The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1921-10-14

Japan has twenty lone demands"
which she will insist upon at the Dis
armament Conference.
Louis Forrer. twice president Of the
Swiss Confederation, died at Berne.
Switzerland. last week.
y Sir John Badeley has been elected
Lord Mayor OF London. to succeed
Lord Mayor James H. Roll.
An effort is being made to have the
League OF Nations endorse Esperanto.
the International language.
II is estimated that the shrinkage in
taxes will amount to one billion dol
lars this year as result OF depres-
sion.
Several hundred persons have been
killed by a typhoon in Japan. Several
steamers were sunk and many fisher
men are missing.
Lewis S. Pitcher was elected Com
mander in Chief Of the G. A. r. at its
flfty-fifth annual encampment, held
last week in Indianapolis.
A dozen men were injured and as
many arrested in clash at Leicester,
England, last week between the police
and six hundred unemployed men.
The Hamburg American liner, Bay
ern, the first German passenger ship
to reach New York in seven years,
locked in the North River October 1.
Ambassador Herrick has taken pos
session of the magnificent new Ameri-
can embassy in Paris, formerly the
palace OF the Princess de Broglie.
Active armies OF the fourteen most
important nations of the world include
approximately six million men, ac-
ccrding to figures given out at Wash
irgton.
Last year nearly fifteen thousand
persons were burned TO death in the
United States, and approximately
twenty thousand were injured in fires
President Harding has issued an
Armistice Day proclamation. calling
on the people of this country to OBJ
serve the day with a two minute
prayer at noon.
Former King william II OF Wurt-
temberg died at Stuttgart, Germany,
October 2. He abdicated his throne in
November, 1918, after a reign OF n
years.
The New York Bible Society has
sent as a gift to the Disarmament Con-
ference Bible bound in morocco. and
dedicated to the promotion OF good
will among nations.
The Ministry of Justice in France is
undertaking to suppress dueIing in
that country. proclaiming that the war
M ~, 80
more in private quarrels.
Brigadier- General Jesse Mel. Carter,
Chief OF the War Department Militia
Bureau since the early days of the
war, has been retired at his request
after thirty-nine years of service.
Popocatepetl. the great volcanic
mountain near Mexico City, is more
active than usual. and the inhabitants
of the villages at its base are leaving
their homes, fearing a serious erup-
ton.
The Queen of Roumania has negoti-
ated $10.O00.000 credit with Swift
zerland, to be repaid in cereals. Part
Of the loan will be used in the pur-
chase of agricultural and Industrial
machinery.
There are sixty nine strikes in vari-
Gus parts of the country at this time,
greater number than have existed
simultaneously at any time since the
war. according to Secretary of Labor
| Davis.
Two cannons used in England about
the time the Mayflower sailed, in 1920,
have been given by the British gov
eminent to be set up in the old fort
which is being restored, on Burial Hill,
| Plymouth.
! The President and Vice President of
the Kansas Mine Workers Union are
serving six-month Jail sentences for
violating the criminal section of the
Kansas Industrial Court law by call
ing a strike.
| Thomas w. Lamont, OF New York
accompanied by corps of financial
| experts, has gone to Mexico City to
confer with the Mexican government
regarding liquidation OF that countrys
foreign debts.
Judges in Missouri have decided that
women will not be eligible to jury
service in that State until the laws OF
the State are amended one provision
of the present statute being that tn.
jurors shall all be male citizens.
| A new searchlight tested in New
York City last week has a 400, .00C
candle power 1t can be seen lao miles
at sea, and shoots a beam of light
thirty miles into the air, according to
its manufacturers.
! The Japanese delegates to the Dis
armament Conference are to be Prince
Tokugawa. president Of the House OF
Peers, Vice Admiral Kato, minister OF
the navy, and Baron Shidehara, am
bassador to the United States.
The Senate has reached an agree
ment imposing time limit OF one
hour on each senator in debating the
peace treaties with Germany, Austria
and Hungary, beginning October IA
This is done to expedite the vote on
ratification.
China's third great disaster within
a year has been recorded in Anhwe1
province, where an area larger than
the State of Connecticut has been
flooded, with the loss Of thousands OF
lives and an estimated property dam
age OF $So,oo0,000.
! Richfield, Elsinore, and Monroe
towns one hundred and twenty miles
south of Salt Lake City, Utah, expert
= enced earthquake shocks last week ex-
tending over period OF fifty hours