Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-12-21
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State Supreme court died at Durant,
Okla.
The government at Mexico City has
suspended until January the 10 per
cent import duty on motor vehicles.
Princess Alice is pleased over the
sentence of exile for Prince Andrew
of Greece. The royal couple are to
live in England.
A semi-official communique at Ber-
lin vigorously denies a report of
secre. semi-military agreement with
Russia.
Former United States Senator Hen
ry f. Hollis of Massachusetts has been
named head of the International Bank
foreign trade.
Mayor james CouzenS of Detroit has
been appointed United States senator
from Michigan, succeeding Truman ii.
Newberry, resigned.
William Bross Lloyt' of Chicago and
is her Reds were freed from Joliet
penitentiary and Cook county Jail fol-
lowing pardons by Governor Small Of
Illinois.
The American doughboys at Co
blentz are making up q purse of many
millions of marks with which to give
to German youngsters real Christ
mas
Ambassador to Tokyo Charles B.
Warren and his two sons are travel
ing through Korea. Later they will
tour Manchuria and thence go to Pc
king.
Chancellor Cuno and a few other
guests were presented at luncheon
given in honor of Senator Medill Nc
Cormick by Ambassador Houghton at
Berlin.
William H. Vanderbilt, aving in
herited $21 100000 on his twenty-tirst
birthday, is back at work as a clerk
for the United States Trust company
at New Yor'-.
Refrigerator cars and other spare
cars will be pressed into service to
handle mail during the holiday rush,
the Post Office department announced
at Washington.
A fresh mutiny has broken out in
SzechWan province, west china, an
arriving American reports at Picking.
Soldiers are running amuck and form
ing bandit bands.
TWenty-three more speeders were
given jail sentences at Los Angeles,
Cal, by police judge, bringing the
total number Of offenders so punished
since November 20 to 273.
William Goodsell Rockefeller, son of
the late William Rockefeller, nephew
of John D. Rockefeller and brother-in-
+ law of James Stillman, died at New
York of pneumonia.
DR.. Hans Luther, mayor of Essen,
has been appointed imperial food
minister at Berlin. He succeeds Her.
man Mueller, who was forced out by
attacks from the Socialists.
The ship subsidy bill was passed by
the house at Washington by major
ity of "A, 208 members voting for and
1874, including SO Republicans. against
the administration measure.
For getting HIT by an automobile,
William Bercivik was fined So and
costs by Mayor Samuel Goodman at
Kenmore, 0. The mayor decided that
Bercivik caused the accident.
Property damage estimated at $780,
900 resulted from fire which de-
stroyed the power house of the Inter
national Coal and Coke company at
Coleman, Alta. One man is missing.
A Panama dispatch says that in
November 312 vessels used the Pan
anna canal, paying $1,264,44 in tolls,
breaking all records for ships passing
of Bulgaria at Sofia, which will finance
and tolls collected in one month.
Chief Justice Taft was named in a
statement to the house judiciary COM
mittee at Washington by Representa-
tive Keller as a witness to be called
in support of his demand for tie i'm
parchment of Attorney General Daugh-
erty.
A progressive bloc" to fight for an
extensive program of government re-
form and innovation was organized at
Washington by the "a Republican and
Democratic senators, senators-elect,
representatives and representatives
elect who met at the call of Senator
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