Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-05-12

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swindler and secured sums ranging
from $500 to S14,75O, was sentenced ut
Los Angeles, CAL, to serve from 10 to
A years in prison.
Miss Luella A. Palmer, assistant SUI
city, was elected president of the In
ternational kindergarten union at De-
troit, Mich. Miss Mae Murray of De-
trOit was reelected secretary.
Five hundred platform men of the
Northern Ohio Traction company,
Akron and suburban lines, struck,
making the tieup Of the traction COM
panies' properties in this district com
plete.
Judge 81. D. Shaffer refused an in
junction to restrain the city council
at Pittsburgh, Pa, from enforcing the
daylight saving ordinance. The test
case was brought by motion picture
interests.
Two masked robbers held up an
automobile at Uniontown, Pa, in
which Robert B. Graham, a stock
broker, was riding and robbed him of
$4,000 in bonds, including $500
worth of oil stock.
Woodrow Wilson can practice law
in New York state any time he wants
to hang out his Single. The former
President has been made member of
the New York bar by a special bill.
The sailing from New York of ap-
proximately 10000 people bound for
Europe from this port marked the be-
ginning of the summer tourist season
and the establishment Of sailing rec
ord for one day.
The first official list of draft evaders
in the Sixth army corps area, embrac-
| ing Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,
was received by Col. Eli Helmick,
chief of staff at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
The list numbers 1900.
Walter M. Bunting, mail service
aviator, burned to death when his air.
plane overturned and crashed to the
ground while he was taking off for
a flight at Cheyenne with mail. His
wife lives at Carneys Point, N. j.
Property damage estimated at
more than $lOOO,OOO was caused by
the heavy rain and windstorm which
visited New York. Telephone and
power wires were blown down and
many localities were Inconvenience
The strike of live stock handlers al
the Union Stock Yards and Transit
company at Chicago, came to al
abrupt end. The men agreed to &C
back to work. They accepted cut OF
s cents an hour from May 1.
Rev. Sidney j. Cats, whose tern
as governor of Florida expired las
January 8, was indicted on bribery
charges by the Bradford county grand
jury at Starke.
Foreign
The Grand Army of United Veterans
in convention at Winnipeg, Man.
passed vote Of no confidence in the
Dominion government. 1t called upon
the government to resign.
The supreme council at London
handed an ultimatum to Germany, re-
quiring payment by May II or surren.
der of the Ruhr district to allied occu
patton.
Organized Polish forces, estimated
at 10000, have occupied all of Upper
Silesia south of line running from
Kosel to Tarnowitz, with the excep
ton of few towns.
A sergeant and seven constables
were ambuscaded and killed Thurs
day a short distance outside Of Rath
more, County Kerry, Ireland. Onl,
one man in the party escaped. He
was uninjured.
The American steamer Wenatchee
which was towed into Yokohama las
week owing to boiler and pump trou
bles, sailed for Manila. While in por
there new pumps were placed on the
vessel
A Manila dispatch says 93 Moro
were killed in battle with the Philip
pine constabulary in the province O
Sulu.
AS a result Of orders received from
American military authorities at Ant
werp, the American funeral base a
Cherbourg, France, organized yea
ago, has been abandoned.
; A Moscow wireless announces tn,
withdrawal of the British from Persia
Russian diplomatic mission has ar