The Tomahawk., 1921-09-08
Big Happenings of the Week
w. Condensed for Benefit of
Busy Readers.
TOLD IN A few WORDS
Kernels CuIied From News Of Moment
In All Parts of the World-Of
Interest to All the People
Everywhere.
Washington

Washington President Harding
signed the Capper-Tincher bill for reg
ulating trading on grain exchanges
and the bill to extend the period fol
doing assessment work on mining
claims.
ashington-Congress put aside its
work for thirty days after deter
mined fight against the anti-beer bill
had forced those in charge of it tc
withdraw it for action by the Senate
next fall
Observation-Disclosures Of the coun
try earned $174,662,167 in the six
months ending in June as against $751;,
721,7O6 in the same period last year
the interstate commerce commission
announced.
Washington--A pigeon which car
ried a message from Mayor Thompson
B of Chicago to President Harding in
16 hours actual flying time for tn
614k miles broke worlds record il
was announced.
Washington-The annual celebra
ton of the birthday of General Lafay
cite, Sept. 6, will be conducted at
Mount Vernon this year instead of at
New York, the national Lafayette day
committee has announced.
Washington-The republican tax bill
was passed by the house after the
democrats had failed in an effort to
have it recommitted for elimination Of
the provision repeating the income sur
tax rates above 80 per cent.
Washington-The treaty of peace
with Germany which was signed last
Thursday at Berlin will be sent to the
senate Sept. Fl, the day that congress
reassembles after it's 80 day recess
it was stated at the White House.
Washington-The sale of the POS
wooden ships of the shipping board to
the Ship Construction and Trading
company, on a bid of $4,000 each, has
been held up, it was learned from a
high Official Of the shipping board.
Washington-No decision regarding
a pardon for Eugene v. Debs or a gen.
early amnesty for prisoners convicted
under wartime laws will be reached
by President Harding until the peace
treaty with Germany has been ratified,
1t was stated at the White House.
Sporting
, Londonderry Sullivan, American
distance swimmer, abandoned his at
tempt to swim the English channel,
after 10 hours in the water. He was
in midchannel when forced to give up.
It was Sullivan's fifth attempt.
mi Ct
baseman of the Kansas City American
Association club, made his thirtieth
home run of the season, breaking the
former association record Of 20 estab-
lished by Gavvy Cravath several years
ago
Topeka, Kan.-Jess Willard said he
had started training for the proposed
bout with Jack Dempsey. He says he
will scale his present weight 265 down
to 230 pounds, his weight when he lost
his title to Dempsey at Toledo, Jul
4, 1919.
New York-The motion pictures of
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight have
been obtained by a preacher in Green
wood Lake, N. Y, and will be shown
in that preachers church house Sat-
urday for the purpose of paying off the
indebtedness on the church.
Domestic
New York-Pope Benedict has sent
his blessings to the knights of Column.
bus for their work in promoting the
study of Dante.
Chicago-Los Angeles was selected
as the 1922 convention city for the In
ternational Rotary clubs by the board
OF directors, in session here.
. Cincinnati-A uniform aviation act,
traffic in the air was dis.
cussed by the conference Of commits
sioners on uniform state laws.
iladelphia-Conrad w. Foss, pro
fessional aviator, and two passengers
he had taken up in his airplane were
killed when the machine fell.
Chicago-Three robbers held up
dice game within the shadow of a po-
lice station and escaped with $4,000,
which they took from the players.
Chicago-Robbers, who looted 10
deposit boxes in the Security Trust 4
Deposit company's vaults in the Ma.
sonic temple, obtained $224,000 Off
Gals of the company announced. The
loss is covered by insurance.
Indianapolis-John L.. Lewis, presi.
dent of the United Mine Workers of
issued a statement declaring
he was more than willing to join Gov
ernor Morgan in any sincere attempt
to prevent civil war in West Virginia.
Chicago The federated shops
crafts, representing 100000 union rail-
road shopmen, refused to accept the
order of the United States railroad
board regarding overtime and new
working rules. -;
Providence, r. 1.-Two men are1
known to have been killed. and sever
al injured when an explosion occurred
IN the plant of the Copper Tube
company. ~ |
Peoria, Il.-Five persons were kill
ed when the automobile in which they !
we're riding was struck by a T. P. &
W. passenger train at LaHarpe, Ill,