The Raymer enterprise., 1920-08-19
CONDENSATION
Of FRESH NEWS
THE lATEaT IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY Of THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN
Avail Johnson. Is. said to have been
missing from his home in Leachville
Ark, for eight months, was located al
Elgin, Neb, according to information
from that place. He had been travel
Ing with q theatrical company.
Pablo Altendorff, labeled a German
spy by FL Universal Of Mexico City, II
being held there on charge OF con
spring In the United States with Gen
eral Lucio Blanco to organize all ex
patriated Mexicans In counter revo
luton.
Ed Shhnahan, about 85 years old, OF
st. Louis, Mo-, was found dead In his
room In hotel at Albuquerque. A
draft for S1,976 and s425 In cash wer.
found on his person and note TO no
tify J. J. Flynn, 8 South Sixth street
II. Louis.
Phillip Lauricelli. San Francisco
laborer. shot and killed his mother
in-law. Mrs. Dolly Rollins. while She
was cooking breakfast at his home
In San Francisco. dragged his wife
Eva. from bed and shot her. proba
bly, fatally. and then killed himself
A request for the appointment Of q
receiver for the Terminal Railroad As
sociatiOn Of st. Louis was made In 6
motion filed in United States District
Court at ST. Louis by the Missouri
Pacific; Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas
Frisco, and Rock Island railroad com
panics
A column of flame 800 feet high leap
ing from II Standard Oil Company ga,
well In the Elk hills, thirty miles south
west Of bakersfield, Calf, was visihl,
there. The well Is in the vicinity oi
that which burned several days las
August with loss "f approximate,
!Do,UO,OO cubic feet Of gas.
A conspiracy through which liquor
worth S:;Go,0OO was fraudulently taken
from bonded warehouse at Owens
horo, KY. was revealed by raid In 81
Louis In which deputy constable and
ten others were arrested after police
md government agents had recovered
1870 eases Of whisky valued at Sl95 900
With Villa out Of the way and spo
radio hanhitry apparently suppressed
Mexico business men are anxious to re-
sumo their old business and social re,
latiOns with the United States. In fur,
ihcrance Of this, the chambers OF
commerce Of FL Paso, Texas, and Of
Juarez, Mexico, have held conference
10 discuss the best means OF bringing
il about. Leading business men of the
two cities attended.
WASHINGTON
The Department OF Justice at
Washington Is conducting an inves-
ugation into the textile industry TO
determine whether the closing OF
cotton and wooden mills Is due to a
conspiracy by manufacturers to con.
tihue high prices
Increased consumption Of raisins in
the United States since prohibition Is
believed TO account for the ! 400 per
cent Increase IN raistn imports from
Spain during the first six months Of
1870. Nearly S,W0o1U pounds were tx.
ported from Malaga. exceeding the to-
tn exports from tina; Port from 1913,
1919 inclusive.
The Detroit United Railways Com
pnny has filed with the United States
Supreme Court petition asking "A per.
manent injunction restraining tho city
~ Detroit from taking over the De
troit traction lines.
Loans Of Sg9T,S3 to the Chicago
Great Western railroad and $50, 600 TO
the Ann ArbOr railroad to assist the
roads in purchasing additional equip.
ment has been approved by the Inter.
state Commerce Commission.
Federal income tax returns show
that there are approximately $1,000
persons In the United States who
might be classified as members Of the
millionaire group" and that there are
ut least 10000 millionaires now In the
United States, II has been announced
in Washington.
The War Department at Washington
disclosed that only 1891 Of the a..
100000 American citizens who regis.
tered under the selectiye draft for mil
itary service during the World war
could be classified as wilful deserters.
This Is less than per cent. This an.
nouncement was made, together with
the publication Of plan to publish the
names Of these 1891 men with Il
view to their apprehension.
Renewal until August 81, 1921, Of
the agreement between employees and
producers In the California oil fields
was announced by the Department of
Labor At Washington. The $4,000 oil
workers affected will receive an In.
crease OF rs cents day and employees
In all other branches of the industry
will get an increase Of 25 cents day.
Permission to Increase express rates
to absorb the wage award Of the rail
road labor board Mt Chicago, estimated
" sl0 000 9O6. was asked from the In.