Gilpin observer., 1920-03-04
CONDEMNED REc ORD OF THE
PRooREss OF EvaNTs At
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
sAviNos, ooiNos, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINos, HOPES
AND FEARS or MANKIND.
,s.tern Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN

WESTERN
The Rt. Rev. Nathaniel Thomas, mis-
sonary bishop of Wyoming, has de-
cined the bishOpric of Delaware, to
which he was elected by the diocesan
convention.
One woman was killed, six probably
fatally injured and twenty seriously in
jured In an explosion at the Aluminium
Products Company at ManitOwOc, Wis.
The explosion occurred when tank
used to collect poisonous gases caught
fire.
One of three federal grand jury in
dictments against Capt ]. +. Blain,
former North Pacific district man
ager of the United States Shipping
Board, was dismissed ut Seattle by
United States District Judge jeremiah
Meterer.
A jury in the District Court at Bea-
trice. Neb, found Orlando w. Lang
ley guilty Of murder in the second de-
gree for the killing of Justice of the
Peace Christian H. Pfeiffer ut the
town of Cortland last August. The
killing of Pfeiffer was one of the first
tragedies growing out of attempts to
enforce the Nebraska prohibition laws.
Abandonment of forestry experiment
stations in Colorado, Idaho, Washing
ton and Arizona will be forced If ac-
ton of the Senate agriculture commit
tee In reducing the forest investigation
item of the pending appropriation bill
from $7S,72S to $4,000 is approved,
the American Forestry Association as
serted in announcing that it would seek
to have the Senate committee on for
estry restore the original provision.
WASHINGTON
Twenty-one prohibition states, rep
resented by Charles L. Hughes, an
nounced to the Supreme Court their
intention of fighting the efforts of
Rhode Island to have the eighteenth
amendment and the Vostead law en-
fOrcement declared invalid.
A giant crane, with lifting capacity
Of more than 100000 pounds, has
been completed at the fitting-out pier
of the Philadelphia navy yard. A
descriptive announcement by the navy
department said the crane, which has
an overall height of 245 feet, or equal
to an eighteen-story building, was the
largest of its type in the country, hav-
ing been constructed at a cost of near
ly S1,OOOOOO.
One-cent postage for local or drop
letters has been approved by the Sen
ate postoffice committee, which incor-
pOrated the reduced postage amend
ment of Senators Dial of South Caro-
lima and McKellar of Tennessee, Dem
Ocrats, in the postOffice appropriation
bill. Approximation of 81, 400 900 for
transcontinental airplane mail route
from New York to San Francisco also
was written into the bill.
Urging naval construction which
would give the United States "the
largest navy in the world" Rear Ad-
miral Charles J. Badger recon-
mended to the House naval commit
tee that the next annual naval appro-
priatiOn bill carry a new building pro-
gram, authorizing the building of two
scout cruisers, four destroyers, six
submarines and other small craft.
Investigation of Rear Admiral Sims
charges that the United States navy
failed to cooperate fully with the al
lies during the war will begin March .
with the admiral as the first witness,
Chairman Hale of the inquiry commit
tee announced in Washington.
In four to three decision, the Su-
preme Court refused to dissolve the
United States Steel Corporation and
its subsidiaries, comprising the So
called "steel trust" The govern
ment's long fought suit for dissolu-
tion of the iron and steel trade com
bination for alleged violation of the
Sherman antitrust law was dis
missed. with absolution for the cor
poration from all charges.
Chances of successful pay check for
geries in the navy were reduced to
minimum when the department or
dered that the endorser of every such
check must place the impression of
the four fingers of his right hand on
the back thereof before 1t will be
cashed. AS a record Of the finger
prints of every man in the service is
kept, IL will be practically impossible
under the order for forger to escape
Identification, officials said.
Although there were general COM
plants OF II sugar shortage in this
country last year, exports Of the COM
modify during that time exceeded those
Of the year before by more than 1,OOO,-
100000 pounds, according to Depart.
ment Of Commerce records. Exports
reached total of 1,475, ,4O7, ,87s pounds,
compared with 4o7, ,20e,324 pounds the
year before.
The Senate has adopted the Under