The Glenwood post., 1921-10-15
FOREIGN

| German casualties in the war were L.
B0s.545 killed and 4.247,143 wounded,
including cases returned on the
| wounded list more than once.
Sir Ernest ShackletOn and his party
have arrived ut Lisbon on board the
| vessel Quest, which has been damaged
W heavy storm off the west coast
Of Portugal. Ii is recalled that when
the Quest started out from England Oh
| It's voyage Of exploration to the Ant
arctic, dispatches from London stated
there was not IL "single able-bOdied
| seaman in its crew"
Damaged by one vessel In Q dense
| fog off the southwest coast of Scot
| land and then sunk by another coming
| to its aid, was the fate Of the Laird
line steamer Rowan, plying between
| Glasgow and Dublin. Thirteen of the
Rowan's crew and three passengers
| are missing. Two passengers died aft
err being rescued by vessels which re-
| sponded to the wireless S. q. s. call.
Weakness In the transverse Orders
| of the dirigible ZR-2 had been revealed
| long before the fatal flight when two
| score British and American air sailors
were killed, the coroner declared in
summarizing the testimony given at
| the inquest Weakness in the trans
verse Orders had been shown in tests
| in May, said the coroner. He based
his declaration upon evidence intro
duced from experts in the form of de-
| positions.
| The American freighter West
Comak, bound wiOh cargo from San
| Francisco for Glasgow, rammed the
Laird liner Rowan, Il Glasgow Dublin
night passenger boat, in a thick fog
off Corsewallpoint, Scotland near the
mouth of the river Clyde. While the
| Comnk was lowering its boats TO aid
the stricken ship. third steamer, the
Clan liner Clan Malcolm, from Glas
| gov for Natal, South Africa, sped out
| of the fog in answer to an S. o. S. call
and crashed amidships of the Rowan.
which sank a minute later. Thirteen
members Of the Rowan's crew and
three passengers were lost.
GENERAL
| Eight children were seriously in
jured when flying swing device at the
fair grounds at Brockton, Mass. gave
way, throwing one of the swings into
the crowd. The children We're taken
to hospital and several other per-
sons were treated at an emergency
station.
Walter Bernard Sullivan, 80, part
owner of the Charlotte, n. c.. OBJ
server, died in his hotel apartment
after a brief illness. A widow and a
young daughter survive him He went
to New York a few days ago. on his
way home from Denver. Colo. to see
the world series. ..
Ray " McGraw, formerly vice pres
ident and general manager of the Mis-
souri, Valley Cattle Loan Company Of
Omaha, which was declared bankrupt
some time ago, has surrendered to the
sheriff on indictments, one of which
charged embezzlement of 100000 of
he company's funds.
Flying at the rate of 141 miles an
hour, Il flying boat, piloted by Clifford
Webster, completed trip of 1873 miles
from Aberdeen, Md, to Fort Washing
ton, N Y, in so minutes without Il
stop. A speed of 1855 miles an hour
| was maintained between Philadelphia
and the Battery, New York.
Every Kiwanian in the United States
was urged to add one more employe
to your payroll this winter" to aid in
solving the unemployment problem. by
Harry Karr of Baltimore, international
| president of Kiwanis clubs, in an adj
dress before the meeting of the Penn
syivania district at Pittsburgh, Pa.
More than $l,OOO,OOO week MAS
| spent on the highways in Ohio during
the past summer, beginning the later
part of June. Vouchers fn: Il total OF
| SI,161 ,5O4 were paid out by the Ohio
Highway Department for work ho''r
between June Is and July !. This =
| the largest amount ever spent In that
| short period of time since tile depart
ment was organized.
The State Bank of Muncle, KANSAS.
was robbed recently, and in an tx
| change of shots between the robbers
and bank officials, ii is reported, l.. +.
WOrthington, cashier OF the bank, WAS
shot. Telephone wires between Kan
sas City and, Muncie We're cut, pro-
sumnbly by the robbers.
A broken engagement and the an
yOunccment that her promised fiance
Gns preparing to marry another girl,
led to the fatal shooting of Boyd Rid
niger. -, farmer, of Bradley's Ferry,
near Lead Hill, Ark. Miss Allie Stin-
nett. II, his former sweetheart, in the
scuffle for the gun, was shot in the
thigh Hldinger died four hours after
the shooting Miss Stinnett surren-
dcrcd to the police.
Directors of the Associated Dress
Industries of America bowed to the
decision of Partisan designers and in