The state herald., 1920-10-26
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
western Newspaper unlo, new. Service.

w. Il. Vanderbrake, druggist of
Rock Valley, Iowa, was murdered In
his store. A man, believed to be his
slayer, was seen to run from the store
after the shooting.
Five firemen were burned by explod-
ing paint and turpentinc and property
valued at 100000 was destroyed when
fire wrecked the plant Of the Texas
Wheel and Body Company at Dallas
Texas.
Angered because Miss Rosalind !
Reynolds, school ten cher In Chicago.
had reprimanded her son, Mrs. Car
mlla Rindonl visited the school and
shot the teacher twice. She will re-
cover Mrs. Rindoni was arrested.
A telephone conversation, over 400
miles of wire and wireless, establish
ing what was said to be worlds
record, was held between Avalon,
Santa Catalina Island, thirty miles Oft
Los Angeles harbor, and the steamer
CLIQUE, stcr, 200 miles off Philadelphia.
1ccoI ling to statements made at Los
An elcs.
Mrs. Maria Louisa Covlngton, CT, is
dead at Ogden, Utah, the result. physs-
CANS say. Of shock sustained when she
found her son lying in n pool Of blood
from self-lnflicted wound. The
mother became unconscious few min
utes nfter she found her son dying
her death taking place few hours
after her sons.
Charles Rowan. under Indictment for
fraudulent use OF the mails Mt NIL
wauloc. in an alleged "get-rich- quick
scheme. In which he advertised that
f0r nes could be made In deals
through him in guinea pigs and rab,
BITS, vas refused bnil OF $4,000 by
United States Judge +. L. Gelgcr,
when h. rendered the amount In cur
rency.
Fearing to leave any question ms to
the citizenship OF their expected child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Byam came
from Mon,cvldeo. Uruguay, TO Omaha,
and little Jocann first blinked hcr
eyes In an American hospital In that
city Mr.. Byam Is manager OF the
Morris Packing Company plant In
Ur'iguny and accompanied his wife on
the SOOO.milc trip. .-
Yhc tweniy-fIve-cent haircut has re
appeared nj Los Angeles. 1t hns been
absent for some time, while those
costing IS and 80 cents took Its place.
Its temperance was noted only In
Few IL those shops which had been
charging higher prices, but there It
wns predicted II soon would become
general again. With 1t reappeared
the fifteen-cent shave. -.
WASHINGTON
Attorney General Palmer has a.
pcnlei to the bituminous coal opef.
.'ors Of the country to reduce prices,
and conference Of the 1000 opsr.
ators Of the country to consider the re.
quirements has been chilled to be bold
at Cleveland. Ohio. p,
Members Of the National woman's
party will hold their annual conven.
ton In Washington. beginning Feb. IS,
and continuing SIX days. .Aiiss Alice
Paul, national chairman. nnnounccd.
approximately 800 delegates will be
called. the statement said.
Approval Of q proposal TO organize
n sico0oo0OO corporation TO finance
the naiion's foreign trade was given
by the American Bankers Association
In convention at Washington.
Brig Gen. John Biddlc VIII be re
tired NJ hls own request on Dec. 1,
when he will have served forty.thre.
yeas Ia the army und be eligible for
retirement, the War Department mn
nounced ut Washington.
The self.propciiinr steel barge Blrm
lnghnm hns been accepted by the gov.
ernmcnt representatives following d
trial trip and will leave on It's first
trip In the ST. LoulsNcw Orlpnns
service. The vessel Is of 1000 ton,
clpr lty.
The United States, according TO tn,
returns. spent So. .7o0,oO0ooo In ioi.
on luxurlcS. Eight hundred milliol
dollars went mp in cigarette smoke
Cigars burned up s5i0.0Oo.ooo. Jcwtlr,
cast s50O,000000. A round billion dol
hrs disappeared down the Grcn, Amer
lem acsophngus In the form Of candy
i'llnns. organs and monographs enter
tanned the people TO the tune OF $3.50,
100000. Automobiles cost $4,000. 900.
900.
Issuance Of treasury certificates o
Indebtedness TO the amount Of ut lens
$3.50 900 for the purpose Of facilltntlnl
loans 10 farmers was Advocated 10
fny hy George r. Hampton. managing
director OF tho Farmers Nntionn
Council. who said he bnd written :,
President Wilson seeking his co.opcrn
Ton.
Sweeping Investigation OF tho con
iu,t Of marines In Haiti. with refer
encc TO charges Of Illegal killings. Il
ordered In Secretary Daniels prccep
20 tho recently appointed court Of IN