Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-09-21
NEWS BITS FOR BUSY PEOPLE

Casualties in the typhoon and tidal
wave which swept the port Of Swa-
:ow, $50 miles north of Hongkong,
aow are estimated at 10000.
A coal tram running from Paducah,
~, to Carbonate, H., on the Illinois
Central railroad, was fred upon at
light, the train crew reported.
The severest earthquake experienced
n the Anchorage. Alaska, district in
FEARS occurred Wednesday night, but
esulted in no material damage.
Berlin is sending a note to France
announcing that it is impossible for
that country to accept the latest In
1emnity demands Of the French.
Because Of the lack of coal at it's
steam power plants, the Chicago, OF
tawa & Peoria Interurban railway at
Ottawa, Ill, Cancelled IA of it's trains. |
The thirteenth inter-allied confer
ence since the treaty of Versailles was
signed opened at London with every
POSSIBILITY that it would decide the fate
Of Europe.
President Harding at Washington
asked the railroads and the unions to
end the shop strike and leave the
question of seniority to the railroad
labor board.
A wave of lawlessness has swept
over Buffalo, N. Y, in the street car
strike. Explosives and bombs have
been resorted to. Stone-throwing is
quite general.
Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald
Dunn, under sentence of death for the
assassination of Field Marshal Wilson,
will be hanged on August 10, 1t is an
nounced at London.
Mrs. Edward Clarity, thirty-five,
mother of two children less than ten
years old, met death at her home at
Morris, ILL.,, due to the accidental dis
charge of revolver.
Captain Daminguez, who was court
martialed for rebellion, was shot at
MOrel0s barracks, Vera Cruz, Mex.
Efforts to secure a pardon from Presi-
dent Obregon failed.
Forcing an entrance by picking a
lock on an alley door at Muncie, Ind,
yeggmen entered the largest depart
ment store in the city and escaped
with $4,000 in currency.
With bank deposits Of more than
$4,000 and property estimated at an
equal amount, Judson Fl. Smith, sixty;
three, an eccentric recluse, Is dead at
Falls City. Neb., of starvation.
James Harris and r. e. Lacey, fed
eral prohibition agents, are in hos
pital at Kemmerer, Wyo., suffering
from bullet wounds following a gun
battle with bootleggers at Fossil.
In the most destructive fire in the
history of Pierce, Neb, flames de-
stroyed half block OF. buildings with
loss of 100000. The fire started in
the plant of the Farmers Grain and
Coal company.
A report by Auditor General G. B.
Fuller at Lansing, Mich, shows that
during the last fiscal year $4,000, $50
was paid in bonuses to veterans Of the
World war who entered the service
from Michigan.
One hundred carloads of Yakima
(Wash.) valley lambs, representing
nearly $25O,OOO, will be shipped to
Chicago. Nearly all important sheep
men of the valley will be represented
In the shipments.
A survey at Washington Of the i'm
migration figures for the fiscal year
Just completed indicates that the per
cent limitations law has proved an eff
fectual bar to any overwhelming
movement of immigrants.
Twenty-three officers and directors
of two corporations were indicted at
Washington by the federal grand jury
for alleged misuse of the United
States mails in the sale of half mil
lion dollars worth of stock.
Attorney General Brundage at
Springfield, Ill, construed the Illinois
prohibition act as forbidding the
manufacture Of "hard cider" but ruled
that 1t cannot prevent a farmer from
manufacturing cider from his own ap-
pies.
A st. Louis {Mo) dispatch says
that with only 81 precincts to be
heard from, United States Senator
James A. Reed had lead over
Breckenridge Long Of 800 votes In
the race for the Democratic senatorial
nomination.