River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-08-12
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washington
Washington Franklin d. Roosevelt,
democratic nominee for vicepresident,
has retired from his duties.
| hington-Imports of food stuffs
| into the United States during the ifs
| cal year Just ended, increased by more
than 6SO,000,000 over 1919, while ex-
| port of foodstuffs in 1920, show de-
crease of more than $360,000,000.
Washington-A forestry and print
paper conference will be held at New
| London, N H., Aug. "a, 25 and rs, it
was announced here by the American
| Forestry association. Both the United
| States and Canada will be represent
| ed
Recommendation that
| minimum age of 16 years be set for
the entrance of children into industry,
is made by the permanent committee
| of standards of physical fitness for
| children entering employment, in a re-
| port made public.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will be per-
mitted, under ruling of the inter
L
for collection claims for reparation
against railroads for loss of consign-
ments. The commissions ruling is in
accordance with a recent decision OF
the supreme court.
| Washington-Regu governing
application of revenue laws with re-
spect to stock dividend taxes have
been issued by the bureau of internal
revenue. The new Interpretation OF
| the law was made necessary by the de-
cision of the United States supreme
court which held certain sections OF
| the law invalid.
Washington-The commercial traffic
through the Panama canal set new
record in the fiscal year ending June
| 80, according to official reports. A to-
| tai of FATS commercial craft with an
aggregate tonnage of S,545,000 made
the transit paying more than $S,S00,00O
in tolls and other charges. All ex
penses of operation and maintenance
will not exceed $6,650,000, the report
said, indicating surplus of $2,150,000
This is nearly five times the previous
record surplus.
Sporting
Columbus, Ohio-Gaston Chevrole
set a new worlds record for 100 miles
over dirt track here when he covered
the century without stop in SO min
utes and % seconds. The former rec
ord of 81 minutes and 80 seconds was
set by Tom Alley at Minneapolis in
1914.
st. Paul, Minn.-Miss Eleanor Light
ner of St Paul won the. Minnesota wo'
mems state golf championship for 1920
by defeating Miss Elizabeth Dean, al
so of st. Paul, six up and five to play
| in the final round of eighteen holes
! over the Town and Country Club
| course.
| New York-A second transcontinen
| tai airplane race over a southern route
| is planned for the winter by the Areo
| Club of America, it is announced. The
proposed course is from New York to
Los Angeles, via the gulf states and
| the southwest The first race will be
| in October from New York to San
Francisco.
| neapolis-While "Bill' Miske is
swapping punches with Jack Dempsey
| at Benton Harbor, Mich, for the
| heavyweight championship of the
| word on Labor day, John Tillman, the
| Minneapolis welterweight, and anoth
| err member of Jack Reddy's stable OF
| fighters, will get his chance at title
| in Cleveland, Ohio. The st. Paul man
ager and matchmaker announced that
the fight had been arranged. The bat
tie with Britton will be held at the
| Cleveland ball park, and is expected
to prove one of the most attractive
cards ever offered in the Ohio metro
polls.
Domestic
Rome-The Pope, it is announced
has conferred the Order of st. Sylves
ter upon John MacCabe of Superior
Wis, diocese.
Raleigh, n C.-The bureau of vital
statistics has announced the death at
Big Laurel, Madison county, n. c., OF
Miss Dorcas Griffin. at the age of III
She was, born ON March 20, 1903, ac'
cording to the family Bible record.
San Francisco-The second lap OF
the long sea journey from Siberia to
Petrograd was undertaken recently by
1872 refugee Russian children when the
Japanese liner Yomel Marue, chartered
by the American Red Cross and desig-
mated as the "Children's Ark weighed
anchor in San Francisco bay and
steamed for the Panama canal
Harrodsburg, Ky.-Announcement is
made of the sale of the old Jordan dis
tillery, this city, and 100000 gallons of
whisky to George Lee and other New
York capitalists for $769,347. The dis