Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-06-03

The American Legion has adopted
| 'hands-off'' policy toward congress
sional legislation on the soldiers
bonus Lieut.. Col. Hanford SIacNider,
| national commander of the Legion,
said at Minneapolis, Mimi, where he
spoke at several Memorial day eXer-
cises.
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell of the
government service fell from a horse
| while riding at Milwaukee and was
painfully injured.
A visitation of seventeen-year
locusts is reported by Capt. r. D.
Parker of DOwners Grove, III. Mil
lions of the insects covered sidewalks,
streets, lawns and gardens.
| Fire believed to have been started
from defective electric wiring caused
S75O,OOO damage to the Bry- Block
Mercantile company at Memphis,
Tenn one of the largest department
stores in the South.
| Charles NJ. Reynolds of Joliet, ILL.,,
was instantly killed in the sixth lap
| of n 100-mile race at Independence,
| Mo-. when the car he was plotting
turned turtle. The pilots head was
| torn off.
| Virtual ultimatum to the railroads
i - fIa Init cd rot hos
| labor board at Chicago was presented
| by the Federated Shop Crafts, COM
prisng more than 100000 men. They
| asked for conference.
| Miss Audrey MunsOn, once famous
artists model and said to be the pos
SCISSOR of the perfect female form,
attempted to commit suicide at her
home near Syracuse, N. Y.
e. II. Gary, in an address to the
Iron and Steel institute at New York,
advocated taking the tariff out of poll
tics, is against q soldier bonus at
present, and would substitute a sales
for income tax.
Eleven miners were killed in an eX
plosion in Acmar No. mine of the
Alabama Fuel and Iron company, st.
Clair county, according to reports re-
ceived at the Birmingham (Ala.) sta
ton.
| Felix JOzapaitif proprietor of a
Chicago drug store, was shot and
killed by a lone bandit, who held him
up at FOrty-seventh street and Hermi-
tage avenue.
telephone report received at En-
pOrium, Pa, says three powder mill
packing houses were blown up at Sin
nemahoning, Pa Nine men were re-
ported blown to pieces.
George Elmer MunrOe eighteen, of
Camden, n. J.. confessed to PrOsecu-
tor WOlvertOn that he had kidnapped
and murdered Ida Kramer, seven
years old
Babe Ruth, home-run king, was fined
5000. removed as captain of the New
York Yankees and reinstated immedi-
ately by Ban Johnson, president of the
American league, at Chicago.
One man was killed when two tons
of powder exploded in the corning
mill" of the Equitable Powder COM
pany at East Alton, Ill. o. Hess, the
only man in the MILL was blown to
| ShredS.
Next years general assembly of
Presbyterian churches in the United
States of America will be held at In
dianapolis, il was decided by the com
missioners at Des Moines, Ia.
Wages of 100000 maintenance OF
way railway employees are cut from
1 to cents an hour, beginning July
1, according to a decision announced
by the railroad labor board at Chica
go. The slash will mean an annual
saving of approximately $4S,0O0,OOO or
pay rolls.
Victor L. Berger, the former Wis
cOnSin Congressman, twice OuSted from
the house of representatives, will be
the Socialists choice for congress from
his district in the fall election, it il
announced at Milwaukee.