The Ordway new era., 1920-04-09
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.
The United Shoe Machinery Company
of Massa chusetts was enjoined by
Judge Trieber In the United States Dis
trict Court at st. Louis from enforcing
any OF the lease clauses In contracts
made before the passage of the Clay
ton antitrust act in 1914.
Alice True Gentle, grand opera sing
or, filed suit at Santa Cruz for divorce
from DIR. Robert Bruce Gentle, New
York dentist. The complaint charges
desertion. The couple were married in
Seattle In 1900. and have one son,
Bruce Gentle, II years old
A German revolver he had captured
overseas was used by Harold Wood,
South Bend, Ind. world war veteran,
In an attempt to commit suicide. Little
hope Is entertained for his recovery.
You know the cause of this" said
note addressed to his mother at South
Bend.
Sale Of the Home OIL Refining Com
pany to the Anglo-American OIL Com
pany of London has been completed nj
Fort Worth, Texas. The sum involved
In the transaction was $S0.OOO,OOO, it
was said. The Home company was
placed In the hands of n receiver two
months ago.
The first wage petition tried before
the new Kansas Industrial Relations
Court resulted in victory for the
workers. Decision No. 1 was handed
down by the court at Topeka granting
an increase in wages to linemen of
the Topeka Edison Company from 90
to 67t cents an hour.
Harold Halstead of San Francisco
wns shot and killed on the road TO ST.
ezra Blanca, Texns, sixty-nine miles
east Of El Paso, according to informa-
tion received at El Pnso, Texas. He
was in an automobile with C. p. Craw-
ford. a business associate of El Pnso
and Topeka, Kan, at the time.
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Edward Bell, wife of the Sec
retary Of the American embassy at
Toxic. has been appointed counselor of
the embassy. She Is the first woman
to be named for this position.
Nationwide reports from federal re-
serve bank officials, made public at
Washington disclose their opinion TINT
the postwar era of "extrnvagance and
reckless buying by the public Is near
ing Its end"
An airplane mall service operating
between New York and San Francisco
by way of Chicago was authorized by
the Senate in adopting an amendment
to the postoffice appropriation bill.
The sum of 81 100000 In set aside by
the bill to he used by the postmaster
general in purchasing. equipping and
operating the mall planes.
The Supreme Court, at the request
of the government, has taken hand
In the boundary controversy between
Texas and Oklahoma, involving the
Red River valley oil lands, and issued
two injunctiOns, to remain in effect
pending final decision in proceedings
instituted by Oklahoma. The first
prohibits Texas from issuing permits
affecting contested lands. Under the
second. both states are enjOined from
ACiloNui VI VII VI BuS WOAA
With the navy pay bill stalled In
Congress-, desertions increasing at an
alarming rate and enlistments averag-
ing only 800 week, the navy Is now
nearly 60,00O men short of the num-
her required to man the fleets, accord
ing to reports at Washington.
Charges of delay. incompetency and
nf fnrtnar uorytco man
in vocational training by the federal
board for vocational education were
made before the House education COM
mlttee by Cornelius w. wickersham,
representing the American Legion of
New York.
An appropriation Of 100000, 900 for
the aviation forces of the army for the
coming fiscal year has been asked by
Major General Menoher. director OF
House military affairs committee. He
stated that S23.0O0,0OO is necessary for
training and operation.
Print paper costing not more than
8 cents pound would be admitted
tax free under bill amending the
revenue act, passed unanimously by
the House and sent to the Senate
The present law fixed 5 cents as tn,
limit, but members said none at thai
price was obtainable for import.
The Mexican government soon will
resume payment Of interest on Its for
eign debt, the Mexican embassy n
Washington has been advised by tn,
Mexico City foreign office. This In
tention of the government was EN-
bodied In decree recently Issued b.
the Department OF Finance. Interes
payments have not been made since
1914.