The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1920-10-28
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Washington-Five old style warshlps
and Is miscellaneous vessels are to be
offered for sale by the navy depart
ment by competitive bidding.
Washington-Thea application of the
railroads for authority to increase de-
murrage charges on five days notice
was denied by the interstate commerce
commission.
Neutrality-suspicious. for filling
postmasterships in first, second and
is made in an executive order an
nounced by the Civil Service commits
sion.
Washington-Charge that concert
ed measures to undermine the author
ity of Premier Venizelos and restore
former King Constantine to the Greek
throne are being taken by Greeks in
foreign countries were made in state
ment issued here by the Greek lega-
ton.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the
resources of soviet Russia and exhaus-
ton of the patience of it's people give
promise of enough internal weakness
to make the position Of General Wran-
gel, anti-Bolshevik leader, most favor
able, according to, a report received
here in official circles.
n-Achievements of Amer
lean Intervention in Haiti will have
been lost" unless military occupation
of the country is continued "a great
many years." Rear Admiral Harry S.
Knapp, recently sent to Haiti at the
request of the state department to
study conditions, declared in a state
ment made public here.
Washington - Three members Of
President Wilson's cabinet are plan
ming to give up their places Immediate
ly after election. They are Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Attor-
ney General A. Mitchell Palmer and
Postmaster General Albert S. Burle-
son. The designations, it is stated,
will be submitted, no matter what the
outcome of the election.
Washington-Permits for the with
drawal of Intoxicating liquors from
bonded warehouses must be certified
to state prohibition directors before
they are honored under an order issued
by Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Williams. At the same time the COM
missioner announced that all permits
to purchase Intoxicating liquors of any
kind for any purpose hereafter issued
shall not be in force to exceed thirty
days after date of approval. The only
exception are permits to purchase by
physicians of the homeopathic or the
eclectic schools.
Sporting.
Akron, Ohio-Benny Leonard, light
weight champion, outpointed Johnny
Tillman, st. Paul welterweight, in 10
round bout here.
Scranton, Pa.-Hughey Jennings,
former manager of the Detroit Amer
lean league baseball club, denied re-
ports he is to manage the New York
Americans.
St. Paul-Partridges are as numer-
GUS in the 1tasca State park game re-
fuge, where they are protected even
during the hunting season, that one
runs over them with an automobile or
buggy, C. M. Roberts, superintendent
of the park, said.
Domestic
Trenton, N. J.-Crashing into the
bridge spanning Grophs lake, three
brothers were killed when their motor
cycle and sidecar mounted the iron
supports of the bridge and plunged
into the lake.
San Francisco-Conviction of 80
members of the I. w. w. in Sacra-
mento in January, 1919, on charge Of
conspiring to violate the draft and
espionage acts, was upheld by the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeals.
New York-Shipbuilding in the Uni
ted States, which led that Of England
by 1881, 900 gross tons early this year,
has fallen behind in the quarter ending
Sept 30, by 100000 gross tons, &C.
cording to figures made public by
Lloyds register of shipping.
New York-The 1921 ton British
steamship Minnekahda, which has
been running in the Atlantic transport
service, is to be transferred to the
American flag. The ship, now a
freighter, will be equipped to carry
5000 third class passengers.
Chicago-Contracts have been let
for the Immediate construction Of a
new $6,OO0,00O postoffice terminal for
parcel post and transient mail in con-
junction with the new union station
here Contractors say it will require
rS months to complete the building.
Milwaukee-Prohib agents from
Milwaukee seized carload of whisky
on the Wisconsin side of the Illinois
Wisconsin state line. The shipment is
being held pending investigation of
whether or not it is legal.
Chicago-Mailing notice of raise
in rent is not sufficient to force the
tenant to pay the increase or vacate,
Judge Moran of. the municipal court
ruled here.
New York-Federal prohibition en-
forcement agents seized 400 barrels of
wine valued at $125, 900 at the whole