The Snowflake herald., 1921-09-16
CONDENSED REC ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DOiNGS, ACHIEVE
MENTS, SUFFERiNcS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
twestern Newspaper Union New. Service.

WESTERN
Mrs. Anna Margilette. so, killed her
= self at North Platte, Neb., by hang:ne
herself at the foot of her bed in her
daughters home, where she resided.
Bandits forced A. l.. Norman, drug
siSt of Des MOines, Iowa, to open his
safe and hand over nearly $1,000 in
cash. Norman had just closed his
store, but the bandits forced him TO
return and open the door.
A man believed to be Il. L. Williams
of Salt Lake City, tourist, was killed
and fifteen other persons were seri-
OuSly injured, several possibly fatally,
when Il sightseeing automobile was de
molished by an electric train at Saw
teIle, near Los Angeles.
Twelve men sentenced to Jail on
charges of gambling at Ottawa, Kan,
praised 'lady luck" when Sheriff Al
lison informed the court his Jail was
jam full" The court changed the
sentences to fines while the sheriff
prepared TO take vacation.
Two men were electrOcuted in a re
frigerating room at WoOdriver, ILL.,,
Willie working with an extension light
cord. 1t is believed thar the wire he
came overclsarged by stroke of light
niug during severe electric storm
Tie men are George Downey and Git
bert McMonigle.
RanSome j. Thompson was SEN
fenced to a term not to exceed fif-
teen years in the state penitentiary
after he had pleaded guilty TO two
counts charging grand larceny in the
misapprOpriation of $4,000 and $780,,
009 from George A. HORNED & Co.,
packers, ut Austin, Texas.
A thug went to the home of A. j.
Peterson postmaster at ToInillo, Tex,
first made friends with the watch dog
and tied him securely in a She'd then
went to the porch, where Mr.. Peterson
and his wife were asleep and stabbed
the postmaster over the heart After
choking Mrs. Peterson and hitting herr
in the face with Il gun, the man cs
capped. The postmaster's recovery is
doubtful. Mrs. Peterson said the thug
was a man who nursed IL grievance
against her and her husband.
WASHINGTON
A call to the executive committee
and council of the National WOman'S
party to meet in Washington, on the
same day that Congress recOnvencs
was sent out by Miss Elsie Hill, chair
man of the party.
Farm crops of the United States,
excluding forest, nursery and green
house products had total value o.
$14,755, ,35S, ,407 in 1919, the bureau OF
census announced The corresponding
value of crops in 1909 was 5,231, $50
6S3, the 1919 figure representing an in
crease of 1S2 per cent in ten years
The estate of Eugene Field, poet of
childhood, has been closed in Probate
Court in Chicago by the widow, Mrs
Julia Field, after pending for nearly
twenty-siX- years. The final report
shows the estate, tOtaling $10,31L74,
was divided between the widow, three
sons and two daughters of the poet
Only one bill was allowed, $3.50 for
pair of trousers, purchased by Field
in 1895.
President Harding has accepted the
honorary presidency of the Press Con
gress of the World, to be held in Hon
Olulu next month.
Prohibition officials will make no
attempt to keep the forthcoming dis
armament conference "dry," it was
announced officially at the treasury
department. Prohibition officials hold
that liquors for delegates to the dis
armament conference must be permit
ted because of diplomatic immunity,
and all recommendations of the state
department for permission for liquor
to enter the United States will have
the approval of the treasury depart
ment.
Preparations for advancing upwards
of $1O00,000.O00 in agricultural and
live stock credits under recent legisla-
tiOn have virtually been completed by
the War Finance Corporation. The
corporation probably will be ready
within q week to function. 70 expe-
dite the advances, executive commit
tees are being formed in agricultural
and stock raising sections and will at
tend to preliminary details of applca-
tiOns, making the necessary investiga-
tiOnS and determining the adequacy of
securities offered.
Detection of three additional eoun-
terfeit federal reserve notes, a $50
note of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, a $40 note on the Rich
mOnd. Va, Federal Reserve Bank and
SO note on the Federal Bank of
Boston, has been announced by the
Treasury Department.
Henry Ford has been invited to
by Secretary Weeks to come to Wash
ington at his convenience to discuss
with government officials his pro-
pOSal to purchase and lease the