The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-12-29


by fire, has sent that city $4,000 for
its relief fdnd. .a.. Fl
On December IL Illinois voters ov.
erwhelmingly defeated the proposed
new constitution for that State pre-
pared by convention which they
elected in November. 1918. -: e..-...
The work OF taking the fourteenth
census in 1920 was completed in
shorter time than ever before, the
data furnished were more. and tho
cost, S23.O25,0 900. was less than Con.
gress appropriated.
The value of the principal farm
field crops this year was placed at
S7,572,S 900, 900 by the Department of
i Agriculture in its final report for the
year This Is almost two million dol.
lars more than last years estimate.
The State Governors in convention
at White Sulphur Springs. Va, last
week were invited by President Hard
ing to a luncheon at the White House
on last Monday for the purpose OF
comforting on prohibition enforce
ment -.-.. ...
s The Grand Duchy OF Luxembourg has
not one piece of artillery to support
its army OF $50 men. and recently it
was necessary to borrow French
rs" with which to fire salute In
honor OF Grand Duchess Charlotte.
the ruler.
The law firm OF Wilson & Colby In
New York, composed of ~. President
Wilson and BainbridGe Colby. Secrc
rotary OF State in President Wilson's
cabinet, IL to terminate on December
81 at the expiration of their Copart.
nershIp agreement
At the end of an allnight hllibustcr
on December IL the English labor del,
egation in the House OF Commons sue
Ceeded in securing an appropriation
of $5.0O0.0OO for the relief of the l..
100000 unemployed persons OF the ma.
ton
Elicser Ben Yahuda, world ia
nous Hebrew author. died suddenly in
Jerusalem on December 16. His death
came before he had completed what
was to be the largest Hebrew lexicon,
five of the ten volumes remaining un.
finished.
MIR. and Mrs, Albert Y Gowan. Jr,
OF Chicago, and crew OF six men reach
ed New York last week In the 9S.foot
motor boat Speeiacks, completing a
trip around the world in which $4,000
miles were sailed. Tho trip took iii.
teen months and cost Sl,O0O.OOO.
The Carnegie Institution at Wash.
ington Is to make a study OF the re
cent Chilean earthquake. Dr.. Bailey
Willis. of Leland Stanford University.
will undertake the investigation. and
the Carnegie Corporation will finance
1t.
A resolution rcCiting widespread
starvation among the 70,000,000 PEG
pie of Germany and Austria and pro
posing an appropriation OF $4,000 900
for famine relief In these countries
has been introduced in Congress In
behalf OF twenty-one members
During the past year 1869 miles o.!
road in the United States were com
plctcd and 1873 miles we're under
construction Greater progress was
made on the highways of the nation
during the past year than in any sim.
liar time in the history of the eouD.
try.
Oscar +. Bradfute. OF Xcnia. Ohio.
was elected President OF the Farm
Bureau Federation at It's fourth an.
nual convention In Chicago last week
The former precedent, J. II, Howard,
condemning politics In the organiza.
ton, refused to be a candidate again
A fund of many million francs has
been pledged by the wine interests Of
Europe to make merciless Campaig
I against prohibition in the United
States and other countries through
the newly organized International
League against prohibition with
headquarters in Paris. 49,.
! NJ. Narutowich, elected President Of
Poland on December 10. was assassi.
mated on December -, He was Rad.
ical, and so strong was the feeling
against him among the NatonalIsts
that rioting occurred in Warsaw on
Monday when he was sworn into of.
flee in which four persons were kill.
4 ed and more than hundred injured.
Consolidation Of the War and Navy
Departments into a department OF ma.
tional defense under cabinet mem.
Der, with assistants in charge OF the
4 army and navy respectively, has been
definitely recommended to the Pres.
ident by the head OF the commission
appointed to prepare a plan OF gov,
eminent reorganization. r.. ..
+ Charles r. Crane, former United
1 States Minister to China, was receiy.