The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-05-27

II mas been learned, Is negotiating for
another loan in this country.
Chicago-Stock in the. League OF
Nations" at $40 a share was sold them,
several persons told department OF JUS
tice agents.
Lewiston. Maine-The Bates college
debating council has accepted the chal-
lenge OF Oxford university for a joint
debate in England, June is.
East st. Louis, Hl.-Rev. Guy Kyle
was sentenced to Is years imprison-
nent and fined $4,000 in federal court
here when he pleaded guilty of rob-
bling the mails Of $3.50, 900.
New York;. H. Thomas, secretary
Of the British union of r~ailwaymen,
was greeted with a hostile demonstra-
ton by a group calling themselves the
Irish American Labor league.
Omaha-Warren p. Kite, air pilot,
was killed instantly at Grand Island,
Neb., when, before his wife and sew
eral thousand spectators, he was
forced to leap from his plane at q
height of 500 feet.
Detroit-Mrs. Elizabeth Lewen, So
years old, was charged with the muir
der OF Max Ernest, a 6-year-old boy
who disappeared from his home last
Wednesday, and whose body was found
in a marsh early today.
Tuscola, Il.-Warrants were issued
here for the arrest OF John Quirk,
cashier of the Arcola State bank at Ar
cola, Ill.,. ear here, and for his father.
M. T. Quirk, vice president, after the
bank had been closed by State Bank
Examiner Whitlock following a report
ed shortage of $500, 00O.
Chicago-Members of the I. w. w.
admitting that $4,000 of their funds
disappeared when big Bill' Haywood,
their former leader, fed to Russia to
escape a 20-year prison term. declared
they have no hopes now that he will
return to America. We've got to get
busy now and raise SIS, 900 to make
good the bonds he jumped" said Ray
Marlin, l. w. w. secretary.
Northwest
Thompson Falls, Mont.-Mrs. Mona
May McCully, charged with the MUIR
der OF Leon Richardson, her son-in-
law, was found guilty Of murder in the
first degree by a jury here.
Chicago-A ring Of alleged automo-
bile thieves and whisky runners operat-
ing in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan
was uncovered here by officials of the
department Of justice. Fifteen alleged
ringleaders, including a deputy sheriff
from Kenosha, Wis. are under arrest.
Madison, Wis.-Complete pardon
was granted John F. Dietz by Governor
John J.. Blaine, restoring freedom to
the famous defender of Cameron
Dam" on the 10th anniversary Of his
conviction and sentence for the killing
OF Oscar Harp, a deputy sheriff on Oct.
8, 1910.
Anaconda, Mont.-Edward Hickey,
who made the first gold strike at the
Anaconda mine near Butte, is dead.
He was 70 years old. Hickey, former
ly the president of several banks, gold
mining companies and oil companies,
is said to have made and lost a dozen
fortunes. He is credited with having
located the Anaconda mine in 1866, be-
ing the first prospector in that locality.
Helena, Mont.-Chin Quong, said to
be the oldest and wealthiest Chinese in
the United States, has left for China,
where he will spend his final days.
Chin is said to be ITO years old, and,
according to banks at San Francisco
through which he sent his money back
to China for deposit has at least
81 1000, 600 or deposit in his native land.
He accumulated his fortune in the
sheep and cattle business in Montana,
Idaho and Wyoming.
Foreign
San Jose, Costa Rica-Congress has
ratified the agreement by which Costa
RIGA becomes a member of the Cen
trail American union.
London-Commander V. S. Jackson,
U. S. N, the last member Of the Amer
lean Expenditionary Forces in London.
sailed for New York on the AQuitania.
Riga Moscow radio message says
navigation in the Finnish Gulf, which
has been swept Of mines, will be
opened Immediately, permitting ships
to enter Petrograd and Kronstadt
harbors.
Brussells-A man alleged to be the
principal denouncer of Miss Cavell,
the English nurse who was executed
by the Germans, has been arrested at
Mons, the newspaper giving his name
as Armand Jeanne.
Havana - DR.. Alfredo Zayas will
break several precedents when he
takes the oath as president of Cuba.
He will take the oath at noon in plain
view Of the public on al open balcony
of the national palace.
Mexico City-The volcano Of Coli
main, in the state Of Jalisco, long mac
tive, is in eruption. Smoke and ashes
are coming from the crater and the
phenomenon is accompanied by strong
rumblings. The natives are fleeing.
Mexico City-Recognition has been
accorded the Obregon government of
Mexico by the Austrian republic. A