Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-12-21
WORLD NEWS NOTES

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The National assembly Of Hungary
have ratified the treaty OF peace be-
tween their country and the United
States.
Details of a big loan to Austria
have been practically completed.
British. American and French imam
ciers are cooperating.
Around the British Isles there are
more than 1000 vessels, of from zOO
to 10000 tons each, lying in 70 IA
thoms (120 feet) or less OF water.
Nine. Ranrabe, wife Of the Greek
minister to England, will sell head,
dresses and artificial flowers at the
Christmas fair in the Hyde Park
hotel.
Nearly 100 gallons of whiskey
mash, 00-gallon still and so gallons
Of moonshine were seized last week
in a raid on Middletown, Mass.
farm house.
Six members of the crew of the
United States destroyer Graham were
injured Friday night in a collision
with the passenger steamship Fan
anna off Sea Girt, N. J.
While he was attending charity
ball Friday night, thieves entered the
home of Richard Mccormick of Ches-
ter. N. Y, and stole $4,000 worth Of
LIQUOR from his private stock.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard has order
ed a simple stone slab to be erected
over her grave after she Is buried.
Her grave will be on Belle lsl-en-Mer,
rocky islet in the Bay Of Biscay.
The cruiser Crescent, formerly COM
manded by King George, then prince,
has been sold and taken to Germany
to be broken up because German work
men will do this work more cheaply
than the British.
An Arctic adventurer, B. d. Sea-
man. sailed into Nome from the frozen
north this month and, not knowing
that the war was over, tried to enlist
in the American army so he could
fight in France.
In Berlin the shops were opened on
each of the three Sundays before
Christmas known as the copper. sil-
err, and gold Sundays, and customers
flock them in thousands to buy their
Christmas presents.
The death list reached ID last week
as the result Of flood conditions caused
by heavy rains, in more than a dozen
towns in western Washington. The
property damage was estlmated at
more than $250,OOO.
Suspension of immigration for
three years except for husbands, wives
and minor children Of naturalized cit
liens is proposed in bill introduced
by Chairman johnson of the house
immigration committee.
Directors of the New England Ho-
tel association meeting at the Crown
Hotel in Providence on Friday plan
ned a 100000 fund to advertise New
England to tourists through central
bureau to be established in New YORK
city.
Twenty-eight per cent of the homes
of the country are owned by their
occupants and are free from encum-
brance, and 1.75 per cent are mort
gagged. The mortgaged homes have
increased in number during the last
census period.
The Christmas card and the Christ
mas photograph now have a rival
the Yuletide photograph record OF
yourself speaking seasonal greetings.
An establishment where such gifts are
made while you wait, is running full
blast on Fifth Avenue, New York.
The light cruiser, Concord, one of
ten of this type vessel being built by
the government, was launched at
Cramps. Ship Yards Friday. The
cruiser was sponsored by Miss Helen
Bagley Buttrick of Concord, Mass,
after which place the ship was named.
Data up to the first of December
indicates that the total production of
gasoline propelled vehicles for the
current year will exceed 1900, 900
which will surpass the record Of 1916,
which, up to date, was the year OF
greatest motor production in the his
tory of motordom.
Approximately 10000 granite cut
tiers and quarry men east of the Mis-
sissippi river are affected by wage
cuts of from 20 to Is per cent which
become effective January 1, Robert D.
Swift of Wollaston, Mass, secretary
treasurer of the International Monu-
mental Granite Producers associa-
ton, recently announced.
Treasury Secretary Mellon has OBJ
tanned President Harding's approval
for the issuance of q new series Of
thrift bonds, to be unlimited in total
and to be sold in small denominations
ranging up to $1,000. The plan is de-
signed to encourage holding of gov
eminent securities by small investors
as well as to aid savings efforts.
More than 70 per cent Of this years
freshmen class at Harvard came from
schools in Massachusetts, according to
statistics compiled by the committee
on admission just made public. Only
% out total Of 759 entered without
graduation from some secondary in
stitution. 10 from Massachusetts, two
from France and two from Switzer-
land.
Portland, Oregon, has accomplished
the first step in plans for the holding
of worlds fair there in. 1925-en-
dorsement by the voters Of a $4,000
900 tax levy to be spread over three
years-and attention is now directed
to the second effort in the financing
of the project, approval by the peo-
pie Of the state Of $3,000,OO0 tax,
which added to the amount Portland
will raise and 81, 600, 900 to be obtain
ed by public subscription will CON-
plete the financing.
James Poteet of Simpson County,
KY, is a dollar a day farmland, yet