The Ordway new era., 1920-08-27
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
N"tfh NGNFpHl
WESTERN

from Missouri TO Oregon seventy-three
years ago, is dead-at Salem, Ore. He
was born in Missouri in 1882 and ac-
rompanled his family west in 1s41.
Confirmation of the diagnosis of the
eighth case of bubonic plague which
has occurred at Galveston, Texas, has
been announced by the United States
Public Health Service surgeons. An
pther case is under observation.
Official returns from the Kansas
statewide primary show ]. b. Billiard,
Democrat and former mayor of Tope-
ka who advocated beer Ind light
wines, won the nomination for Con-
rress in the First district.
Clyde G. Johnston, Police Court
clerk of Los Angeles. who reported
that the safe in the court room had
been broken open and $4,000 in bail
money taken, was arrested on charge
Of embezzlement and lodged in the Los
Angeles county jail. Bail was fixed at
$4,000.
Christian II. Van Knuth, an Omaha
real estate dealer, who had declared
himself to be Danish count, but who
was naturalIzed an American citizen
several months ago, died in hospital
after he had been shot by Milton w.
Armour, manager OF a grill in proml-
nent Omaha hotel.
conspiracy through which liquor
worth S360,000 was fraudulently taken
from bonded warehouse at Owens
boro, KY, was revealed by raid in st.
Louis in which n deputy constable and
ten others were arrested after police
and government agents had recovered
1876 cases of whisky valued at Sl95, 900.
The Nebraska Railway Commission
declined TO Increase wages Of Omaha
street car men. The commission held
present compensation was sufficient to
attract enough men 10 maintain eff
cient service and that an increase
would make higher fares necessary. AT
present motormen and conductors re-
ceive from SO TO IS cents per hour.
C. A. Sanborn and David Libel, pro-
prletors of tailoring company, were
arrested In San Francisco on complaint
of r. Knorr of the San Francisco Ad-
'Citishk NSihO
tised falsely. asserting that they had
bought $4,000 worth OF woolens from
a certain manufacturer when the pur-
chase actually was but $500 worth.
Kansas raised the second largest
wheat crop in its history this year, and
the corn crop promises to he the larg-
est in the last five years, according to
the monthly crop report OF the State
Board OF Agriculture based on a can
vass made Aug. II. A total wheat
yield of 147, 900. 900 bushels and n pro-
duction of 127 .9OO, 600 bushels OF corn
was estimated in the report.
WASHINGTON
Increased consumption OF rnisins in
the United States since prohibition is
believed to account for the 1,4OO per
cent increase in ralsn imports frcm
Spain during the first six months OF
1920. Nearly s,OO0,0OO pounds were ex-
ported from Malaga, exceeding the to-
tai exports from that port from 1913
1919 inclusive.
THE famine price of white paper
has forced the American Red Cross to
discontinue publication OF the Red
Cross magazine, IL was announced In
Washington.
Distribution TO railroads of nearly
20O,00O,OOO was recommended to the
interstate commerce commission In the
final report of the Association of Rail.
way Executives on the applications OF
the various carriers for loans from the
t300,000,000 revolving fund created by
The transportation act.
appointment of Lewis ]. Bailey as
Assistant director OF the federal bureau
Of investigation, succeeding Frank
Burke, resigned to join the shipping
board, has been announced by Auor.
ney General Palmer. Mr.. Bailey has
oeen in charge of the Atlanta office
Of this bureau.
Contingents of the United States
army are being maintained In Ten
widely separated sections OF the
world. Out of a total strength of 2O3
B70, units in continental United States
comprise 153,0O0; in the Philippine.
roughly 10000; Germany, 1880; Ha
wall, 1900; Panama, 1850; Porto Rico
1900; China, 1900; Alaska, 800
France, 1888; and England, thirteen.
High praise of the part which Amer
lcan farm boys are playing In agrI
cultural progress was voiced by Secre
.ary Meredith in an address to a
delegation of lbs Texas farm boys, Wis
lting Washington on 5,Oo0-mlie trII
Of inspection thru the United States
Establishment of regular air serv
zee between Copenhagen, Hamburg
Amsterdam and London, PRACTICAL,
has been agreed upon by Danish, Ger
man, British and Dutch aero compan
les, according to advices from Berlif
to Washington. -Four trips q week are
planned.