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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY The British treasury has received from AVashing ton an outline of the scheme promised by the Tinted States government for payment of the interest due on the SIOOOOOOOOOO loaned to Kuropean allies The scheme acknowledges the unreasonableness of making demand for interest payments before the allied governments have had a period in which to recuperate and reconstruct Payment of the first installment of interest will therefore not he re ¬ quested until May 18122 or three years after the date m which the interest became operative operativeThe The steel strike cost organized labor 4181 1111 according to the financial report of the strike made public yesterday by Frank Morrison secre tarv of the American Federation of Labor Iniou labor contributed the total sum of 12llN2V 0 for the support of the strikers Of this Sli i2J r was received after the strike was declared off and re ¬ turned l the contributors contributorsA A general snowstorm with low temperatures pre ¬ vailed in Nebraska Saturday AVeather bureau re ¬ ports said the storm area extended as far west as Salt Iake City and predicted the snow would con ¬ tinue in tins state all day and possibly tomorrow Fears are expresMd in railroad circles that trallic may be hampered if the storm continues continuesArmed Armed troops were on duty along all roads lead ¬ ing to Londonderry last night Motor cars were minutely searched and drivers had to produce per ¬ mits and declare their business says a Central News dispatch from Dublin It is believed this military activity had something to do with rumors of an Kaster uprising uprisingThe The Providence R I health department has reported that investigation showed the recent out ¬ break of scarlet fever at Brown tniverslty to have been due to infected milk served in one of the college restaurants No new cases have been dis ¬ covered for several days and the college which closed March 25 will open next Thursday ThursdayThe The general advance of the German government troops along the entire front against the insurgent forces in the Ruhr and neighlwring industrial re ¬ gions which began Friday morning has been very successful according to wellinformed Dutch sources sourcesAll All street car service in Toledo Ohio stopped early Saturday when the 1JOO conductors and motormen voted to go out as the result of the councils failure Friday night to ratify an advance in car fare to meet tin increase in wages wagesMaj Maj Vuillemin and Lieut Chains two French aviators have arrived at Dakar having tlowu across the Sahara desert a distance of 3500 miles One person was killed and many injured when a train was wrecked by a bomb on the government owned Central Northern Railroad according to dis ¬ patches from Santa Fe to Iuenos Aires The loco ¬ motive and six coaches wen overturned There has been a strike on this road for several months monthsA A reduction of 105iCOOIO in the national debt more than double the amount by which the debt was lowered during any previous month was ac ¬ complished during March the tniteil States Treas ¬ ury reported yesterday The national debt now stands at SLMtfflSOOOOOO SLMtfflSOOOOOOOfficials Officials at the offices of the Michigan Central general freight offices here today announced that an embargo had been ordered on all freight for export through the port of New York The order was issued as a result of the marine workers strike at New York YorkJohn John Burroughs famous naturalist gave a new message to the world today his eightythird birth ¬ day which he Is celebrating near Napauoch Ilster Comity N Y It is keep cheerful and get out more and better newspapers that the world may be benefited benefitedTwo Two hundred soldiers were killed and many wounded in a mutiny of the troops in Anhui prov ¬ ince according to advices received from Amoy China The lighting is continuing and the inhabit ¬ ants are lleeing in terror the dispatch adds addsAttorneyGeneral AttorneyGeneral Palmer yesterday issued orders to all federal district attorneys to take steps to check profiteering in coal which may arise out of the fact that restrictions upon coal prices by the government have been removed removedGerman German ships seized by Brazil will be taken over by a Paris syndicate of French shipowners on payment of 2 0 0HM according to the Jour ¬ nal which says the matter has been definitely settled settledThe The navy has sufficient oil for Its present needs and there will be no haste in determining what steps will be taken to insure the future support Secretary of the Navy Daniels said yesterday at Washington WashingtonAVilliam AVilliam T Tilden II of Philadelphia today won the national indoor tennis singles champonship by defeating Ainccnt Richards of Youkers N Y in the final round of the annual tournament at New York YorkAn An agreement has l een signed by the Jugo ¬ slav and Hungarian governments for an exchange of foodstuffs for railway rolling stock according to a dispatch to Paris from Belgrade BelgradePlatinum Platinum valued at 50001 was found Friday by the New York police following the arrest of two men in the downtown lewelrv district
