Gilpin observer., 1920-01-15

One thousand American soldiers,
the last of the A. Il. f. forces in 81
IBERIA, are home, having arrived In
San Francisco on the transport Logan.
Their places have been taken by reg
ular forces.
Two unidentified men were killed
and twenty-one freight cars We're de-
molished at Boise, Idaho, when II
string of twenty-five freight cars
broke loose and ran away down Med
bury hill, west of Glenns Ferry.
Shrine Auditorium, in recent years
the principal convention hall at Los
Angeles, has been destroyed by fire. 1t
was the property of AL Malaikah tenn
pie, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine. The
property loss was estimated at $780,
600.
Soon after getting his discharge
from the United States marines, Edgar
Tiffin Highes, of Fort Scott, Kan, was
found dead in his room at Fort Worth,
Texas. An empty chloroform bottle
was by his side. He is believed to
have committed suicide.
Major f. NJ. Scanland, charged with
John Hutchings, driver in the El
Pnso-PhOenix road race, early in No
vember, was released from the state
penitentiary Of New Mexico after he
had furnished $4,000 bond.
The University of California base
ball team has been invited to play
Harvard at Cambridge, Mnss., this
spring. Acceptance of the invitation
is expected, as the Californians are
scheduled to make an Eastern trip to
meet several Middle West college
teams.
Lawrence Lackey is under arrest at
Alliance, Neb., charged with the muir
der of his 7-year-Old daughter by Civ
ing her poisoned candy. 1t is alleged
the child, after eating the candy, com
planned it was bitter. A post-mortem
examination disclosed the presence of
strychnine in the stomach.
Ezra Perrin Savage, former governor
of Nebraska, died ut Tacoma, WASH,
at the age of II. He had lived quietly
In Tacoma for the past sixteen years
after long career as legislator in
Nebraska, where he was In the grain
and cattle business. A boyhood asso-
ciate Of William f. Cody buffalo
BilD, he served with the famous
plalnsman as scout in the Civil war
WASHINGTON
BituminOus coal production has
come back to normal since the settle
ment of the strike.
Hearing of the governments case
against the United Shoe Machinery
Company has begun in United States
District Court at Little Rock, Ark. The
case is said to be important because 1t
will be the first to construe that pro-
vision of the Clayton act which amends
the federal antitrust laws.
Four new aerial mail routes to link
the important cities of the country
from coast to coast will be established
II Congress grants an appropriation of
S30O00 900, Postmaster General Burle-
son stated. A fifth route is under
contemplation but has not yet been
given the approval of the Postoffice
Department
Victor Berger, Socialist representa-
tive-elect from Milwaukee, was denied
seat in the House for the second
time. The vote was 32S to 6 and was
on a resolution by Chairman Dallin-
ger of the elections committee, which
was offered Immediately after Berger
appeared and asked that he be sworn.
Berger was denied personal hearing.
1t may require S175,OOo to S2O0,OOO
to send the American athletes to the
Antwerp Olympic games. The squad
will include track and field athletes,
swimmers, cyclists, marksmen. football
players, horsemen and fencers and
will sail early in July. The games, as
at present planned, are to start about
Aug. 10 and continue three or four
weeks.
Only eight cities in the United
States showed decrease in 1919 over
1918 in building activities. A gain of
T0S per cent is shown In the amount
OF construction last year over the pre-
vious year, according to reports re-
ceived by the Building Age from build
ing inspectors of all cities. The report
shows that government restrictions
were not lifted until Nov. 21, 1919.
The extent to which the woman vote
will count in the coming presidential
election, IL the amendment is ratified
In time. may be seen in the fact that
there are approximately 2S,O0OO00
women of voting age in the United
States.
Leon Salinas, subsecretary OF the
Mexican Department OF Commerce and
Industry, and other Mexican govern
ment officials en- route to Washington
via Laredo, Texas, presumably are 60
ing to attend the Pan-Amerlcan finan-