The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-01-06
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Due to the unfavorabie exchange.
trade-between the United States and
Peru is falling on.
Counterfeit internal revenue stamps
of face value Of $4,000 900 have been
seized In. Chicago,
Rear Admiral John Kennedy Bar
ton. United States navy, retired. died
in Philadelphia on December 20.
Switzerland was the only country in
the world where the American dollar
was below par on December 81.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has denied TO Henry Ford the
right to reduce rates on coal on his
railroad.
Miss Agnes McPhail. 81 years old
and q farmers daughter, has been
elected to the Canadian Parliament.
The Spanish government has decided
to release Americans serving in it's
foreign legion who enlisted TO fight the
Moors.
Two English warships have been or
dered to proceed Immediately TO Egypt
Following further disturbances in.
Cairo.
Trenches and dugouts prepared by
the Germans during the war are being
used as dwellings by the impoverished
Poles.
Five airplanes OF the government
mail service were destroyed by fire at
the aviation field at haywood, ILL.,, on
December 25.
Eugene A. Gilmore, professor OF law
at the University of Wisconsin, has
been selected for Vice Governor of the
Philippines.
The President has signed the Rus
sian relief bill. carrying an appropria-
/, ton of s20,000,000. The funds become
Immediately available.
LANG Shih-yi has been named as
premier OF the Chinese cabinet to sue
coed Chen Yung- peng. who. with all
his ministers. had resigned.
I Investigation of retail prices OF food,
fuel, shoes and clothing in all parts OF
the country has been ordered By At
torney General Daugherty.
Lieut.. Col. James Franklin, an Of
ficer under General Forrest during the
Civil War, died in Los Angeles on De-
Ecember 26, aged ninety years.
Senator France, OF Maryland. has
introduced bill in Congress authoriz-
ing President Harding to call an In
ternational economic conference.
Airplanes carried s5l.742 letters out
OF France in the year ending October.
1921. The heaviest traffic is on the
Mediterranean line to Morocco
II is rumored that Hungary will
name Count Szechenyi. who in 1908
married Gladys Vanderbilt of New
York, as its new minister to Washing
ton.
p. b. s. Pinchback, the only negro
who ever held the office OF Governor
in Louisiana died in Washington. ID.
c., on December q. aged 81 years.
Four big measures are to come be-
fore Congress when dt convenes after
the holidays-namely. the merchant
marine, bonus, tariff, and appropria-
lions.
The Jewish Reconstruction Company
of Warsaw has been organized in New
York City to supply credit facilities
for the crippled Industries OF Poland.
Seamen on several Japanese steam \
ship lines have been granted q twenty
seven per cent increase in wages after
demanding one hundred per cent
raise. - \ =
The Mexican government has grant,
ed delay until February 25 for the
payment OF production and export
taxes due from, American OIL compan-
les to Mexico
A group of Osaka (Japan) bankers
has loaned 100000 yen to the vladivo
stok government, secured by goods
stored in forty government owned
warehouses.
Eugene v. Debs, the Socialist leader,
serving ten-year sentence for viola
ton Of the espionage act, was pardon
ed by President Harding on Christ
mas Eve.
France. where the Supreme Council
met on January 4. Mr.. Lloyd George|
will rest until the opening of the meet
ing.
Four women were killed and forty
persons injured on December p as the
result of an explosion OF natural gas
in the basement of a store in Column
bus, Ohio
A woman fifty years OF age who has
just madeaa trip to Jacksonville. Fla,
and return by water and rail has been
found at Boston, Mass. suffering from
typhus.
The allied reparations commission at
Paris has turned down Germany's re-
quest for an extension OF time on her
January and February reparationsI
payments.
Napoleon,s original tomb on the
island OF st. Helena has almost been
effaced in the eighty-oRe years that
have elapsed since the body was re-
moved in state to the Invalides. Paris.
The light cruiser. Constance, the first
British war vessel to visit New Or
leans since 1915. at the close OF the
War OF 1912. reached that port on De-
cember q for a visit of week.
The value OF American exports dur
ing the first eleven months OF 1921 IL
placed at $4,1S9, s4S. 900 and imports for
the same period at $2.171, 707. 900, by
the Department Of Commerce
London Paris airplanes making a
trip on Christmas Day celebrated one
with Christmas dinner served dur
ing the flight and the other with a |
Christmas tree with gifts for all pas
sengers.