, 1920-08-26
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WESTERN
John Curl, who crossed the plains
from Missouri to Oregon seventy-three
was born in Missouri i'm 1882 and ac-
cOmpanied his family west in 1S47.
Confirmation of the diagnosis of the
eighth case of bubonic plague which
has occurred ut Galveston, Texas, has
been announced by the United States
Public Health Service surgeons. An
other case is under observation.
Official returns from the Kansas
statewide primary show J. b.. Billiard,
Democrat and former mayor of Tope-
ka who advocated beer and light
wines. won the nomination for Con-
gress in the First district.
Clyde c. Johnston, Police Court
Ter of Los Angeles, who reported
that the safe in the court room had
been broken open and $4,000 in bail
money taken, was arrested on a charge
of embezzlement and lodged in the Los
Angeles county Jail. Bail was fixed at
$780, 900.
Christian II. Van Knuth, an Omaha
real estate dealer, who had declared
himself to be u Danish count, but who
was naturalized an American citizen
after he had been shot by Milton w.
Armour, manager of u grill in a promi-
nent Omaha hotel.
A conspiracy through which liquor
worth 100000 vas f~raudulently taken
from a bonded warehouse at Owens
bOro, KY, was revealed by n raid in st.
Louis in which a deputy constable and
ten Others were arrested after police
and government agents had recovered
8 cases of whisky valued at S195, 900.
The Nebraska Railway Commission
declined to increase wages OF Omaha
street car men. The commission held
present compensation was sufficient to
attract enough men to maintain eff
cient service and that an increase
would make higher fares necessary. AT
present mOtormen and conductors re
ceive from 50 to 50 cents per hour.
C. A. Sanborn and David Libel, pro-
prietors of a tailoring company, were
arrested In a Francisco on complaint
of L. KnOrr of the San Francisco Ad-
vertislng Club that they had adver-
tised falsely, asserting that they had
bought $4,000 worth of woolens from
n certain manufacturer when the pur-
chase actually was but $500 worth.
Kansas raised the second largest
wheat crop in Its history this year, and
h corn crop promises to be the larg-
est in the last five years, according to
h monthly crop report Of the State
Board of Agriculture based on a can
Vass made Aug. IA. A total wheat
yield of LAT 900. 900 bushels and a pro-
ductiOn of 1877, 900. 900 bushels Of corn
was estimated in the report.
WASHINGTON
Increased consumption OF raisins in
the United States since prohibition is
believed to account for the 1,4OO per
cent increase in raisln imports from
Spain during the first six months of
1920. Nearly 100000 pounds were ex-
ported from Malaga. exceeding the to-
tai exports from that port from 1913
1919 inclusive.
amin phitC VI "hite IulDtT
has forced the American Red Cross 10
discontinue publication of the Red
Cross magazine, 1t was In
Washington.
Distribution to railroads of nearly
$200.OOO,0O0 was recommended to the
interstate commerce commission In the
final report of the Association OF Rail-
way Executives on the applications Of
the various carriers for loans from the
$300.0O0.O 900 revolving fund created by
the transportation act.
Appointment of Lewis ]. Bailey as
assistant director of the federal bureau
OF investigation, succeeding Frank
Burke. resigned to join the shipping
board. has been announced by AttOr-
ney General Palmer. Mr.. Bailey has
been in charge OF the Atlanta office
of this bureau.
Contlngents OF the United States
army are being maintained In ten
widely separated sections OF the
world. Out of a total strength of 203,-
$40, units In continental United States
comprise $4,000; In the Philippines
roughly 10000; Germany. 1890; Ha.
wall. 1900; Panama, 1880; Porto Rico,
1900; China, 1900; Alaska, 500
France. 1873 and England, thirteen.
High praise Of the part which Amer
lean farm boys IN playing in agri-
cultural progress raj voiced by Secre-
tary Meredith in an address to a
delegation of 1875 Texas farm boys, Wis
ting Washington on a 5,OOO-mile trip