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Ten persons were killed and nine
injured, probably fatally, when truck
carrying load of picnickers was
struck by a passenger train one mile
west of Huntingburg, Ind.
Frank c. Cogswell of Minneapolis,
Mimi, and his daughter, Dorothy, were
killed at Lakeview, Wash, near Taco
ma, when an airplane in which they
were passengers plunged into sand
bank.
Dissension among members Of the
Perkins Grove Lutheran church, south
of Dixon, ILL.,, resulted in some of the
members breaking into the church dur
ing the night and with axes and saws
destroying pews and pulpit.
Following a rejection of his proposal
of marriage, William f. Smith shot ami
killed Miss Thelma Gutke, II years old,
at Douglas, Ariz AS the girl fell Smith
turned the weapon on himself. A bull
let entered his heart and he fell dead
on the pavement beside. his companion.
His home is in West Virginia.
Lieut.. Stanley NJ Ames, commanding
the Ninety-four aero pursuit group at
Kelly field, is held by Mexican author
titles at Matamoras, just across the Rio
Grande river from Brownsville, Tex,
according to reports at San Antonio.
Ames was forced to land on account Of
running out of gasoline. The landing
was made safely.
The Navajo Indian tribe in north
eastern Arizona numbers 1874, said tt
be the largest single tribe of Indians
remaining in the United States, ac-
cording to an announcement ut the dis
trict census office, Phoenix With this
enumeration completed, District Super
visor Sam Brander said his task was
finished and his office closed.
The establishment of a fund of $780,
100000 to extend financial aid to west
ern wool-growers, while awaiting the
re-establishment of the wool market,
was considered at a conference in Chi
cago recently of western bankers and
sheep ranchers Chicago bankers were
asked to displace Boston banks in fl
nancing the annual wool clip of the
country, which plan would make Chi
cago the wool center of the nation.
WASHINGTON
The 1920 population of Delaware is
222,013, an increase of 20,6Sl since
1910. or 10.2 per cent, the census bu-
reau has announced in Washington.
The population of Continental
United States is estimated at 1O5,000,-
900 by ]. A. Hill, chief statistician OF
the census bureau. His calculation is
based on the combined population of
1,406 cities and towns for which statis-
tics have been announced.
The population of Colorado Springs
Colo, was announced at 30, 1O5 in the
preliminary statement on Ell PasO
county, Colo, issued at Washington
That is 533 more than the citys pop
ulation as previously announced, when
the total was given as 29,512
Philadelphia's population has been
announced by the census bureau as l..
S23, ,15S, showing that the country's
third most populous city had main
tained during the last ten years the
steady rate of growth it has had since
the first federal census in 1880.
Brig. Gems. J. NJ McAndrew, JOIN
L. Pines, Henry Il. Allen and David G
Shanks have been given recess commits
sions as major generals in the regula
army by President Wilson, it has beer
announced by Secretary Baker. Sever
major generals are yet to be appointe,
under the army reorganization act.
That $1,191 100 was loaned to 20
farmers of the United States by tn
Federal Land Banks on long tim
first mortgages during the mont
of May, 1920, is shown by report re
Gently made public by the Fedora
Farm Loan Bureau. OF these the Fec
eral Land Bank of Omaha leads in tn
amount of loans. This bank reporte
SECS, 200. Loans closed by other bank
in May are as follows st. Paul, $243
100; Berkeley, $140,700; Wichita, $76
800; Spokane, $4,000; Springfield
$5S,3O0 Baltimore, $1S,600; Houston
$3,400 On the last day of May ther
We're operating in the United States 3
9S3 farm loan associations and the t.
tai mortgage loans made by the Fedel
al Land banks through these associs
ed to $347 ,39O,941.
The National Womans party wi
call a convention of women voters /
decide upon an election policy. Alic
Paul, leader of the militant suffragist:
announced in Washington. The col
sention will meet in one of three sui
frage cities-Chicago, San Francisc
or Denver-and the call for it will b
issued shortly.
Bubonic plague has appeared at Ca
tania, Italy, several cases having bee
reported of which two have prove
fatal, the state department ut Wash
ington has been advised by the Amer
can consul at Catania.