The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-03-10
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Arthur j. Balfour, British statesman
has for the fourth time refused peer
age.
Former Premier Venizelos of Greece,
who was recently in the United States,
is now in South America.
N French naval torpedo boats and de-
stroyers OF an obsolete type are being
sold for from $500 to $1,000.
The marriage OF Princess Mary OF
England and viscount Lascelles took
place in Westminster Abbey on Feb
rpary 2s.
Lady Gleichen, a noted artist and
cousin Of King George of England,
died in st. James Palace on February
20.
Two women have been elected mem
beers of the Central Executive Com
mittee, the real governing body OF
Soviet Russia.
A double-track railroad from Chi
cago TO California by the end OF 1928 is
being planned by one OF the large rail-
roads.
Miss Mathilde Mccormick, grand
daughter of John d. Rockefeller, Is to
marry Max Oser, Swiss riding mas
ter.
President Harding has approved the
movement of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs to make July q
"citizenship day."
Poverty stricken Germany, despite
ali the difficulties Of Preparations, has
? managed to pay of one-third OF her
domestic debt since the war.
The Genoa Conference will probably
open March 15 or 20 instead of March
8, the delay being necessary In order
to complete arrangements.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium is the
first queen to own private airship,
two seated Bristol fighting plane re-
Gently delivered by an English firm.
Preliminary negotiations for a Ger
man American commercial treaty are
y in progress at Berlin between the
American Embassay and the Foreign
Office.
Col. Richard Glider Cholmeley-Jo
formerly Director of the War Risk In
surance, died in New York on Febru'
airy 81, after four months illness.
Ine ueaIn Tdlt utCICdSCu hh sAa'
United States to 1906 per 100000 pop
ulation in 1920 from 1.4s6 per 100000
in 1910, according to the Census Blu
reau.
breckenridge Long. formerly Assis
tant Secretary of State, has declares
his candidacy for United States Sen
ator on the Democratic ticket in Mis-
souri,
Immediate appropriation of $4,000,
900 to purchase seed grain for farmer
In crop failure areas has been approx
ed by the Senate Agricultural Com
mittee.
The Horsepower Pacific treaty an
the naval limitation and submarin
treaties have been ordered favorabl
reported by the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee.
Reduction of the Japanese army b
sixty thousand is called for in a bi
presented to the Diet committee, to
passed by an extraordinary sessio
next August simultaneously with tn
naval reduction bill.
The political crisis in Portugal ha
ended without bloodshed. The govern
menI W Inv SAPAe~~t 49, -
Chamber of Deputies met on Feoru
airy 23.
The War Finance Corporation ha
approved the application of the Bur
lev Tobacco Growers Association
Lexington, KY, for an advance not
exceed .s1Q,00Q000.
The Senate has passed the bill CIV
ing disabled emergency officers OF II
Al. e. r. the same retirement priv
eyes as regular army officers an
transmitted it to the House.
Because of lack of appropriation fi'
hundred members of the immigratic
service in New York are to be laid
for month, between March l ar
July /, without pay.
Society women of New York recen
Nv operated the Hotel Biltmore for OF
day for the benefit Of the Society +
the Relief and Prevention of Tube
.culosis, clearing s3S,273.
Samuel Gompers, President of Il
American Federation of Labor, has a
tackled the Republican Administrative