, 1920-02-05

by breaking down the front door. They
escaped in an automobile.
Three hundred and five wells are
turning out petroleum in Mexico at n
daily rate of 1,925,223 barrels, accord
ing to advices received in Ell Paso by
Alberta Ruiz Sandoval, acting consul
general for Mexico.
Governor Boyle of Nevada has is
sued u call for a special session of
the Legislature to consider ratifica-
ton of he federal suffrage amend
ment. The Legislature is to convene
for N day, Feb. Z.
A man who has been identified by
papers in his pockets as Frank
Travers of Eureka, Calf, walked in
to the lobby of the National hotel
New York, placed Il gun at his head
and fired u bullet into his brain. He
died in an ambulance.
Seventeen of the leading wholesale
grocers of Chicago have been indicted
by the federal grand jury on charges
of making Illegal gains by profiteering
in sugar. Indictments bring up the
total of sugar profiteers caught in the
federal net to twenty-fOur and more
Indictments are expected in a few days
The first shipment of elk from Vel
lowstone park to a point outside the
United States left Gardiner, the north
ern entrance, for Rocky Mountain
park, Banff, Alberta. Two hundred 1
and 2-year-oId elk were loaded in -four
cars and shipped by express to the
Canadian park, where they were
turned loose.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Eastern Missouri, at its annual on
vention in st. Louis, unanimously
adopted a resolution giving dea-
conesses the privilege of voting in
diocesan conventions on the same
basis as the clergy. So far as Episco-
palians here know, his is the first
diocese in the United States TO take
lei action.
Burglars forced their entrance
through a brick wall with the aid of
picks and crOwbars, robbed the 10th
ing establishment of Charles Perizki
at Salt Lake City of twenty-seven
suits of clothes valued at approximate
ly S 1000. Perizki, in his report to the
police, said his stock had been thor
oughly gone over and only the best
garments taken.
WASHINGTON
Henry p. Fletcher has resigned as
United States ambassador to Mexico
to take effect in the purse of the
next few weeks.
Former service men nay reinstate
their war risk term insurance at any
time before July l, 1920, under a new
ruling of the bureau of war risk insur-
Rnce, announced by Director Cholme-
ley-Jones.
War prosperity has doubled the de-
mand for precious stones. American
buyers of diamonds and pearls spent
SS5,O00,000 for gems with London ex-
porters in 1919, figures of the Com
merce Department in Washington
show.
The Senate has voted to appropriate
100000 for the use of the public
health service in Its fight against in
fluenza.
DIR. Hugh S. Cumming of Hampton,
Virginia, was nominated surgeon gen.
eral of the public health service by
President Wilson. He succeeds DR..
rupert Diue, WIOSe term tApiTeu OH
Jan. 15.
Anti-sedition measures were given n
further setback by refusal of the
House rules committee to give legis-
lative preference for their considera-
ton. No further hearings will be
held, and the judiciary committee is
expected to report n new measure, in
cooperating the features of the Davey
bill, which has been suggested as
ample by the Department of Justice.
Secretary Baker has ruled that no
changes would be mad in the present
army uniforms, maily because of the
high cost of material. At "A recent
conference of general officers and de-
partment commanders, suggestions
were made for changes in uniform
regulations which would include the
adoption of the rolled collar, the Sam
Brown belt and limited use of the
old blue uniforms.
Consumption of wool in December
increased from 26,O00,000 pounds to
64,O0O,000 pounds, the monthly report
of the bureau of markets showed.
There was continued demand for
fabrics made from the liner grades of
wool, "a per cent of the total consump-
ton being of the fine grades.
Silver production in Mexico from
january to September, 1919. amounted
to 46,94S ,621 ounces, compared with
62,225,344 ounces for the year 1918,
according to a report received in
Washington from Mexico City to the
Department of Commerce.