The Raymer enterprise., 1919-08-28


elapse before the efficiency Of her PEG
pie is restored, II Is declared in a re-
port OF British scientists on food con-
ditions in Germany. The wartime semi
starvation OF the people Is responsible
for the slOwness with which recovery
viii be effected, according to these
authorities.
GENERAL
Joseph q. Wilholt, Wichita Western
League outfielder, ended his batting
streak In which he set new worlds
record by hitting safely In sixty-nlne
consecutive games.
Seven persons were killed and thir.
ty-four injured In collision between
an express train and troop train In
France. The express was running
from Paris to Nancy and strasbourg.
Willis L. Davis OF San Francisco.
defeated Norman +. Brookes. Austral.
ian tennis star. 1861, 14-l2, In the
semi-final round Of the Meadow Clubs
cup mems singles at Southampton. y.
Y.
The first cargo to reach yew York
from Hamburg, Germany, since the en-.
try of the United States into the world
war arrived on the steamship Keresan,
which brought lsl packages Of glass
ware.
Lucy Murillo, II years old, of New
York City, was arrested on charge of
homicide. She Is accused OF causing
the death Of her one-day-old baby by
letting 1t fall six stories from the win.
dow OF factory.
Parliament buildings were stoned by
crowd OF 1900 workmen AT Luxem-
berg. during d demonstration caused
by the fact that the indemnity voted
by the Chamber Of Deputies TO meet
the high cost OF living was deemed
insufficient. Some Of the manifestants
were driven out when fired upon by
the gendarmes.
Walter Elliott, negro, who is al
legged to have assaulted Il farmers
wife. was shot to death by mob
which later carried the body to the
scene of the crime and swung II to
a tree in a country churehyard. The
mob took the negro from Sheriff
kearney, two miles from Loulsburg,
n. C., while on his way to the jail.
No trace had been found of the four
masked bandits who held up and rob
bed Louisville and Nashville passen-
ger train No. I. ten miles south OF Co
lumbia. Officers are continuing the
search through middle Tennessee.
Booty amounting TO 100000 In cash
was reported taken from the mail
pouches, although no official estimate
could be obtained.
Charges Of "extortlonate profits" by
Dallas retail merchants were made by
z. ii. Spencer, chief of the bureau of
Investigation OF the Department of
Justice, and w. Il. Burrell. assistant
United States district attorney at Dial.
las.
Police are combing Detroit for three
automobile bandits who In broad day.
light held up William Baldwin. aged
q. collector for the Standard Oil
Company, in Spruce street. and robbed
him of leather bag containing $1,000
cash, checks and oil coupons which he
had collected from substatlons of the
company The holdup was witnessed
by a number OF pedestrians.
A reward Of $1,000 for the apprehen-
sion Of Paul J. Il. Haverly, grand
keeper of records and seal OF the
knights OF Pythias Grand Lodge of
Illinois, missing since Aug. 6. was an
nounced by Smith l.. Won Fossen of
Beardstown, H.. grand chancellor of
the lodge, who stated that a shortage
of more than $4,000 had been found
In the lodge funds. Issuance of war
rant for arrest ives authorized By a
legal advisory comiAittee appointed by
the chancellor.
The Irish republic mission has an
nouneed the opening Of headquarters
In New York to carry on the work of
the $40, 100000 Irish republic
bond issue to be undertaken by the
commission on Irish indie
pendence uh-ler the craftsmanship OF
Frank p. Walsh.
William G. Fletcher, manager Of the
local branch Of Swift 4 Co. Chicago
packers. was under sentence of $500
fine and costs at Cleveland in the fight
against high prices. Fletcher was
found guilty Of violation of the cold
storage aSL