The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15

Chicago-Wage cuts affecting Is, 900
workers at the Western Electric COM
pany were ordered.
st. Louis-More than 100 indict-
ments charging fraudulent registration
for the municipal election were re-
turned.
Daytona, Fa.-Starr J.. Murphy
counsel and personal representative
Of John d. Rockefeller. died at . hos.
pital here.
Atlantic Clty-Walter M. Lowney OF
Boston, aged IS, widely known candy
manufacturer, died at a hotel here of
heart disease
Omaha-Sunday funerals, except in
cases of emergency, are under the ban
in Omaha, following an ordinance pass
ed by the city council.
Columbus, Ohio-Alfred Griffin "Al
G." Field, premier of American
minstrels, died at his home here, his
death resulting from Bright's disease.
New York-Gross operating income
OF the Western Union Telegraph com
pany showed an increase of II per cent
over last year and totaled $119 900, 900
Bowling Green, Ky.-The nitrogly-
cerin plant Of the Eastern Glycerine
company, four miles west OF Bowling
Green, was destroyed by an explosion.
Albany, N. Y.-The state assembly
quashed attempts to unseat Assembly.
men Charles Solomon and Samuel Orr,
the only socialist members of the low
err house.
Chicago-Thirteen hundred employ
ees at Independent packing houses
struck, although employers said they
had adopted the new Washingt n
agreement.
Roxbury, N. Y.-John Burroughs
was laid to rest on the mountainside
where he was born "a years ago. Hun.
final honors.
Stockton, Calif.-The Lafayette, the
tallest tree in the Calavera grove OF
big trees, has been blown down. The
tree was 800 feet tall and had a diam
eter Of 80 feet at the base.
Kansas City. Kan.-Erwin Bergdoll's
application for release on habeas cor.
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serving a sentence for draft evasion,
was denied by Judge Pollock.
Oklahoma City = Impeachment Of
Governor j. 3. A. Robertson was rec
commended in a report before the Ok
lahoma house OF representatives. The
report was filed by an investigation
committee. The report charges gross
neglect and corruption in office.
Savannah, Ga.-When Percy Man.
gum, a Negro, was declared not guilty
of murder in the superior court here,
his friends in the courtroom roared
with cheers. Judge Meldrim didn't
take the applause kindly and ordered
more han 100 Negroes arrested for
contempt.
Northwest
Des Moines-Orrie L. Cross and Eu-
gene G.. Weeks were sentenced to
death by Judge Hubert Lutterback for
the murder of George D. Fosdick, a
grocer they ATTEMPTED ia hold up and
rob several weeks ago.
Denver-Because mis- Sc year old
wife vas tired Of him, Gabriel Grajc.
ger, 81 years old, a Hungarian, at
tempted to get a divorce SO he could
marry his wife's pretty 10 year old
granddaughter, Lena Bertram.
Seattle, Wash.-A complete check Of
the survivors showed that seven pas
sengers and three members Of the
crew are missing from the teamer
Governor. which collided with the
freighter, West Harland. off Point Will.
son and was sunk.
Tokio-Great properly damage was
done and 80 lives were lost in a ter
rifle storm which swept the southern
coast Of Japan on Sunday night.
London-Sir Robert S. Horne, presi-
den Of the board of trade. has been ap-
pointed chancellor OF the e%xcheQuer N
succession to J. Austen chamberlain.
Kingston, Jamaica-Fire destroyed
the building and stock Of the jamaica
| branch Of the American Tobacco com.
pany. The loss is estimated at fully
ST. 900, 900.
PekiLg-School teachers here are re-
turning to work, following a strike
which has virtually p~aralyzed the edu-
cational institutions of Peking for sew.
eral weeks.
Observation-Disclosures has adopted
a law creating a petroleum monopoly
in which the government will partici-
pate. The export trade, however, re-
mains free.
London-Denis Henry, attorney gen.
eral for Ireland, told the house OF
commons there were 1884 outrages
against the British military forces in
Ireland the last year.
London-A dispatch r the London
Times from Rotterdam quotes the Am
sterdam Telegram as saying that Bur-
gomaster Zimmerman of Rotterdam is
being considered as Dutch minister to
the United States.