Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-23
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geles, Cal, threw the city and its
suburbs into excitement, indirectly
caused number of injuries to men,
women and children and slightly dam
aged several buildings, chiefly old
ones, but none to great extent. An
unusually warm, sultry morning
called from some Of the citizens the
remark good earthquake weather" 1t
was said in Jest, and none was more
surprised than those who made the
remark when the first tremor came
at 1910 o'clock, July 16.
Galveston's (Texas) municipal Off
cialdom has found itself superseded
by members of the Texas militia with
the carrying into execution by Brig.
Gen. ]. F. VOTERS of orders issued
by the governor that city authorities
should be suspended and restrained
from interference with enforcement of
the states penal laws. This marks an
other chapter in the dock workers
strike. results of which brought about
martial law about a month ago.
The women of Kansas object to CIV
ing their ages in order to vote. Its
club men hold over the women to
prevent them from voting" one OF
them rises to remark.
The federal garrison at Nuevo La
redo, the Mexican town opposite La
redo, Texas, is sleeping on arms fol-
lowing receipt of demand for Its
surrender to anti-government forces.
Farley P. Christensen, a Salt Lake
City lawyer, a member of the commit
tee of forty-eight, was nominated as
the presidential candidate for the new
farmer-labor party by its convention
at Chicago. Christensen was chosen
on the second ballot.
Women's shoes will be prettier than
ever this fail, but jast as expensive
as at present, Frank P. Meyer, presi-
dent of the Illinois Shoe Retailers as
ISOLATION, said in addressing the or
ganization's annual convention al
Chicago. The price Of men 3 SEES
also will continue high, he said. He
declared the association planned to
fight profiteers and the luxury tar on
shoes and thus reduce prices
Mrs. James S. Pinkard Of Montgom-
cry, Ala, president Of the Southern
Women's Rejection league, wired Gov.
p. w. Clement, of Vermont, congratu-
lating him upon the stand he has TAX
en- in refusing to call a session of that
state for the purpose Of ratifying the
Susan B. Anthony amendment to the
federal constitution.
Fire caused by lightning striking an
oil tank of the Liberty Oil company
at New Orleans, La, destroyed the
tank and approximately 5000 barrels
of oil valued at approximately $4,000
When Mrs. Willis Graham, 26 years
old, of Greenville, KY, tried to stop
her 4.year-old son, Harold, from car.
rying loaded shotgun out of their
home near here, the child pulled the
trigger. The full load entered the
mothers breast, killing her instantly.
She had put down nursing infant to
restrain the child with the gun.
An unidentified man broke into
Field Marshal Hindenburg's house
and fired at the field marshal. The
bullet missed its mark and the man
escaped.
The right arm of man taken from
the Niagara river near the Canadian
Maid of the Mist" landing is believed
to be part of the body of George c.
Stephens of Bristol, England, who was
killed in an attempt to go over the
Horseshoe Fall' of the Niagara in
a barrel
Two drunken cows that had eaten
mash out of which moonshiners had
manufactured whiskey, which fell to
the ground in drunken stupor, led
to the discovery of large still on
the farm of John King near Durham,
N. c.
An American officer is reported to
have been killed in the recent street
fighting between Croats and Italians
during a Jugo-Slav nationalist demon
stration at Spalato, Dalmatia. The
only other fatality reported in the ad-
vices received at Trieste was an Ital-
ian.
Elias L. Torres, of 81 Paso, Texas,
who conferred on behalf Of the Mexi-
can provisional government with Fran
cisco villa, the rebel leader, with re-
gard to an armistice, has announced
that villa has modified his peace
terms and that Cancellation Is nov
likely