The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-04-04
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Central police station at st. Louis,
Mo-, was robbed last week of $50, and
Captain Albert Schwartz has offered
reward of $25 for information lead
ing to the arrest of the roblpr.
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Five surrendered German subma-
rines have left England for the United
States, manned by American subma-
rine crews and conveyed by the Amer
lean submarine tender Bushnell. They
are expected TO arrive in American
waters late in April and will be dis
played at ports 10 be selected. in con-
inection with the next Liberty loan
campaign.
The Canadian house of commons
defeated by vote of 105 to 81, a
motion to re-enact last years daylight
saving law, so that the dominion would
conform to the daylight schedule"
which went into effect March 30 in
the United States. Strong objection
has been manifested throughout Can
ada TO re-enactment.
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The first loans to railroads on secur.
ity of certificates of indebtedness is
sued by the railroad administration
have been made by the war finance
corporation and total about $5,700,00O.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy got |
about S4000,000; Western Maryland |
$931,0O0, and the Chesapeake & Ohio |
$4,000.
With pledges of contributions from |
states, cities and individuals still com
ing in, the federal employment service
has announced that 1854 of its 750.local |
offices could be kept in operation until
congress apprcpriates funds. Suffi-
cient pledges have been made In sew
eral states to maintain the full quota
of offices, it was stated.
Germany is to receive through the
Swedish Red Cross with the consent of
the associated powers 100000 barrels
of sailed herring from Sweden. The
cargo is already on the way to Ger
many.
Heinrich Won Eckhardt, former Ger
man minister to Mexico, to whom was
sent the famous Zimmerman note in
which Germany proposed an alliance
with Mexico and Japan in case the
United States entered the war, has
arrived in New York from Mexico
City by way of Laredo, Texas, and
st. Louis. No. on his way to Ger
many. +,
Besides a monumental memorial In
Washington to the late Colonel Roose- I
welt and memorial park in Oyster
Bay, provided for in resolution
adopted at a meeting of the Roose-
Welt permanent memorial committee In
New York, it was decided to form /
Roosevelt memorial association to pro-
mote "the development and applica- /
ton of the policies and ideals of Theo- ]
lore Roosevelt for the benefit of the t
American people" t
AS result Of a 900 per cent increase !
n the death rate within the Modern
Voodmen of America since November
last, chargeable to influenza pneu- =
nonia, the head camp of the society =
will meet in Chicago in special session !,
his week. Several proposals for in !,
reased insurance rates are to be con- ;.
idered in order to take care of a def :
it of S4.516, 1885 for 1917-1S. =
William Graves Sharp, retiring :
american ambassador to France. has !,
ecided to sail for home April IL. /,
The North German Lloyd steamship a
ne, Berlin dispatch says, has a fleet
( % steamers totalling $4,000 tons,
called, Rquipped and ready to start
,r the United States. There has been r
ome delay In manning the ships be- q
ause Of ferroristic propaganda car al
ed on amdpg the seamen by a small 81
2artacan minority. tn
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Adelaide Opowd, 16-year-old Kan ca
Is City, Mo-, girl who lived In a state ii
coma for IS days, Is dead. She b.
scame III with typhoid fever three bt
eeks before losing consciousness. OF