Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-05-12
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council in the Turkish settlement
Washington. Nothing is accom-
plished but the birth Of another set
OF profiteers by the men joining the
overall wearing mania, said Miss
Florence King of Chicago, president
of the National Woman's Association
of Commerce, while here making plans
for the annual convention of the asso-
citation at Columbus in July.
Washington.-A bill giving the Sec
rotary of state right to license all
cable lines landing on American
shores was introduced by Senator
Frank B. Kellogg (rep. MIMI, who
said American cable communications
with South America were being ham
pered by a Brazilian grant to exclu-
sive rights to an English company to
operate cables in it's territory.
Washington-Forty thousand Amer
leans, who in the early days of the
world war enlisted in the British and
Canadian armies, have been dis
charged from the British reserve force
by an order issued by the British war
department, and made public by the
British embassy here. Although for
the most part repatriated and back in
their own country, these men were
carried on the British army list as re-
servists, subject to recall in case Of
emergency. j
Foreign
Madrid.-The Spanish cabinet, head.
ed by Allende Salazar, resigned. King
Alfonso accepted the resignation.
= Berlin.-Former King Ludwig has
returned to one of his castles in
Bavaria from Switzerland, where he
had lived since the revolution.
Paris-The supreme council may
continue as an international organiza-
tion composed of prime ministers, says
a London dispatch to the Temps. -.
Berlin-Minimum imports of food
and raw materials needed by Germany
total 21,5O0,000 tons for the coming
year, as compared with $4,000, 1000 tons
for 1913. r-f=s-. ..~.. -, -. <: {
sOttawa.-Sir George Foster inform.
ed the house Of commons that negotia.
tions toward appointment of Cana
dian diplomatic representative to the
United States are being conducted BY
the government. n 3 ~
London-The London Times says
that Elihu Root has been invited to
make the presentation OF the st. eau.
den's statute of Lincoln from the
American to the British people which
Is to be unveiled in June. T.
Christiania, Norway - The ice
breaker Sviatogor will leave Bergen
for the Kara sea, where it will attempt
to find the steamer Solovei, icebound
In the Arctic for the last two months.
Eighty persons are on board the Solo.
vel, and last accounts stated they were
in danger of ~perishing from cold and
hunger. - ~. =.
Paris-On the occasion of Niconai
Lenin's 50th birthday, the central so.
Wet of Petrograd decided to rename
the city '.Leningrad," Echo de Paris
learns from Stockholm. The former
Russian capital, originally named Pc
tersburg after Gear. Peter the Great,
and popularity called st. Petersburg,
was renamed "Petrograd" early III the
war, to eliminate the. German burg"
Domestic ~
New York.-Wililam4 Thompson
Price, IS years old, we'll known play
wright and author, died Of heart dis.
ease. h a,ss 81: .s
Cunning, Neb.-Ruth Taylor, 8
years old, and Ruby Moger, 7, school
girls, were killed by lightning today at
a schoolhouse near here. The building
was demolished. -a
Chicago-A double barreled investi-
cation was started against profteering
landlords by the federal authorities in
connection with alleged fraudulent in.
come tax returns - -
Cleveland.-A general opening wage
schedule, the highest ever paid, has
been adopted by the Lake Carriers as.
ISOLATION. In some cases the increase
amounts to 80 per cent. z...
Tulsa, Okla-Cliff W. Trice, city
fireman, was shot and killed instantly
in the street Of Ryan, Okla, by his
father, Robert Trice, deputy sheriff,
who mistook his son for an automobile
thief
Detroit. Ten Detroiters thought
they had solved the housing problem.
Then they discovered that the agent
who rented them houses had no au.
thority to do SO. Police are looking
for the "agent."
Carthage, Mo.-Property damage es.
timated at thousands Of dollars was
done by severe wind, rain and hail
storm here. Several buildings were
wrecked. Hail drifted to depth Of
three feet in some places.
3 ChtcagoAttenpts Of master bar
bers to increase the price Of hair cuts