Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-26
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Caught in thunder shower while
at work In field on his farm on Cold
creek. near Lead. S. D.. John Gilholm
was struck by lightning and instantly
tilled
A st. Louis and San Francisco pas
senger train going from Hugo to Hope,
Ark, collided with westbound freight
train at Sawyer. Okla Three persons
were seriously Injured nnd thirty-six
others cut and bruised.
Eddie Rickenbacker. flying ace of
World war fnme will enter the race
for the Pulitzer prize for speed to be
held in Omaha Nov. 3. in connection
with an international aero congress,
1t was announced by Earl W. Porter,
president of the Omaha Aero Club.
A budget of 100000 was voted for
the Indian missions of Arizona by the
Evangelical Lutheran synod In session
at Milwaukee. A day school will be
established at the principal mission
stations. The Rev r. Solm, Yakima,
Wash, was elected member of the
mission board of the Pacific coast
Five solid traInloads, aggregatlng
1000 tons of raisins. was shipped east
marking the first day of reduction In
dried fruit freight rates, according to
the California Associated Raisin com
pany. The raisins are valued at ST.
100000, and n saving of 100000 in
freight and $1,000 In war tax results
from the reduced freight rate, Off
clals of the company said.
A man who saIG he was George VIII
liams of Philadelphia anu -helievsu by
officers to be the robber who held up
the Merchants and Farmers bank at
Rockford, Wash, and escaped with
about 5000 in currency, was captured
after running fight. Two citizen
members of a posse cowed the sup
posed bandit into submission by dis
playing an unloaded revolver of small
caliber.
Announcement has been made at
Los Angeles that the custom of send
Ing free photographs to film fans
throughout the world will be aban-
doned by most of the leading motion
picture stars. Hereafter a charge will
be made for the photographs and the
price above the actual cost turned
over to charity. A saving of from
Ss50,0O0 to S1,0O0,00O year will be
effected by studios and individual
players through the operation of the
new plan, 1t was stated.
WASHINGTON
The battleship still is the backbone
of the fleet and the bulwark of the ma
tons sea Defense" General Pershing,
senior member of the joint army and
naval board, declared, summarizing
the result of recent bombing tests Off
the Virginia capes.
Alexander Howat, fighting miner
of Kansas, announced to American
Federation of Labor officials before
his departure from Washington that
he would not accept n stay of execu-
tion from his sentence of one years i'm.
prlsonment for violating the Kansas
Industrial Court law, on the condition
that he called no more strikes pending
his freedom. He said he would begin
serving his sentence Sept. 8, as decreed
by the court.
Construction at the National Sol
diers' Home near Santa Monica Calf
of S1,500.000 hospital for veterans
OF nll wars was advocated before a
house committee by Representative
Osbione. Republican, California.
Fred NJ. Harrison of Alaska was
nominated to be United States attor.
ney for the second division of the dis
trict of Alaska, and Ira X. Wells oil
Kansas was nominated United States
attorney for the district OF Porto Rico
Other nominations were Mart T. Chris
tensen to be register of the land of
flee, and Isaiah Il. Yoder TO be recelv,
sr of public moneys, Cheyenne, Wyo
Four United States vocational uni
versities=one In tha East, the Middle
West, the South and on the Pacific
coast-will be established In aban
doned army cantonments by the vet
erans' bureau under q new policy fol
the rehabilitation of former service
men, announced by Director Forbes
The new policy, Colonel Forbes said
was worked out with the approval OF
President Harding to correct "the sys
TEN of farming out vocational pa
tients" and properly rehabilitate the
approximately $4,000 men now being
trained.
The bill providing for federal regu
lation of the meat packing industry
has been signed by President Harding
1t was announced at the White house
Under the law the secretary of agri
culture is given broad powers of con
troll and supervision of the industry
The Trading Company. capitalized
at 1O000.000 ven (normally about So
OOO,O0O). and one of the largest firms
in Japan, has announced that it is
closing its doors Mt the end of the
month. 1t has liabilities amounting