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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1921
Page
9
Mrs. Chris Martens, 60, living alone in Madison, Nebra s ka, was attacked at her home Thursday night by an unidentified man who struck her on the head with a revolver as she screamed. Police have no clues and believe robbery was the motive.
Lincoln Nebraska February statement from High superintendent of the Anti Silcon League of Nebraska criticizes enforcement and court handling of liquor cases. He argues courts must stop light sentences and impose heavy penalties to wipe out bootlegging in 90 days, stating bootleggers and criminals should be jailed rather than fined.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Harbine block in Nelson Nebraska early Friday. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 35000 dollars. The burning upper brick story housed Masonic rooms with banquet and lodge spaces, while the first floor housed the Nelsons Herald office losing most of its equipment and valuable municipal records.
Liberian President C. B. D. King travels from Monrovia to Madrid to Paris for talks before coming to the United States to negotiate a loan for Liberia now under a receiver.
Chicago police report Timothy D Murphy and Vincenzo Cosmano labor leaders recently released from jail face federal warrants for the theft of $100000 in currency from a registered mail sack taken August 20 1920 at the One Hundred Eleventh Street station of the Mine Central Cosmano was arrested Thursday and is in federal custody Murphy remains at large but federal officials expect to soon secure him.
In Bridgeport reports, a band of masked night riders rode through North Alabama and warned tenants to join a union or leave. The raid, on flaming ateeda riders in white, followed disputes over crop sharing between plantation owners and tenants.
Twenty three soldiers died Friday in a clash at the San Gregorio nitrate plant in Antofagasta province as reported from Valparaiso Chile. Daniel Joven administrator of the plant reported the casualty figure and conditions remain unclear.
California landowner Milton W. Pru was fined $200 by the Superior Court in Grand Rapids for a violation of the Volatead act. The case arose after an arrest following a town incident in New Mexico.
Mrs Clare Sheridan, known for her Russian expedition, plans to feature exhibits from Ree in a forthcoming display showcasing her travel and art connections.
The Pennsylvania Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to issue 120 million dollars in gold bonds. Half the funds would be issued at six percent and the other half also at six percent with security for the bonds. Of the 40 million dollars to be marketed, 20 million would buy equipment and 22 million would purchase shares in allied lines of the Pennsylvania system.
Tokyo February 4 Count Tanaka minister of war announced in the Japanese diet the government will reinforce the garrison in Korea with another division. The initial cost is 39 900 000 yen and annual maintenance would be 1 800 000 yen. Opposition leader Yukio Ozaki said he will continue his fight for curtailment of armaments despite party opposition.
Witty criticisms of American embassies abroad note low pay and uncertain status. Anecdotes about Choate and Berlin show the profession’s miseries, while a satire hints President Harding may reform salary and even abolish embassies. Also mentioned: counterfeit whiskey prescriptions and new revenue marked forms.
Typhus outbreaks reported among bolshevist forces near Kamenets Podolsk with disbandment rumored in Podna government. Mexico City reports Eduardo ing recalled from Rome to become under secretary of foreign relations.
More than 60 members of an alleged military ring were arrested in Mexico City as authorities exposed a network forging and moving important documents in the war department. At least 10 000 departmental accounts were falsified, per the investigator.
Local brief notes happenings with unclear details and fragmented phrases. The readable items reference a person named Louise and a generic year, but lack coherent context or complete events.
Washington reports Brig. Gen. William Mitchell told the naval affairs committee that Germany designed an airship capable of circling the globe and passing New York with 20 tons of explosives. He said the craft could fly 30,000 feet, with heated engines and garments, and oxygen for crew. He warned the United States had no defense then and nothing now to stop it.
Des Moines notes the 39th Iowa General Assembly moved to curb immoral cinema with a proposed state censorship board under the education department. A 2 per reel tax would fund enforcement, while W C T U backed bills aim to shield youths. Other measures address road funds, banking, and municipal powers, plus probes into college finances seeking 32 million dollars.
Denver February 5 Judge Ben B Lindsey wept openly as Rocky Mountain screen club members proposed raising a fund to cover his contempt fine. He faces one year in jail or 500 dollars for refusing to reveal confidences in a case involving a mother accused of killing her husband. A club committee planned to visit him with the offer as he could not respond at the meeting.
Chicago February 6. Harry H. Garver foreign trade commissioner for the Chicago Association of Commerce who faced a fatal self inflicting dagger death of Miss Theodora Sanders has married his secretary Miss Nan C Headen. Garver was sued for divorce following the death of the dagger girl.
Seismographs at St Louis University logged earthquakes from 2:27 am to 8:07 am with three violent shocks lasting a minute and a few seconds each. The epicenter appears about 1 660 miles south of St Louis, likely in Central America.
In Pierre South Dakota the house rejected a bill to allow women to serve on juries with 21 votes for and 81 against. A companion measure to permit sex based exemptions also failed.
Lawton Michigan February 6 Special Maude Tabor Virgo died from an anesthetic self administered to relieve pain during childbirth Her mother Mrs Sarah Tabor faced a manslaughter charge five years earlier A fall three weeks ago left the elderly Mrs Tabor near death She feared her daughter’s body would be moved to a cemetery.
Louis Walker, 14, may be paroled or tried on a charge of attempted murder after authorities say he poisoned medicine that his aunt Mrs Anna Smith ingested. His mother is dead and his father disowned him for taking money from the house.
Kansas City Missouri February 6 a lowering of six cents a pound on most beef cuts was announced by retail marketers here. Egg prices also fell by three cents a dozen wholesale.
Pierre, S. D. Special: Richards of Huron urged lawmakers to put his merit bill of morality on the ballot. He advocates light wines and beer, suffrage for moral persons, a rewards system, and a blacklist for backsliders. He opposed repeal of foreign language laws and proposed abolishing the state sheriff position in a related measure.
The Bon Ali hotel, winter home to many wealthy notables, was totally destroyed by fire in Augusta on February 5. About 250 guests fled in their night clothes, losing belongings as losses reach nearly $800,000.
Washington on February 5 a campaign to appoint Williams Jennings Bryan as prohibition commissioner to succeed John F Kramer was launched. The move may be presented to President-elect Harding soon with support from Senator Sheppard and other dry leaders who favor the organ movement. Several Republican leaders indicated Bryan would not be resisted.
United States circuit court of appeals upholds lower court ruling that banks must pay tax on government bonds held in Iowa and also on capital stock and other securities. The three year case centers on the state’s tax authority and includes Latke UlA details.
Memphis, Tenn February arrest of L. Huntley Jr former vice president of City National Bank of Memphis in connection with alleged disposal of several hundred thousand dollars worth of stolen bonds and securities in the city.
Mike Hurke of Broux Falls North Dakota died Friday from injuries after a Union Pacific collision near Bvanston Wyoming. He is the second victim reported in the incident.
Five bandits abduct Wills H. Thornhill at the Missouri Kansas Texas station in St Charles Missouri and escape with a registered mail pouch containing about 100000. Thornhill was forced to hide in the car and warned not to report the crime. He contacted Post Office Inspector M G Lunney and police.
W B Woolward a 50 year old Villia ca la real estate man hanged himself near Red Oak Iowa following business trip to Nebraska. He sent his wife a note from Council Bluffs saying he could mind it no longer and advising where his body would be found.
Ottawa bricklayers voted to reduce their own wages by ten percent retroactive to February 1. The move aims to protect employment as surrounding trades resist wage cuts.
Police hunted today for the occupant of an automobile who late last night hurled a bomb into the doorway of a south side house, injuring four. The explosion, heard for miles, struck a home occupied by a wealthy Black resident amid tensions over assumed encroachment into the fashionable district.
Prohibition Director John Kramer directs physicians may prescribe wine in any amount deemed necessary for medicinal purposes. The move follows closing of warehouses and hints at wider talks to permit malt liquors for medicinal use. officials caution physicians to avoid abuse and maintain discretion.
In New York on February 5 Dr Bowray advocates kissing as harmless fun while Lee Shubert pushes for women to wear more clothes and longer skirts. The clash reflects a public debate on morality and fashion with reports from Paris hinting clothes will be more decorous next year.
New York police report the Mont fatous Conception of rural life titled The Paravard on panel, valued at 15 000 dollars and insured for 5 000, stolen in transit from Washington to New York. The box was opened in New York City revealing a missing board and the painting removed, with inquiries ongoing. Painter Ryder, famed for rural scenes, dates to 17th century origins.
Doorn the former German war ruler limps through the estate grounds as observers note drooping lines and a guarded tilt in his posture. The former emperor reportedly grows wrathful over the Kaiserin who clings to life with surprising vitality, remaining bedbound in the medical room.
Moscow reports Britain offers mediation between Roumania and Russia and to send delegates to discuss a settlement. Separate aid efforts moving carriages from the big ferris wheel to devastated regions for the homeless, while others live in makeshift shelters.
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