The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-10-27
THE WORLD

shot and killed two robbers and cap
tured a third in a pistol fight here.
London-Sir Ross Smith, British
airman who flew from England to
Australia last year, will attempt his
proposed flight around the world this
fall.
New York-German marks, con-
tinuing to make new low records,
We're approaching half a cen in
value last week. Preliminary quo
~tations varied from Sd to .55 cent.
observation-disclosures Blanke Ken
nedy of Wyoming was nominated by
President Harding to be United
States district judge for the Wyom-
ing district.
Philadelphia - Governor Sproul
has announced the appointment of
State Senator William E. Crow of
Uniontown as United States senator
to succeed the late Philander c..
Knox.
Austin, Texas-The Ku Klux Khan
as it is alleged to operate in Texas,
was held to violate the state consti-
tuition and the penal code, in an OPP
inion handed down by the attorney
generals department.
tIlNtSo " NIi5luld IldDpe, lllIl
star, for whose death Fatty" Ar
buckle is awaiting trial, left a daugh-
ter in Chicago who is ignorant of
her parentage, but who has been sup
ported since infancy by the earnings
of her mother.
Dallas-Turkeys for for Thanks
giving are going to be cheaper than
last year. Ben Albion, the turkey
king" of Texas, declared that accord
ing to present indications, turkeys
will be about IL cents lower per
pound this year than last.
Washington - Placement of disl
abled service men under conditions
that are criminal and relating to
slavery" was charged by Director
Forbes of the veterans bureau, in an
address at the first meeting of the
bureaus managers.
Chicago-A statement issued here
by the Illinois Manufacturers asso-
citation pledged the support of that
organization to the railroads Sin
their efforts to reduce rates through
a reduction of wages" and urged
that the public give its support fully
to the carriers.
Observation-Disclosures of Woodrow
Wilson and William Howard Taft,
as ex-presidents, have been placed
next to hat of President H%arding's
on the list of invited guests to the
ceremonies at Arlington, November
IL, when the American Unknown I
Dead will be honored. I
London-Oscar OLSON a Swede,
who has just returned from a 5000
mile trip through central Africa,
where he made moving pictures for
scientific purposes, declared that the
high cost of living is even 4 problem
in the jungles and that the price of
African wives has advanced from SIS
to Sc.
Observation-Disclosures of the
story of A. B. Burgess, negro, en-
ployed at Savannah, Ca, who claims
to be the father of 80 living children,
brought to light a celebrity in the
same line at this place, Jesse Jack
son, negro fireman. He has had nine
wives, eight of whom are dead, no
divorces, and II living children.
Chicago railway strike, expect
ed to tie up the transportation of
the country by November 2, has been
The first general walkout
will be October 80 on 16 roads oper-
ating in AZ states and having a
trackage of 73,471 miles. Workers
other lines will be ordered out in
three groups, one group each sue
ceeding day.
Warsaw-The greatest demonstra-
ton in Warsaw's history occurred
when more than $4,000 men and
workers paraded in protest
against the proposal of George Mich
alski, Polish minister of finance, to
amend the eight hour day to permit
two hours of voluntary overtime on
part of the workers.
New York-Mme. FRANCHISE Levas-
piesto of Grant City, Staten Island,
who gave the whole town something
% talk about when she celebrated her
one ~hundredth birthday, has again
stirred up a lot of excitement by dis
a letter proposing marriage
he received from a mar who gave 5
lis name as Frank Lindsey of Balti-
more, 103 years of age.
Grandview, Wash.-F. Z. Wad- :
lam has developed a new watermelon
which he considers SO good that he
S saving all the seed from his vines
intends to plant 500 acres to the
Yakima" variety next year. The
melon is round, weighing as :
as so pounds. Wadham, be-
ore coming to this state a year ago, :
crew melons in the south. :
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