The Raymer enterprise., 1920-08-12
THE LATEST 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
Two men were killed, one was seri-
ously injured and thirty-two men more
or less seriously hurt In a series OF
riots which occurred in Denver as re-
suit Of Tram strike.
A fire In the Kootenai forest, In
northwestern Montana, burning over
On area Of $500 acres, fire fighters
who said they had been around the
blaze reported to the headquarters Of
q the federal forest service district
No. l.
Tire men are reported 10 have been
killed, many injured and several
homes Of foreign residents fired IN
West Frankfort, ILL.,. 104 miles south Of
st. Louis, by mob bent on avenging
! the murder of AmIel Calcaterra. ~
. years old, and Tony Hempel, Is. both
Of West Frankfort.
: Miss Carrie Cunningham, 20 years
Fold, WIS shot to death by Theodore
Osweiler, Jr., a banker Of Shuttle, Kan,
on the steps Of ST. Mary's cathedral AT
Wichita, as she, her mother and sister.
were entering to attend mass. OsweIl-
er shot through the pocket Of his
coat.
Lieut.. Ormer Locklear, daredevil air
pilot, whose stunts Of leaping from one
plane 10 another In midair have
thrilled thousands, Is dead. His plane
crashed from height OF 1900 feet
while he was engaged In nightflying
FOR the movies. With him died Lieut..
Milton Elliott, his pal and pilot In all
bis hair.ralsing stunts.
Arthur Thomas. an employe Of the
7city electric light plant Mt Fremont,
Eeb, was saved from death by II blow
'on the jaw. He had taken hold Of n
plug which had become charged with
u short circuit and could not free him:
self. Clyde Newton, u fellow worker,
saw his predicament and swung his
llEt W Poiht 10
knocking him several feet away.
WASHINGTON
Mai Gen. Frank Mcintyre has been
reappOlnted chief Of insular affairs.
Great Britain is planning TO spend
nearly s8O0,0000O0 on war veteran.
during lg202l, according to memo
randum Of expenditures submitted to
parliament and received at Washing
ton.
The increased cost Of labor. with the
shortage Of paper. has led to de.
c!sion TO discontinue free distribution
Of the Monthly Labor Review. The
bureau Of labor statistics at Washing.
ton announced that hereafter 1t would
cost $40 annually.
! A total Of ISL convictions have been
obtained In the campaign Of the de-
pnrtment OF justice against profiteer.
Ing 10 Washington, il was announced.
Since the campaign was Instituted l.
S54 arrests have been made and l,4gg
indictments returned.
BY a decision rendered by the comp.
troller Of the treasury, a liberal bOun.
~ Is granted to marines upon re-en-
listment. Under the decision the boun
ties range from two months full pay.
at the rite OF pay last drawn, for u
two-ysar enlistment, to three month
pay for three-y year enlistment and
four for a fouryear enlistment.
Commercial traffic through the Pan.
anna canal set new record IN the fis-
cal year, according to official reports
received at Washington. A total Of
2,47S commercial craft with an aggre-
gate tonnage OF S,545,O00 made the
transit
Assured under contract already
signed with oil companies Of most OF
the fuel needed for the oil burning
portion Of the government merchant
fleet for the year beginning October l,
the shipping board set out to secure
10000 additional barrels Of fuel oil.
When they are obtainable, officials
said. the board will have an adequate
supply, estimated at 29,SO0, 600 barrels
for the year
Imports Of foodstuffs into the United
States during the fiscal year just end.
ed increased BY more than 1880 O00, Ooo
over 1918. while exports In 1870 show
4 decrease Of more than sSoO, OOO, 600,
according to foreign trade figures 10.
sded by the Department Of Commerce.
Foodstuffs imported totaled Sl,6l8,.
T1e.S0e, compared with ts32, AZ, 99l In
1919 Exports amounted to s2,l4l,-
l98,l80, ~ against $3.50, s52, 400 dur
ing 1919.
Increased revenue, officially est.
mated at 500, O00, 600 annually, will &C.
crue 10 the treasury In the advance In
railroad transportation rates. The
added income, officials at Washington
said, would be derived from increased
transportation taxes--paid by the pub
lic-as well as through operation Of
the income and excise provisions Of
The revenue laws.
A body blow at profiteering In coal
was struck BY the Interstate Com
merce Commission, when Il ordered all