Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-06-12
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Great Britain is planning to float a
loan to the amount OF f250,OO0'QO"
to cover the estimated deficit for this
year.
Two men were killed by an explo-
sion at the Dietz No. 8 coal mine Of
the Sheridan Coal company, near
Sheridan, Wyo.
William III. Schafer, alleged wreck
er Of fourteen Minnesota state banks,
was sentenced to ten years In the
state penitentiary.
Shows and heavy frosts In Wyo-
ming and Colorado during the past
week damaged vegetables and fruit to
considerable extent.
The $31, 100000 agricultural appro-
priation bill was passed by the house
last week with only one dissenting
vote and sent to the senate.
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The nations public debt reached q
new high record Of $25,92i, 151, 27O at
the end Of May, an increase of ST.
OS6,84O,75 during the month.
Peter verburg, owner Of 16O acres
of farm land north Of Rock Valley,
Iowa, refused an offer Of 500 an
acre for the land the other day.
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Two men were killed and thirteen
injured, two seriously, when soldiers
guarding the WHY'S Overland Auto
mobile plant at Toledo, Ohio. fired
upon strikers during riot.
Every mint in the United States
has been put to work by Director Ray
Baker turning out one-cent pieces In
an effort to keep pace with the enor-
nous demand for this coin.
California has declared war on
grasshoppers. Gov. Stephens author
lied $1,000 for, beginning campaign
to destroy the hoppers, which are said
to be threatening vast damage to hay,
grain and fruit crops.
The American naval transatlantic
flight which began at Rockaway Beach,
L. l., May s, was successfully COM
pleted with the arrival of the United
States seaplane NC-4 ut Plymouth,
England, distance Of $500 miles.
Fred Hartwig, mayor of Lowden,
Ia, has BEEN replaced and two mem
bers of the city council have been
asked to resign because Of alleged
pro-Germanism. The city marshal has
been ousted for like reasons.
Eighty-three men were killed and so
others injured, many seriously, as the
result of an explosion of 300 kegs of
black powder in the Baltimore Tunnel
of the Delaware and Hudson Coal
company at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Governor McKelvie Of Nebraska, 1t
is said, has, intimated he will assemble
the state legislature in extraordinary
session to act on the equal suffrage
amendment just approved by congress,
IL it should require the states ratifica-
ton to give women the vote.
With the 1919 deficit Of the railroad
administration likely to amount to
$500, 100000, prominent railroad men
at Washington assert that an advance
in freight rates is imperative if the
roads are to be returned to their own
ers at the end OF the year in a
solvent condition.
Considerable excitement prevailed
in the United States senate at Wash
ington when several senators made
the assertion that full text of the
peace treaty with Germany had been
seen in the hands of business inter-
ests in New York, while it was being
withheld from congress.
Another Spartacan uprising in Ger
many is imminent, according to APP
parent authentic reports from Berlin.
Sentiment against the government for
its laxness in permitting yogel, Har-
tung and Lehman, convicted of the
assassination Of Karl Liebnecht to
escape from prison has aroused bitter
feeling among the radical element.
Twenty thousand dollars was the
prize money won by Howard Wilcox,
who finished first in the International
Automobile Sweepstakes race of 500
miles at Indianapolis, Ind. $4,000
dollars was divided among the first 10
drivers. The other prize winners fin
lshed in the order named: Hearne,
Gaoux, Guyot, Alley, De Palma, L. Chow
rolet, ID. Hickey, G. Chevrolet and
Thomas.
Senator Kenyon's bill to extend fed
eral vocational training to about 4,OO(
soldiers now excluded under the pres
ent law because they are not entitled