The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-24

1880 founded at Winfield Kans., what
is said to have been the first roller
mill west of the Mississippi river,
died at his home in Muskogee, Okla,
Saturday, from paralysis, after a
weeks illness.
Eleven Mexicans in Omaha and
Lincoln will be deported to Mexico
on April %, according to William B.
Brashear, federal immigration in
spector for Omaha. Violation of the
immigration laws and the commit
ment of crimes in this country led
to the investigation of the Mexicans,
Mr.. Brashear says.
A bullet which blinded w. v.
Meadows, now of West Point, Ca,
on July /, 1868. when he was wound
ed in the battle of Vicksburg and
which surgeons were unable to To-
cate, was coughed up by Meadows
Tuesday at his home in West Point.
Mr.. Meadows was a member Of Com
pany G. 37th Alabama infantry.
The central committee of the
German wholesale trade organiza-
ton has adopted resolution declar-
ing it to be the patriotic duty of
German merchants to refrain from
purchasing non-essential goods from
the countries concerned in the impo-
sition Of the economic penalties on
Germany.
Frank E. Pershing, nephew of
Gen. John J. Pershing and quarter
back Of Chicago University football
team in 1917, married Mary Jane
0utcault, the co-star with Buster
Brown in her fathers cartoons, at
the Little Church Around the Cor
.ner, New York, Saturday. Capt.
Pershing saw service in France and
received decorations.
The United States Railroad Labor
Board, in a decision handed down,
holds that the present rates of pay
and working conditions of Pullman
sleeping car conductors are just and
reasonable and refused a request for
an increase in pay and change in
working conditions. The conductors
are at present paid from $155 to
| $3.50 a month.
Spread by a high wind, fire Of
unknown origin Saturday evening de-
stroyed the plant of the Sonken, Ga
lamba Metal Iron Company of Kan
sas City, Kans., damaged the Hauber
Cooperage Company's factory and
sumed eight small residences nearby.
The loss was estimated at $4,000.
For time the fire, which was in an
industrial district threatened to ex-
tend to other buildings.
Motion for a new trial for Law
renee s. and Earl Foster, brothers,
convicted for the murder of Will
Prescott in Memphis pool room
last November, was denied Satur-
day by Judge Tom Harsh. The boys
were sentenced to life Imprisonment
in the penitentiary. An affidavit
signed by George Wells, now await
ing trial for assault, says he saw a
pistol in the dead mans pocket be-
fore the killing. The case will be
appealed.
Dodge Brothers Motor Car Com
pany, closed since last December, has
re-opened with a force of between
$500 and 1000 men, it has been Of
ficially announced at the company's
offices. The company normally en-
ploys 10000 men.
It was announced an effort will be
made to reach one-third normal pro-
duction soon. Additional workers
are said to be added from day to day,
as conditions warrant, it was an
nounced.
Facing more than so policemen, a
bandit with a pistol in each hand Sat
urday was shot to death in Chicago,
after he had kept up a steady fight
with them until his ammunition was
exhausted. Several policemen were
wounded and one, Detective Mix, was
| left in critical condition. Mix,
noticing the bandit lettering at a
street corner, started to question him.
The man opened fire and ran. Re-
Inducements came to Mix's rescue
and the bandit was cornered.
Mowlett Wilson, known to hun
dreds Of Tennessee friends as
Woodrow" and who for several
ybears has been connected with the
Columbia Bank & Trust Company at
Columbia, has received a merited
promotion, he having accepted place
with the state banking department
in the capacity of examiner. Mr..
Wilson is widely known throughout
that section. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Wilson for the present will have
his headquarters at Nashville.
The American people ate 10
pounds less meat per capita last
year than during 1918, but II pounds
more than during the first war
year, according to figures made pub
lie by the Department Of Agriculture
The consumption of meat and lard
combined last year was 1543 pounds
per capita. Less meat was produced,
less exported and less consumed in
the United States in 1920 than in
either Of the two preceding years,
the announcement said
The Department of State and La
Dor in Washington have asked the
Department Of Justice to determine