,000, as the pension is
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