The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1920-12-25
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIoN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

Several persons were injured In n
fire on the recreation pier Mt Venice,
Calf. The injured were members of
a party cut off in q dance hall and
were struck by falling timbers.
Nine officers and men flying from
San Pedro to San Diego in Fol sea-
plane No. IL were rescued from their
disabled plane by destroyer off Del
Mar, % miles north of San Diego.
Six nurses were seriously injured
and thirty-nine others narrowly es-
capped death when fire of unknown
origin completely destroyed the nurses
home at the University of Nebraska
hospital at Omaha.
A thief snatched a satchel contain
ing $4,000 In checks and $4,000 cash
from two bank messengers in
Los Angeles, California, on a street
crowded with thousands of Christmas
shoppers, and escaped.
George a. Merriam, mayor of Sew
ard Neb., was shot and instantly killed
by Arthur Andrews, alias Patrick Nc
Farland, his son-in-law. Mrs. Mer-
riam, wife of the mayor, was shot
twice and seriously wounded by An
drews, who, following the shooting,
cut his throat.
Sixty thousand applications for tick
cts for the California; Ohio State foot
ball game at Pasadena Jan. l have
been received by the Tournament of
Roses Association. This is approx
mately 24,000 more applications than
seats, and the association is experience
ing difficulties in making equitable al
lotments of tickets.
Charged by federal indictment with
having conspired with other persons
to set on foot on United States soil
movement for military expedition
into Mexico, and with having furnished
money thereto, Francisco Vasquez Go
mez and Leon ]. laurel have been ar
rested at San Antonio, Texas, by Unit
ed State Deputy Marshal John L. Bib
rel.
Capt. william A Moffett, formerly
commandant of the Great Lakes train
ing station and later commander of
the battleship Mississippi of the Pa
cific fleet, has been appointed director
of naval aviation, 1t has been an
nounced by Secretary Daniels. Cap
tain Moffett succeeds Capt. Thomas
Craven, who will be sent to sea, prob
ably in command of battleship.
WASHINGTON
cambridge Colby, the American sec
rotary of state, has arrived in Rio de
Janeiro on board the battleship Flor
ida from the United States. An en-
thusiastic welcome was given Mr.. Col
by when he landed from the Florida.
Authority was granted by the Inter
state Commerce Commission for per-
manent consolidation of the transpor-
tation business and properties of the
Adams, American, Wells Fargo & Co.
and Southern Express companies into
the American Railway Express Com
pany. The commission said that ii
was their belief that the public would
best be served by one consolidated
company serving all lines with equal
rates.
Counsel for Swift & Co. and Armour
& Co. have asked Justice Stafford in
the District Supreme Court to approve
a plan for disposition of their stock
yard interests similar to that proposed
by f. II. Prince & Co., Boston bank
ers, and to give the companies time in
which to find a new buyer in place of
the Boston company, which has with
drawn its offer.
State railway commissions of Arkan-
sas and Minnesota have been ordered
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to increase state passenger rates
and excess baggage charges to the lev
ell now prevailing in interstate com
merce. The commission held that the
present charge In the two states |
amounted to discrimination against
interstate traffic.
American business men are now free |
to trade with Russia, Eat their own
risk" This means, according to gov
eminent officials, that, while no re-
strictions will be placed on trade with
the soviets, neither will any aid be
given to such trade; and that any
American who suffers losses or con-
fiscation of his goods will get no help
from this government.
An example of the exploration and
research work which the United States |
Department of Agriculture is doing in
it's search for new plants available |
for cultivation in this country ia fur |
nished by the recent 90OO-mile explor-
ing trip taken by DIR. II. L. Shantz, |
agricultural explorer, botanist of the |
office of foreign seed and plant intro |
duction, with the Smithsonian African |
Exploration.
A tax Of Y of / per cent on all bank
deposits is proposed in a bill intro
ducsd In the House by Representative
Treadway Of Massachusetts.