The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-24
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

John Ii. Harrison, well.known owner
Of racehorses, was found dead In his
apartment at Oskaloosa. la.
DIR. Eduard Meyer, historian, broth
er Of the late DR.. Kuno Meyer. was
tnaugurated rector of Berlin univer-
sity.
Without the formality Of q roll call,
the senate at Washington rejected the
last Of the Fall amendments to the
peace treaty.
Winslow w. Thayer, seventy-four,
business man and one Of the Oldest
Masons in Wisconsin, died of pneu-
monia at Milwaukee.
a British-French squadron of more
than 20 warships has arrived at Riga,
according to a Lettish private report
received at Copenhagen.
Three Steep Greek bandits, convict
ed OF the murder Of Constable James
Mckay last November, died on the
scaffold at Prince Albert, Sask.
Eight hundred men and women en-
ployed in the meat-packing industry in
Baltimore, Md, went on strike for an
eight-hour day and an increase in
wages.
The American army transport Great
Northern sailed from Vladivostok Oc-
tober Z with 100 officers and 1,400 en-
listed men, returning TO the United
States.
A new record for the airplane trip
from London to Paris was set Thurs
day afternoon by Captain Gathergood,
who made the flight in one hour and
20 minutes.
The house of bishops of the Episco-
pal church in triennial convention at
Detroit, Mich, accepted the reslgna'
ito of Bishop Frederick j. Kinsman
of Delaware.
Rear Admiral Richardson Glover, U.
). N, retired, died on a train west Of
Cheyenne, Wyo. He vas on his way
to his home in Washington. ID. c.,
from California.
General Yudenitch is reported 10
have captured Petrograd Wednesday
night, according to the London Daily
Express. There is no official confirm
alton of the report.
AT a meeting of the general chapter
of the Carmelite Friars at Rome,
which was attended by American mem
bers of the order, p. e. McGennis
was elected father general.
Secretary of Labor Wilson at Wash
ington announced that he had assumed
jurisdiction under the law as mediator
In the dispute with the coal miners
and operators in the central field.
The Chilean mission to Madrid,
headed by Senator Yanez, arrived in
Huelva and received an enthusiastic
welcome. The houses were decorated
and several functions have been organ
lied in their honor.
Inclusion in the permanent railroad
legislation of q provision to penalize
strikes Of railroad employees was de-
cidea upon by the senate interstate
commerce committee at Washington
by q vote Of IA to 1.
Twenty-seven war vessels were lost
by France during the period of hostil-
tiles it is shown by an order Of the
day issued by Georges Leygues. the
minister Of marine at Paris, citing this
number Of warcraft destroyed.
British merchant vessels lost
through enemy action during the war
totaled 7,759,OO0 gross tons, it was Of
ficially announced at London. Subma-
rine action was responsible for the
loss of $685., O59 tons of this total.
The loss Of 14,2S7 lives was involved
In these sinkings.
A well-laid plan to rob the finance
Office at Camp Grant, Ill. of more than
5 100000 kept there In anticipation
of camp pay day, "a frustrated In
the arrest of three ex-convicts-James
Novak, alias "Three-Fingered Nolan :"
James Dwyer and Dan Hayes, all en-
ployed as watchmen at the camp.