Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-01

Sanchez took with him 1900 soldiers,
and II is feared that fighting hns be-
gun with the rebels
| The long heralded offensive of the
| Greek army in Anatolia against the
| Turkish Nationnlists is finally under
way, according TO advices received in
London The Greeks have captured
the important town of Ismld, south
west of Constantinople, said dispatch
from Athens. In NicodemIa the Greeks
were attacked by superior forces sus-
tanning 200 casualties.
GENERAL
Bodies of five adults and six chill
dren were found in the charred ruins
of the home of Ernest Lawrence, far
mer near Mnyfleld, Kentucky, which
was destroyed by fire According to
the authorities, there were Indications
that eleven may have been the vic
Tins of foul play, and noncommittal
verdict was returned by the coroners
jury
Two submarines flying the Irish re-
publican flag maintain an undersea
passenger service between this country
and Ireland for officials and agents of
the Irish republic. according to Capt.
h. j. Stanley, wounded veteran of the
Sixty-ninth regiment of New York He
Is also secretary OF the New York
council OF the American Association
for the Recognition of the Irish Re-
public.
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solar system have had such an effect
on the Pons- Winnecke comet that 1t
has changed its itinerary and departed
from its orbit, the Harvard observa-
tory at Cambridge has announced. The
change in the comets plans have been
caused by planetary influences, and as
result the predicted meteoric show
ers are not likely to fall, Solon l. Bal
ley, acting director of the observatory,
said.
Roy Sheriff., a convicted train rob
ber serving twenty-five-year sen
tence, with Joe Davis, also convicted
train robber, has escaped from the
federal penltentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan. Roy Sheriff. Is, with the excep-
tion of Eva Lewis, who is serving a
prison. term at Kansas City, the sole
survivor of the Daies Jones' Frank
Lewis gang of train bandits who Gre
ated reign of terror in Denver and
Colorado Springs from Sept. 13 to 10,
1918
Disappearance ut sea of several
American ships within the last few
months is linked by the New York po-
lice with plans revealed in raids on
radical headquarters year and half
ago for the seizure of these vessels at
sea and their diversion to Russian so
Wet ports Police said they were In
formed through certain confidential
sources that officials of the Union of
Russian Workers of the United States
and Canada, an organization since
broken up, had urged its employed
members to seek employment on
American ships, overpower other men,
bers of the crew and direct the YES
sells to Russia.
Chief of Police John A. Gustafson of
the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police depart
ment and other members of the de-
partment have been indicted by the
grand jury In connection with the re-
cent race riot and on charges of per-
mitting vice.
Charges-that the pnckers kept their
percentage of profit down TO 1.5 in
1920 by charging losses on inventory
against the years earnings, when they
should have been charged against sur
plus, were made before Judge Samuel
Al - nf IL
ing house wages. The wage cut of
cents an hour asked by the packers
would only serve to increase their
profits without benefiting producer or
consumer. employees declared.
The Pullman Company lost its opeL
shop fight before the United States
Railroad Labor Board in Chicago
when the board upheld the contention
of union labor that the company had
the transportation act when II con-
ferred with It's employees In mass meet
ings. The board threw out the com
panys petition for cut In the wages
of Its shop employees and instructed ii
to go back and meet the duly elected
representatives" of the employees.
The hearty welcome given Crown
Prince Hirohito of Japan in England
and France was widely commented on
by the Japanese press and has made
profound Impression on the people,
who are convinced that the European
tour is "A splendid education for the fu-
ture ruler.
Rear Admiral Sims has returned to
his desk at the Naval War College at
Newport, r. l., of which he is presi-
dent. The nlAtters of his speech in
London and the public reprlmand
from Secretary DENLY as n result is
closed, he said.