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of Barney Oldfield, automobile racing
driver, died ut her home in Los Angeles
aged 66. She is also survived by hel
husband, II. c. Oldfield.
Clyde G. Johnston, Police Court
clerk of Los Angeles, who reported
that the safe in the court room had
been broken open and $24,0 900 in bail
money taken, was arrested on charge
of embezzement and lodged In the Los
Angeles county Jail.
Bird dogs from all parts of the Unit
ed States will be in Crookston, Mimi,
Sept. 8 for the All-American field trial
club events. Announcement has been
made by DR.. L. Benton King, secre-
tary of the club, that the field trials
will be In the vicinity of Crookston.
Mrs. Ellen O'Donovan MacNamara,
age 6S, of New York city, is dead at
Spokane, WASH, from injuries suffered
when she fell three stories through the
skylight of u hotel into the lobby. Mrs.
MacNamara, according to her two cOu-
sins, Miss A. Sullivan and Mrs. Flor
ence Sullivan, complained of illness
table to seek the hotel promenade, from
d. which she fell.
A few hours after Macedonia Esca-
lante, a house painter, touched power
wire that sent 1000 volts Of cleo
tricity through him at Phoenix, Ariz.,
all right in day or two. c. l.. Baker,
his foreman, saw him hanging from
the wire, smoke rising from one arm
As Baker ran to get help, Escalante
dropped to the ground five feet below
and was taken to hospital. He had
been painting the transformer house
of a cotton gin. Physicians declared
the voltage many times enough to kill
q man.
WASHINGTON
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 Attor-
ney General Palmer Mr.. Bailey has
been in charge Of the Atlanta office
of this bureau.
The Mexican government has noti-
fled the United States embassy at
Mexico City that urgent steps" have
been taken to secure the release of
several American citizens and other
foreigners kidnapped by the bandit
leader Samora, the state department
announced in Washington.
CanoraI DaI,,,n, h.. a.,
structed United States attorneys to in
vestigate alleged combinations and
conspiracies among dealers to increase
coal prices. Information obtained by
federal agents was said to show that
dealers through repeated resales had
raised prices, though avoiding direct
profiteering.
The campaign of the National Wo-
mans party for ratification of the
suffrage amendment has cost Sl50,000,
according to an announcement ut
Washington. Party officers estimated
at least $4,000 was spent to get the
thirty-siXth ratification, at least S10,-
900 OF which is yet to be raised
Letvia has been asked by the United
States TO recall Alfred Nagel, bearing
credentials as Letvian secretary of
legation. who is being detained at New
York by the immigration authorities.
II was stated officially that Nagel was
regarded as an undesirable resident
and would not be permitted to enter
the country. The reason was not given.
The first wireless message ito be
heard around the world" was received
by Secretary Daniels from the Lafay.
ette radio station at Bordeaux. France.
The message was the first sent from
the Lafayette station, the largest in
the world, just completed by the Unit.
ed States navy, and is undergoing of.
ticlal test before being turned over to
France
Production OF bituminous coal reach
I'd its 1920 peak during the week end
ed Aug 18th when the miners turned
out II, ,72S0O0 net tons The geological
survey. in making this announcement
made public figures showing produc
tlon OF bitumlnous coal since last
january LIST TO total 324,S7T 900 tons
which is 4S.250,000 tons greater than
the 1919 production at the same date
High praise OF the part which Amer
lean farm boys are playing in agri
cultural progress was voiced by Secre
tnry Meredith In an address to Il
delegation of 125 Texas farm boys, Wis
ting Washington on n 5,000-mllc trir
Of inspection thru the United States
Establishment of II regular air serv
ice between Copenhagen, Hamburg
Amsterdam and London, practically
has been agreed upon by Danish, Ger
man. British and Dutch aero compan
les, according to advices from Berlin
to Washington. Four trips week nrs