The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-08-03
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ing the output of gasoline by 100000
900 gallons through more complete
condensation Of still vapors at the Pc
trOleum .refineries, was suggested by
the bureau of mines after an invest1-
cation by D. B. Dow, the bureaus pc.
troleum engineer.
! Washington Administration pro-
ceeding with plans providing that the
nation shall have coal, comes face to
face with necessity for dealing more
effectively with the railroad situation.
Coal and rail strikes have drifted into
an interlocking relationship, making
it difficult to settle one without ad-
justing the other.
Washington - Brigadier General
Charles e. Sawyer, President Hard
ing's personal physician, has declined
to resign as chief co-ordinator of the
federal board of disqualification, in
response to the demand of Colonel A.
A. Sprague, of Chicago, chairman OF
the American Legion's national reha-
Utilization committee.
! Washington - Negotiations with
! financial representatives Of Great Bri-
tain for the funding Of that country's
$4,000, 100000 war debt to this country,
scheduled to begin early in Septem-
Der, may be deferred until the latter
part of that month, it was indicated at
the treasury. Three members Of the
Allied debt funding commission will be
away from Washington the first part
! of September.
| observation-disclosures made recent
" that the federal civil service COM
! mission has been biased by political
| influence in its examination and certi-
| fication of postmaster applicants, were
declared without foundation in a re-
port submitted to the senate by spe-
, cial committee, which spent nearly
three months in an investigation.
Washington-The insignia Of COM
mander of the Order Of the Grown was
bestowed by the Italian government
upon Major General Harry L. Rogers,
quartermaster general Of the army, In
recognition of his services during the
war.
Washington-Special delivery let
ters will not eb sent out from any post
office in the country after II p. M, un-
der new postal regulations.
| Acknowledgements developed
again in the senate, Senator I. L. Len
roots amendment to the cotton glove
paragraph of the tariff bill limiting
all duties to Is per cent ad valOrem,
carrying by vote of 80 to II. Sena-
tor Lenroot estimated that the spe'
| cif1c duties on sueded cotton gloves
would range from 80. to 119 per cent,
which 20 republicans and 10 democrats
agreed were excessive.
Domestic
Wisconsin Rapids-The Wisconsin
! conservation commission has ordered
a public hearing in this city Aug. 3.
Jackson, Miss-In answer to query
relative to what he thinks of former
Senator James X. Vardaman, who is
candidate for United States senator,
DR.. James F. McCaleb of Carlisle, Clai-
borne county, received a reply from
former President Woodrow Wilson, as
sorting that he thought Mr.. Vardaman
Thoroughly false and untrustworthy."
New Haven, Conn-Willian Serge
ant Kendall, until recently dean of the
Yale Art school, has confirmed re-
port that Mrs. Kendall, who has been
in Paris with her daughter for num-
Der Of months, had obtained divorce
from him In that city.
Houghton, Mich.-Emil johnson,
| aged 10, and Roy Draper, aged 20,
were killed when the car in which they
were riding was struck by a north
bound Chicago & North Western train
near Lanse, Mich. Both were en-
ployees of the Raraga county road
| commission.
Cleveland-Mike Stone, of Detroit,
was hailed as the first aerial stowaway
after being carried in the mail COM
partment of an airplane from Detroit
to Cleveland. He said he crawled in
! to get some sleep and was locked In.
New York-Former Ambassador &C.
rard declared that a sharp cut must
be made in the PREPARATIONS assess
ments asked from Germany to save
that country from ruin
Seattle Unfavorable ice conditions
have delayed Roald Amundsen's ex'
ploration ship, Maud, at Barrow Point,
Alaska, and delayed the start of his
projected airplane fight. % .',.<@
New York-Geraldine Farrar, opera
singer, filed suit against her hus.
band, Lou Tellegen, actor, whom she
! is suing for divorce, in the supreme
court several months ago, in which
she demanded the repayment of $4,000,
| alleged to have been loaned Te!legen
during the four years they lived to-
gether. <s
New York-New life insurance
amounting to s55s,ooo,o 900 was paid for
during June of this year, as against
s4s5, 100000 for the same month last
year, according to reports Of the asso-
citation of Life Insurance Presidents.
Herrin, Ill-Fifteen bodies of the
victims of the recent coal mine war
fought near this city, are still uniden-
tilted. One of the dead was Identified
as Robert J. Anderson of Sparta, Mich.
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