The Colorado statesman., 1919-09-27
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cific passenger train between Seattle
and Kanasket, Wash.
Seth Bullock. lifelong personal friend
of the late Theodore Roosevelt is dead
at his home in Deadwood, 5. D., after
an illness of several weeks. He was
n pioneer of the Black Hills and was
62 years old.
Twelve horses were killed outright
and fifteen others mutilated at Milfay,
Okla, when the third section OF the
Ringing Bros. and Barnum-Bailey cir
Gus train was piled up when 1t ran
through an open switch.
Robert l.. Massey Of Omaha, for
thirty-five years In the service of the
Union Pacific, and one of the best
known passenger conductors on the
line, was found murdered on the
streets of North Platte.
Mrs. Fannie Antonio, 26, was ar
rested in st. Louis on warrant is
sued in Kansas City charging implica-
ton in the theft of S1,000,000 worth of
Liberty bonds, according to secret SER
vice men making the arrest
John II. Suits was sentenced to one
year in the county Jail in the United
States District Court at San Francisco
following his plea of guilty to charge
of defrauding through the mails in con-
nection with the collection of funds for
the National Defense League of Cali
fornia
d. A. Gwartney and Edwin Birnie,
both of Long Beach, were killed when
the aeroplane in which they were fly
ing fell into a tail spin at Il height of
800 feet and from 200 feet crashed to
earth in a direct dive. The necks of
both were broken and their skulls
were crushed.
In peculiar accident, Mrs. Haskett,
wife of l.. b. Haskett of Tecumseh,
was seriously injured. She cranked
her automobile and the brake refused
to hold the car. 1t ran forword,
knocked her down, doubled her up un-
der the vehicle and ran over her, frac-
turing her back.
Twelve thousand Idaho farmers. in
thirty-two counties, actively co-operat-
ed in a campaign for the destruction of
ground squirrels, which resulted in a
saving of So, 100000 in crops during the
year ending Aug. l, according to the
report of w. Il. Crouch, in charge of
rodent control work of the extension
division of the University of Idaho.
Increased street car fare to cents
to meet demands of employees for n
higher wage was defeated at the polls
at Des Moines, Iowa by n majority of
over 1000. Voting was light. The g
cent fare election came as Il compro-
mise between striking street car en-
ployes and a citizens committee sew
eral weeks ago TO maintain street car
service during the Iowa state fair.
WASHINGTON
Three of the foremost leaders of or
ganiZed labor, before the Senate Inter
state Commerce committee, denounced
in unqualified terms sections of the
Cummins railroad reorganization bill
which would prevent railroad workers
from striking.
Francisco villa is about to launch Il
campaign south of Chihuahua to avoid
risking Intervention by United States
troops, according TO information re-
ceived in Washington.
That the army of 100000 provided
in the War Departments reorganiza-
tion bill may be entirely too large was
admitted by Secretary of War Baker
before the House committee On mill
tary affairs.
Consumption of sugar in the United
States for the first seven months of
this year was 362, 600 tons more than
during The corresponding period last
naanr1inn statistics rpmnilpl
by the United States Sugar EQualiza-
tion Board and made public by the
American Sugar Refining Company.
More wheat should be sown this fall
than was the average in pre-war years,
but not so much should be sown as was
sown last year. This is the outstanding
fall farming recommendation of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture which is watching the changes of
the world supply and demand while
European countries are getting back to
normal in food production and thus af-
fecting the market for American pro-
ducts.
Notice of n new counterfeit $50 note
on the federal reserve bank of New
ork, has been given by the treasury.
The border of the note and the back
ground of Cleveands portrait are
solid black, instead of having fine
cross lines, and the treasury numbers
are black instead of blue.
Condition of the late commercial po-
ato crop September list, Indicated a
yield of 123,51S carloads, decrease
of more than $1,000 carloads from the
estimate on the same date last year,
according to a report by the Depart
mont of Agriculture.