, 1921-09-29

Railroad traffic throughout Austria
has been completely tied up by n strike
and thousands of visitors from all
parts of Europe are marooned in
Vienna.
Three new nations, E%sthonia, Lithu-
ania and Intvia hav been admitted to
membership in the League OF Nations
This brings the membership of the
League to fifty-one.
Six soldiers of the American army
of occupation in Germany were killed
when u military lorry was struck by
the Dortmund- Frankfort express. said
a dispatch to Paris from Coblenz. Cob
LEM is headquarters of the American
army of occupation.
Paul Ambruster of Switzerland was
officially declared winner of the Cor
don Bennett international balloon
race, which started from Brussels. His
balloon landed nj Lambay Island, uea
Dublin. Ireland. Henry Spencer. the
English entry. was second, and Ralph
Epson, American, third.
The British government has dis
patched n strongly worded note to
Moscow calling attention of the soviet
government to alleged serious breach
es of faith involved in the pursuance
by the Russians throughout central
Asia and ~Afghanistan of "A campaign
of lntrlgues against Great Britain.
The Quest, the small ship ON which
Sir Ernest Shackleton will explore the
uncharted sections of the South Allan
tic. the Pacific and the Antarctic seas,
left the Thames on the start of her
two-year voyage. Large crowds gath
cred on the docks to wish Sir Ernest
and his party n successful voyage.
The Dutch parliament was opened by
Queen Wilhelmina amidst scenes of
disorder. A demonstration was carried
out in the street before the parliament
building. Anti-militarist shouts We're
raised in the parliament hall itself,
and the reading Of the speech from the
throne ~momentarily was drowned in
the tumult.
A conspiracy on the part of u num-
Der of petty chiefs to STAY the high
chief of Samoa because of their loyal
ty to the American administration of
Aht liAiN ihH Httil bIOhth III w lltt
island authorities and seventeen of the
~ringleaders have been sentenced to
prison for terms ranging from five to
seven and one-half years.
GENERAL
The Kansas Public Utilities Commits
sion has declined to join with the state
of Colorado in an application to the
Interstate Commerce Commission for II
reduction in freight and passenger
rates to the level prior to the increases
of Aug. &c. 1920.
Several Chicago women society lead
ers have started in business for them
selves as their contribution to the new
era for women. They announced the
formation OF two business enterprises.
n an investment company and the
other an advertising agency.
Addressing the convention OF the
Minnesota Anti-saloon League nj Min
neapolis recently, Congressman a. j..
Volstead of Minnesota stated that his
life had beer threatened on his depar-
ture from Washington. He said he
was warned In Il letter that he would
never take his e again in the
House"
First official action by authorities
against the activities of the Ku Klux
Klan has been taken In Chicago. 1t
came in the form of n definite declara-
ton from Chief of Police Fitzruorris
that parades of members of the khan
or other organizations whose members
appear masked will not be permitted
in Chicago streets.
Heavy rains north of FL Paso, Tex,
caused an overflow in the Franklin
canal which drove several hundred
families from their homes In the Mex
lean section. Casualties were avoided
by the United States reclamation serv-
ice officials In shutting off the head
gntes of the canal. This action re-
suited In a heavy volume of water in
the Rio Grande which for II time
caused a suspension of street car traf-
fic to and from Juarez.
The national Industrial conference
board. an, organization of twenty or
more Industries having nc connection
with the government service has an
nounced In New York that its investi-
CATION showed retail prices In the
United States had increased Al per
cen in August. The average Increase
In h cost of living was IL per cent.
A blood-stained club. matted with
hair and from which bent nails pro.
trude. and n single bloody flneerprint
constitute the clews upon which au-
thorities are working 10 solve the mys-
FERROUS murder of William Monroe, -.
his wife, Mary. ~. and their daugh-
ter, Nova, II. The bodies of the three
We're found at their home on the out-
skirts of Dowagiac, Mich.
A mother was arrested In Aurora.
ILL.,. on complaint of her two daugh-
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