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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - December 30, 1920, Washington, Iowa Mike fir Wittl known thru Tho or Enung Lotel 1m4 al 4 of Tom the evening journal fair to site. Friday Onset led. Haig Btl warmer it Ltd nov it portion. Volume 28 Washington. Iowa thursday Ekx Ixo 30, 1920 umber 2ttde Valea lands in Ireland citizens in i Battle with i Bank bandits one highwayman and three residents wounded in Exchange of shot. Five robbers Are captured a hooting follow a Holdup of the Cul Vor state Bank in Broad Daylight la Boco Vorodi fifty villager in fight. Culver ind., inn. a pitched Battle Oti the main Street of this my a during which a score of shot writ Exchange and five Chicago Holdup Nicart three rat Lenn mid two of the Bault we re shut. With the capture of the fifth Bandit at knot. Ind. The pm of the five member of the band won in is Tody thro of the robber a the men who did the actual shooting were taken Hefner they could flee from the town while a fourth member of the gang we nabbed at Burr Oak ind., whence he flail. The three Tuen held in Culver gave the name h. A fax j. R. Burn and a. Owart Money la Roe Varad. The fight and Pursuit followed the j holding up of the t Ulver Exchange Hank a private institution. Approximately in Cash was taken by tie bandits hut later recover a tie raw Quot on the Hank go purred a portly before Imti tin Bandit drove of in a Lack and yellow touring car. Two of them rent plied in the is Eliline. Thu other entered the Bank which we a crowded with Catomer and employee. A hands up up with pm a they Allied As soon a they entered the loot. C Momer and employees alike were paralysed. Viaud automat Hull were raised overhead. The Bandit went from window to window. Scooping All available Randi in sight into their to Rytti. It was not until they were a lowly banking out of the place Liat the alarm waa Given. A liaising pedestrian pulling out. The other was ruptured. He was found to in to Eph Byers n resident of Knox lie Atad i companion were from Chicago Ami that they had hired him to drive the Ina Chine for them. The wounded were a Rod for at the Hospital at Culver military Academy. The Bandit machine was found to be riddled with Bullet Hole at least 5o Heung counted some title later. The car was stolen in Lafayette. Ind., tuesday night. Byers said. Wreck on big four Road King inter dead and 8�v�nt�n paraan Gera injured in Accident at anaemia Chio. Union City ind., dec. So. George rus Ter Engineer. Is Demtd and 17 passengers Are suffering injuries some serious As a Reault of the wrecking of a big four passenger train at an a Ula. The train to mind from Indian Iuelis to Cleveland jump the track to n switch Sod the Locin Tolve and me coach overturned. Mad poet in i i fight from fiume by air two big fires in Indiana Terr haute s business Diat fact buffers $400,000 loss�?i100,000 blare at Indianapolis. Terre haute. Ind. I tee 30.fire in Terre haute swept the. Retail District in the downtown Recti a. Entailing financial loss which conservative estimates any will Etc h $4md,flq0, do a. caused loss estimated at $100,000 to the i a of Tripany dealers in photo do Annunzio to proclamation says Grapher and Art worker1 bulling la located to the Central i portion of the brine District. Italy is not Worth dying for. Bandit slain i in hold up of fast train passengers on i. C. Fast mail robbed by twin Brothers near Kankakee Iii. Powers ceded to Council Ford closes Detroit punt factory will not Saopan until Lata in the new year according to Raport Detroit Mich. Dec ,30,�? the Ford motor company has closed its Detroit Plant indefinitely. It was Learned on excellent authority. The Plant which was cloned on december 24, for Ita annual inventory will not reopen until late in the new year it was state. The Cjan Down i due to the present business depression. It was state. Fifty thousand men will he thrown out of work. Pole Russ Parley resumed no truth in tale of clash Bat wow peace do is Gay a on at Riga Latvia. Agro Mont for tha evacuation of i Uma ind ratification of Tho Rapai la treaty verbally hat Boon concluded Baya report. Whitne dec. Bo.d Annunzio a i Issue a proclamation Maying that Italy is not Worth dying for. He announce he la leu ing flume by air j plane. The agreement for the evacuation of flume and ratification of the Ltd pal j to treaty verbally has been concluded. D Annunzio cedes Powars. Rome. The bo.settlement of the flume question based on recognition of the treaty of Rapallo disbandment of d Annunzio a legionnaires and general amnesty. Is expected following receipt of late advices from the blockaded area. The Suh a Slot of hostilities previously ordered has Lieen prolonged. Negotiations for surrender Are pro be Ling with the municipal Council of flume to which d Annunzio has ceded hit Powers. Complete recognition of the treaty of Rapa do has been Given by do an Quot of pinot River wot lives lit a Hamb conference with general Fer Carlo. It is indicated in a report from general Cal gala. The report indicate that Rickardo Gigante mayor of flume and Captain Sante be mail car robbed those who of Teodov red the theft at al Fork ch., unable to eat Matt the Lota. Needles <3nl Dei. Awty a fun to trainmen the mull cur on Santu be East he a mid train no. I we Robled Between Here and Adi Fork at night. The theft was do it a a eff a when postal workers entered the Mir at a a Fork. Those who disc voted tha Rote were unable to estimate Tho to a second outlaw captured brakeman and forced to search victim for Money and Valu Ablean robber taken by Poetee at Aroma Park 8tation. A i Uncle Joe Cannon i honoured by House Olti Nisan honoured As he wakes i Long service record. Riga. 14�rvia, dec. 30.the peace negotiations Between the foie and the russians were interrupted for three Days at Christmas Only. The commissioner resumed work monday and Host venture. Trec Toro National Dall the rumours that the negotiations few. At Clov. Have accepted Lotrn had i teen interrupted on account of a of Lect Between the commissions prov i to in unfounded. Earthquake in California Veteran from Danville has sat Cong Reaa forty four Vaaras still vigorous in inhabitant of town of Willow shaken but no damage so far reported. Quot.11 i a .i., i habitats of the town occurred glanced through the big plate Glass a a a u. A a 1, at 2 13 in the morning. So far h Wim have. Sight of n score or people standing with lands High Over Heads. While three anneal men backed toward the door caused him to run diagonally j across the Tref crying loudly for help. J. I. Sale a business Man occupying Ltd a a it across the str i from the Hank. I ene Ltd Fife on tin Bandit machine with a Shotgun. The pistol of the Holdup men spat fire in return. Saine was shot through the Mouth and fell. Employee of the Bank hastily arming them dem. Ran from the Hank and commenced shooting. Armed Man fill Street. Word that the Hank had Hereit held up spread rapidly through the town. Men swarmed out armed with re Flam. Shotguns and pistols. Before the bandits could get their car under Way they were being subjected to a storm of bullets and Leaden slugs. They replied As Best they could. Jacob Maine received Otic of their bullets through his jaw. Jerome Zech al another citizen was shot through the hip. The Bandit machine raced Otway pursued by n score of other machines filled with determined citizens. The Chase led go Lea go Ward towns the main Bret toward the town limits. A Lucky shot from the pursuers resulted in a loud explosion. The Bandit machine lurched swerved crashed again a 11 Fence with the bursting of a tire. The Bandit sprang out and ran scattering As they did so. The pursuing citizens in turn left their machines and took up the Chase afoot. One of the bandits fell before the fire of ids pursuers. He was promptly placed aboard a machine and Luken Huiji to town. Two others their ammunition sex Haug cd bummed at Hay when the posse overtook them. They were overcome by Force and badly beaten. Escape on train. The two other in edits circled Back and regained their machine. They fled to Knox a Small town nearby hotly pursued. There one of Tileta caught the last Willows. Gel., Dee. 30.an earthquake so severe that it aroused All inhere As Haa been reported no damage resulted. 17,566 booze cases handled by d. S. Plete recognition of the treaty. The truce was arranged during the night. Mayor Gigante and Captain hos Venturi were the spokesmen for i hire d Annunzio apparently being await Root. Venice. Dee. 30.signorina Lui Sella Baccara u Well known pianist to whom d Annunzio has shown marked attention went to flume some month ago where they have been awaiting the conclusion of do Annunzio a Riv free proceedings. Both have written freely of their relation and the la quoted As saying a lie would it leave of Home. Whatever the Fate of tie City adding that she preferred rather to he stabbed by the enemy s sword. Washington de it and personal rain Initta it it is Markul with warms no Era a a a it Edh Henry wishes for Long coition d of for and service in the Boose of representative marked the Obaer Vance of it in Noti Ilay in the House when Illinois Veteran ctn Grce Iuan att Ine Ltd the Eminence of longest service in the fulled states Congress. To until it a a Edny the re Ord was a eld by just a Smith Morrill of Vermont who serve l forty three years nine months Ami Twenty four Days. Entering the House first Hil a i. Or. Cannon has enjoyed a Cord it of forty four years of Rolce and had it not Wen for Quot two vacations which 1 did not seek would have served Conlu Boualy in the House of representatives for forty eight years. Vigorous in spite of Hin years the Veteran legislator made an interesting response to tin plaudits of his eol leagues in which he recalled i uoti leg events of 1872. More than a Hundred of his present colleagues had not then been Horn. Or. Cannon said and 11 states have been admitted to Ltd the Union sluts he Flat became a member of the House. Chicago dec. R�>.for the third time within to year rubbers it no old invade the new Orl we a Chick go fast mail train a of the Illinois Central Rall Roud. Took Possession of the rur in Unm a sly so or and re to la a a i Twenty five passengers of $.vu0 and jewelry valued at in there wer two of them. At 9 30 of clock Tivey Bonne tie train at oilman 80 Miles South of Chicago and. Pressing a flagman mid a newsboy into service to search their victims Rode for .50 Miles to the crossing of the state Hospital for the insane one mile South of Kankakee where they leaped off. Captured by Pom at Aroma. The Robt ers both Mere boys were captured shortly before ind Light of the Arda Fork station of the big four four Miles enat of Kankakee by a phase tout Ltd Organ Ted by Tim Hawly. Special agent for Wounde or the a rushed to a Hospital in a ukat. He died ther at 12 3b of log a a the other prisoner gave his name As Joe Scott no Law old his Wounde companion was his twin brother Jake he of of it i Enville. Iii. Overlook much plunder. All the Pao angers a lard the robbers were amateurs and extra my nervous. Their it to pet the flagman and the newsboys proved derelict further snore. To tin robbers Trust and is a consequence the in ise tigers re talked More Money an a Valun Les than they lost Scott Tatla of downfall. Scott in an anguish of Boyish re my use told the Kankakee Fiolle of the big City lures that had attract his brother and Hal self from the pro Sale Elf it at Greenville. A visit to St. Cutlo had done it he said. They bad hoped to Rob the train of enough Money to buy diamonds and other presents for a uni Girts they had met there. Trainmen Ami pm Senger descril��1 their initial attempt to crime As ludicrous. They refused to take any of Rowe s Money on the ground that he was n Workingman. They to it a Only the company Money from the Pullman conductor. They ordered their unwilling assistants to return $25 to Clemen Pienczykowsk a a older of the fifty third infantry travelling in uniform. Irish Leader has returned j says report reach Ftp pm huh of ,11 aft kit Sojot in in thai i it Ted statin Annunzio in exile italian la act who arc t p of tum will make Home in South Tny Erleau Follower will be granted Maest y to get tobacco monopoly format mrs. La a Alda american financial group in or Sci business Vantura. Paris. Do a. 3<�.a news dispatch from Athens any that the a hidden hand of princes Juri Stopher formerly mrs. , is seen in an official unman Cement in greek newspapers that tiie greek government Hio offered an a Saiu Evicia the Minot Cea Trul j a Tob Tux to mop a Rio i to the bus none Jotter Nult Ralston. Pee. Fun. Aralen president or the Frosli a Public i and i in either Frelan la men inn last night acc a ditto to a re. Port ree Elved Here. Do Annunzio Iii heir to the Jotter Tea Itonia Dee. My do to Nunilo Wei exile he Moet from Ual % going to Hoath America. D Annunzio legion it alms will be granted amnesty by the italian Gontran mint. Huttu Nih at fume ended a i night. Go Matt fake. Mat of tha rash Tel waa j end try for a loan it of a r i Tail Ihli of in i a fou pm with 8polal aft John o Neil through tiie al aet i door of a Saab Roo i where tie youth had taken Refuge. The wounded robber died shortly afterwards. The big four station agent at Aroma Park who had been warned of the Holdup became suspicious when one of the inquired concerning a train for the East. He notify isl Henly and the posse re enforced by Kankakee police nun rushed to the scene in automobiles. Robber makes daring break the boys were captured at first without a struggle but As the big four Iruin for which they had been waiting pulled in one of them jerked away Lesi Ped aboard tin train and dashed through the coaches. Lie darted into the washroom and locked the door. Of Neil ordered hint to Cine out. Several bullets whizzed through the panels past o Neil a head. He ducked to one Side and emptied his revolver through the closed door. It was then broken open and the Dakota of pfc a Coal Mink wort. /9n . Have captivated the greek people by i Whdeh la a Christmas gift of to a Drens hos a ital. Burglars oat on cant eau Ciaire was de it. 30.burglgrs blew open the Safe of the new Way manufacturing company tuesday night but secured Only 1 cent. They escaped with the Money leaving no Clews. Orys in need of additional funds for enforcement. Attorney general Palmar urge Mora monay for Dop Artmont soes 40,-000 arrests next year. Washington dec 30,need of additional fund for prohibition enforcement. With wholesale violations reported from Many sections was emphasised by attorney general Palmer in testimony before Tlle House appropriations committee made Public Here. His request for $300,000 was not included try the committee in framing Tia sundry civil Bill. Or. Palmer told the committee Slutt up to september 30, 1920, 17,500 a j to is for violation had been made of which 17,42s cases were recommended for prosecution by the department it of Justice. A of that number about 10.000 arose during the last three months of that period a Ite Syhl a and i no advised he tiie Hurett a of internal Revenue that j Tlle ratio will increase. If it does increase there will be 40,000 of those prosecutions to he hand Ltd by District attorneys during the next Commodore Reynolds of the coast guard told the committee there Van a big Stock of liquor in the Bahama islands less than forty Miles from the Florida const which was smuggled Over in Small vessel and flying boats adding that his men Hud captured a a Little of the officer said coast guard forces on the great lakes were not sufficient to Stop the liquor smuggling traffic entirely. Preparing for business Baika at inaugural Ball. Missoula mont., Doe. 30.gov.-Eleet Joseph m. Dixon called Oft an inaugural Hall planned for Helena next week in his Honor. A i Don t want too the Honor guest at a party costing $5 it ticket a he a id. Fuel Cost nearly 5 million Federal government during War spent $4,824,681. Sum am expenditure National and state by fuel Adt Nln traction from 1917 to 1919. Washington Doc. 30.�? the total my no a its Awn. It is further claimed that the Stato is meeting with great Mac Cess in its Onder tautog and that in due time All the state institutions and Many of the cities and towns of South Dakota can receive their full supplies of Lignite Coal from the state mine. The mine is located near Haynes n. D., within a Short distance of the South Dakota Boundary on the main line of the Milwaukee Railroad. The state has purchased 190 acres of land on which the mine is located. Engineers estimate that that is a sufficient Deposit of Coal Toke up h Large Force of in liners Busy for at least 10 years. Practically the entire tract of 190 aers is said to be underpaid with a thick Deposit of Coal. Plans have been made for mining 200 tons of the Lignite Coal daily. It is estimated that this will Supply the needs of the Sfat institutions and provide a surplus for Sale to other enterprises. It in estimated that the Coal from this mine can be delivered to the main line of the Milwaukee for $3.50 per ton. Freight rat per ton to Rioux Shihar $2 0 per ton. This makes the Cost per ton delivered at Sioux fails $6.30 per ton which a less than half tie Price charged for Coal brought from the mines of Eastern states. Cost of fuel control to the Federal gov according to Thos in rent during the War was $4,824, cent a inspected Tho 081, it who h the recently inspected the mine the qual wording to the final report of product is Superior to that the business manager of the fuel administration made Public Here. This sum represents All expenditures. National and state by the fuel administration front its organization in september 1917, to Juno 30, 1919, when the administration virtually was disbanded. Appropriations made for fuel control totalled $5,813,818 and Lawrence Mitchell assistant business manager who prepared the report said there was a balance of $0s0,137 of hand on june 30, last year. Expenditures by the Hend quarters in Washington totalled $2,70 5,479 and by the states $1,948,013 by far the largest sum was spent in new York state the total being $212,012, while in new York City $51,075 was is but. Pennsylvania was the second state in the mat of expenditures with $84,025, while Illinois was third with $50,849. In the new England states us a whole the Cost was $99,812. The report shows that there were fifty two in year men in the fuel administration these including or. Harry a. Garfield the administrator j. A. Morrow Rembrandt Peale John in White Timothy scaly f. M Whitaker Pierrepont b. Noyes Mark l. Requa and Alfred m. Ogle. The highest salary on a yearly basis listed la the report is $3,090 a in eur. Of soft Coal imported from Eastern states. It is expected that the Stato mine will within a comparato Lvcy Short time be Able to Supply the need of the entire state at a saving of at least 50 per cent in Price. To create an Inland ska Colorado River Fower project galls for Lake Jisoo Miles Ling Washington. A. Dec. 30.�? an outline of a 3-Miuion-Horsepuwer Hydro electric Power development project now under consideration for the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona is contained in a memorandum issued today by the Federal Power commission composed of Tho secretaries of War Interior and agriculture. A this project contemplates,0 the memorandum said Quot the Caus auction of a High dam to form a Reservoir or Inland Lake three Hundred Miles Long giving a constant source of Power and practically eliminating tie disastrous floods which periodically cause so much d image in the irrigation districts along the lower stretches of the Colorado River. A rout it with a want and

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