Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-09-21
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A heavy but not damaging frost 0c-
buried at Mason City, La.
A Wilkesbarre (Pa.) dispatch says
t66,O00 anthracite miners returned to
york when the whistle blew Monday
mOrntng.
| A rumor that King Constantine Of
0reece had been slain by an assassin
flashed through ethe Greek colony In
Chicago.
Maj. Gen. w. NJ. Ireland was reap
pointed by President Harding at
washington as surgeon general of the
Regular army.
A Belfast dispatch says there is a
strike on all the Irish Free State tele-
kraph, postal and telephone lines and
facilities have ceased.
Col, Michael ]. Hendricks, United
States consul at Windsor, Ont, died,
after an illness of one week. He was
keventy-six years old.
Former United States Senator j.
Hamilton Lewis, who has been Ill at
Vienna, has improved sufficiently to
permit his removal from the sani-
karium.
Nineteen alleged members Of the
industrial Workers Of the World were
ARRESTED in raid On their headquar-
fers at Taft, Cal, in the West side
pil fields.
Organized labor is considering boom
ing Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
FOR President at the next general
election, it was learned at Atlantic
City, N. J.
John Richard Oughton, Jr., son Of
The millionaire head of the Kelley in
ktitute, was shot under mysterious cir
Eumstances in his apartment at
Dwight, Ill.
The per capita wealth of the United
States has decreased $3.O6 In the past
kear and 46 cents in the past month,
The Treasury department at Washing
Ton announced.
The Bank of Ironton, Mo-, said to
have deposits of $191, 900, was closed
by order of State Bank Examiner Roy
u. Niemann, following an examination
Of the banks books.
A marked improvement in coal sup
ply, permitting the resumption of more
bounced by independent steel opera
Tors at Youngstown, o.
An Atlantic City IN. J.) dispatch
bays the executive council Of the
American Federation of Labor has
called upon the organized workers Of
the country to resist writs of injunc-
Mon.
The 10000 men employed by the
Ford Motor company of Detroit, Mich,
hre under orders from Henry Ford to
beer alone at all times, under penalty
Of losing their jobs.
| Despite the rail and coal strikes
and consequent fuel shortage employ
ment conditions generally throughout
the country reflect sound business
condition, the Department f Labor
mt Washington announces.
At the request of the State depart
ment at Washington Acting Secretary
Roosevelt ordered Admiral Bristol,
American high commissioner at Con-
agtantinople, to dispatch force Of de-
gtroyers to Smyrna Ito protect lives
and property"
Senator Borah's bill to establish a.
commission to survey the coal indus
try and report to congress relative to-
Legislation to prevent recurrence Of
strikes in the coal fields was passed
by the senate at washington without
a roll call.
London newspapers hail with de-
light the agreement just signed be-
tween Leslie Urquhart and Leonid
Krassin, soviet agent, whereby the
British gain control of 100000 acres
OF land and hundreds Of mileg of rail-
ways In Russia.
Purchase of a Cleveland (OJ bank
building located on Euclid avenue, by
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, was announced. The building
will house the brotherhood's co-opera-
tive national bank. The indicated
consideration was $2,55O,OOO.