The Wagner post. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1912-current, 1912-06-28
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GUTHRIE, oKLA--Sixty or more
houses in the village OF Kayior. Okla.
were smashed by a terrific gale. but
every person In the towns population
of 300 escaped with no fatalities =
only two hurt. according to news re-
ceived here. The message said that
not a building in the village remains
standing
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.-GladyA
last night and her sister Ada probably
fatally injured when run over by an
automobile driven by Hezckiah Bick-
ford. secretary of q local stove COM
pany. The girls had Just alighted
from a street a and stepped around
the rear when h automobile. which
they did not notice. bore down upon
them. Bickford was arrested on a
manslaughter charge and released on
bail.
WINNIPEG, MAN.-President John
Ccrcoran, of the Camp Corcoran Con-
struction company. n four iaborers
were drowned In a o which swept
over the camp west of High River, Al
berta, where hundreds of men laying
natural gas pipes were sleeping.
Twenenty-four hours of rain sent q
water in Highwood river near High
river over its banks. flooding the valley
two miles wide and putting a mile OF
the Canadian Pacific railway tracks
under water.
SEATTLE, wASH.-Judge Cornelius
H Hanford. OF h United States dis
trict court, has asked Judge William B.
Gilbert, of the circuit court of appeals.
to designate a judge to sit during the
hearing of The evidence in the inves-
tigation of Judge Hanford, ordered by
the House of Representatives. Upon
the conclusion of n trial of a case
now in progress in his court Judge
Hanford will leave the bench until the
investigation is ended
ST. PAUL MINN.-The deadlock
| vote for president of the German
Lutheran Synod of Minnesota and
~neighforing states was broken yester-
day after eight ballots by the election
of Rev. Justus H. Naumann. OF Wood
Lake. Mimi. The election Dol place at
the Saith nnual session of the synod.
| Rev. John r. Baumann. CT Red Wing.
was elected vice president.
CONVICTION, KY-By refusing to
| grant an injunction to the Citizens Fire
Insurance company o. Missouri against
| the regulation of rates as mad by the
| recently created Kentucky state insur-
| ance board. three federal judges, Cir
| cult Judge Dennison and District Jus
tees A. NJ. Cochran n Howard Hol-
| lister, here upheld the right OF the state
to provide regulations for insurance
companies in this state
ST. LOUIS-Portage Des Sioux. the old
1 est town In Missouri, with the exception
of Ste. Genevieve, lis to have a bank for
! the first time in its history. The town Is
on the Mississippi river, eight miles above
| Alton. n was founded by the French in
ITS. 1t has a population of 500. h bank
is being organized by a local banking
! company with a capital Of $1,000. 50 per
cent of which has been subscribed by the
residents of Portage Des Sioux
Los ANGELES, CAL-Three men
were killed and more than a dozen in
jured by the premature explosion OF
six pounds of dynamite in the Clear
water tunnel of the Los Angeles aque-
duct near Saugus, 80 miles north Of
Los Angeles, early Sunday OF the 70
men at work in the tunnel. but one or
two escaped injury. Most of the men
were Russians. 1t is thought their In
juries viii not prove fatal
LONDON-The result OF the ballot
of the Sailors and Firemen's National
dock strike shows that 2.137 of the
members voted in favor of supporting
the strike and 3,57S against As the
sailors and firemen's union is the
strongest body in the national fedora
ton of transport workers. the decision
reached by its members practically
puts an end to the dock strike.
LONDON-A savage attack on David
Lloyd-George, chancellor Of the ex-
chequer, was made yesterday by a
small band of suffragets outside Caxton
hall, bu beyond knocking of the chan
cellor's silk hat they did no damage,
Detectives seized and held them while
Mr.. Lloyd-George jumped into a taxi
cab and drove of. The ONE were re-
leased.
wASHINGToN-The House yester-
day sent the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill to confer
ence The House disagrees with the
Senate, which in addition to abolishine
h commerce court, abolished the Of
fees of the judges OF the court Min
ority Leader dan said the Senate's
proposition was unconstitutional.
LONDON-The plan of Prof. Willis
l.. Moore, chief of the United States
weather bureau, for the establishment,
of an international North Atlantic
weather service a been agreed to by
h committee of the radio telegraph
congress. to which it was referred. This
assures its adoption by h congress.
Hampstead, n, Y.-Hugh Sar
geant, a pupil of George Beatty. Will,
HsiNS toT MS pliUlS iictLSS ytSttFudy
turned his biplane to the right instead
of the left, crashed to the ground
wrecked the machine, and was carried
unconscious TO Nassau hospital. Hi.
chances for recovery are slight
OAKLEY, KAN.-Paul Dallas
Logic Christensen and Henry and Ro,
Phillips, ranging in age from . to Ia
were drowned in a creek near her,
Sunday. Dallas was drowning and hi
three companions persisted with hin
while trying TO rescue him.
COLUMBUS. OHIO-William NJ
Brennan. Of Cuyahoga county, wa
killed and John Schultz. of this city
was captured when they attempted Il
escape from the pe~nitentiary. Guard
who saw the men climbing over tn
wall fired on them
KANSAS CfTY-John p. Cudahy, tn,
packer, and his wife. who becam
estranged when Cudahy attacked Jer'
S. Lillis, the banker. al h Cudah,
home, slashing him with a knife an,
disfiguring him for life. announced yes
terday that they have become recon