Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-05-29
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Nineteen persons were killed in
Iowa, nine in Wisconsin and one in
Illinois in storm that swept over these
three states. In Iowa the storm reach
led its greatest velocity at Boone. The
heaviest death list in Wisconsin was
lat Lone Rock. Damage to property
and crops In Iowa is estimated far in
excess Of $1,0O0,OO0, while in Wiscon-
sin the loss is likely to reach $1,0OO,-
1000.
Lieut.. William Alexander Fleet Of
the Grenadier guards was killed in
action May 10. He was a son Of the
late Col. A. F. Fleet of Culver, Ind,
and Mrs. Fleet Of Atlanta, Ga.
Three st. Louis socialist publications
announced their suspension. They are:
The Social Builder. formerly known as
the National Rip Saw; the Paladin,
weekly, and the Melting Pot, month
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Thomas ]. Mooney was resentenced
at San Francisco to hang on May %
as result Of his conviction on first
degree murder charge growing out OF
the bomb explosion, which killed ten
persons In 1915.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, charged
with violation Of the espionage act,
was convicted by jury in the federal
court at Kansas City, NO., upon all
three counts in the indictment against
her. The conviction carries heavy
penalties Of Imprisonment.
Federal Agent c. X. Berge was sent
out to get Jess c. Wilson, Chicago
draft evader. He caught up with VIII
son near Spanish Fort, Ala. Wilson
said: ''Ill kill anybody who tries to
come after me-" Berge drew his re-
volver and shot Wilson dead.
y Steel ships completed thus far in
May exceeded the output Of any pre-
vious month in the history of the ship
ping board. The total output up to
and including May % was 20 vessels
of 174,661 tons.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church voted at Columbus,
o., to hold its 1919 convention in st.
Louis. Philadelphia and Atlantic City
were the other principal contenders.
German women in the United States
ARE required to register with chiefs Of
police or postmasters between June
IL and 20, under regulations issued
lat Washington by the department Of
Justice.
Miss Gretna Fetzer, schoolteacher,
daughter Of Henry Fetzer, banker Of
Sturgeon Bay, and Raymond Maple
dinski drowned when their automobile
plunged into the river at Manitowoc,
Wis.
Lieuts. Latham Polk Of New York
city and Spencer Charles Williams Of
Buffalo were killed at Gerstner field
when two airplanes collided at an alti-
tude of 5000 feet it was announced at
Lake Charles, La.
Count James MinottO, son-in-law Of
i. F. Swift, the Chicago packer was
rushed out Of Chicago for an intern
ment camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
following the refusal of the federal
courts to grant him his freedom on a
writ of habeas corpus. He will re-
main at the internment camp until the
end Of the war unless the federal
courts reverse themselves.
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The United States ship Wakiva, a
converted yacht, was sunk in Euro.
pean waters in collision on May %
with a loss Of two men. Joseph NJ.
Farley, Chicago, and w. D. White of
Gloucester, Mass, were the men lost.
Bearing an important report on
the Russian situation from Ambassa-
dor Francis, James G. Bailey, first as
isistant secretary to the American en-
bassy at Vologda, arrived at a Pacific
port.
tU.S.-Teut01ic Warn
Socretarv If War Rakar announced