The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-08-29


at Washington passed and sent to. the
house the administration bib auihoriz-
Ing an increase from $500 to $4,000 In
the number of commissioned officers to
be retained In the army.
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D0snesfie
A Stony Brook IN. II Dispatch
says special endowment fund Of g..
100000 for Presbyterian colleges lin
the United States and another Of 81
100000 for aged and disabled pastors
VIII be Included In next years budget.
Roy Emerson 'of Creston. H., con.
victed July 10 of the murder Of his
mother. killed himself by hanging.
Emerson had been ut liberty for n
week. pending his appeal to the Iowa
supreme court.
Chancellor Avery OF the University
Of Nebraska. at Lincoln, announced
he had denied the application to nd
NIT to the University of Nebraska for |
technical training a number OF stu
dents identified with the federal sovi- |
ct republic of Russia.
Wage increases have been asked by !
about 100000 railroad trainmen. shop
mechanics vpd track workers en-
ployed on rail lines of the middle
West, according to- Chicago dis.
patch.
A cnpslzed rowboat in Rice. lake.
near Lake LIAden, Mich. leads 70 the
belief that our Lake Linden ex-sol-
diers and their guide were drowned.
The Taylor State bank at Emington,
northeastyof Pontiac. H.. was robbed.
The safeblowers op ned 20Qunni6 ate
safety deposit boxes and took Liberty
bonds valued Mt $4,000. 49,
3NS
George Near. twenty-five. Iscndpn.I
Ont, shot and killed his young wife
and then committed suicide In a Held
near the state hospital for Insane at
Pontiac. Mich. l.
A submarine. said to be CO. sud-
denly went down with matches open,
according to persons at Pleasure
beach. Waterford. Conn, and II Is
said two men We're drowned.
Roland Kohlfe established q new
altitude record at Roosevelt field ut
Mineola. N. Y, by ascending to
height Of 30,700 feet In 400-horse-
power Curtiss triplane.
The transports Kroonland and
Montpelier arrived Mt New York from
81. Nazaire with more than Ave thou
sand officers and men.
After week Of frutless conferences
between heads OF the Chicago trolley
mems unions and company officials the
order was given for walkout and the
surface and elevated cars were run
into the barns. The men demand SIS
cents nm hour, an elght-hour day, 90
per cent OF the runs 10 be stralght
time and time and one-half for over
time.
Central Illinois has entered upon the
third week Of intense heat and without
any rain. and the farmers near Bloom
ington say that unless there Is lmmedi-
ate relief the damage TO corn viii
reach tremendous proportions.
Sam Bloom. farmer living near
Kelsey. In. was shot and killed by
his son-in-law. Aaron Boelkes. After
killing Bloom Boelkes shot his mother.
in-law and wife.
Rioting that ended in looting. arson
and murder broke loose In Chicago's
black belt" Monday evening. Before
midnight fifteen had been killed and
i56 injured. or the dead. nine were
white aud I've colorcd. Fifty-six white
persons were hurt and 100 negroes.
Four boys and n man were crushed
90 death under the wheels of a pas
sengcr train near wauwatosa. wis.
The dead are: Matt Lewandowski.
John NicdziakowSki. Frank aud Sig
mund Nielziakowskl.
Governor Lowden has ordered the
state militia 10 take charge ~ the
riot situation at Chicago. Eight
thousand troops are mohillzed. under
arms and ready for any emergency
that may arise. Five regiments be-
gan to patrol the ''hlack belt az once
and were Immediately fired upon by
negroes. The fire was returned.
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