The Tomahawk., 1919-08-28
Domestic

true bill against George Stauber, who,
it is alleged, started the trouble by
throwing stone and knocking Eugene
Williams, q negro boy, from raft into
the lake at Thirty-ninth street bathing
beach. The blow from the stone dazed
the boy. He fell from the raft and
was drowned.
Horace Withers and Alfred Arm
strong, who with John Wells robbed
| the Citizens bank at South Carrollton,
KY, surrendered to police at RUSSELL
Vile, Ky. All except $1,000 of the
$4,000 was returned.
A walkout OF miners of Burke, Null.
Ian and Nine Mile districts OF tho
Coeur d'Alenu occurred at Wallace,
! Idaho. Fifteen hundred men are out
| tc enforce the demand for an eight
hour day.
Twenty million pounds OF meats
were reported seized when federal au'
| thOrities raided the Booth Cold Stor-
| age company at St. Louis. Large
stocks of eggs, cheese and other food
stuffs were also said to have been 10
Motormen and conductors Of the
East st. Louis & Suburban Railway
company and subsidiary lines went on
strike, tying up street car service In
13 nearby Illinois towns.
Chicago & Alton shopmen and clerks
at Bloomington, ILL.,, 1900 strong. rati-
fed action of Chicagomeeting in de-
claring of the strike Of car repairers.'
More than $200,OOO,OOo worth Of
whisky now in barrels will disappear
in 16 years from evaporation and leak
age, according to an estimate given
out by revenue officials ut Lexington,
Ky.
The Henry Ford Chicago Tribrne
81 100000 libel suit ended at Mount
Clemens. Mich, with verdict OF o
cents damages for Henry Ford. The
jury remained out ten hours.
| Eighty-five thousand pounds OF but
ter was seized in cold-stOrage houses
and freight cars in Chicago by federal
agents and department of justice men
started out on the. trail Of more.
every man who has been making
or selling beer in the western district
of Wisconsin will be prosecuted"
United States District Attorney Wolfe
announced at Madison, Wis.
| Maurauders numbering about 2OO
and said to be Yaqui Indians, attacked
suburb of Guaymas, on the western
coast of Mexico, and killed one child.
according to travellers arriving st
Nogales, Ariz.
A second skeleton was uncovered on
the premises Of Rufe King, former
livery proprietor of Maple Hill. Kan.
King was arrested at Goodpastor,
Colo, recently, following discovery OF
human bones buried in a woodshed:'
Federal officials at st. Louis seized
294,1SO pounds Of coffee held in stor-
age in a warehouse on a libel infor-
nation issued by the United States
district attorney.
| Gov. F. o. Lowden Mt Springfield
ordered the Tenth Illinois infantry OF
Danville to Peoria for riot duty AT
South Bartonville. The Seventh regt'
ment, stationed Mt Peoria, was also
ordered to the scene of the strike.
% .
In its drive to reduce the high cost
of living, the federal government be-
gan the seizure Of huge amounts OF
foods in storage houses. The hrst
seizures were reported from r-Chatta'
nooga, Tenn, and Jacksonville.
Believing that revulsfon Of feel
ing against prohibition can be con
centrated for a repeal of the liquor
statutes, the brewers Of the nation
have called big conference at Allan
tic City, N. J., for September %.
Use of airplanes in locating Illicit
distilleries in the Alabama mountain:
was inagurated. Deputy Marshal J
A, Wall of Montgomery made triI
over the territory. He expects ar
rests. v S
Cap makers employed In % cap fac
tories at st. Louis went on strike t.
enforce demands for increased wages
44-hour week and recognition of thu
union.
Five persons were killed when al
Atlantic City express train on tn
Reading railway crashed into thei
automobile at Stratford. N. J., abou
five miles form Camden.
i. Clarence Kaiser Of Moline, Ill.,, wa
killed; Mrs. Sam Kell Of Belleplain'