The state herald., 1920-07-16
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN

IN tne .ulI NlFu ut Suillu re iHe
crime was committed October 23, 1916
Two wel.dressed boys held up the
bank Of Waterloo, Neb, twenty miles
west of Omaha, bound a9d gagged
Cashier W. r. Stratton. robbed the
bank of $500 and escaped in an au'
tomobile.
Pure-bred cattle come high In Iowa.
At recent sale of forty-odd head OF
the Angus variety near Otumwa, an av'
erage price of $3,2l0 was paid for each
animal. "Elluna E. prize COW,
brought $4,000
Fred Canafex, an escaped negro con-
Wet, was shot to death by mob of
whites near Centerville, Mo-, yester-
day. Canafex is alleged TO have as
saulted daughter of Frank Simmons,
farmer residing near Ellington.
In race riot In Denison, Texas, the
outgrowth Of dispute between n ne
gro and white boy, seven negroes were
beaten and injured by mobs of 200 OF
more white men and boys. The trou-
BILE started over an argument at base
ball game. None was injured seriously.
Francis II. Cook, aged 10, publisher
of the first newspaper in Spokane and
owner of the first street car in that
city. died there after lingering Ill
ness. He was born In Marietta, Ohio
and came 10 the Northwest In 1871. He
left widow and eleven grown chill
dren.
John Neff, 16-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Porter ]. Neff. fell out OF
cherry tree at Medford, Ore, and was
impaled upon the thinning shears
which had dropped out OF his hands.
one blade driving into his chest and
piercing his lung. He died an hour
later.
A force OF government hunters un-
der direction of ]. $. Ligon and in
Guiding J. S. Lilly, noted lion hunter.
has completed three weeks drive In
the Black range In western New Mex
leo, whereby they bagged fourteen
bear, five lions and two gray wolves.
This catch is said TO he the largest
In several years.
Gertrude Kistler. 12.year-old daugh-
ter of Sedgwick KIstlcr OF Lock Haven.
Pa, n delegate TO the Democratic ma
tlonal convention, was drowned In the
Merced River at Yosemite, Calf, and
II. ]. Pink OF Los Angeles, who went
to her rescue, slipped on n rock as he
entered the stream and fractured his
skull, death resulting Instantly.
WASHINGTON
q Brig Gen. Frank T. Hines, chief OF
the Bureau Of transportation In the
War Department. has been designated
by Secretary Baker TO head the inland
aud coastwlse waterways service. es-
tablished under the new transportn-
ton act.
Guided entirely by radio compass
signals, navy seaplnne Fol left Nor
folk and flew ninety.fivc miles on
''bee-llne" TO pick up the battleshlp
Ohio at sea. with no knowledge ut the
time OF taking the mir OF the vessels
location. The airplane then navlgatcd
itsGeturn TO Norfolk entirely by radio
compass.
Lord Abernon. the newly appointed
British ambassador 10 Germany, pre-
scntcd his credentials TO President
Ebert at Berlin. lie declared that the
world crisis VIII be overcome only by
general collaboration OF which the
basis Is maintenance Of firm, friendly
alliances mud strict execution OF the
peace treaty"
The United States must turn to the
oil shnlcs Of Utah. Colorado. wyom.
lng aud Ncyndn as sources Of oil sup.
ply for the future. according TO Mar.
tin J. Gavin, refinery engineer OF the
Burenu of Mines. "rhcsc stntcs con.
tain enormous deposits Of oil shalos
which by proper treatment yield gus.
oil. aud also. II desired. nmmonln, of
value ms n fertilizer" said Mr.. Gavin.
The first settlement with railroad
company OF all claims arising out oi
federal operation has been announced
by the railroad administration, which
has ngrccd TO pay the Spokane. Port,
land 4 Seattle rnilroad 100000 In
cash. the sum remaining after the bal
nncIng of the claims Of the milway
company against the government and
Of the government against the rallrond
company.
The federal tmdc commission bn.
cited Montgomery. Ward q Co, Chicn
20 mnll order house, In formal com
plnlnt OF unfnlr competition In the snl,
of liquid roofing cement The churRI
IA made that fnlsc representations wcr,
mnde hy the company In ltH cniniot
when liquid roofing cement was nd,cr
tlsed NJ containing no conl tar. It q
claimed u dld contain coal tar
Representative Dick T. Morgan ol
Woodward OKLA, died NJ DnnYillc. H.
from lobnr pneumonia lie hnd fepre
scnicd The EIehih okluhomn district ID
Congress- for the Inst twelve years.
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