Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-05-14

AN'AN hNtN III ~ iilN Mnihn HhAh'A Nv
rooming house IN which they were
sleeping at Mitchell, Neb. The fire
Is supposed to have been cnuscd by
the upsetting Of n lamp.
Six persons were seriously injured
and twelve others suffered lesser In
jurlcs when n tornado passed through
the northern part OF Eurekn, Kan. The
high school building aud fifteen resi-
dences were badly damaged.
Ruth Taylor, aged 8, aud Ruby Mo
ger, Z, school girls, were struck by
lightning and killed ut n school house
In the country near Dunnlng, Neb. The
school building was demolished, but
none of the other occupants was In
jured.
The bodies OF Joe West, n ranch
worker, his wife aud their two chill
dren, aged 8 and 9 years, were found
IN their home near Roundup, Mont,
by relatives. Authorities said the In
dicatlons were that West killed him
self after shooting his wife and chill
dren.
Life-slzed portraits Of Theodore
Roosevelt, bearing his last message on
Amerlcnnism, nre to hep laced In every
school throughout the country through
the efforts OF the American Defense
Society, according TO an announcement
from the headquarters Of that organic
atlon.
W. II. Powell, n Department of JUS
tlce agent at Albuquerque, received a
package that officials for n time sus-
pected was n bomb. When II was H.
nally opened, however, It was found
to contain an alarm clock. II bore u
Tucson, Ariz., pOstmark and Is be-
lieved to have been Intended as Il Joke.
Thomas Morris, l2G years old, is
dead nt the home OF Charles Mltten,
rnnchman, eight miles northeast of
Ansley, Neb. lie was born In Berren,
North Wales, January 10, 1904. The
aged man never married and followed
the profession of Il cobbler for 100
years. He came to this country Ia
1871, locating at Strentor, H., and
moved TO Custer county, Nebraska, In
1856.
Ex-servlce men may enlist for an cx-
tended cruise with the fleet, according
10 word received AZ the Denver Navy
Recruiting Station, that the United
States battleshlp Connecticut, flagship,
accompanied by the U. S.. S. Michigan,
the u. s. s.. Minnesota, Y. S. s. Kan
sas, U. S. S. South Carolina and U. S.
s. New Hampshire will make an ex-
tended cruise. Men re-enlisting for
this cruise Will be sent to Philadelphia,
Pa, with orders to report to the com.
mander OF the squadron for duty.
WASHINGTON.
Coinage OF a Roosevelt twO.cent
piece has been authorized by II bill
passed by the Senate.
The navy's radio system wherever
located, would be open 10 transmission
OF commercial business messages, In
Guiding press dispatches for two years,
under i resolution ordered favorably
reported by the House Merchant Ma
rlne Committee MS Il substitute for the
Senate measure.
Farm loans %aggregatlng more than
S%50,OOO.0OO have been held M 10y the
litigation over the validity OF the farm
loan act, It developed nt the confer.
ence OF farm loan officials nt Wash
lngton.
Approximately Si.50O.OO0. 900 has
neen saved for 1921, Chairman Good of
the Appropriations Committee told the
House. The reductions viii not pre-
vent the "healthful ana vigorous func-
tioning OF every needed government
activity" he said, adding, however,
that they did mean retrenchment.
The average cost OF living for wnge
earners advanced Z per cent between
November, 1919, and March, 1920, ne
cording TO Il report made public by
the national Industrial conference
board. This makes a total Of 04.s per
cent since July, 1914, and OF u per
cent within n year, the report said.
Collection OF the nations taxes last
gear cost the government 90 cents for
Zach 500 In revenue. according 10 a
statement by the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue. Total collections for the
year were $3.50, 10000, and total OK.
oendltures In collecting that amount
Sf S~2O.5T3.0O0. the statement declared.