The Ordway new era., 1920-07-16

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murder of Clyde Armour, was hanged
in the jail yard Mt Santa Fe. The
crime was committed October y, 1916.
Two weil-dressed boys held up the
bank of Waterloo, Seb., twenty miles
west of Omaha, bound and gagged
Cashier w. T. Stratton. robbed the
bank of $3.50 and escaped in an au-
tomobile.
Pure-bred cattle come high in Iowa.
the Angus variety near Otumwa, an av-
erage price OF s3,2l0 was paid for each
animal. "Elluna E." prize cow.
brought $4,000.
Fred CanafeI. an escaped negro con-
yict, was shot to death by mob Of
whites near Centerville, Mo-, yester-
day. Canafex is alleged to have as
saulted a daughter of Frank Simmons,
farmer residing near Ellington.
In n race riot in Denison. Texas, the
outgrowth of dispute between ne
gro and white boy, seven negroes were
beaten and injured by mobs of 200 or
more white men and boys. The trou-
BILE started over an argument at base-
ball game. None was injured seriously.
Francis II. Cook, aged 10, publisher
of the first newspaper In Spokane and
owner Of the first street eur In that
city, died there after lingering III
ness. lie was born in Marietta, Ohio
and came to the Northwest In 1871. He
left n widow and eleven grown chill
dren.
John Neff, 16-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Porter ]. Neff, fell out OF n
cherry tree at Medford, Ore, and wns
impaled upon the thinning shears
which had dropped out OF his hands,
one blade driving Into his chest and
piercing his lung. lie died an hour
later.
A force Of government hunters I'M
der direction of J. 8. Ligon and In
cluding J. s. Lilly, noted lion hunter,
has completed three weeks drive in
the Black range In western New Mex
leo. whereby they bagged fourteen
bear. five lions and two gray wolves.
This catch is said to be the largest
in several years.
Gertrude Kistler, 12-year-Old daugh-
ter of Sedgwick kistler Of Lock Haven,
Pa, a delegate to the Democratic ma
tional convention, was drowned In the
Merced River at Yosemite, Calf, and
Fl. ]. Pink of Los Angeles, who went
to her rescue, slipped on rock as he
entered the stream and fractured his
skull. death resulting instantly.
WASHINGTON
Brig. Gen. Frank 4. Hines, chief of
the Bureau of Transportation in the
War Department. has been designated
by Secretary Baker to head the inland
and coastwise waterways service, es-
tablIshed under the new transporta-
tion act.
Guided entirely by radio compass
signals, navy seaplane F-5-L left Nor
folk and flew ninety-five miles on n
"bee-line" to pick up the battleship
Ohio at sea, with no knowledge at the
time of taking the air of the vessels
location. The airplane then navigated
its return to Norfolk entirely by radio
compass.
Lord Abernon, the newly appointed
British ambassador to Germany, pre-
sented his credentials TO President
Ebert at Berlin. He declared that the
world crisis viii be overcome only by
general collaboration of which the
basis is maintenance OF firm, friendl,
alliances and strict execution OF tn,
peace treaty"
The United States must turn to ths
zll hal ~
ing and Nevada as sources OF oil sup
ply for the future, according. to Mar
tin J. Gavin, refinery engineer of tht
Bureau of Mines. "These states con
tain enormous deposits of oil shalei
which by proper treatment yield gas
oil, and also, II desired, ammonia, oi
value as fertilizer" said Mr.. Gavin
company of all claims arising out oi
federal operation has been announced
by the railroad administration, which
has agreed to pay the Spokane, Port
land 4 Seattle railroad S1,G0O,00O II
cnsh, the sum remaining after the bal
anclng of the claims of the railway
company against the government ant
of the government against the railroad
company.
The federal trade commission ha,
cited Montgomery, Ward & Co. Chica
go mail order house, in "A formal com
plaint of unfair competition In the sal,
of liquid roofing cement. The chnrg,
is made that false representations wer,
made by the company in its catalol
when liquid roofing cement was adver
tlsed as containing no coal tar. II i,
claimed IL did contain coal tar
Representative Dick l. Morgan oi
Woodward, Okla, died at DanyIlle, Ill.
from lobnr pneumonia. lie had repre-
scented the Eighth Oklahoma district In
Congress for The last twelve years.