River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-06-16
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Washington Robert M. Goshorn
was nominated today by President
Harding to be land office register at
Kalispell, Mont.
Washington-The senate amended
the Townsend road bill to provide for
three instead of five members of the
federal highway commission.
Washington Republican members
of the republican ways and means COM
mittee practically have completed the
free list of the permanent tariff list.
Washington-Bank of the middle
west and northwest are to be invited to
Washington to confer with President
Harding on financial problems, 1t was
! said at the treasury.
Washington excess of 1857 in
the number of Italian immigrants to
be permitted to land this month has
applied for admission to this country
at New York and Boston.
hington-President Harding is
not going to play golf Sunday with
golf cabinet" Of former associates in
the senate. The White House reiter-
ates that the President does not go
golfing on Sundays.
Washington-Hom brewers used up
more than 10000 tons of raisins in
1919, w. HI. Griffen, president of the
California Associated Raisin company.
estimated in giving senate subcOm-
mittee his views on the pending bill to
authorize collective bargaining by far
mers
Westinghouse big "bootleggers'
trust" the operations of which are ma
/ tionwide, has been formed with the
backing of certain brewers and men
prominent in financial affairs in some
large cities, Wayne B. Wheeler of the
Antisaloon league charged before the
house rules committee
Westinghouse million dollars for
relief of Pueblo's food sufferers will
/ be appropriated by resolutions in the
house and senate it was agreed at a
White House conference between
President Harding, Senator S.. d. Nj
cholson, Senator Lawrence Phipps and
Representative G. A. Hardy. Plans are
| to rush the resolutions through the
committee today. Provision is made
for the war department to administer
1 the fund.
Sporting
St. Paul-BiIly Miske Of ST. Paul
Won decision over Bill Brennan of
| Chicago in ten round bout here.
New York--Benny Leonard had a
very unchampionlike victory to his
credit, having barely shaded Rocky
! Kansas of Buffalo in IL rounds at Har-
rison, N. j.
Peoria, -Twenty-four boats are
named on the entry list for the Missis-
4 sippi Valley power Boat association
races July l, 2 and 4 in the Illinois riv-
er here. Most of the boats are Peoria
owned.
Domestic
Niagara Falls, N. Y.--Fire destroyed
nine buildings at Fort Niagara with an
estimated loss of 100000, officers said.
Purcell, Okla. The Byars State
bank at Byars, Okla, near here, was
robbed of $4,000 today by four bandits.
New York Nearly $500 Italian i'm
| lul5 dAIo WClC uCiu OCCduoO tAC
June quota has already been exhausted.
Chicago Miss Alice r. Murphy, 81
4 years old, was killed when she fell
from thirteenth floor window of a
downtown office building
Hampton, Va.-Two flying cadets
were killed in bombing practice when
their plane struck a tree top and
caught fire, exploding their bombs.
Twin Falls, Idaho-Mrs. LYDIA South
ard, charged with murder in connection
with the death of her fourth husband,
Edward Meyer, arrived in Twin Falls
from Honolulu to await trial.
Pueblo-Arrival of federal troops to
aid the National Guard and Colorado
Rangers, marked new step forward
in the restoration of normal conditions
/ following this citys most disastrous
/ flood.
Chicago-Airplane police to regulate
aerial traffic, assist in hunting down
bank robbers and auto bandits and to
patrol the lake front for persons and
vessels in distress will be added to the
Evanston police department.
Tulsa--For the first time an official
list of casualties in the race riot in Tul-
sa was made public by National Guard
officials. The list was forwarded to
Adjutant General c. F. Barrett 1t
places the number of known white
dead at nine and the Negro cead at 26.
Chicago-Thre youthful bandits kid
mapped Abe Carman, president of a
tailoring company, and escaped with
! a $3,400 payroll. The bandits drove
their victim to suburb before releas-
ing him.
Columbus, Ohio Constitutionality of
the AXE law prohibiting the teaching
of German 70 students who have not
completed the seventh grade, was up
| held today by the Ohio supreme court.
Globe, Ariz.--E. B. RED Whiskers''
Burnett, escaped convict and murder
suspect, for whom saeriff's posses and