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GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1919
VOLUME 4—NUMBER 90
HELP IS NEEDED
TO TAKE CENSUS
Leflore County Will Not Be Repre
sented In The 1920 Census Unless
Enumerators Are Secured.
For some time past the Chamber of
Commerce has been in correspondence
of this I
with the Census Supervisor
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district, relative to securing compe
tent and reliable census
Leflore County and Greenwood, with
results not at all promising.
Three enumerators are wanted for
takers for
district ,and about
En
each supervisors
four additional for Greenwood.
in Greenwood will be al
umerators
lowed two weeks
work, beginning January 2nd. Enum
erators in the rural districts will be
to complete their
allowed a full month.
The compensation
placed at three cents
the incorporated towns
cents for each agricultural schedule.
The Chamber of Commerce has
was orginally
for each name
and 25
in
suc
ceeded in getting the allowance rais
ed to four cents for each name, and
agricultural sehe
30 cents for each
Each enumerator should make
hundred dollars under this
dule.
at least a
angement, and some of them possi
bly twice as much.
There has been some opposition to ;
matter publicity hereto
arr
giving this
fore, lest there be a flood of applica
tion from incompetent and unreliable
of de
, making the selection
sources
difficult. To
sirable enumerators more
date .however, only one really accept
received
been
able application has
from the entire county.
needed.
Nineteen en
Supervisor
Census Dis
umerators are
Emmett Harty, Third
triet, writes the Chamber of Commer
Ihave done everything in my
power to interest the people of your
city and county in the work, but have
Unless some competent citi
to do the work, Leflore!
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failed.
zens agree
County will not be counted in the 1920
The Chamber of Commerce
Census/
is trying to assist in securing compe
tent enumerators for Greenwood, and
urges each supervisors district to g t
busy at once, and spare no effoit to,
secure the very best enumerators that
A nunibti of apph
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cations can be had rom j
of Commerce, y app ican s.
pervisor of each district the lead g
of each district, in Leflore coun
can be obtained.
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men
ty, should get busy immediately. The
importance of this Census cannot be
It will either be a
over estimated.
for the
help or a hindrance to us,
Every person who
desirable
next ten years,
interested in
class of newcomers into the county, or
the city, or in enhancing the value of
property, is interested in seeing that
the wealth and resources and popu
lation of this city and county are done
The 1
bringing a
full justice in the coming census.
Chamber of Commerce will be glad {
assistance possible. Or,
to render any
Mr. Emmett Harty, Supervisor Third
Greenville, Miss.,
District,
Census
may be addressed directly.
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Greenwood Gotton
Receipts 89,008 Bales
in
of cotton
The total receipts
Greenwood up to and including De
cember 11th for this season totaled
89,008 bales, which does not include
This total is
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linters and repacks.
15,863 bales less than received same
However, the re
date last season,
çeipts to date maintain Greenwood's
place as the leading cotton market in
Mississippi.
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CLAIMS FOR BIG
DAMAGES FILED
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Damages Suffered By Nationals And
Foreigners During The Period of
Revolution As Presented.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12—Claims
for damages suffered by nationals
and foreigners during the period of
revolution as presented to the Com
Indemnifications amounted!
mission on
to 30,226,168 pesos on November 18. j
Of this amount claims by foreigners
totalled 20,205,610 and those of Mex
icans 10,020,558 pesos.
damations were listed as follows (in
pesos); Spanish, 14,768,453; Turkish
3,530,467; French, 282,481; English,
9,907; Chinese, 38,662; Italian, 227,- ;
497; American, 133,918; Swiss, 40,
640; German, 1,095,400; Austrian, 3,
255; Guatemalan, 20,000; Dutch, 7000.
Claims totalling a much greater
have been filed with the gov
Foreign re
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ernment but only those presented to
the commission are considered legal.
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An enumeration of the mines and
parries of the United States was
aa d* for the first time in 1840.
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WILSON ISSUES
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Regarding The Fourteenth Decennial
Census Which Is To Begin On the
Second Day of January.
Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—The fol
lowing proclamation by President Wil
son regarding the fourteenth decen- j
niai census which is to be taken be
ginning January 2 was made public
today by the Census Bureau:
"Whereas, by the Act of Congress
approved March 3, 1919, the Fourteen
th Decennial Census of the United
States is to be taken beginning on the !
second day of January, 1920; and
Whereas ,a correct enumeration of
the population every ten years is re- :
quired by the Constitution of the U
nited States for the purpose of deter
mining the representation of the sev
eral States in the House of Represent
tatives; and
Whereas, it is of the utmost im
portance to the interests of all the
people of the United States that this
Census should be a complete and ae
curate report of the population and
resources of the Nation;
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, do hereby declare and make
known that, under the law aforesaid,
it is the duty of every person to an
swer all questions on the census sched
ules applying to him or his family,
and that any person refusing to do so
is subject to penalty.
The sole purpose of the Census is to
secure general statistical information
regarding the population and resourc
es of the country and replies are re
quired from individuals only to per
mit the compilation of such general j
statistics. No person can be harmed in:
any way by furnishing the informa- j
The Census has noth
tion required,
ing to do with taxation, with military j
or jury service, with the compulsion
of school attendance, with the regula
^ immigration or with the en
fQrcement of any national , state or
Jaw or ordinance . There need
^ ^ ^ ^ any disclogure wil
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be made regarding any individual per- j
son or his affairs. For the due pro
j tec tion of the rights and interests of
Gie persons furnishing information
emp i oyee 0 fthe Census Bureau
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I is prohibited, under heavy penalty,
from disclosing any information which
may thus come to his knowledge.
I therefore earnestly urge upon all
persons to answer promptly, comple
tely and accurately all inquiries ad
. dressed to them by the enumerators
other employees of the Census Bur
and thereby to contribute their
share toward making this great and
necessary public undertaking a
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Company Organizes
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The 711 Tire and Accessory Co. was
regularly organized under its charter
yesterday morning by the election of
Bonner Richardson, president, W.
Humphrey vice-president, Monroe Mc
general manager and
R. !
Clurg, Jr.,
chairman of the board of directors. _
Walter S. Bell secretary and treas
urer. and P. E. Schilling, McClurg and
Bell directors.
This company has been operating
temporarily in trust form for two
months, awaiting the grant of it
charter, and now goes into regular
corporate business in good headway
: with splendid prospects.
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THE ORCHE |™ n A t ^ U 11:5
grand orchestra scarcely
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A modern
consists of less than 50 members
full
ever
(the Cincinnati Symphony has a
quota of 90 men) and is practically
three bands in o« e » a
band of wooden wind-instruments, and
a brass band with percussion. The
j ''strings'' include,—first violins (sop
rana), second violens (alto), violas
(tenor), and 'cellors and contra-bass
The harp is not classed
i with the string, but stand by itself.
include flutes,
es (bass).
The
oboe s, clarinets, and bassoons, (being
of resp ectively soprano, alto, tenor and
bass ) and a n English horn, a piccolo,
. contra .bassoon and a hassle,airnet.
wood-wind"
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18. j In tbe brass band we
F rencb horns, trumpets, tubas,
trombones,
and.
The percussion is counted with the
(in brasses, and consists of kettle-drums,
bass drum, side drum, cymbals, tri
an gi e ,gong, and other less important
; instruments.
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All of Mississippi stood up and took
notice of the influenza epidemic last
because it claimed something
Tuberculosis kill
ed upward of 3,000 and will continue
to take greater tolls each year unless
enough money is raised by the State
Association to carry on the fight. Buy
Red Cross Christmas Seals, and share
tiie privilege of saving lives.
year
like 2,400 victims.
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and
was
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THE PROGRESS
IN FOOTBALL
jyj a{ [ e gy The Smaller Colleges Dur- i
ing Past Season Is Demonstrated
In Selection Of Players.
Associated Press
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NEW YORK, Dec. 13—The prog
ress made in football by the smaller
colleges of the country during the
season just closed is demonstrated by
the selection of five of the eleven
players forming Walter Camp's All
American team of 1919 from institu
tions with a student enrollment of less!
' than one thuosand. In fact Center j m
College of Danville, Kywhich has !
less than two hundred students, is the;
only one honored with the naming of j
two players for the first combination.
In selecting three teams the East
and South fill all but one place on the
leading eleven, Ohio State, of the
middle West, being the one exception.
The middle and far west are better j
represented on the second team while!
the East predominates in the third
Of the so-called big in
j
combination.
1 stitutions of the East but two are rec
ognized in the first team with Mil
ler, of Pennsylvania at one end and
} Casey of Harvard at halfback. Play
from Yale, Princeton and Navy
are found on the second team while ;
the Army's only selection forms part
of the third eleven.
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The Death Of
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O. Eastland, a prominent Mississ
ippi planter, died at a Memphis hos
pital Thursday night at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Eastland died of acute Bright s
disease, after being confined to the
bed in the hospital for a week. Mrs.
Eastland was with her husband dur
_
ing his last hours.
The body was taken over the 111- ;
mois Central Railroad to Forest Miss.,;
the home of Mr. Eastlands childhood^
Friday morning, for interment Sat-;
urday morning. His wife accompany
^be body. ,
The home of the deceased was at
Doddsvllle, Miss. Mr Eastland is sur
vived by his wife and one brother,'
Judge Wood Eastland of Forest and
Ruleville, Miss.—Commercial Apepal. j
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^ statis tics of the first census of!
jne
'ages.
411
he United States were published in
small volume consisting of 56
The statistics of the 1910
required 12 volumes having'to
40,000
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:ensus
than
aggregate of more
>ages.
eneaged in
census of the United
£»■ ""îuf wlîî ^re
he services of 90,000.
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A couple of dozen stamps bough
day, helps drive "T. B.
Christmas seals.
the
tri
away! Buy
a
Christmas seals.
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Make your purchase» now and you will not
only help yourself—but the merchants and
the sales-people as welL
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TWO AMERICANS
HELD FOR RANSOM
i Villa Followers Capture Two Citizens j Not
Of The United States and An
Englishmen.
Associated Press
EAGLE PASS, Tex.» Dec. 13—Two
Americans R. B. Ransom and Fred C.
Hugo and an Englishmen, are report
ed among the men taken by Villa fol
lowers in the raid af Muzquiz las
Tuesday and held for ransom. Eigh
Mexicans are also reported held. An
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not
nal
unconfirmed report the Enghsh-,
j m an was later released. The Villa |
! band is reported to be making its way
back into the State of Chihuahua. i
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Germany's Reply To Allied Note Is
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Conciliatory Although Not n 1
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PARIS, Dec 13*-Germany's reply,
Entente Notes, relieve the'
I signing of the protocol of the peac& ;
I treaty and do not constitute an ac-.
' ceptance although couched in concil
iatory terms, according to the Echo
De parig The belief , s expressed how .
, that Germany will yield and the!
ever
protocol will be signed about Christ- ;
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mas.
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ISSUE COLD WAVE
WARNING TODAY
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Low Temperatures Were General This:;
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of! ing for Tennessee, Kentucky and the;
interior of the East Gulf States. Cold
Associated Press
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Dec.
WASHINGTON,
in _ .
56 weather was general this morning
from the Mississippi Valley, westward
having'to the Pacific. Record breaking low)
temperatures for December is report
! ed from the extreme Northwest. !
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If a Hohenzollern come-back is not'
confidently expected, why does the
German republic insist on remaining
imperial" ?
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Do something worth-while! Buy
Red Cross Christmas seals.
Buy
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AMERICA GIVEN
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Not To Be Deceived
Which May Be Made By British
Cabinet Committee.
Associated Press
DUBLIN, Dec. 13—America is war- j
-ned by the FREEMAN S JOURNAL;
not to be deceived by proposals which
may be made by the British Cabinet
Committee on Home Rule. The Jour
the
for
nal criticizes the plan of the Cabi
net Committee so far as it has beei
reV ealed by the reports circulated n
Ireland. The newspaper's attitude is ;
believed to represent that of the ol< j
i r i s h p ar ty. It says:
"The scheme proposes partition o
wors ^ ^ orm > anc ^ ensures the grip:
of the bankrupt wastrels of Whitehal |
I on the solvent Irish purse. The auth
ors know the fate that awaits th
scheme. It has two purposes, _t ,
j throw dust in the eyes of America
and to enable the Home Rule Act t
be scrapped. The scrapping was de !
, cided on long before the Committe -
1 was constituted or even contemplated j
| Eut in the uncertainty of affairs at Q
j Washington the scrapping has to be
i done under careful cover and under
pretence of offering a settlement on
terms than have
much more generous
ever been proposed before. 1 he gen
erosity can be measured by the pro
posed trick to keep the control of the
Irish purse in British hands.
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Trains Will Run
Schedule Monday
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trains which were ta
| All passenger
j ten off in compliance with the or
j der s issued bv the Fuel Administra
will be replaced Monday at 12:01
according to telegrams which
: tion,
a. m
were
received in Greenwood this aft
by the Chamber of Commerc
';j from Mr. G. H. Bower, general pas
agent of the Y. & M. V. of
Mr. C. R. Prince .freight;
ernoon
^ n ^ er _
i Memphis.
f agent, also received a telegram from
[ General Superintendent Egan
• the resumption of passen
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Bouncing
g er
the;
service at this time.
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j Lifting Restrictions
Brings Rejoicing Here
low) al rejoxmg aniorig itizens ^
Greenwood to y
! a whole. The hears■rams of the past
' week, together with the short busi
ness day, made necessary by the ear-;
orders, have been deU'.men
interests -of the
The lifting of all restrictions on the
of fuel and lights, brought gener
the merchants of
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use
not'
the
ly closing
tal to the business
city.
Since the lifting of the restrictions,
however, the merchants are looking
forward to big rush of Christmas;
" Te next week. !
^Throughout the period in which the
of the Fuel Administra
citizens of
restrictions
4» j tion were placed, the
* Greenwood patriotically observed the
regulations and loyally did their part
in the conservation of Fuel.
Mr. C. R. Prince, freight agent at
the Y & M. V. desires to express his
thanks to the public for co-operating
with the railroad in carrying out the
orders of the Fuel Administration.
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FUEL ARE LIFTED
As
Order Becomes Effective At Onc<
Regular Passenger Service Be
Resumed Sunday.
Associated Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 13—A partial re
laxation on restrictions on the use of
fuel and optimistic reports regarding
he resumption of production, in vir- ;
ually all fields and substantial re
trainjitate
tricticns lifted on passenger
ervice in many sections today, brou- !
ght the greatest measure of relief toj
the coal situation be_]
At some of the mines the workers)
iha\*e expressed dissatisfaction '[with
he terms of the settlements of the;
T:rike, but officials regarded the indi- 1
ations as pointing toward the return j
al production early next week, i
the public since
ame acute.
cf norm
In the Southern Region of the Rail-|ceau
road Administration, all restrictions j
on the use of fuel have been suspen- j
ded under the orders issued from At- j
j lanta last night. This order was ef- ;
Announcement j
fective immediately.
also made that train service will j
be returned to normal at midnight
In the South Western Re-i
also be
needs as far as coal is
available in any section for that pur
: p 0ge , unc jer the orders issued today b
the Central Coal Committee. The or
der removed the restrictions which
b ave denied coal to industries excep
those in the five preferred classes. J
was
Sunday.
gion the train service will
j returned to normal at midnight Sun
day.
COAL FOR INDUSTRIES
Dec. 13—All in
WASHINGTON,
! dustries may be supplied with coa
I for emergency
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Gives $1,000 To The
Poor Of London
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LONDON, Dec. 13—President Poin
has sent the sum of $1,000 to th
Lord Mayor for distribution amonj
the poor of London "in sincere thank
for the reception given him at th
Guildhall on the occasion of his re
; cent visit.
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mang arg stm worry i n g over the !
Rhineland question. Although all is
! apparently quiet on the surface, they j
- ngigt th at the agitation for sépara
j firgt from p rU ssia and then from
at Q ermany> continues under cover. Thi
be opinion V j s shared by the Democratic
Gazette wh ich commented recently on
on efforts being made by the Centrist!
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Still Worrying Over
Rhineland Question
Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ;
13— Pan-Ger- 1
for the establishment of this
a beloved land of Catho
party
republic as
licism."
Leaders of the Centre party have
steadfastly denied having even the ie
1 motest idea of ever separating from
; Germany, but have admitted that they.
bad been working with the hope of
j ultimate separation from Prussia by
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET j
Prev.
Open High Low Close C ose
- i34.90 35.60 34.45 35.55 34.76
- ,32.60 33.45 32.25 33.40 32.48
31.27 32.00 31.07 31.95 31.07
Jan.
Mar.
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_ Closed 79 to 92 up.
New York Spots 38.00.
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Open High Low Close C ose
- 35.55 36.50 35.45 36.50 35.55 c
- _ 32.80 33.72 32.65 33.68 32.85
31.50 32.28 31.25 32.18 31.42
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tion ;fresh south shifting and strong ;
north winds. i
Local Observations. ]
TEMPERATURE—Highest, 66 de !
;lowest, 44 degrees; at 7 a .m j
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rains and
grees
44 degrees; precipitation
gauge 33.5; rise in 24 hours 0.3.
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«ACCEPT CHANGES
TO THE TREATY
As Result Of London Conference. U.
S. Is Notified Reservations Will
Be Permitted.
Associated Press
PARIS, Dec. 13—As a result of the
conference being held in London be
tween Premier Lloyd George and
Clemenceau, the American govern
ment has been notified that to facil
a compromise between adverse
parties in the American Senate, the
Allies wil laccept to a great extent
as possible, some reservations to the
jVersailes treaty, made by Foreign
Relations Committee, according to the
Matin,
be settled by the Council of Premiers
j of France, England and Italy, the
newspapers says. Premiers Clemen
Important problems henceforth will
and Lloyd George are said to
j have assured the Italian Foreign Min
j ister there was a necessity for early
j settlement of the Fiume problem and
; indicated that England would inter
j cede with the United States for Italy.
j Add Changes in Treaty Be Accepted
LONDON, Dec .13—John W. Davis,
American Ambassador, late this aft
ernoon visited Downing Street, where
Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen
ceau are in conference. It is report
ed thatAmbassador Davis is connect
ed with the proposals submitted from
the conference to President Wilson
yesterday, which were said to render
the peace treaty acceptable to public
opinion in the United States. The Ja
panese Ambassador was called into
the conference just before adjoum
J ment.
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Report Of Cotton
Consumed November
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—Cotton
consumed during November amounted
to 490,698 running bales lint and
25,132 linters, the Census Bureau an
nounced.
Domestic consumption showed an
increase of 35,000 bales over Nov
I ember, 1918. Exports amounted to
! 924,751 bales compared with 350,003
I bales in November of last year.
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is CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec.
j (Friday)—Enver Paspa, former Tur
kish Minister of War, has been crown
ed King of Kurdistan, in the Turkish
re gi Q n lying between Mespotamia and
| p ers i a , according to reports received
on here,
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King Of Kurdistan
Has Been Crowned
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Plan Expedition
To Nova Zembla
Associated Press
Holtedahl, of Christiania University,
has laid before the Scientific Socie
ty of Christiania a plan for a Norwe-
gian natural science and geological
expedition to Nova Zembla next sum-
mer. His plan is to explore the sou-
Associated Press
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 13—Dr. Olaf
thern part ° f N ° rth Island ' He PGS
to establish a temporary météorologie
station at Nova Zembla in order to
make météorologie and magnetic ob
serrations.
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Find Hiding Places
Chosen For Arms
Associated Press
DUBLIN, Dec. 13—The hiding pla
chosen for arms captured in raids
ces
in Ireland are sometimes very unex
pected. It has been made a charge
aga j ns t the police that in their sear
c hes they do not spare even the gra
veyards. The police say that they are
justified in this because their search
es in graveyards have proved fruit
ful. In a graveyard at Kilrush, Co.
Clare, it is reported that the police
1 found in a crevice under a tombstone
three rifles and a shot gun, all in good
condition.
Lost Three Members
Of His Cabinet
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i inet in the state of Vera Cruz recently
when Fermin G. Panes, Jeaquis Mon^
] tero and 'sidoro Polanco were cap
! tured by f :deral troops. Among the
j documents taken from them was a
circular from Diaz to business men
! in Jalapa promising that no
j would be assessed upon them after
[ the cauS e had triumphed if they
would now show favor to the Diaz
Adherents.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13—Felix
taxes