Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-22
Senator Thomas Of Colorado, de.

Senator Thomas of Colorado, de-
ploring the "contagion Of strike" sug-
gested that congress join in the con
tagion until conditions change or at
least until the present members have
been assured Of reelection
Samuel W. Chambliss OF Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, aged so, brother of the
mayor of that city, committed suicide
by shooting himself In the head with
revolver.
lnsurgent Illinois miners now on
strike are fostering the "one big UNI
ion" movement.
The Cleveland Street railway com
pany has taken out an insurance pol
Icy in Chicago for $l0,ll0,OOO against
riot and civil commotion. 1t is said
to be the largest policy ever written
High cost OF living is the result OF
operations of fundamental and immu
table laws and lower living costs will
come to large degree, only from the
operation OF these natural laws. Sen.
ator Reed, Democrat. of Missouri, de.
clared in an address in the United
States senate, recently.
Secretary OF the Navy Josephus Dan.
is off on a cruise with the Pacific
fleet, and, with Mrs. Daniels and his
two sons, will call at Honolulu
Although grapplers failed to recov.
err from Cayuga Lake, n. Y, near lth.
AGA, the body OF lSyear.old Hazel
GRANGE, in connection with whose
death Donald W. Fether of Los An.
geles a Cornell student, is facing a
charge of murder, they did pull to the
surface part Of Fethers clothing,
which hte police say was twisted tight.
ly together anG apparently tied in a
knot. Fether besides being arraigned
on the charge of murder, Is stated
to have illegally purchased whisky on
VIZ hAhht VI NHt lIdHtuls
A jury awarded Henry Ford cents
damage against the Chicago Tribune
for calling him an Anarchist.
Two factions of Texas Democrats.
dissatisfied with the present party or.
ganization, met and determined upon
separate lines OF attack to accom-.
plish what they termed return to
the principles Of Jefferson and Jack.
SON
The Chicago railway strikers have
called off the strike and will return
to work
Sale OF unloaded hand grenades as
souvenirs OF the great war was declar.
ed dangerous and possibly viola.
tion Of the New York state penal law
which prohibits possessing OF bombs
of bomb shells
Fortynine defendants in the Bisbee
deportation cases, whose preliminary
hearings were completed after occu.
pying more than month were bound
over 10 the superior court for trial on
charges Of kidnapping.
Two United States ayiators are re.
ported missing in Mexico, and request
has been made of the Mexican author.
tiles to permit an American searching
party to enter Mexico in an effort to
locate them.
The Rock Island Butter company OF
Toledo, Ohio has been indicted by
he grand jury on the finding that the
with eeyera. others has con
spired to fix the price Of a butter
substitute at thirty.two and half
,ents a pound.
Walter A. Davis, former cashier, and
William W. Treble, assistant cashier
If the City Bank of South Lorani
ohio, where a hundred thousand dol.
ar shortage wis discovered recently,
laye been indicted on charges OF EN-
Dezzlement.
J. a. Thomaston, 62.year-old opera
.or OF an Atlatna, Ga, soft drink es.
Adjustment, has been indicted on the
'harge OF numbering w, G. Cullam. an
insurance man, who was shot in the
store of Thomaston.
Five persons were instantly killed
near Lima, Ohio, when an automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck by Western Ohio traction car.
New York City faces the possibility
If a traction strike more far-reaching
han the recent walk-out in Brooklyn.
The men want an increase OF 80 per
,ent.