The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-08-11
THE WORLD

fecting $4,000 employees of the Gen
eral Electric company's plant her,
was announced. The cut will var,
in amount with the several classe.
of employees.
London - Hunger-stricken people
in the famine districts of Russia are
setting fire to their villages before
deserving them for other parts Of
Russia, according to a Helsingfors
dispatch.
New York-The government won
its suit in the United States district
court here to collect $292,672 from
| John D. Rockefeller, alleged to be
due in income tax on oil company
shares, which the defense had claim
ed as dividends and not income.
Chicago-Johnny Evers has been
deposed as manager of the Chicago
Nationals. Catcher William Killifer
was chosen to succeed him. Evers,
who is i'll, will be paid his salary in
full until the close of the 1921 sea-
son, according to announcement by
President Veeck of the Cubs.
Chicago-The nations hay crop
will be about rs per cent of that of
last year, r. M. White of Duluth,
president of the National Hay asso-
citation, said. The shortage is attri-
buted by him to drought and an ex-
tremely hot spell just before harvest
ing.
Naples - Sorrowing Naples and
Italy paid tribute to the memory of
Eurico Caruso, the great tenor, who
died here. Thousands gathered at
the solemn requiem mass celebrated
at the church of Madonna Della Gar
cha, or stood uncovered along the
streets leading to that edifice while
the funeral cortege passed.
Washington, North CaroIina-Five
young men of this city are under
sentence to attend church regularly
for one year. They were convicted of
stealing automobile supplies and
were given the choice of going to the
county roads for n year or attend
ing church regularly for the same
length of time.
Chicago-None of the American
league players who were acquitted
of an alleged criminal conspiracy to
throw the 1919 world series has any
immediate prospect of being restored
to organized baseball, according to
a statement issued by Judge K. M.
Lands, national baseball commits
sioner.
Antioch, Ill. - Whether William
Jennings Bryan, former secretary of
state, was really arrested here last
week because the automobile in
which he was travelling was exceed
ing the speed limit, vas a mooted
question here. l.. B.. Congdon, the
constable who was credited with
making the arrest and who was dis
charged by Frank King, the village
president, said he was not sure.
Los Angeles-Hayes Robinson, a
instructor, arose from bed,
walked to a front second story win
dow of his home and dived through
the glass to the street below. When
revived at a local hospital, he said
last previous recollection was of
dreaming he was about to break the
worlds high diving record. Attend
ing surgeons said he was not %serious-l
ly hurt.
st. Pau1-Judge X. M. Lands,
high commissioner of baseball, has
ordered an investigation into base
ball gambling in st. Paul in a mes
to John W. Norton, president of
he local American association club.
Judge Lands acknowledges reports
If gambling here and requests that
he matter be taken up with the pro-
Der authorities.
COwes, Isle of Wight-Field Mar
'hal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, chief
If the British imperial general staff,
lad a narrow escape from drowning
lere while following the races for
mall craft in the Cowes regatta. The
ield marshal was in a little yawl and
/ heavy sea washed him overheard.
yachts competing in the race
vent to the rescue of the field mar
hal, who had managed to keep
float.
Chicago-The modern apartment
was variously described as a
vrecker Of home life, as a highly I'M
lesirable perpendicular mode of liv-
ng" and as profiting only real estate
peculators, by speakers before the
losing session of a conference in
mall house problems. "The break
own of the home in the city through
partment house life is reflected :
ally in the number of girls who loi- .
about the streets because they !
ave no other place to go, and in the .
of juvenile delinquencies," /.
aid Miss Madge Headley of the |
Vomen's CITY club. !