The state herald., 1920-07-02
GENERAL

Two proved eases OF bubonic plague
have been discovered In the republic
Of Salvador. The Central American
nations are declared to have ordered n
quarantine against Salvador.
Suit TO recover inheritance and In.
come taxes Of so,OO0.O0O paid from the
estate Of Mrs. Potter Palmer have
been filed In Chicago by Honore and
Potter Palmer, Mrs. Palmer's sons.
An announcement has been made
that the marriage OF Miss Helen Taft,
daughter OF Mr. md Mrs. william,
Howard Tnft, to Frederick ]. Manning
will take place At Murray Bay. Can.
ada, July II.
Between $2,O0O,OO0 and S4OOO.OOU
damage was done to corn, tobacco and
cotton crops BY haIlstorm which
swept Wayne, Pitt, Lenoir and Greene
counties IN North Carolina. The grow.
ers declare little Of their crop can be
saved.
Operating revenues Of the Southern
Pacific Company and proprietary com.
pnnies for 1919, as disclosed In the an.
nual report published In New York,
amounted TO S::s9.657.o7a an Increase
Of SIS, S,0iG,0G6, or 6.li per cent over ;hc
preceding year.
President Lowell has announced gifts
to Harvard during the year totaiing
SS,'c.a,6i5. This amount does NOT IN.
rlude sums less than s.0.OD0, ar picdg.
cs. Total subscriptions To the pro.
posed endowment fund OF sl5,2.50.0oC
ha"r cached si2,l57,i0i.
Allan i. Ryan. chairman OF the Siuis
Motor Car Company, who became In.
,olved In n controversy with officials
of the New York Stock Exchange ut
the time II wns alleged u corner exist.
ed In S,ntz, has been expelled from the
exchange. according to mn announce.
meni 10y the board Of governors.
Five workers who had refused 10
Join II strike Of Inschlnists aud un.
skilled isborsrs. 4 woman and three
children mlraculously escaped death at
Waterbury, Coma, when Z bomb was
hurled through the window of On. Of
the sleeping rooms, blowing out all the
windows In the house and demolis ishins
one side Of the structure.
A record In collecting fines for yIo.
lation Of The volstead act was made Ia
New York when $4,000 WAS taken
from barienders and ssioonkeepers In
penalties Of from SIS to $3.50 each. re.
Gently. Federal Judge Hand offered "a
let off with fines MI first offender.
who would plead guilty to violation,
prior TO June s. when N. srprm,
court declared the prohibition meas
urc constitutional.
Frank de Il. Storey, New y0rl
lnwyer. convicted Of crlmlnnlly rrcciy,
Ing several thousand dollars worth ol
stolen securities, was sentenced to SIN,
Sing prison for two and onc,lnlf /,
five y.nrs nj hard labor. Storey, lie
scribcd ~ u "Dr Jckyi aud Mr. Hyde,
who associated with honest men b,
dny and crooks by night. nuiomniirnil,
N barred from prs"ticing his pro'.s
,&Sf6B-.s stt.>"eS ..st 49,
Since the beginning Of the worl,
var In 1914. the United States hai
rolled ap u trade balance Of approx
mnieiy $1,000. .000,000 against III,
world This exceeds by several hil
Hons of dollars the total balance II
fn,or Of the United States from isD'
10 1914,
After experiments lnsllng over ~
riod of three months, the Snmscot
company of Iiopewcll, Va, nnnounce,
Tint new process Of making phpei
rulp from cotton fiber had been ,leycl
opel mud Tint manufacture ~ Tho pulr
Ia quantities. would bo aiurisd snnu.