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in a speech _that he would stay in Amer- ica for-several months, He declared that the Irish do not waut Home Rule. . but freedom. ; Chicago, Jany. 9th. -Insanity, caused from alcoholism in this country, increased thirty-three per cent in December 1920, over December 1919, a hospital announ- ced. Paris, Jan. 9th. —An officiai document showing the work completed by the League of Nations during its first year’s existence, includes three steps to prevent war. They are the formation of a per- manent international court of justic<, the creation of an international commission to study bloekade as an economic weapon and work accomplished in the limitat on of armaments. Paris. Jan. 9th. Twenty four million francs in cash and securities, and ten million dollars worth of merchandise, which were obtained in Paris #hrough burglaries in 1920, and whose vaiue is now placed at ene half, have béen recov- ered by the po'ice. : Ottawa, Ontario, Jan. 9th The three aviators lost in the far north are expect- ed to arrive here on Monday, making the long trip by sled. New York, Jan. Tth.—A slightly in- creased activity is noted in industries. and commerce, and a better feeling pre- vails in the business world. “VMarked de- mard exists for investments ip high grade long securities with a more reason- able yield. in preference to snort term sacurities ata hi:her rate of interest. An improved movement exists in cotton goods. Wages are being cut exrensively. Paris. Jan. Bth.—A prominent diplo- matic official at the Quai D’Orsay has declared to the ‘'Execelsior’’ that the Cabinet is now agreed up)n the absolute necessity of exacting, by all means, the effective disarmament of Germany. France and England. he stated would only have to agree on the methods to be - employed. The ‘‘Petit Parisien’” posi- tively declares that the reports of the Inter-Aliied Commission of ‘control clea:- iy prove the existence of the former Imperial General Staff as head of the Civic Guard Organization, and declares that it would suffice if the German Government would consent sincerely to the destrue- tion of the actual organization connect- ing the regular army with the militia in order to satisfy Krance. - Paris, Jan. Bth.—The ''Echo De Paris’”’ announced that a French Com- mission will =oon proceed to study on the spot means for remedying the con- gestion on the Rhine and the searcity of wagons which Germany uses as a pretext for reducing the deliveries of coal. Coblenz, Jaun. Bth. —[he [nter-Allied Commission has taken steps (0o repress espionage in the occupied territory Sen- tences of ‘mprisonment for life can be pronounced by military jurisdictions. Brussels, Jan. Bth. I'ne meeting of Alhed experts, fixed for the fifteenth ST- B RO XA Vib i ixlllstant, has been postponed until fur- ther. | Washington, Jan. Bth.—The Cuban . question and the seading of a Senatorial ! Commission to that island to study the | situation, will be examined next week by . .the Senatorial Commission on Cuban ' relations. _ Washington, Jan¥, Bth. —The existing . regulations which require that all for- | eigners entering the United States must . be supplied with passports, will remain ' in force until the fourtn March, nineteen | twenty two, according to a bill submitted ~ today to the Immigration Commission of the Chamber by Mr. Johnson. The law ' at present in force will become ineffec- tive as soon as peace has been declared. ! i Washington, Jany. Bth.—ln a declara- | | tion made this evening the French Em- | | bassy denied the reports published yes- | | terday that the French Govt. had official- | ' ly informed the United States that it was | | the intention of France to invade the i Valley of the Ruhr. The reports stated | that this step was being taken because . the German Govt. had not proceeded | I; with disarmament ip that district. The Embassy’s declaration reads as follows: | ‘ ‘‘Several newpapers have announced that | France through her E..bassy at Wash- ington had officiallyinformed the United l States of her intention to invade the Val- | ley of the Kuhr. No such notification E | has been made.” . l | Havana, Jany. Bth. General Gomez, | | Liberal Candidate foi the Presidency of . Cuba’in the recent electionus, visited the . . U. 8. S. Minnesota today, to confer with ! . General Crowder, who has arrived here - as the Representative of President Wil- ' son to discuss questions of mutual inter- ' est to Cuba and the United States. The i reserve which has been observed on the . subject of all the confevgnces of General ; Crowder since his arrival here, is being ' maintained with regard to his interview “withGeneral ‘Goinez Loday. | ; London, Jan. B.— A Central News Agen- ¢y despatch from Rome staies that the . population ot the Isiand of Veglia have revolted against the troops of the [talian Govt. and proclaimed a croatiun repub- lic. Three soldiers were killed In the - ~ rising, - Veglia, in the Gulf ol Quarnero, ' is one of the islands ciaimed by the re- | i gency of Quarnervo, bur was renpounced | . by the Partisans of D”Annunzio by their | ' agreement to exeerute the treaty oi | . Rapallo. The correspondent of the | ~ “Times” at Rome reports that D’Annun- | . zio proposes to remain at Fiume until he | ' has completed a history to be called l ! **ihe Five Dsys of Fiume’’. When the | . work has been finished, it is understood, | i he will go to Rome, where he w:ll pub- | - lish a newspaper. . The New York subway is 70 miles © Jong and has 220 wmiles of track. —The . Youth’s instructor, Jan. 4th. | Luther Burbank, who is now seventy- one years of age, continues to work with ‘ unabating zeal in bringing ferth new | creations in fruits, ceresls, sowers, and i plants. ‘lhe latest and most netewcerthby | is the tomato pepper, which is said to be l sweet and delicious.— jéld. : § A trip to Washington will Lot ke ne- | cessary to hear the irsvgurel eccress f ! Warren G. Eaicitg next Nerch, Tele | phone engineers, it 1 'ezrrec, ere rew i atworkcnatplen wiich will neke the i intonaticns «1 Lis veice sucikie to jer- | - 8088 In (ke reh cleel coiriie 61 the Lii | ted dtates when Fe celivarsFis eccressat { the east frcnt of the (epired. ke Ilen | calls tor the crecticn <1 a bvge negra- ! vox akove Ile rpeckear’s yletioomnm, which ! 18 10 be crrreciec wih e tte ot | continentat cilcvits ¢ the grest teles | vhone systems. Ihe teckrical experts | says that all tkat will te recesszry will { be tor the ccn nunity to engage a hal | where the necessary receiving instru- . ments will be installed,—lbid. ] Mi Henry Ford dees not interd to berp i upgold merely to give ctkeis tke fur of spending it, kewever wisely, stier Lis demise. He means to have 1 part bim- self in the work of making money serve | the public ‘good. Among the sever) i devices he has ord ined for this purpose is the Ford Motion Picture Laboratory i for the production of educational films E to be used by the public and private i schools, as well as colleges, of all civiliz- E ed nations. lhese are designzd by teach- i ers for teacher’s use in classrcom work, ' Another.device for using bis money for . the present bettermeni of others is bis . shocl for jidle boys. This institution is . part tactory ard part school, the boys - working two weeks and then attending | school one weelt: Their shop work is ' not merely practice, they produce real . machine parts and tools. The idea is exceedingly po; uar with boys, as the . school has a waiting list of 1,500. The ' institution bas proved to be seif-support- ing.—(bid. ' | Refugees, probably numbaring 100,000, were left bebind in Sebastopol when the ¢ American, Freneh, and British warships ! gteamed out of the harbor as the Bol- | sheviki .>nt<ar's~.(i the city, says reports | reaching the French Foreign Office. The | ships carried Geo-ral Nrangel and the | shattered remnants of his army, as well | 9s theé representatives of several forsign ! governmerits. —lbid. | , | For Sal | Or aeo 27 °s T ° delivered in Chris- WBlte iime tiansted at SI.OO pr. barrel froms 10 January 1921. | FPHILIP SAMUEL.