The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-09-24
WORLDS NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

The mine workers policy commit
tee ut Wilkes-Barrc, Pa, voted 10 end
the strike of anthracite miners.
A Vera Cruz dispatch says that a
fire worked Il damage of more :han
81. 100000 in the TampicO oil area.
II is officially announced at Rome
that the total number of persons killed
in the recen earthquakes was Ia.
Liquor bandits. in two raids on
warehouses at Chicago. escaped with
WHISTLES and rare wines totaIing $751;
coo in value.
Thomas l.. Wilson Of Chicago was
reelected president of the Institute
Of American Meat Packers at Allan.
tic city, y. j.
Many Koreans and japanese police
have been killed i'm attacks by Koreans
on the police. according TO press mes
Sn@cs received ut Tokyo.
Announcement vas made by the
Charleston Gazette at Charleston, w.
Va. That it has increased the price of
the laily issue from 3 10 > cents.
4 general strike of all seamen on
Canadian lake steamers has apparent
~ paraIyZed Canadian shipping
through the Sault ste. Marie locks.
Lieut.. Haven Spencer, L. $. A., was
Killed when his plane crashed into a
Tree as he attempted 10 land after an
exhibition flight at NOrthiicld. Mass.
The American Legion announced 1T
New York the formation of plans to
moh.lizc lis forces throughout the
country for a war against the high cost
o. living.
Great throngS Witnessed the launch
inG at Bilboa, Spain. of the trans-At-
lantic liner Alfonso MI, the first
steamer of more than 1900 tons EVER
built IN Spain.
Population figures issued by the
censlIs bureau at Washington give
Polk county, Iowa. including Des
MoincS, 154,O29, an increase Of A. 1881,
or 30 per cent.
Owing 10 a decrease in freight offer
incS, the shipping board announced the
tying up of seven steel vessels of IbOut
$4,000 lightweight tons, according to Il
Washington dispatch.
Exclusion OF all Japanese ilmmi-
grants was urged in a resolution adopt
ed unanimously by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, holding their annual
c%ncampmcnt at Washington.
The American Shipbuilding COM
p0ny has been authorized by the ship
ping board at Washington to sell ten
tons each for transfer to foreign reg
iStry.
reversing his former opinion on
woman suffrage. Cardinal Gibbons at
baltimore, Nd. urged all women Of
the nation TO vote. not alone because
il was their right but because it was
their duty.
Warning against the purchase of
patent motor fuels and other products
advertised as having been tested and
approved by the bureau Of mines, was
given in Il statement issued by that bu-
ut Washington.
Consent for Austria to spend with
out restriction the recent credit of
100000 pesos given her by Argentina
has been accorded by the interallied
PREPARATIONS commission, according to
a Vienna dispatch.
An official autopsy was held at Par
Is on the body OF Miss Olive Thomas,
American moving picture actress. and
revealed that her death was due to
mercurial poisoning. No trace Of vi
olence was found.
\ Chicago dispatch says that appar-
emily the official canvass will be ueces
Sary to determine the result of the hot
test fight for United States senator and
governor that Illinois ever has @ in
the Republican party.
A Tokyo dispatch says that Lieu
tenant Ramada and four members of
the crew Of the japanese cruiser
Haruna were instantly killed when a
shell being placed in one Of the heavy
guns prematurely exploded off Hoko-
kaldo. One petty officer and nine sail
orS were fatally injured.