The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-09-11
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STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PRooRGoo o.
GvEars IN our OWN AND
FOREIGN LANpo.
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FOREIGN LANps.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN
william kunnecke, who was serving
life term In the state penitentiary at
Sioux Falls, :. d.. on charge Of muir
dering three persons, has escaped
Six children belonging to two fami-
lies living In one house at Jensen.
Sask., were burned to death when the
house was destroyed by fire recently,
In the absence OF their parents.
President Wilson will review the Pa
eific fleet at Seattle Sept. IL, accord
Ing to kilograms from Secretary Tu-
multy received by chalrmen OF Seat
ties presidential and fleet welcome
committees.
May Mckee killed In the family
home yard rattlesnake forty-four
inches long and six inches around the
body. The reptile had eleven rattles.
May Is the brave daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. j. H. Mckee.
In San Francisco Secretary OF the
Nevy Josephus Daniels expressed him
self as opposed TO the word "gob"
with reference 10 the men Of the navy
and he says IL official edlct can stop
the use of the word, II viii soon be
relegated to the scrap heap.
Eugene Scott. n negro bell boy, was
shot and killed at Omaha In a police
raid upon hotel. The officer In
charge of the raiders said he saw Scott
taking pint Of whisky to woman
guest. The bell boy run from the hotel
and was shot by one Of the raiders.
Harry J. Hilles, one Of the most ex.
tensiye stock raisers IN western Ne
braska. has purchased two airplanes,
one for his personal use In riding over
his ranches and another larger one for
the use of his family. Hles owns one
ranch of 1000 acres and number OF
smaller ones.
WASHINGTON
Kansas has Sl,200,0O0 worth OF hard
surfaced roads under construction ae-
tording to n statement made by NJ. w.
Watson, state highway engineer.
President Wilson has signed the bill
making permanent the rank of general
for John j. PershlDg, commander Of
the American expedtlonary forces.
President Wilson has left Washing.
ton on his Western speaking tour In
behalf Of the peace treaty, confident OF
ultimate ratification Of the instrument
by the Senate without amendments or
"destructiee" reservations which would
Iequire re-negotiation.
For completion Of the Alaska rail.
road the House passed and sent to the
Senate bill authorizing an increase
Of the limit Of cost from So, 100000 TO
s52,oo0,000. Republican Leader Mon.
dell charged miserable mlsmanage.
ment' had marked the conduct OF the
work but admitted the increase was
primarily due to the higher labor and
material costs.
An itemlzation OF President Wilson's
expenditures from the $4,000, 900
emergency funds put at his disposal BY
Congress during the war has been sen,
by the White House to the House com
mittee on appropriations. The item.
ization was sent In response to a reso-
luton introduced by Representative
Gould of New York. II covers expepdi-
lures made from the Presidents secre,
fund during the war and pence confer.
snee.
The State Department received a
dispatch from the embassy ut Mexico
City announcing that the Mexicans
who held up and robbed American sail.
ors from the monitor Cheyenne In the
Tampico district some weeks ago. had
been caught and are being held at
Tampico. Some of the personal be-
longings Of the sailors were recovered.
The American army aIrplane fired
upon by Mexicans was at no time
over Mexican territory" the War DE.
partment was informed by Major Gen.
eral Diekman, commanding the South
ern Department. Mexican officials
claim the machine had crossed the In
ternational boundary line before the
Mexicans opened fire, wounding Capt.
y. W. McNabb.
Four members Of President wilson's
cabinet-Secretaries Glass, Lane, Red.
field and Houston-at meeting AT the
White House, prepared list OF names
from which the President will select
fifteen To represent the public nj the
labor-industry conference here Oct. O.
The names will be submitted immedl.
ately to the President. II was said after
the meeting. Meanwhile they were
withheld.
Ninety-seven per cent Of the over.
seas forces and 10 per cent of those In
the United States on the day the arms
tiee was signed have been demobllized.
the weekly War Department reports
show. Only 65,9l3 men remained in
Europe Aug 20. while In the United
States there were $4,000 and in ST.
IBERIA $500