Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-11-23
NEWS BITS FOR BUSY PEOPLE

An explosion of gas in the Progress
sive Coal company's mine north OF
Okla. killed eight men and
badly injured four others.
Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims,
recently retired, declared at Cleveland
that I'VE must either improve our ma
rine and naval service or scrap the
whole outfit"
Twelve hundred French troops left
Constantinople for Adrianople. capital
OF eastern Thrace, where the situation
created by the Greek evacuation Is
considered grave.
Sean MOylan, the Cork republican
leader, and Father Dominick, chap
lain of the republican guard, have left
Dublin to arrange negotiations to end
the Irish civil war.
The Society of American Indians.
meeting at Kansas City, took up the
question of the enfranchisement OF
their race and prepared resolutions
to send to congress.
A Dublin dispatch says Irish Free
State forces operating at North Gal
way have captured Commandant Gen.
eral T. Mcclure, anti-treaty member
Of the dali. and 100 men under him.
The German government at Berlin
has sent delegation on the steam
ship Reliance tC defend German prop
erty claims at Washington. Doctor
Won Kisselbach heads the delegation.
The government at Paris is rrepar-
ing to ask 100 chambers Of commerce
in the principal towns of France to
give their opinion as to the advis-
ability of resuming relations with
Russia.
Rear Admiral Washington chief Of
navigation, at Washington, has issued
an order depriving chief warrant offs
GERS in the navy Of the full half-inch
sleeve braid bestowed by Secretary
Daniels.
The last Of the Yukon steamers has
ceased running, and the first overland
stage of the winter season left Daw-
son with passengers and mail for
White Horse to connect with the out
side world.
A Washington dispatch says the res
ignatiOn of the Lloyd George cabinet
is expected to delay the opening Of
negotiations looking to the refunding
of the $4,75O,OOO,OOO war debt to the
United States.
Twenty-six persons, including bank
ers, bond statesmen and newspaper
men, have been indicted by the fed
eral grand jury at Minneapolis,
charged with implication in nation
wide bond thefts.
The convention Of the Illinois Fed
Grafton of Labor, just before adjourn
ing at Rockford unanimously passed
resolution favoring change in the
YOlstead act permitting the sale Of
light wines and beers.
The Tiber river overfiowed it's banks
at Rome after severe storm that
lasted thirty hours. Hundreds of fam
lilies were driven from their homes,
and the railroad between Rome and
Pisa has been put out of commission.
One hundred and fifty Americans
stranded in Europe will sail for the
United States October % on the
steamship President Polk, and 300
more November 10, through the assist
ance Of the American Aid society In
Paris
Twelve American torpedo boat de-
stroyers arrived at Constantinople.
Mayor Fred Kohler of Cleveland has
asked that work of all kinds cease for
five minutes at noon next Friday, the
sixty~second anniversary of Theodore
Roosevelt's birth.
The American Defense society at
New York has lodged q protest with
the State department against the adj
mission to this country of Jean Lon
guet, grandson of Karl Marx, on the
ground that he is an active supporter
of revolutionary Russia.
Mayor Edouard Herriot of Lyons
has invited Russian Foreign Commits
siOner Tchitcherin to the next fair in
Lyons. and Premier Poincare is under
stood to have give. his approval to
this attempt to renew cordial CONNER
cial relations with Prussia.