Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-22
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\, Superior ! Wis. Dec 22;-IIarry ,.is
Markie, alleged, to have been in1plf.s
Gated In the Abraham pool hall hold.
up November 5, when $2,5I D. in cash,
and much more In. jewelry was Nob-
tained, !, was released from custody.
yesterday by order from Judge ,Solonl
L. Herrin- " Y; p Edttths u Wahl, 22-year-old
tempted TO gam Narkles release bys
cites, sis stilt q the county Jail watt
ing trial. e ts
: Superior, Wis. II Dec. 22.-Despite
binding SHOWS of last nights blizzard,
Superior experienced it's first snow
storm OF the season without nishap.
Street car service was hampered by
cars being delayed from ten to
twenty pinutess but at $3.50 p. m.
snowploWs were placed on all lines
and by midnight service was normal.
1t was the first time this winter that
the traction company. was forced. to
use snowplows.
Only about one half inch of snow
fell but it Is badly drifted.
~ Lethbridge, Alta, Dec.$22.-Thomas
Bassonf, convicted of murder, was
hanged at the Jail here today at 6:04
a. M Just before the trap dropped
Bassoff shouted:
Goodbye, everybody" H.
He was convicted of the murder of
Corporal Usher of the Canadian
mounted police and Provincial Con-
stable Bailey in a gun fight between
the police and Basoff's bandit gang
in Bellevue last August.
| Hastings, Mimi, Dec. pa jury
in the case. of Joseph Pleskalt,
charged with the murder OF his wife,
! katherine Pleskalt, returned q YER
idiot Of not guilty this morning in dis
trict court before Judge w. L. Con-
verse.
Katherine Pleskalt disappeared on
the night of -Julys3 and on September
s26 her body, was found in a swamp
near South st. Paul.
4 Ciarksburg, W. Va, Dec. 22.-Sia
Thousand children of the Clarksbure
public schools have donated five tons
4 Of foodSto the ,Clarksburg orphans
4 home as a Christmas gift. Donation.
included apples, oranges. potatoes ane
canned goods.
4 Mexico City, Dec. 222.-Alberto J
i Pani expects to leave for Washington
the first week in January to ASSUME
the duties of Mexican ambassador t.
ithe United States, says the Excelsior
His appointment to this office, thu
newspaper says, has: been. ratified b!
\ the Mexican senate,
4 Rome, Dec. o1.--King Victor sEn
I, manuel togay3 signed, the treaty 70
= Rapallo. Atg the sa me. tirns he add dress
} led greetings tos the Julian and Vene
A tian populations ana declared tha
consciousnesssf Of victory and; IA jus
J lpeacesmust reunite all Italians In high
er discipline, in order that the countr,
!. might be- assured of a future worth,
of her past. vi III.
! Washington, Dec -Presiden
Wilson went window shopping on %"E|
street yesterday, viewing the Christ
mas crowds and the brightly decorat
7 ed shops from an open automobile
Accompanied :. by Mrs. Wilson, th
presidentwas driven slowly down on
. side OF the street, which is tie mali
artery q the capitals shopping dis
Z trict and back up the other, few. II
: the hurrying crowds of shoppers rec
4 ognizing the chief executive.
London, Dec ga Central New
dispatch from Helsingfors, Finland
under Tuesdays date says that severa
hundred persons were killed or in
iured in a railway accident near Petro
grad, The accident was due, it is stat