River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-05-19
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In All Parts of the World--of
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Everywhere.
WASHINGTON

Washington-Th house adjourned
over Saturday in honor of the S5th
birthday of Uncle Joe" Cannon.
washington Unemployment in
creased four-tenths of one per cent in
April, according to department of Ia
Dor figures.
Washington-Th Dial bill requiring
federal judges to devote their entire
time to the duties of their offices was
reported favorably by the Senate judi
ciary committee.
Washington-A conference of ship
pers, railroad men AMI members Of
the interstate commerce. commission
to discuss reduction of freight rates
was called for May 10.
Washington-Inv of the
clothing industry and trade by the
Senate labor committee is proposed in
a resolution introduced by Senator
Borah, Republican, of Idaho
Washington-The German repara-
tion counter proposals are unaccept-
able as a basis for discussion, Secre-
tary Hughes informed DR.. Simons, the
German foreign minister, in note.
Washington-Jules w. (Nicky) Arm
stein and four others were found guilty
of bringing stolen securities into the
District of Columbia, as sequel to the
$5,000,000 bond thefts in New York.
Washington-Fox fur has come into
such demand that agriculture depart
ment officials have put up immigra-
ton bars against the flow of undesir-
able live foxes imported for breeding
purposes.
Washington-Cha A. B. Cum
Minis of the senate interstate COM
MERGE commission announced the gen.
eral inquiry into railway conditions
would begin May TO- with railway exc
cutives as the first witnesses.
Washington-A bill to control forest
devastation and perpetuate timber
supplies Was introduced by Senator
Arthur Capper, who said it was along
the lines advocated by the National
| Conservation association, of which Gift
| ford Pinchot is president.
Washington-Sen Truman HI.
/ Newberry's sentence to two years i'm
prisonment and his fine of $4,000 on
the charge of illegal use of money to
defeae Henry Ford in the Michigan
senatorial election of 1918, were set
aside by the United States supreme
| court
Sporting
| New York--John j. McGraw, man
ager of the New York National league
baseball club, was exonerated of two
charges of violation of the Volstead act
Philadelphia-Fred Fulton of Min
neapolis made short work of Jack Bell
of Houston, Texas, the bout being
stopped after two minutes and so sec
onds of fighting, to save Bell from
further punishment.
Grand Rapids, Mich.--Mike Gibbons
of ST. Paul, decisively outpointed
Chuck Virgins here in 10 straight
rounds. Virgins, although he was
badly cut by the advances of the
Phantom, was able to stick out the
length Of the match.
Domestic
Chicago-Six hundred eviction suits
fGCiC iilCQ ny III bIlC lCAI
rebellion"
Roanoke, Va-Six persons were
killed and a score injured when a pas
senger train backed into a string of
coal cars.
Jersey City-Miss Mary Lauder, po-
licewoman, rescued a Negro from a
mob. after the Negro had beaten her
~ ,lo,, h. fr,nI
Sacramento, Calf.-A prohibition en-
forcement bill, which adopts for the
state of California the provisions of
the Volstead act, was signed by Gov
ernor Stephens.
New York-The knights of Column
bus fight on tuberculosis was opened
with appointment of national scom-
mittee to investigate causes of and
cures for the disease.
Pittsburgh-All aliens in the United
States should be registered as meas
ure of safety, said j. j. Davis, secre-
tary of labor, speaking at testimonial
banquet in his honor here.
Canton, Ohio-Three school boys
were killed and several companions
were seriously injured when an auto
mobile in which they were riding was
struck by train near here.
Pinehurst, n. C.-Plans for a nation
wide campaign against bank robbers
was decided on by the executive coun-
Gil of the American Bankers associa-
ton, in session here. Ways and means
of stamping out the prevailing crime
wave were discussed.
Boston-Nearly 100000 has been
spent on relief work in Ireland by the
American committee for relief in Ire
land, the committee announced here.
Little Rock, Ark.-Measures were
taken to afford relief to residents of
the Bayou creek region, where break
in the White river levee resulted in
flooding more than 100000 acres of
land.
Baltimore Thirteen persons were