Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-14
FOREIGN

German caSualtieS In the war we're l.
s0S,545 killed and 4,247,143 wounded,
including cases returned on the
wounded list more than once.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his party
have arrived Mt Lisbon on board the
vessel Quest, which has been damaged
by heavy storm off the west coast
of Portugal. 1t Is recalled that when
the Quest started out from England on
its voyage of exploration TO the Ant
arctic, dispatches from London stated
there was not "single able-bodied
seaman In its crew"
Damaged by one vessel in dense
fog off the southwest coast of Scot
land and then sunk by another coming
to Its aid, was the fate of the Laird
line steamer Rowan, plying between
Glasgow and Dublin. Thirteen of the
Rowan's crew and three passengers
are missing. Two passengers died aft
err being rescued by vessels which re-
sponded to the wireless S. o. S. call.
Weakness In the transverse girders
of the dIrIgible ZR-2 had been revealed
long before the fatal flight when two
Stblt Hhb aIltEiNuu uAi
were killed, the coroner declared in
summarizing the testimony given at
the inquest Weakness In the trans
verse glrders had been shown In tests
In May, said the coroner. He based
his declaration upon evidence intso-
duced from experts in the form OF de-
positions.
frhA Anaaripon frof,rhfnr lNaof
Comak, bound with cargo from San
Francisco for Glasgow, rammed the
Laird liner Rowan, Glasgow-Dublin
night passenger boat, in thick fog
off Corsewallpoint, Scotland, near the
mouth of the river Clyde. While the
Comak was lowering Its boats to aid
the stricken ship. third steamer, the
Clan liner Clan Malcolm, from Glas-
gov for Natal, South Africa, sped out
of the fog in answer to an s. o. S. call
and crashed amidships of the Rowan,
which sank n minute later. Thirteen
members of the Rowan's crew aud
three passengers were lost.
GENERAL
Eight children We're seriously in.
MHtli a utNlCt Ut llld
fair grounds at Brockton, Mass, gave
way, throwing one of the swings into
the crowd. The children were taken
to hospital and several other per-
sons were treated at an emergency
station.
Walter Bernard Sullivan, 30. part
owner of the Charlotte. N. c., OBJ
In hnfat ar rt nlQ
after brief illness. A widow and a
young daughter survive him He went
to New York a few days ago. on his
way home from Denver, Colo, to see
the world series.
Ray V. McGraw, formerly vice pres
ident and general manager of the Mis-
souri, Valley Cattle Loan Company of
Omaha, which was declared bankrupt
some time ago, has surrendered to the
sheriff on Indictments, one of which
charged embezzlement of 100000 of
the companys funds.
Flying at the rate of 141 miles an
hour, flying boat, piloted by Clifford
Webster, completed n trip of 1888 miles
from Aberdeen, Md, to Fort Washing
ton, N. Y, in so minutes without a
stop. A speed of 165 miles an hour
was maintained between Philadelphia
and the Battery, New York.
Every Kiwanian in the United States
was urged to add one more employe
to your payroll this winter" to aid in
solving the unemployment problem, by
Harry Karr of Baltimore, international
president of Kiwanis clubs, in an ad
dress before the meeting of the Penn
sylvania district ut Pittsburgh, Pa.
More than S1,000,000 week WAS
spent on the highways in Ohio during
the past summer, beginning the ln,i"r
part of June. Vouchers fo. total of
S..d61,5 ,504 were paid out by the Ohio
Highway Department for work done
between June 10 and July l. This IS
the largest amount ever spent ia that
short period of time since the depart
ment was organized.
The State Bank of Muncie, Kansas,
was robbed recently, and in an tx
change of shots between the robbers
and bank officials, 1t is reported, L. e.
Worthington, cashier of the bank, WIS
shot Telephone wires between Kan
sas City and Muncle were cut, pre-
sumably by the robbers.
A broken engagement and the an
nouncement that her promised fiance
was preparing to marry another girl,
led to the fatal shooting of Boyd Rid
niger, 81, farmer, of Bradley's Ferry,
near Lead HILL Ark. Miss Allie Stin-
nett, 81, his former sweetheart, in the
scuffle for the gun, was shot in the
thigh. Ridinger died four hours after
the shooting Miss Stinnett surren-
dered to the police.
Directors of the Associated Dress
Industries of America bowed to the