The Tomahawk., 1919-07-10

the boats were caught by gunf1re 1rom
the British guardships. and numDes
of their occupants killed. III. +.
Domestic
P. s. Peter, deputy sheriff of Lafay'
ette county. Kansas, was fatally shot
by liquor runners near Chetopa, Kan.
The liquor haulers were in an auto
mobile, headed for Oklahoma.
Trailed for ten days through south.
ern Mississippi by posses which In
cluded several hundred members OF
his own race, John fairfield, negro,
confessed assailant of an Ellisvills
(Miss.) young woman, was captured,
desperately wounded, In canebrake,
rushed by automobile to the scenc Of
his crime, hanged to gum tree and
burned to ashes. His victim identified
him and witnessed his execution. "
Horace G.. Murphy. prosecuting at
torney Of Delaware county, and DR..
Rollin 81. Bunch, mayor of Muacie,
Ind, were arrested in connection with
operations by alleged swindlers who
made their headquarters IN Munc:e.
r Brice Ringer Of Petersburg, Ind, nm
enlisted man connected with the Red
Cross misaiOn at Berlin. committed
suicide June "a. The motive for the
deed Is unknown. ".
Approximately $4,000 was paid foi
the private liquor stock of the late Nat
c. Goodwin, actor. when 1t was put up
at auction in New York. .., Is
A strike Of 100 operatives iE +hs
textile mills of George H. Gilbert
company Mt Ware, Mass, and in GIL.
bertville was ended. the operatives
receiving wage advances ranging from
Is to 20 per cent. f..
Three unmasked men robbed the
Valeda State bank at valeda. Kan.. OF
$4,000 in cash and Liberty bonds.
Massachusetts completed ratificn'
ton of the woman suffrage amend
ment to the federal Constitution. The
house Mt Boston, by vote Of 1S5 to
Al. declared in favor, and the senate
voted "a to a week ago.
Arthur w. Lehman, a Wheatland
(Ia.) farmer, reported to Chief De
tectives Mooney OF Chicngo that he
had been swindled out Of $4,000 ~
three confidence men whom he met 10
Chicago. 5.t Hs3%E@ &
One man was shot 10 death. an
other was fatally wounded ant
about $1,000 Is missing In hold.up
by four men at the saloon Of Andrew
+. Bowman, AT West Twenty-second
street, Chicago.
Demobilization figures at Camp
Grant have reached total OF 2O3..
165. It was announced there. This
Is believed to be the record for MI
rehabilitation centers In the United
Suites. &'r.N -., A.. Es
The American Federation Of Labo,
at the closing session at Atlantic City
N, J., of It's annual convention pledget
itself to obtain general 44-hour week
for workers in all crafts throughout
the United States.
& The American steamer Sarnam, from
Baltimore. has been sunk by mine
explosion. according to reports from
Gothenburg and London. :,
Forty.seven persons are known tc
be dead. 16O are injured, and in emer.
gency hospitals, and property valued
nt $4,000, 600 has been destroyed 10 .
result Of the tornado which Awept
through Fergus Falls, MINI.
A cablegram was forwarded to Pres
ident Wilson by the California state
viticultural commission, appealing "a
him to proclaim demobilization imme.
diately on signing the peace treaty In
order to remove wartime prohibition.
Julius Barnes, United States wAeei
director, announced at New Yoek t16i
Pfeddent Wilson has signed i peoe
lsmation putting under license Of the
wheat director persons, flrms, corpora
lions and associations dealing %
wheat, wheat hour Or baking Erod'
uctS.
Sixty-three villa rebels were killed
anc many more wounded IN Q ngh.
between federal troops and vnla
forces for possession Of vI1la AAu
mada, according to IN omcial military
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