The Tomahawk., 1921-08-11

way for an invasion by land. T..
Chicago-Hundreds of tenants hay
reported that they received notices 0
rent increases from Is to 20 per cent
effective on Oct /, from their land
lords.
| New York-The Cuban sugar com
mission at a meeting here fixed tn
new price Of its raw sugar at 81 cent
cost and freight, an advance of Y
cent
New York-A portion of the Allan
tic fleet, which has been anchored il
the Hudson river, steamed off tt
southern drill ground for three weeks
maneuvers. -. ..s.
| New York-A leap from a 12-ster,
window at the Waldorf-Astoria hote
killed Mrs. Ella Van Nostrand, aget
80, believed to have been dementeds by
the intense heat.
Lakeland, Fla.-Four men were un
der arrest, two at Tampa and two al
Barton, in connection with the fog
ging Of L. B. Hughes by masked mer
near Mulberry, Fla.
| Chicago-Five bandits brandishine
pistols, held up and robbed a messen
ger employed by the Borden Farm
! Products company of $4,000 in broad
daylight and escaped. w. ~. SO e.
Memphis, Tenn.-The American
Cotton Growers exchange which il
| expected to include the 10 cotton pro
| ducing states in it's membership was
organized at conference of growers
Turlock, Calf. - A watermelon
weighing 76 pounds and measuring 80
inches in length, 80 inches in circum'
ference and IA inches in diameter was
forwarded today by express to Presi-
dent Harding by grower of this dis
tfict. -
Chicago-The United States Grain
Growers (Inc.) announce that 1876 ele-
vators have become affiliated with the
organization. There were 81 in Ne
hyaska, "a in North Dakota, SO in Mis-.
souri,, 16 in Illinois and two in Okla
homa.
Chicago-The financial secrets OF
the Chicago American league baseball
club, always guarded jealousy, were
revealed in the baseball trial, the
clubs books showing a net profit OF
$409,337 during the past six years.
more than $225,000 of this coming in
1919 alone. =.
New York-The Smokers League
Against Tobacco Prohibition, Inc.,"
has been granted charter by Su.
preme Court Justice Martin The
league plans to establish and con.
serve the right of the citizens OF the
United States of America, to the use
of tobacco" =.
Northwest /...zT
Milwaukee-The Milwaukee police
are looking for the nerviest burglar OF
the city. He stole 5000 bees and
hive from Julius M. Barr. -,
Mason City, Iowa-Three persons
were killed as the result of a headon
collision between two freight trains on
the Rock Island system here. J..
Helena, Mont-Secretaries of state
and other state officials gathered here
for the seventh annual session of the
American Association of Secretaries
Of state. $
Ishpeming, Mich.-Four workmen
were killed in an explosion which
wrecked the dynamite mixing house
and nitroglycerine storage house Of
the Hercules Powder company.
Omaha, Neb.---Twoi persons were
1rowned in g. cloudburst that virtually !
Beulah, Wyo., village four.
cen miles west of Spearfish, s. d., &C.
:ording to advices reaching Omaha.
Port Townsend, Wash. = Louise
)'Brien, IA years old. missing from her
lome all night, was found at daybreak
sleep inside the muzzle of a 14-inch
;un of the shore batteries at Fort
Norden. Other guns at the fort had
'een fired just before the girl was dis
covered. * p %g>.
Foreign
Naples-Enrico Caruso, world fam
us tenor, died here. ~ "a
London-Archbishop Mannix, over
whose return from England to Aus.
ralia there has been considerable dis
ussion, landed at Thursday island,
without hindrance. X.
Rome-The postoffice building at
|aria, in southeastern Italy on the
ldriatic, collapsed as result of an
arth tremor and eight bodies have so
If been recovered from the ruins.
Tokio-According to the ASH Shin
un negotiations have been opened at
Iarbin, Manchuria, between the jap
nese and representatives of the Far
astern republic at Chita concerning
le conditions for the evacuation of
iberia. 4 & , 4
Vienna,-A treaty providing for =
eclaration of war on Hungary in the
vent Emperor Charles returns to tie :.
throne has been signed by
Jugo- Slavia and Czecms-
Lovakia, according to dispatches from
elgrade. e<E T. I
Rome-The committee on foreign all
irs Of the Chamber Of Deputies dis
used the Silesian question and de-
ded to adhere to the British view ;
lint of not sending more troops to
pper Silesia prior to the meeting of !
q Supreme Council. + ]
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