The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-04-12

Massachusetts Il the eleventh state
Ii the union tosratify the federal pro
hibition amendment.
"A. v. Graminer and A. B. Colo were
sentenced at ST. Paul Neb., to be
electrocutsd July ~ for the murder
q Ars. Lulu vogt Of Elba.
The trial Of 113 members Of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World on
charges Of violating the espionage act,
has begun at Chicago.
An oficial list places the casualties
In the anti-conscr1ption riotlng at
Quebec, Canada. at four civilians
dead, fifteen wounded and i've SOL
iers dwounded.
Thirty-three socialists In the thirty.
five wards Of Chicago, all were de-
feated and every candidate Endorsed
by Mayor Thompson was beaten In q
ceuncilmanic election.
Six persons were killed In a tor
nado which swept over Montgomery
and Stoddard counties, Missouri.
Scores were injured and thousands Of
dollars In property was destroyed.
The big White Star line steamship
Celtic. which was torpedoed while on
. voyage to the United States, IL re.
ported to have reached a British port
safely.
Wage increases totaling more than
$2,50O,OOO annually will soon be rec
commended for railroad workers by
the railway wage commission. All In
creases probably will be retroactive
to January /.
The general strike ut Kansas City.
growing out Of the demands Of laun-
dry workers, ended when laundriea
took back their striking employees
with an increased minimum wage, but
Wltn0uI union recognition.
The United states navy department
plans to construct a l~ongfange gun
capable Of carrying 1O5 miles. It will
be developed along the so-called Hub
cnliber plan. Secretary Daniels Is un-
derstood to be very favorable to the
plan.
Thomas J. Mooney applied to Gov.
ernor stephens OF California for a
pardon from the sentence Of death
imposed upon him on a murder
charge. which grew ont Of a bomb
explosion at San Francisco in 1910.
which killed ten persons.
Because thousands Of hogs now
coming into the market has increased
the meat supply beyond the country's
shipping and storage capacity, the
meatless day has been suspended for
the next thirty days by the national
food administration.
Investigation has revealed that no
Bulgarfans are participating In the
west front battle, according to infor-
nation reaching the State depart
ment. This indicates the United
States will not now declare war on
Bulgaria.
General Foch, chief-of-staf Of the
French army, great strategist, to
whom has been accorded much Of the
credit for the victory OF the Marine in
September, 1914. has been made COM
manderin-chief Of the entente allied
and American armies In France.
Transmission by mail or otherwise
Of any matter published In the Ian
suage Of any nation with which the
United States II at war, would be pro-
hlbited after July !. under . resolu.
tionr introduced u congress By Senator
King a. Utah.
Six great German-owned New Ter
~. wooden mills. with q total valua-
tion Of more than e70.O00.O00, have
been taken owe ~ the government.
Ths ea6ningY d. the properties during
ths war will % into the federal treas.
ury for the purchase Of Liberty bonds.
There was = marked decrease In Tho
losses to British chipping through
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