Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tilegraphlc Reports From Maily Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. 1,100 ARE HOME FROM SIBERIA, Returning Soldiers From Far East Warn Bolshevists to Beware. San Francisco, Dec. 8. —Eleven hundred American arrived from Siberia yesterday on the transport Sheridan. A sign on the ship’s side read: “Bolshevists, beware! We are coming home to join the American Legion.” The Sheridan also brought the bodies of 45 Americans killed in a surprise attack by the Bolshevlkl In the Suchone region. Another bbdy brought was that of a quartermaster agent, Andrew Ryan, holder of the congressional Medal of Honor for valor displayed In the chase of the Indians who massacred General Custer’s command- - Ryan died at sea last Friday. W. F. Rellley, former acting British high commissioner in Siberia, arrived on the Sheridan on his way to Bolivia where he will become British minister.