The Jones County news., 1922-12-05
Domestic

requested by Mayor Fred Kohler not
to remove their hats.
Forahe seventeenth consecutive timo
Charles S. Barrett, Of Union CITY, Ca.
was elected president OF the National
Farmers union In a recent convention
held at Lynchburg, Va.
Tom Dickson who ran away from
the Maryville jail when his keeper
was not lookeing, turned up at the
state penitientiary, Nashville, renh''
four days later and announced that he
was ready to begin serving his term
of one 10 three years.
Days OF the James and Younger
boys in Missouri. we're recalled at
Gallatin. Mo, when six bandits robbed
thea First National bank of s4,oOO IN
gold and currency. =
olheT' T'Dimitt, ottuma, iowa, mo
chanic, is In a critical condition from
a bullet wound, which probably VIII
prove fatal, inflicted by stranger
after Dimitt had remarked that the
stranger looked like Tommy O'Connor,
noted Chicago bandit.
w. c. Marion, formerly cashier OF
the jefferson County bank. which col
lapsed a year ago, and In connection
with which he was accused OF a short
age Of $4,000. was found guilty OF the
first count of the indictment under
which he was tried recently at Louis
vile. Ga.
Harry Orchard, convicted slayer OF
former Governor Frank Steunenbergg,
was denied a pardon by the ldaho
board of pardons, which met In special
session. Communication Of sentence was
also denied
Rev. David G. wills, president Of the
Presbyterian Synod OF America and
pastor Of a church in Astoria, died at
Long Island City hospital recently OF
Injuries sustained when he was struck
by taxicab in New York He was
So years old.
l.. p. Lewis appeared before United
States Commissioner w. G. Carter al
Atlanta, Ga, TO answer charges OF VIC
lating the prohibition laws. He was
arrested by federal agents. who said
he had four pints OF whisky with him
Later raid was directed at his apart
ment, It was said, eleven pints being
found there.
The town OF Front Royal, Va, was
almost destroyed by fire the other at
ternoon, because the water supply wal
not adequate to supply the fireman
with enough pressure to successful,
cope with the flames.
Senator N. b. Dial Of South Carolina
speaking before the Southern CONNER
cial Congress, in session In Chicago
the other day, said the present cottor
ftures law did not protect the righti
of the seller Under the present sys
TEN, he said. the growers suffers be
cause purchasers sell out their hedges
rather than accept delivery Of inferior
grades.
Clemenceau, Tiger of France, was
persuaded to permit two New YORK
physicians to make an examination oi
him, who reported that though he il
81 he has all the yigor Of man Of 30
Two daughters Of Morgan Pummil
who died recently at sedalia, Mo.
found $1,000 in pennies. nickels. dimes
and silver dollars their father had bur
led in a keg under the smokehouse'
Fourteen persons were injured one
perhaps seriously. when Missouri Pa
cific passenger train No. lO3 from Kan
sas City TO Little Rock, left the track
fsix miles east Of Russellville. Ark.
1 Bishop Edgar Blake (Methoiist) Of
Paris. spoke in Mount Vernon Place
Methodist church near Baltimore the
other day, the gist Of which speech
was Germany Is on the verge Of col
lapse from the failure Of her postwar
industrial undertakings, with revolution
imminent, and the collapse OF Germany
inevitably would entail the downfall ol
France, Italy and the Balkan states
and possibly the nations OF northern
Europe. Even more sinister, he thinks
Is the menace Of the victorious Turk
In Asia Minor.
The management OF the Reilley Col
lieries company mine No. ] at spang
ler Pa, was held responsible for tbs
gas explosion in the underground
workings on November 8. last. wher
II men met death, in the coroner's yer
dict returned at Barnesboro. Pa
Seventy miners we're killed and slxty
injured. some Of them seriously. 10
dust explosion in Dolomite mine No
8 Of the Woodward Iron company
nine miles from Birmingham. Ala
which trapped 4S0 workers beneath ths
surface, according to an official state
ment issued BY a mine official
Mrs. Louis c. Britton, Of Showhegan
Me. now is in the second week d
a hunger strike" undertaken, she hal
announced. In the hope Of winning bach
the affections Of her husband, who hal
brought SUIT for divorce.
Georges Clernenceau laid at the dooi
Of the United States blame for all the
unrest in which Europe now seethes
Speaking before an audience Of bust
ness men at the chamber OF commerc,
of the state Of New York. the aget
4 French war premier declared tha
America had left France in the lurch'
after the war