Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — WORLD’S NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

WORLD’S NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Percy Sholto Douglas, ninth marquis of Queensberry. is dead at Johannesburg, South Africa. —- The gross national debt was reduced to a total of $76,404,453 during July, according to the Washington treasury statement The socialist congress in session at Geneva, Switzerland, voted to remove Its headquarters from Brussels to London. Llge Daniels, negro, said to have confessed to the murder of Mrs. Hall, was hanged by a mob in the courthouse square at Center, Tex. Several clothing manufacturers In New York reported a reduction in their working forces because "of lack of orders and general trade.” The 1920 population of Oregon is 765,285, an increase of 110,523 since 1910. or 16.4 per cent, the census bureau at Washington announced. The mobilization at a moment’s notice of two army divisions has been arranged for by the army council at London in view of the Polish situation. Existence of anthrax among stock on several plantations in Miller county, Arkansas, has been discovered by government veterinarians at Texarkana, Ark In a night flight near Los Angeles, Cal., Lieut, Ormer Locklear and his aid, Lieut. Milton Elliot, were killed when their plane crashed 1,000 feet to the ground. State’s Attorney General Armstrong of Maryland has ruled that the police of Baltimore city do not possess the power to make arrests for violations of the Volstead act. Farley P. Christensen, presidential nominee of the Farmer-LAbor party, issued a statement at New York denying that the party was controlled by Industrial Workers of the World. Increase of more than a million bales In the prospective-production of cotton over the indicated yield a month ago was forecast by the department of agriculture at Washington. Six armed men, unmasked, entered the Commercial Savings bank at Moline, 111., backed two tellers into a vault and all others Into the cashier’s office, swept $20,000 into sacks and made their escape. The sale of the liner Von Steuben, formerly the German commerce raider Kronprinz Wilhelm, to Fred Eggena of New York for $1,500,000, was announced by Chairman Benson of the shipping hoard at Washington. Fifteen persons are in the County hospital and 20 men are in the city jail at Denver, Colo., as a result of rioting in that city, which began when union sympathizers attacked strikebreakers who were endeavoring to run street cars.

A Beirut (Syria) dispatch says the situation In Cilicia has improved considerably. The French troops which recently left Adana won a notable victory at Yenlde, the advices stating that tlie enemy left more than 400 dead on the field. Refugees arriving at Allenstein, East Prussia, declare that the bolshevlki are shooting all landowners and property holders, and others suspected of having money. The wearing of a white collar, they assert, is sufficient evidence for a death warrant Indictments charging violation of the Sherman and Lever acts were returned by a federal grand jury at Chicago against 41 of the leaders In the “rebel” yardmen’s strike that paralyzed railroad.transportation throughout the country last winter. Treasurer of Northern Pacific Dies. St. Paul, Aug. 3. —Charles Alexander Clark, treasurer of the Northern Pacific railroad since 1887, died of pneumonia at a local hospital wbere he had undergone an operation for stomach trouble two weeks ago. teenth census. John Alexander, alias John La Grance, said by federal authorities to be the most important suspect taken in their search for anarchists since the signing of the armistice, was seized by members of the bomb squad and turned over to Immigration Commissioner Harry Landis at Chicago.