The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-08-19


were made by the county grand jury.
The report declared that since last
October persons had been swindled out
of 100000 by "bunco" men protected
by police officials.
New York-Charles Huszar, former
premier of Hungary, whose presence
in this country brought protests from
Jews who accused him Of responsible
ity for Jewish massacres in Hungary
and of conducting monarchist prop
uganda here has sailed for Europe.
Huszar said he was on special mis-
sion here for his government.
Northwest
Butte, Mont.-Three boys, william
Harrington, William Nevin and John
Gilmore of this city, were drowned In
a reservoir when a raft on which Gil
more was riding overturned and Har-
ringtOn and Nevin treid to rescue him.
Ottawa-That $4,000 negroes from
the Northwestern part of the United
States are likely to settle in Alberta
and Saskatchewan, is commended by
Archbishop George w. Washington,
noted negro clergyman Of Butte, Mont,
and Edmonton, Can.
Dubuque, Iowa-Shotgun brigades
of citizens and officers of the peace
are being. organized in this part OF
the state to stop thieves, particularly
bank robbers. The Iowa Bankers as
sociation has announced its belief that
at least three gangs Of bank robbers
have worked in the state recently.
Winnipeg, Canada-Miss Alice E.
Wilson of Ottawa, the first woman ever
sent out by the geological department
of the Canadian government, Is max
ing a 2OO-mile trip by rowboat down
the shores of Lake Winnipeg to collect
fossils She is accompanied by Miss
Ruth Anderson, a young school teach
or who was graduated last year from
Royal Victoria college, Montreal.
Personal
New York;. H. Grim, said to be
president of a bank at Philippi, w. Va,
died at a hospital here from opium
poisoning, according to physicians.
Memphis, Tenn.-John Etheridge
Mccall, United States district Judge
for western Tennessee since 1905, died
at his home at Huntington.
New York-Deportation proceedings
against Ludwig c. A. Martens, unrec-
ognized ambassador from soviet Rus
STA to the United States, are postpon-
ed indefinitely. Resumption of the
hearing will be at the call of the gov
eminent.
San Francisco--Carl Haessler, for
merly of Milwaukee, who had been inn
prisoned since the early days of the
war as a conscientious ObjectOr was
released from the military prison on
Alcatraz island here on pardon from
President Wilson. Haessler originally
was imprisoned at Leavenworth, Kan.
Foreign
Helsingfors, Finland--Russia and
Finland have agreed upon armistice
conditions at Dorpat.
Helsingfors, Finland-Russia and
Finland agreed upon armistice condi-
lions at Dorpat on Wednesday.
treaty of peace were exchanged today
at the Quai D'Orsay by representa-
tives of the Bulgarians and the Allies.
Berne-The Congress of the Worlds
Student Christian federation has OPEN
ed at Beatenberg, above Lake Thun.
A hundred delegates, representing A
were present John r. Mott
of New York represents the United
States.
Dublin-Street fighting, in which
one civilian was killed and an.
other was wounded, was caused by the
refusal of group Of civilians to dis
perse when called upon to do so by an
armed patrol, says an official state
ment on the incident
London-The German reichstag has
passed the disarmament bill and ad-
journed until the middle of October,
says a wireless dispatch received from
Berlin, but means have been taken to
reasselnble the house earlier, should
political events necessitate.
London-Miss Dorothy Cook, one of
the party Of English merchants who
have just returned from tour of the
United States, inspecting the large re-
tail stores of the cities, was rather
overawed" by the immense size of the
stores, particularly in the West and
Middle West.
Madrid-Count De Salvatierra, for
mer civil governor of Barcelona, is
dead as a result of wounds received in
Valencia, while riding in a carriage
with his wife and his sister-in-law, the
Marquise De Lejares. The marquise
was killed instantly and the countess
badly wounded.
Paris-The situation in Mesoptamia
continues serious, says Havas dis
patch from Beirut. British detach-
ments on the Euphrates are falling
back and the garrison of Divanieh,
situated on the right bank of the riv-
er about IS miles southeast of Bagdad
has been cut off.
Mexico City-Forty-eight cases of
typhus are reported in San Pedro de
las Conlonias, state of Coahuila, were