The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-03-18
NEWS OF THE
WORLD in BRIEF

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The Italian government has increas-
! ed the price of bread,
! The Crown Prince of Japan sailed
! from Tokyo for England on March 2.
Diplomatic relations between Hol-
land and Venezuela have been resum-
ed
! M. Gounaris. Greek war minister, is
in London upon invitation of the AL
I lies
The French war budget has been cut
| from 6,546. 100000 francs to 5.14400o;-
! 600 francs.
The total appropriations of the
| Sixty Sixth Congress aggregated ST.;
I SOC ,O29,G47
! President Wilson on last Friday
signed the $13,0OO.00O Indian appro-
/ priation bill.
Henry Ford has been elected presi-
dent of the Detroit Toledo and Ironton
railroad Il.
| In taking his oath of office as Presi-
dent Mr.. Harding used the same Bible
used by George Washington.
| Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. has been
made Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
a post held by his father in 1897-08.
Gambling throughout Spain is to be
suppressed from March under orders
issued by the minister of the interior
Italy is asking for twenty five per
cent OF the German reparations. in.
stead Of ten per cent assigned to her.
Marconi has announced the inven-
ton of new wireless device by which
ships may be guided during dense
fogs.
a shrinkage of s66,o00.000 in Amer
lean export trade in January has been
reported by the Department of Com
merce.
Cotton receipts at all United States
ports are more than million bales,
behind figures for the same period last
season.
Krupps, Of Germany, have been
awarded large contract for laminat-
ed steel car wheels by the Argentine
State railway. h4
A gas mask that win protect its
wearer against practically any gas,
smoke, or fume Is being developed by
the Bureau OF Mines.
Renewed earthquakes IN Kansu and
s;hensi Provinces have killed 100000
persons, according to advices received
in Shanghai.
The army appropriation bill passed
by Congress- provided for an army of
10000 men during the coming fiscal
year
A deposit OF graphite suitable for
lead pencils has been discovered In the
northwestern part OF Laiyung Hsien,
Shantung China.
Liquor valued at more than half a
million dollars was seized in a raid on
an abandoned garage in the Bronx.
New York. last week.
Sir Ernest Shackleton. the antarctic
explorer, expects to leave Christiana in
May or June on a two years expedi-
ton 70 the arctic region.
Continuance of the transcontinental
iir mail service has been assured by
IN appropriation Of $l,250,00o for the
coming fiscal year. IL
Enico Caruso, the noted tenor, who
recovering from a critical illness In
New York City. is to sail for Italy the
latter part Of March.
Charles d. b. King. president Of the
republic OF Liberia, West Africa, In in
this country to negotiate q loan Of U.s.
100000 to his country.
A bill which would prohibit the own
ing OF land in Arkansas by nonresident
aliens has been passed by the House in
he Arkansas Legislature.
Edwin DENLY, the new Secretary Of
the Navy, has declared himself in favor
Of an American navy as large as that
Of any other country in the world.
President Wilson has expressed his
determination to devote himself. upon
retirement TO private life. to a contin-
uatlon OF his efforts toward world
peace.
| Six steamship lines have Increased
| passenger rates to Europe ten per cent.
First class passage before the war was
approximately $3.50. Now It win be
SAYS.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion nj washington has for its con-
sideration about 100000 claims of
overcharges by railroads during the
war.
Upward of fifty thousand appoint
ments to public offices carrying sala
ries aggregating more than 100000
900 year, are to be made by Presi-
dent Harding. 2
Severance of all relationship with the
International Federation Of Trade
| Unions has been decided upon by the
American Federation OF Labor's execu-
tive council. 3
German workers last week prevented
the launching of new 12,000-ton
freighter at the shipyards in F1ens-
burg, Germany. because they objected
| naming the ship Tirpitz.
Twenty-six men have been killed in
the air mail service since It was in
augurated in May, 1918. During the
same period the postal planes have
covered 100000 miles,
Cessation OF hostilIties between Co.'S
IA Rica and Panama was demanded in
notes and dispatches to these govern
ments on March by Charles Hughes,
the new Secretary of State. NJ