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J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
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5DAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER U, 1919
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MI!
SUBSCRIPTION: «jjg? 5c I
VOLUME 4—NUMBER 88
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CITY PURCHASES
NEW MACHINERY
Sum of $67,500 Was Expended Yes
terday For Equipment For Light
& Water Plant.
The City Light & Water Commis
sion let contracts yesterday after
noon for approximately $67,500 worth
of machinery for the Plant. i
A turbine, costing $50,000 wasi
purchased from the Westinghouse; »
Electric & Mfg. Co., of Pittsburg, ;
A boiler .having 500 horse!
power, was bought from the Heme
Boiler Co., of St. Louis for $16,427. j
A boiler feeding pump was also pur- 1
chased from the Heine Boiler Co. for
Pa.
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and boiler feeding pump will be sent
here within ninety days. It will re
quire thirty days each, to install the ;
turbine and boiler. ■
Mr. Roy Stott, superintendent of
city Water & Light Plant, stated that
the new machinery would greatly m-ij
the efficiency of the plant and.
would practically triple its capacity.
$1,000.
The turbine will be delivered to this
The boiler
city in six months time.
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COLD WEATHER MOTOR SUG
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GESTIONS.
When the motor is cold, the gaso-!
line vaporizes and ignites slowly,!
hence, a cold motor requires an ear ;
lier spark and a richer mixture than,
when the motor is warm. j
The carburetor in cold weather
should be adjusted to admit a trifle
more gasoline to the motor than in |
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warm weather.
"In extremely cold weather it is ad
visable after the car has stood for
some hours without motor running,
and does not start easily ,to open the
pet cocks on two or three cylinders,
and inject a small amount of gasoline
from a squirt can through the hole in
the pet cocks, into cylinders.
"You should prepare your car for
tile cold weather if you intend to use p
it during the winter. One good solid
freezing spell is apt to cause several 1
hundred dollars' worth of damage in
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a few hours. ^
If ice forms solidly in the circu
lating system, it is almost certain
that the radiator will split and more
than likely that the water jackets on
the cylinders will crack and other
damage appear.
"Using denatured alcohol (not wood;
alcohol,) the following figures will
factor of reasonable safe-:
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ty
10 per cent—24 deg. above zero.
15 per cent—19 deg. above zero.
20 per cent—14 deg. above zero.
25 per cent— 7 deg. above zero.
30 per cent— 1 deg. below zero.
35 per cent—12 deg. below zero.
40 per cent—20 deg. below zero.
Ten per cent refers to 1 part alco
hoi to 9 parts water, making total of!
10 parts of which 1 part or 1-10 is
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alcohol.
"Should the water evaporate or boil
over, replenish with a mixture of alco
hol and water .with a trifle more alco
hol than given in the table.
"Even though you may keep your
car in a warm garage, and have the
* water well warmed before driving in
the cold, don't forget that with noth
ing but water in the circulating sys
tem, the water may freeze in the ra
diator while running on the street,
when temperature is low.
The home of Mrs. B. F. Dulweber
beautifully decorated in holly,
and georgeous chrysanthe
yesterday afternoon and form
for entertaining
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BRIDGE PARTY YESTERDAY.
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ed a pretty scene
twenty four ladies, who spent the af
ternoon playing bridge. The first fa
vor, a pretty candle stick, went to
Mrs. M. L. Tumage. Thé second prize,
a handsome casserole, was
Mrs. L. F. Barrier.
Mrs. Fox Swift and Mrs. B. B. Pro
vine presided at the punch table, Mrs.
Dulweber was assisted in serving by
Mesdames L. N. Chandler, L. F. Bar
rier 3. F. Sabin and T. C. Saunders.
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won by
General and Mrs. Monroe McClurg
•will move into their newly remodelled
home at 600 West Washington street,
next week. This residence was pur
chased several months ago by Gener
al McClurg and was formerly occu
pied by Mr. Ryan Fergeson and fam
ily. The home has been renovated and
redecorated and made most comfort
The residence occu
able and cosy,
pied by General McClurg at the cor
of Washington and Fulton, has
hiwn rented by Supt. and Mrs. C. E.
Saunders, who will occupy same in Hie
hear future.
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Dr. L. S. Rogers, of West, the dis
tliiguiehed Treasurer-elect of the
i at Mississippi, was in Gwhk
on business and ming
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HUNGRY CHILDREN
IN JERUSALEM
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According To Report Receive^ By !
Joint Distribution Committee and
A Lied Agencies of Relief Funds.
Associated Press
i SO up and two pounds of bread a day,
ig the lot of Jewish school children
» n Jersualem> fed by the Dreyfus
; Soup Kitchens .
A report just rece ived by the Joint
Dittribution Committee,
j hurses funds for the American Jewish
1 Relief Commit tee and allied agencies,
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Dec.
'Ritin' and 'Rithmetic on a plate of
NEW YORK,
which di:: -
tells of* the hungry children in Jerusa
^ lem attending school regularly on
this daily meagre ration, which is all;
that is bewteen them and starvation,
rp be kitchens give adults an additional
pound of bread with their soup> while
; on fche Sabbath a plate 0 f meat is
■ added, when available.
D ur i n g the three months covered
the report> 129,776 meals of soup
m-ij bread wer ^ given out by t he kit-'
cheng> which ig but one of the relief
agencies maintained by American
funds. Over 17,000 kilograms of flour
were distributed to needy families,
while milk was furnished to women
in confinement and to convalescents.
„ The flour distribute d, to our sor
^ . g legs than a fourth of the
; bread re q U i rem ents for each poor per
^ who hag nothing else to sustain
j him ; > the rep ort reads.
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| LOCäl xlOSpiläl IS
Given Xray Machine
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Messers D. S. Jones, S. F. Jones and
Ed Jones of Leflore County, have
presented the King's Daughters Hos
pital in Greenwood with a Victor X
ray Machine. The apparatus cost ap
proximately two thousand dollars and
has already been installed. The hos
p ^ a j j s now prepared to do all kinds
^ray work,
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Mr. R. Y. Wright of Morgan City,'
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I has purchased the handsome cottage
j of Mr. T. H. Caywood in North Green
i wood and has already taken possess
ion of same. The consideration was
This generous gift on the part of
the Jones brothers has supplied a
long felt want at the hospital arid
it is greatly appreciated by the insti
tution and the citizens of the county
at large.
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i R. Y. Wright Buys Home
In North Greenwood
f am jiy moved into their new home the
fj rs ^ Q f this week and the people of
Greenwood extend to them a hearty
welcome.
j $7,000. Mr. Caywood and family
; have moved to Chattanooga, Tenn.,
! to make their home. Mr. Wright and
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Mrs. S. M. Anderson left today for
Clarksdale to attend the funeral of
Mr. J. G. Johnston, who died in Friars
Point last night. He is the father of
Mr. Oscar Johnston of Clarksdale.
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Mr. C. S. Moss, who is conducting
the "Keep Smiling Column" in The
Daily Commonwealth, received a mes
sage this n.eming, stating that his
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grandmother, Mrs. Mary McGrath,:
died yesterday afternoon at Milwau-j
kee, Wia. Mr. Moss left this morn
j ng f or Milwaukee. This column will
be in charge of his wife during his
absence . He will return next Wed
nesday
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Mrs. Charles Johnson of Clarks
dale ,was a visitor in Greenwood to
day. She will go from here to Mem
phis for a visit.
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Miss Pauline Wright of Grenada, is
the guest of Miss Elizabeth Cassity.
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Miss Effie Crabtree left yesterday
for her home in Madisonvill^, Ky.
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Mrs. Charles Whittington left this
morning for Tallulah, La., where she
will spend Christmas with relatives
and friends.
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Gen. Monroe McClurg has returned
home from Jackson, where he has
been attending a session of the Su
preme Court.
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'Mr. William Peteet, who is attend
ing the Georgia School of Technolo
gy, is expected to arrive in Green
wood next wee kto spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Peteet.
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Mrs. Claude Northern and little
^Q^hter, of Bytheville, Ark., will ar
^ Saturday to spend the week mid
be r sister, Miss Ethel Brazil.
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Mr. C. W. Mullen, of Avalon, was
a business visitor in Greenwood to
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WILLIAMS WILL
RETIRE END TERM
Mississippi's Senior Senator Declares
He Is Disgusted With Politics
And Is Going To Quit.
The following letter to a citizen of
Newton County from Senator John
Sharp Williams has been handed to
The Newton Record with permission
to publish:
Washington, Nov. 15, 1919.
Mr. J. H. Todd, Hickory, Miss.
My Dear Sir
I have yours of the 10th. It is
now about Three years since I an-|
nounced upon the floor of the Senate
that I would not be a candidate for
the Senate again, nor, as far as I
could then foresee, a candidate for
any other office.
I would not have come back this
nominated and unanimously elected,
nominated and unimously elected,
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and I felt that I had no right to re
The truth is that
and superb political courage. There
are other men, too. I would not want
to be one of the ordinary politicians
who say they will not be a candidate
and then afterwards conclude that !
they will be. You and I have had
our ups and downs and we have had
our differences and agreements and 1
Ï houe yr SvrLXd me ' well,Ml
enough to know thet I never would
Uke ^definite stand upon any propo
sition unless I mean it. [
I am, with every expression of re-P
gard, Yours very truly,
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.
fuse to serve; but gave notice that
at the expiration of my present term
I would serve no more. I am dis
gusted with the whole political situa
tion, especially with the treatment of
international affairs as if they were
question of party \ politics, and I
would "rather be a dog and bay
the moon" than to spend one day in
the United States Senate after the
expiration of my present term. You
overmeasure my importance to the
State; no man is, ever has been, or
ever will be, absolutely necessary to
the people, unless the people shall
turn asses and fools and there shall
be but one wise man. That certain
ly is not the case in Mississippi. We
have several men who could take my
place, amongst them two members of
the House of Representatives—Ben
Humphreys and Webb Venabl
Rne f e n ows with magnificent sense
both
Coal Ownership
Claim Established
TREHERBERT, WALES, Dec. 11—
George Morgan, a working collier, of
this place has just been notified by
the government, that his claim to the
ownership of 2,000,000 tons of coal in
Dean Forest has been established. He
"pegged out" the claim xm some com
mon land forty years ago.
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cloudy with rising temperature; fresh
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Section 2. Congress shall have
the power by appropriate legislation
to enforce the provisions of this ar
ticle ;"
Nineteen States have ratified. The
amendment will become part of the
constitution of the United States when
! r f tlfied by tbe Legislatures of t i y
six States * 14 T? 1 co me before e
next 36881011 of tho Mississippi Leg- j
1 islature - Flfteen States have glven
well,Ml -««ge to their women. In
twenty-nine States women have pres
* ^*J^ *1_ aak your sup .
[ Mississippi women ask your sup
Miss. Ratification Cm.
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Lighting bystem
Th© WoitlCIl Only
Ask A SQUEFG DGEi
Temperature—^-Highest, 37 degrees;
lowest, 21 degrees; at 7 a. m. 25 de
grees; precipitation 0.0. ; river guage
33.2; rise in 24 hours 0.4.
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Ratify the- National Amendment,
giving women the ballot:
The amendment reads:
Section 1. The right of citizens
of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account of
sex.
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A tractor has been installed at the
rear of Fountain's Big Busy Store,
and that popular establishement isi
being furnished light by its own j
lighting system and at the same!
time comDlvimr with the Fuel Ad
ministration regulations. Attention
is directed to the announcement of
fV - __ naee of this is .
this firm on the local page of this is
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THE FEDERATION
OF INDUSTRIES
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An Influential British Organization,
ing Campaign In England.
Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 11—The Federation :
of British Industries, an influential !
organization has launched an advpr- ■
tiaing campaign said tobe unique |
The Federation is preparing an export j
agister giving a representative al-j
phabetical list of British manufactur-j
1 trade, associations . every
line of industry and a «Ossified list
of products with names of makers.
This register is being prepared to!
show that England produces many
things that the rest of the world
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knows nothing about.
Ten thousand copies will be distri
buted in English-speaking countries
and another 10,000 copies will be prin
ted in the following languages: Span
ish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Rus
sian and German.
Scores of Greenwood children are
on the lookout for Santo Claus and
many eager inquiries are made by the!
little tots in the stores of the city,
as to his whereabouts. Their good
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behavior is exemplary and promises^
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to continue so from now on untu
,
One little fellow called long dis
tance a few days ago and asked for
connection with Santa Claus head
quarters in the Catskill Mountains.
Re wag connec ted as soon as possible
£T , d had the pleasure G f conversing^sPeigium
Witb ^ be jolly old fellow for some
time. His only disappointment was
the fact that Santa claus told him he
wag toQ yQUng to have a shot gun .
Re received a prom ise however, that
hig otber wan t s would be supplied.
with Christmas just two weeks
j distant> the older people as well as |
the children are getting the Christ
mas spirit and £ fir f t toocll of |»
Chrlstmas weather which came yea- !
J—»; ' aaaad tha ^ ™ ab
dowI1 town and commence P urchasing ;
*'7'" eTehanHuS'i'f this weath
0ne merchant statoi if this weath
er prevailed, he looked for the largest
Christma s trade m many yea rs.
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Milton Cooper's Sister
Writes Local Police
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Children Watching
For Santa Claus
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Chief of Police C. L. Bonner re-;
j ce i ye< i a communication from Miss
Cooper of Memphis, sister of Milton;
Cooper, who died here Sunday night
in the city jail, asking particulars of j
his death. Miss Cooper also told the,
officers to notify her, whether or not
^ Florencej Ala > made ar _
rangements for disposal of the re
mains.
Dr. «mi Mrs. L. W. Rose celebrated
their thirty sixth wedding anniver
sary yesterday. Their many friends
extend congratulations and wish fori
them many more years of happy !
wedded life.
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Mrs. L. Stone of Milan, Tenn., who j
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hp« been the guest of her brother, Mr. I
J. W. Donnell, left yesterday for her
FLOODS CAUSE
MUdl DAMAGE
Many Lives Are Lost in Mississippi,
Alabama and Georgia as a Result of ;
Overflows Caused by Heavy Rains
Associated Press
ATLANTA, Dec. 11—Floods result
ing from heavy rains Sunday and
I Monday are receding today through
out Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
; today but anxiety is felt for the safe
i ty of hundreds caught by the high wa
i ters. Fourteen are known to be dead
>but~ii is heksrad that later reports
j will increase the number.T hree white
persons lost their lives here, two
whites and three negroes at Montgo
mery, three negroes at Hattiesburg,;
two whites at Jackson and one negro
at Meridian* Hundreds of persons are
reported marooned along the Talla
poosa river, northeast of Montgomery,
! More than a thousand were driven
I from their homes at Hattiesburg j
j when the Leaf river overflowed. At j
Columbus, Ga., a score of industries j
were forced to close. At West Point,
Ga., part of the town was overflowed
and houses swept away. The drinking
water supply was cut off. Relief and
supplies reached there from Atlanta
today. The property damage in the
• three states is estimated at several
{million dollars.
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j Pillage French Depots
Associated Press
1 PARIS, Dec. 11—French troops
j clashed with Dannunizo volunteers at
; Fiume and many were killed
1 wounded, according to Geneva dispa
| tches, which the Petit Parisian printä
i with reservations. It is said the
j Dannunizo troops pillaged the French
j depots at Fiume.
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LONDON, Dec. 11 Premier Clem-1
enceau arrived here this
morning,
he will j
During his stay in London
confer with Premier Lloyd George and ;
Vitterio Scialoe, Foreign Minister of
j Italy.
Quite A Number of
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Regular Old Timers
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WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN GERMANY, Dec. 11—Quite a
number of regular old timers who
marched to the Rhine with the Am- ;
^ my ^ ccu P atioî ^ in ^ ece ™'
1,lb ' who have been to the
States and discharged and en
hst / d a ?/ in £" to make up the Fifth
nd Fifteenth Infantry regiments!
I which arrived recently m the vicinity i
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of Coblenz to await possible dispaten
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in the near future to Upper Silesia to
supervise the plebiscite. .A large per
centage of these soldiers are from the
First > Second and the
^ some whom ten and
twelve months se ^ vice m . France and
before the armistice,
Increased Number
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| COLOGNE, Deo. 1^- Germa _
? ap ®f® say . 4 -°°0 mor6 student e 11 j
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! " \ he wa " theTe „ er e 50,-i
^ students enrolled in the various
; universities while in 1919 there are
a PP roximatcly 91 ' 000 ' This repre '
increase of nearly 2,000 each
of the 23 nationa i universi
^ e!even technic al schools
more than 16,500 have enrolled as |
compared wiht 10,000 in 1914 .
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Offering* 250,000
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j LONDON, Dec. 11—The Ministry of
Munitions is offering for aale !' j
000 civilian suits, the^urplus of mil
lions which were acquired for the
clothing of soldiers after their demob
ilization.
On being demobilized ,a soldier had!
the option of a suit of clothes or the ;
equivalent in mpney, $12. Thinking
they could get better value for the
money, large numbers of them took
! cash,
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The Sixth Decennial Census, taken
j i n 1840, was the first one to cover
now one of
I agricultural statistics,
[the most important parts of the en
tire census.
RELIEF NEAR IN
FUR SHORTAGE
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Betive Conditions Rapidly
Normal—Cold Weather In Country
Become
Abating.
Associated Press
CiyCAGO, Dec. 11— Relief from
the most serious coal shortage
known, is in sight today as a result of
the acceptance by representatives of
the bituminous miners at Indianapo
lis yesterday of President Wilson's
proposal for settlement of the strike,
laW With the
abatement, except In the Bast and
Northeast of the severe witliiir of
past two days, hope is expressed that
conditions will rapidly return normal^
Resumption of mining is expected
to be generally underway tomorrow
and more optimistic observers, pre
diet the yield by tomorrow night will
be 75 per cent normal. Recalcitrant
workers are expected to be few.
Milder temperatures are reported
generally throughout the Central
area. Denver reports a rise of 62 de
grees to fifty above zero,
ever
which
WILL RETURN TO WORK SOON
INDIANAPOLIS,IND. Dec. 11—of
ficials of the United Mine Workers
of America are confident that there
will be no delay on the part of the
miners returning to work at once.
Instructions were telegraphed last
night to local organizations, advising
them of the action of ___
will increase the number. Three white
son's proposal. In some instances
the miners are .reported to have re
sumed work last night. All sides in
the controversy are highly satisfied
with the agreement.
The miners are eàpecially pleased
with the idea of the appointment of
the commission composed of one min
er, one operator and a third member
not affiliated with either side to in
vestigate the wages and the coal
prices and fix both at figures they
deem reasonable.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON,
dent Wilson today telegraphed Act
ing Resident Lewis of the Coal Min
[PRESIDENT APPRECIATES ACT
Dec. 11—Presi
ers Union of his appreciation of the
" pa triotic action**-of- the miners re
presentatives at Indianapolis yester
day.
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Restrictions On
Stores Cancelled
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11—The South
west Regional Coal Committee today
announced a cancellation of restric
tions on retail stores,
; TclltC HoStcIgCS And
Loot McxiCHU City
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-(amount to 5,275,096,000 pounds, ex
clusive of ii nte rs, which is equivalent
to 11 :° 3 "' 000 ba 'A "7™ h "" drcd
P H WC ' K ' tha ^Department
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Associated Press
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Dec. 11—Four
hundred Villa followers Tuesday at
tacked the town of Muzquiz Mexico,
looted the stores and seized several
prominent citizens as hostages and
reprisal for the recent execution of
General Felipe Angeles.
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Report Cotton Yield
For United States
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—The total
j cotton production in the United States
for the season of 1919 and 1920 will
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Premiers Discussed
Adriatic Questions
Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 11—Andrew Bonar
Law, the government spokesman, in
timated in the House of Commons
today that the Adriatic trouble was
the subject at discussion between Pre
miers Clemenceau and Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Scialoia, of It
aJy &g wag algQ the Ru8sian ^tua
j tion and Turkey.
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HALIFAX, Dec. 11—Messages from
the British Steamer Carmania, which
Steamer Carmania
Is In No Danger
Associated Press
collided yesterday with the Steamer
Maryland, indicated she is in no dan
ger and can make the port under her
steam. The Maryland has pro
eeded on her voyage.
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