The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-04-14
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The total number OF free govern
ment publications has been cut to for
ty.
The Irish Free State bill became a
law on March 81 when King George
gave his assent.
For the first time In history the Uni
versity of Vienna has been closed for
lack of COAL
Sir John Craig Eaton. one OF Can
ada's greatest merchant princes. died
at Toronto on March 81.
A. b. Houghton. the new American
ambassador to Germany, sailed on last
Saturday for his new post.
The French delegation to the Genoa
Conference with. all the attaches, will
number about sixty persons,
Paulette Horthy. eldest daughter OF
Admiral Horthy. regent of Hungary, is
to marry Lieut.. Ladislas Fay.
Princess Thyra OF Denmark, sister
of King Christian. Is to mary an Of
ficer of the guards. not of the nobility.
John T, Barrett. Of Massachusetts,
has been appointed Federal Prohibit
ton Director for the Panama Canal
Zone.
The daylight saving will take effect
In New York City on April 80. when
all clocks will be advanced one hour.
Manufactured goods are being ex-
ported from the United States at a
rate of approximately $1,000. 1000 900
worth a year.
Wheat immune from smut has been
evolved as result Of experiments at
the Government Experiment Station
In oregon.
Government scientists have found
what they declare to be satisfactory
substitutes for platinum for various
purposes.
Albert Phillips, a member of the la
Dor group of the United States Rail-
way Labor Board, has resigned be-
cause OF i'll health.
America has formally and firmly
proclaimed the doctrine of the open
door in Persia in notes to both the
Persian and British governments.
The French Ministry OF Liberated
Regions has granted 5,5oo,o00 francs
to the city of Verdun with which to
start reconstruction of the town.
Two men have just completed the
first canoe trip through the Panama
Canal, making the forty eight miles in
ten hours and fiftyfive minutes. ..
More than a million women voted IN
Canada at the recent elections. the
first time women have voted on equal
terms with men in Dominion affairs.
Rosa and Josefa Black. the "Sia-
mese twins" died in Chicago on March
80 within few minutes OF each 9TH
err. They were AZ years Of age.
Congressman Lucien Parrish, Of
Texas, who was injured in an auto
mobile accident near Robey, Tex, on
March Is, died at Wichita Falls. Tex,
on March 2S.
The House has passed the army APP
preparation bill carrying approximate
ly 1888 100000 to meet military and
non military expenses OF the War De-
partment.
Richard w. Child, American ambas-
sador to Italy, will attend the Inter-
national Economic Conference at Ge-
noa as the unofficial representative of
the United States.
Washington City is to have a mil
lion dollar building erected for the Ma
tional Academy Of Sciences through
the contribution OF the Carnegie Cor
poration of New York.
Former Emperor Charles OF Aus
tria- Hungary died at Funchal, Ma
deira, late Saturday night. after more
than weeks illness of pneumonia.
He was "a years OF age.
The Senate has ordered an investi-
CATION by the Federal Trade Commits
sion into the cause OF the present de-
pressed price of cotton and into the
operation of cotton exchanges.
Henry Ford has bought the farm on
the mountain side where his friend
John Burroughs was born, where he
lived many years, and where his body
was buried last April
President Obregon has accepted on
behalf of the Mexican government an
invitation to be represented in the
pan American conference OF women at
Baltimore next month.
Eleven per cent of the foreign born
population of the United States ten
years of age and older, according to
the 1920 census, Is unable TO speak
English. The number is l,4SS,94S.
The nine power Far Eastern treaty
drafted by the Arms Conference to
carry forward the open door policy
III SnlIlh was Idllleu NldlCH oV w
the Senate in a unanimous vote.
The December operating expense OF
Henry Ford's railroad showed de-
felt of 1891. 900. This was the first
month since its purchase by Mr.. Ford
that 1t had not shown profit.
A high powered. loud speaking wire
less telephone station is being INSTALL
ed at Lausanne, Switzerland, capable
of receiving messages from France,
London, Berlin and the United States
Ninety per cent of California's 1921
rice crop is being shipped to Japan.
This is the first time in history that a
California food product has been ex-
ported to Japan for consumption.
An attempted airplane flight from
Lisbon, Portugal, to Pernambuco, Bra
I'll, was begun on March 80 1t is
hoped to make the passage OF four
thousand miles ip sixty hours actual
flying time.
During the first eight months of the
present fiscal year 1861 aliens were
debarred and 1910 deported from the
United States. OF those deported, $50
were insane and 27O were criminals.
The United States has sold the old
San Francisco mint for $4,000. 1t was
built in 1860 and wlthstood the fire OF
1906. The new mint at San Francisco