Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-12
FOREIGN

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many years maintained by the Protest
ant Episcopal church of the United
States.
Forcing his employers safe and
finding only about $40 worth of crowns
Rudolph Twrdik hanged himself at
Vienna, leaving note that the disap-
pointment after so hard job was
more than he could stand.
In collision between a passenger
and freight train near Nikolsk. six
teen persons were killed and eighteen
injured, among them few Japanese
The collision was said to have been
caused by bands of partisans who have
been engaged in sporadic hostilities in
that part of Russia.
| Australia wants 100000 immigrants
within a year, according to the new
immigration department Of the com
monwealth government immigrants
'of the right sort" are desired and an
organization is to be set up to provide
employment for them. Many from the
British Isles are expected.
The allies have warned Greece that
an advance on Constantinople by her
troops will not be tolerated, it was au-
thoritatively stated today. No ground
exists, however, it is added, for believ-
ing Greece contemplates such advance,
which would bring her into conflict
with the allied army Of occupation.
The discovery of process Of smelt-
ing magnetic sand whereby Japan will
be rendered independent of outside
sources for its iron supply, and will
become an extensive producer, has
just been announced by Goro Matsu-
kata and Dr. Asobu Natio. The pro-
cess, which has been thoroughly tested,
permits the production of pig iron for
twenty-five yen (normally about
$12.50) a ton.
GENERAL
Robert Doll of Lancaster, Wis, was
seriously hurt and probably will be
permanently blind as the result of the
explosion of an automobile tire.
Three men were killed and several
seriously injured when a drying ma
chine burst in the plant of the Stand
ard Silk Dyelng Company at Patterson.
N. ].
Coffee drinking has increased 21 per
cent, or 100 cups year for each per-
son in the United States, since prohi-
bition, according to figures made pub
lie in New York by the National Cof-
fee Roasters' Association.
Drinkers of non-lntoxicating liquor in
Wisconsin must stand far enough away
from the bar to be unable to place their
foot on the rail or to set their glasses
on the counter in order to keep from
violating the law, according to an opin-
ion of ]. e. Messerschmidt, assistant
attorney general.
Lewis H. Harding, secretary of the
Salt Lake Rotary Club, prominent In
Masonic circles, and reported to be a
distant relative of President Harding,
was drowned while on a fishing trip
at Jackson's lake, near Moran, Wyo.,
according to telegram received by
his business partner.
Ripping open small bag found
sewn in coat lining, federal investi-
CATERS at Chicago said they found
smuggled unset diamonds and jewelry
valued at $4,000. The coat, they said,
belonged to Hyman Finerman, Los
Angeles jeweler, who WAS arrested,
charged with smuggling.
Frank Soules, who murdered his
chum. Harry A. Robinson, at Hastings,
Mich, to gain possession of Robinson's
automobile, entered the state peniten-
tiary at Jackson to begin life SEN
tence for his crime, exactly one week
after the killing, one of the most bru-
tai in Barry county criminal records.
The charges that Judge Lucien B.
Wright of the District Court of Greek
county accepted bribe of $4,000 In
connection with his decision for the
Sallie Atkins interests in the Tommy
Atkins $2,000,000 oil lands controversy
was dismissed twenty minutes after
Justice Court convened at Sapulpa,
Okla, for the third day of the hearing
Total resources of all state banks
and private banking institutions under
state control in the United States ex-
ceed by $4,000 100000 the aggregate re-
sources of all the national banks in the
country, according to compilation Of
figures made by II. N. Sims, secretary
treasurer of the National Association
Of Supervisors of State Banks.
Samuel Hamilton, 35, former spe-
cial policeman at Manitou, Colo, was
killed instantly when he fell down
sixteen-foOt shaft of the water pump
pit in the Union Pacific railroad
yards at Brighton. He was a steam
engineer by trade and came to BrIgh-
ton for employment. He is believed
to have been seeking shelter when he
fell down the pit.
Fifteen federal warrants for the ar
rest of men said to have been associ-
ated with John w. Worthington in con-
nectlon with mail robberies totaling
more than $6,O0O,000, have been Is
sued. News of the arrest in New York
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