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GENERAL

GENERAL
Gen. J. J. Pershing. in addressing a
mass meeting In New York, to arouse
public sentiment for betterDent of hos
pltal conditions for wounded soldiers,
declared existing organizations for the
care of wounded veterans have failed
in their purpose.
A S5,000,000 clubhouse for women to
be used as a meeting place for New
York's 365 feminine organizations and
to be known as the Womans National
Club, will be built near Fifth avenue,
II was announced Mt n luncheon in New
York attended by members of the
board of directors. 1t will be "A fifteen
to twenty-two-story building.
Three hundred breweries are clam
oring for permits to brew medicinal"
beer under the recent ruling of the De-
partment of Justice, according to Fed
eral Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
lone or two breweries could manufac-
ture enough beer to meet the legiti-
mate medicinal needs of the entire
United States" Kramer said.
Warning that any person found on
Mexican soil with firearms would he
"shot on sight by federal troops, who
are seeking guerillas,' and an order
closing the border to American hunt
ers. was issued In Matamoras, opposite
Brownsville. The order and warning
was signed by General Lopez, COM
mander of the Matamoras garrison, fol-
lowing conference with Gen. Arnulfo
II. Gomez.
A worlds record for speedy con
structlon is claimed for the tanker Ag-
wihavre, built for the Atlantic, Gulf K
West Indies Transportation Company
and launched at Philadelphia at the
Sun shipbuilding yard at Chester-on-
the-Delaware. The vessel, 1294O dead
weight tons and 4S5 feet long between
perpendiculurs, was built In ninety-sev-
en- working days, which the company
says is n record for the size of the
ship.
Married In 1869, separated in 1874
seeking divorce in 1921 is the tragic
record of John Mentzer's marriage to
Elizabeth f. Mentzer. The case came
up for trial in the Superior Court at
Marion, Ind. The husband charges
abandonment
| Officials of the United States ship
ping board reported $4,000 had been
stolen from the safe of the bureau of
| investigation at Hog island, and that
they are of the opinion it was an "in.
side job" The safe showed no signs
of having been tempered with.
Emphatic denial was made Mt the
offices of the United States Steel Cor
poration in New York of published sto
ries that wage reductions of 20 per
cent and cuts In prices of iron and
steel products were contemplated by
the company. No policy on these ques
lions has been adopted, it was de
clared.
Three persons are reported dead and
| fifteen were said to have been injured
more or less seriously when an explo.
sion of sewer gas occurred in Youngs-
town, Ohio Police and firemep worked
feverlshly in an effort TO eNtricate the
wounded from the wreckage of the
building, which was occupied by two
families.
Everett Harding's attempt to climb
the family tree of President Harding
ended dlsastrously and brought him to
a cell in Chicago where he is being
held on charge of impersonating a
government officer. Harding, who is
20 years old, claims to be a cousin of
the President.
Enforcement of Sunday blue laws In
South Dakota, originally planned as a
statewide effort under direction of the
states attorney general, will be carried
out on sole responsibility of the vari-
Gus county attorneys, Attorney Gener
al Payne declared at Pierre, s. d.