Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-23

I0klO-POSSIDly fifty lives were
lost and damage exceeding $500 900
was done when flames enveloped 81
lighters in Kobe harbor, laden with
over million gallons of gasoline i'm
ported from Vladivistok by an Amer
lean syndicate.
Seventy map-makers of the United
States marine corps have sailed from
New York for Antwerp on the steam
ship Great Northern to make topo-
| graphical maps of all battlefelds on
which the marines fought during the
war. Samuel C. Cumming commands
the detachment
OSSining, n. Y.-Sing Sing rules
| strictly enforced for scores of wears
will be suspended this week. that
Theodore Dixon, confined in a cell in
the general prison, may visit MS
mother, Mrs. Hattie Dixon, who in in
the women's death house awaiting
/ electrocution.
/ LOndOn-A dispatch from Dublin
printed in The Times said rumors
were current there that at the recent
audience OF Irish Bishops with the
Pope, the Holy Father warned them
that Sim Fem methods were most
deplorable and must be denounced in
the churches.
Under an agreement reached with
the French government the return of
the American soldier dead from the
military zone in France will begin
after September Is. Ralph Hayes,
assistant to Secretary Baker, recent
ly returned from mission to France
| to complete arrangements, has re-
ported that French objections finally
were waived in April, removals to be
/ limited to those bodies for the return
OF which relatives had specifically
! asked.
WaShingtOn-Secre Colby on
behalf of the American government
has rendered a verbal apology to the
British ambassador for the burning of
British flag here last week by Irish
women. Mr. Colby said this action
had been taken pending receipt of an
official report on the incident, which
the District of Columbia authorities
have been asked to submit. When
this report is in hand a formal apollo
gy probably will be made to the Brit
ish government.
! San FranciScO-"A man who would
attempt to limit his wife to 10 cents
a day ought to be tried for manslaugh-
! ter, because it could only mean starv-
alton and DEATH" said Judge Thomas
| in granting divorce to Elizabeth
| Thomas from John Thomas, an iron
worker. Mrs. Thomas said that dur
ing the eleven years they lived to-
gether her husband allowed her but
10 cents a day to maintain herself,
her husband and their son. The court
granted the decree and allowed Mrs.
Thomas $50 a month alimOny.
Chicago coroner's jury is at
tempting to untangle the curious
snaFl of mistakes that led to the
shooting of Charles G. Dietrich in his
own Office as a bandit. Officers, sum-
mOned by Waterman who saw Diet
rich at his safe late Sunday evening,
tapped on the window to attract at
tention. Dietrich, fearing a bandit !
attack reached for the light and fed
as the officers fired. Detective Ser
geant Lorenz dropped the man with
another shot. Then the detectives
learned their mistake and rushed
their victim to a hospital too late to
save his life.
New YOrk-The superdreadnaught
Tennessee, the largest and most for
midable battleship afloat, goes into
commission Thursday at the Brook
Ign navy yard. Constructed at a cost
OF $40 900 900, the vessel represents !
the last word in battleship architec
ture. 1t is 625 feet long, has a beam
of SO feet and displacement of 3d.
500 tons The Tennessee is the first
battleship to recruit her entire per- |
sonnet from the state it is named for
and it represents advantages taken
from lessons learned in important
naval battles of the World war. The
vessel mounts twelve 14-inch guns,
fourteen 5-inch guns and four g.
Founders, in addition to torpedo tubes.
| it will be electrically driven and will
| be capable of travelling at the rate of
81 knots an hour. It's size makes
possible spacious lockers, baths and
recreation quarters. There will be
clubroom and library for enlisted
men. 1t has a printing shop with a
| linotype machine and presses on
which q daily nnwSnannr will he Drint-