Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-19

drop Of one-half cent.
The mysterious disappearance Of
Mrs. Emma Schmidt, wealthy widow
of Havana, Ill, was solved when her
dead body was recovered from the
Illinois river.
A big st. Louis brewery joined with
prohibition leaders at Washington in
demand for legislation preventing
the sale of beer for medicinal pur-
poses.
Lieut.. George r. Bloom and Sergt.
Harry j. Kelting, army flyers attached
to Carlstrom field, at Arcadia, Fla,
were killed in crash of their plane
and the subsequent explosion of the
gasoline tank.
Frank Zezicki of Gary, Ind, died of
pistol wounds suffered when two BAN
dts shot him down in an attempt to
rob his grocery store. The assailants
escaped.
Ben B. Lindsey judge Of Denver's
Juvenile court. ended fve-year con-
troversy when he paid fine of $500
and costs assessed upon him follow
ing his conviction of charges of con-
tempt.
A settlement was reached at Los
Angeles by which Clara Smith Hamon
relinquished all claims to the estate
of the late Jake I. Hamon. in consid-
GRAFTON Of $4,000 cash, 1t is an
nounced.
Charles 81. Morse, former president
of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., at Chica-
go, left an estate of $6OOO,O0O, accord
ing to petition fled to have the es-
tate admitted to probate in Cook
county.
Forty thousand men who served in
the army and navy during the war
have been unjustly branded as draft
evaders if the ratio of error found in
New York lists runs through the list.
Foreign
Cholera and typhus are reported by
Moscow dispatch to have broken
out unusually early in Moscow. The
soviet government is much alarmed
over tho situation
The syndicate of metallurgical
workers, assembled at Santador, Spain,
in national congress, decided to join
the Third International Of Moscow.
The delegates from Asturias and Vigo
voted against it.
Mexico cannot and will not sign u
formal protocol as a condition to
recognition by the United States, Pres
ident Obregon told newspaper men at
Mexico City in referring to President
Hardings policy.
Col. George Harvey, the new Amer
lean ambassador, was received Thurs
day by King George at Buckingham
palace at London. The ambassador
presented his credentials to the king.
Queenstown was isolated from the
mainland through the blowing up Of
Belvelly bridge. The bridge connect-
ed the mainland Of County Cork with
Queenstown island.
Two anarchists attempted to bomb
one of the largest factories at Turin.
The bomb exploded prematurely, one
Of the men being blown to pieces and
the other injured.
Marked relaxation from the tense
ness Of feeling which has prevailed at
Berlin, the last few days was observ-
able in German political circles now
that the crisis raised by the allied
ultlmatum has been passed.
Germany's acceptance Of the allied
demands has been delivered ut London
to Prime Minister Lloyd George, who
terms the reply complete accept
ance of every demand"
The foreign Office at Paris advised
that the Turkish nationalist assembly
at Angora had ratified the Franco
Turkish treaty for the cessation Of
hostilities in Cilicia. with certain res
ervations.
A new offer by Great Britain, with
more lenient terms than any previous
proposal for peace with Ireland, has
been presented to Sim Fem leaders
at Dublin.
Polish insurgents have crossed the
Oder river, capturing the Kandrzin
station and the city OF Kossel after
hard fighting.
The German reichstag at Berlin by