The Tomahawk., 1921-09-01

HObOken, N. 1.-THE army transport
Wheaton arrived from Antwerp with
the bodies Of more than 5000 Amer
lean soldiers.
Macon, Ga.-City and county prison
ers here set to work to search the
ruins of the Brown hotel where IL per-
sons are believed to have lost their
lives in fire.
Chicago-A nationwide investiga-
ton into profiteering by undertakers
and an alleged "coffin trust" has been
announced through the offices Of
Charles F. Clyne, district attorney.
Monroe, Mich.-Mary Soupski, aged
4, is dead, and her mother, young
their home near here from eating toad
stools, believing they were mush.
rooms.
Chicago-One bandit was killed and
| two others captured after one had
been wounded by policeman. They
| had held up and robbed pedestrian.
| Joseph Pavloe of Chicago is the dead
bandit.
New York-Postmaster General
Will Hays escaped injury when an au-
| tomobile, in which he was riding with
| some friends collided with motorcab
here. No one was hurt. Mr.. Hays
| automobile was unchanged.
Hugo, Okla.-A St. Louis & San
Francisco passenger train, going from
Hugo to Hope, Ark, collided with a
westbound freight train at Sawyer,
Okla. Three persons were seriously
injured and Sc others cut and bruised.
New York-Final revision of the
census figures of the Presbyterian
church in the United States, shows a
total communicate membership Of
3,722,361, the Presbyterian publicity
bureau announces, net increase Of
S5,265 over last year.
Baltimore-Four months after Harry
Roy Wilson, aged 90, mail clerk on the
u. S. S. Black Hawk, mother ship OF
destroyer f1otilla at Guantanamo bay,
Cuba, is alleged to have absconded
with $4,000, he walked into the police
station here and surrendered.
Chicago-Clara Smith Hamon, who
attracted national attention following
mon, millionaire Oklahoma politician
and oil man, was married in Los An
| geles, to John w. German, who was
directing her appearance in a feature
moving picture which portrays her life
story.
| Northwest
Helena-Hiram Miller, proprietor OF
| a greenhouse, is exhibiting cucumber
36h inches long, grown in his place.
| The giant will be shown at the Mon
tana state fair.
Spokane-Two men, unmasked, held
up the officers of the Metaline Falls
State bank, 1875 miles north of here,
and escaped with $4,000 cash and
! $4,000 Liberty Bonds.
Minneapolis-A cut of 71@ cents a
hundred pounds on grain moving to
the seaboard for export from the cen
trail freight district comprising Indiana
and surrounding states, was extended
to apply to the northwest by the inter
state commerce commission. meeting
the demand Of Minneapolis shippers.
Helena-Acting upon the theory
that some business at small profit ia
better than no business at a large
profit, the Great Northern railroad has
| granted "a per cent temporary re.
| duction on shipments from Montana,
| and thereby released at once 200 car
loads of hay in the Milk river valley
| in that state.
Foreign
San Sebastian, Spain-An American
sailor was killed and another wounded
here following an alteration with a
Waterman.
| London-Census figures published
show that Great Britain has popula
ton of 42,767,530, compared with 40,
361,3S6 in 1911. There are 20,340,623
males and 22,336,9N females.
Geneva, Switzerland-Grover c.
Bergdoll, the American draft evader,
says the Thurgovie Zeitung, arrived in
Constance from Munich three Gays ago
and now is stopping in hotel at St.
Gall. 80
Rome-General Armando Diaz, com
mander-in-chief of the Italian armies
has been authorized by King Victor
Emmanuel to accept the invitation OF
the American Legion to participate in
Its convention in Kansas City next
fall. =. y
| Paris-Marshail Joffre, commander
| of the French armies in the first bat
| tie of the Marine will leave on a mis-
sion to Japan on Sept. 2. Reports werA
| current few days ago that he would
visit the United States upon his re.
turn from the Far East.
Paris-Paul Doumer, minister OF
finance, offered his resignation to Pre-
mier BRAND, owing to the latter's re
ported dissatisfaction with the results
of the financial conference, according
to La Liberte. BRAND refused to &C
cept his minister's resignation. -.
B.rl;n-The American mich COWS
which have been distributed through
Bavaria are declared to be better milk
| ers than the German breed. The Bav.