The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-10-06
Big Happenings Of the Week
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Kernels Cuiled From News Of Moment
In All Parts Of tho World-of
Interest to Al tho People
Everywhere.
WASHINGTON

tional conference on limitation of
ornaments.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weeks delay
in consideration of the anti'beer bill
were forecast in the Senate after con:
ferences between leaders.
Observation-Disclosures of the
first, second and third class from now
on must put in an eight hour day un-
| der an order announced by Postmas-
ter General Will Hays.
Observation-Disclosures report on
the peace treaties, between the Uni
ted States and Germany, Austria and
Hungary was ordered by the Senate
foreign relations committee.
Washington-Chief Justice William
H. Taft, after summer vacation In
Canada, has arrived in Washington
preparatory to the converting of the
supreme Court, October 81, for its fall
term.
Washington-The National unem-
ployment conference which the admin
istration hopes will evolve means Of
putting the nations involuntary idle
back to work, was formally opened
here by President Harding.
Washington-Two bills affecting
prohibition introduced in the Senate
included one to punish government Of
ficials for murders and other high
crimes and offenses committed in the
discharge of their duties and another
TO punish counterfeiters of stamps and
labels of bonded distilled spirits.
Neutrality-suspicious. organizations
in Great Britain, France, Italy, and
Japan were asked to Join in "world-
wide demonstrations for disarma-
ment" armistice day, when the arma-
ment conference assemblies, in cable
grams sent out today by Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Sporting
New York-Babe Ruth's salary in
vaudeville this fall and winter will be
$4,000 a week, which is more than he
is getting in baseball. - = 2:
Dover, England-Henry Sullivan Of
Lowell, Mass, in fifth attempt to
swim across the English channel, was
obliged to abandon his effort before
reaching the French coast. When he
decided to give up the attempt, he had
reached a point II miles of this city:
Chicago-The worlds series will
start Oct. 8, it was decided, the first
game being played on the home
grounds of the National league team.
In the event either Pittsburgh or
Cleveland should finish first two series
games will be played in this National
league city, the next two in the Amer
lean league town, and so on.
Domestic .
! San Demanding, Calif.-A slight
earthquake was felt here. At Ontario,
20 miles west, it was of sufficient in
tensity to rattle dishes in houses.
Chicago - President H. e. Bryan
and three other officials Of the st.
Paul road were arrested on warrants
issued last week charging them with
violation Of the election law.
New York-First word IF a ship
wreck in the Atlantic, on the southern
steamship lanes, was received here, in
q wireless from the steamer, Cabo
Creux, that it was bringing in 30 sur
vivors.
Atlantic City-A boycott started by
pupils with the opening Of the public
schools has caused slump in the
price of ice cream cones. Today the
cones went back to the pre-war price
of a nickel.
Indianapolis - Friendships formed
on the Union army's battle lines in
the days from 81 to '65 we're renewed
here as the Grand Army OF the Re-
public assembled for its fifty-flfth an
nual encampment.
Omaha-Lewis r. Gustafson, detec-
tive for the Northwestern railroad,
was shot and killed by holdup men
hero after he had ordered two bandits
who had few minutes before robbed
a pedestrian to halt. p. &. ...-
Kingston, Mass.-Four school chill
dren were killed here when trolley |
pole came of a car which was carry
ing them to their homes, broke the |
feed wire and caused their electrocu- !
ton when the jumped out Of the car.
Chicago-A majority of the $4,000
members of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way trainmen have voted to strike
rather than accept the recent wage
cut ordered by the United States Rail-
road Labor board, general chairmen
of the brotherhood indicated as they
began an official canvass Of the bal
lots. -9s- s~.>sgts2
Boston-Pfesident Harding was
elected to recaive the SD degree in
Free Masonry. The action was taken
at the annual session Of the supreme
council of. Scottish Rite Masons for
The northern Jurisdiction.
st. Louis. Mo.-The independent
medical association in convention here
adopted q resolution favoring beer of 2
"a per cent alcoholic content and de-
nopncing the dry law.
Chicago Gene Geary, convicted
slayer Of Harry Reckas, bitterly de-
the jury which saved him
.rom hanging by finding him insane,
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