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PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT TURKU*.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.
Pussyfoot {Johnson has returned from a tour of Europe. He expressed satisfaction at the advancement of prohibition there, particularly in Turkey. He said a. lot of nonsense had been printed by the newspapers about Turkey. The Turks tried prohibition and it was a failure through politics, and now the country lias gone back to liquor, which is heavily taxed. The rum trade is chiefly in* the hands of foreigners in Constantinople and 1100 licensed drinking, shops which arc operated by Armenians, Greeks and other so-called Christians. One Turkish official said: “We let ’em drinkall they* like. We will make money from their funerals.” MEXICAN VILLAGES DESTROYED. CASUALTIES 2000 TO 3000. MEX'ICb CITY, Jan. 8. There lias been heavy loss of life in several towns which have !>eeii destroyed by floods in the State of Navarit. according to tlie first official reports from the flooded area. The city of San Bias has suffered a number of casualties the exact number of which is not stated. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. A telegram from Nogales, in Arizona. states that advices received there plate the casualties due to floods in the State of Nayarit, Mexico, at between two «f three thousand. Several villages have destroyed. Rich agricultural lands are inundated.
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