The L'Anse sentinel., 1911-09-23
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY man
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK. TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
complets Review Of HappenIngs Of
Greatest Interest From All Parts Of
the olobs--Latsst Home and For
eIgn Items.
Domestic

Domestic
John A. (-Dogskin") Johnson. form
er convict and former inmate OF the
state insane asylum at Mendoza,
pleaded guilty at Madison, Mo-. to the
charge OF having kidnapped and MUIR
dered Anna Lemberger on September
8. He was Immediately sentenced to
the state prison for life, hurried into
an automobile and driven across the
country to Waupun.
Lost In a great maze OF railroad
tracks, Aviator Jimmy Ward OF Chi
cago, the second of the contestants
for the Hearst $4,000 coast-to-coast
aerial prize, made only 20 miles actual
headway during his f1rst days work.
Ward started from Governors island,
New York. and landed at Paterson,
N. J.
Three tornadoes, each OF greater In
tensity than It's predecessor, and all
accompanied by terrific rain, swept
Springfield, H., leveling trees. block
ing traffic, flooding the streets, wreck
ing the copper dome of the state cap
itol, and cutting the city of entirely
from communication with the nearest
villages. No loss Of life was reported.
Mounted police discovered alive
Eleanor Gladys Brice. school teacher
Of Riverdale, five miles north Of Snow
nake, Manitoba. She told of having
ben attacked by tramp and carried
from her school to lonely gully,
where she was kept prisoner, while
her captor regaled himself on a bottle
Of whisky. Miss Brice is niece OF
Premier Robin.
From New York to st. Louis by
trolley In flve days, travelling only In
the daytime, Is the record made by
Lieut.. William A. J. Koenig Of the
New York city police force and-hn
wife.
The Twenty-seventh company OF
coast artillery. practicing with the
ten.inch guns at Battery Cranston, IN
the Preside military reservation. hit
a moving target at 10000 yards six
times with six shots.
There Is more suffering from pow
erty in New York this year than last,
according to the Association for Re-
heving the Condition of the Poor.
Bending over, q shotgun and pulling
the trigger with his toe, DR.. John c.
brennan. forty-five years old. promi-
nent physician and a member Of the
Tennessee senate, killed himself at
his home, Woodbury., Tenn.
Nothing less than a bond Of $780,
600 will be accepted for the release
Of 8. A. Potter, alias George w. Post,
alias William A. Carter, alleged gold
brick king and said to be leader of
the most notorious gang of confidence
men In the world. who was arrested
IN his luxurious apartments at 1928
East Fifty-second street, Chicago. The
sum Of $4,000 offered for Potter's re-
lease was refused.
The wooden steamship Ramona Of
the Pacific Coast Steamship company,
bound from Skagway for Seattle.
with passengers and freight. went
ashore on one Of the Spanish islands
opposite Cape Decision, Alaska, and 10
total loss. The passengers, who
barely escaped with their lives, saved
nothing but the clothes they wore.
Aviator Bob Fowler, en- route from
San Francisco to New York, met with
the frst mishap Of his pioneer cross
country aerial voyage near Alta, Cal,
when in trying to make a landing,
necessitated by refractory engine
and steering gear. his bipiane col.
lided with two trees, hurting It to the
ground and slightly injuring the bird
man.
6ilas Draper. SIXTY years old. ol
Lancaster, Pa, died Of injuries re
Co1vcu III Inc AohhBn vbhoy VIVA ~
Manchester. N. Y. August 2S. Thil
raises the list Of dead to 80.
With the salmon packing season
nearly over on Puget sound. It IL esti
mated that the pack Of pinks this sea
son will reach 750.0 900 cases, or nearly
twice a. much a. in any previous
pear.
The finding Of the body Of Myrtle
Hawkins, seventeen years old. in {
laxs near Hsndesonville, N. O., 10 az
pected to reveal one Of the most sen.
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