The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-08-19
NEWS OF THE
WORLD in BRIEF


A decrease OF s2oe. 600 oOosin the pub
lie debt in July is announced by the
Treasury.
Great Britain has agreed to Novem-
Der as the date for the conference on
limitation Of ornaments
The British House OF Commons has
voted to build four warships to take
the place OF obsolete vessels.
States are reported to have sold
much road building equipment given
them by the Federal government
The Allies have warned Greece that
an advance on Constantinople by
Greeke troops will not be tolerated.
Two hundred and fifty Legionnaires
sailed from New York OH August 3 for
a visit to the battle fields OF France.
The Mercer county Jail at Bluefield
w. Va. has become so crowded that
prisoners must await their turn to
serve time.
Lenine. Russian Bolshevik premier,
plans, subject to British permission, to
leave soon for vacation In Scotland.
Des Moines, Iowa, is without street
car service, the street car company
having been placed in the hands of re-
ceivers.
e. Lee Trinkle. of Wythe, Va, was
nominated for governor Of Virginia in
the Democratic primary election held
last week.
Major General Wood is being boom
cd as the next governor general OF the
Philippines by the Americans on the
islands.
Lord Byng OF Ylmy left London on
August for Canada to assume the
governor generalship to which he was
recently appointed
In the financial district OF lower Man
haitian one million Ave hundred thou
sand persons work in a space OF less
than square mile.
Representative Rorer James, of the
Fifth Congressional District of Vir-
ginia, died suddenly at his home In
Danville, Va, August 9.
Airplane flights between Picking and
Shanghai, with stops at several points
to accommodate passenger and mail
traffic, Will begin this month,
Five young men at Washington, N,
C.. convicted of stealing automobile
supplies, were sentenced to attend
church regularly for one year
Secretary Mellon states that $780,
100000 must be cut from the current
expenses OF the government In order
TO avoid additional taxation.
Before August 23 Germany must pay
Hon gold marks. Payments heretofore
made aggregate 255,376,690 marks.
The three outstanding problems be-
fore the Supreme Council in session at
Paris are the future of Albania, succor
for Russia, and the Near East prob
lem
The advance party of Stefansson's
new arctic expedition sailed from Sc
attic on August IL. Mr.. Stefansson
and party OF scientists will join them
next year. "a
Two ships, which are the last OF four
built at Shanghai. China, for the Unit,
ed States Shipping Board, are nearing
completion, and will be delivered at
San Francisco
An appalling railway disaster is re-
ported from Burma, where a mail train
on the road TO Mandalay collided with
n goods train, ninety eight people be-
ing killed.
American coffee consumption for the
year ending June so, 1921 was 1851
COL $3.50 pounds, or enough to make asa
cups for every man. woman and child
in the United States.
Transmission of photographs and
written documents in fac smile across
the ocean has been accomplished in
tests made at the powerful radio sta
ton at Annapolis, Md.
Austria will appeal to the Allied SUI
preme Council for immediate financial
aid on the grounds that the interna-
tional scheme for rehabilitation Of the
dual monarchy has failed.