The Colorado statesman., 1920-04-17
GENERAL.

Mrs. Mittie Jester Cumming. charged
with the murder of her divorced hus-
band, who was shot to death in the
street in Hampton, Va, in February,
has been acquitted by jury.
Mrs. Rose Veal of Chicago told Her
man Eckhardt that she'd be a sister
to him, but never his wife. Eckhardt
set fire to her home and attempted to
slash his wrists. Firemen saved the
house and physicians Eckhardt.
Action of the Michigan Legislature
in ratifying the national prohibition
amendment is final and cannot be
submitted to a referendum vote of the
people, the Supreme Court held in a
decision handed down at Lansing.
The Federal Fair Price Committee
in southern Michigan issued n formal
order reducing the prices of milk from
16 cents a quart and 10 cents a pint
to II cents and s cents, respectively,
effective from April 18th to August
LIST.
Governor Smith of New York has
notified John Block of counsel for the
expelled Socialist members of the as
sembly, he had no power to call spe-
cial election in the five assembly dis
tricts formerly represented by Social
ist members.
A crowd numbering several thou
sands, while watching aviators do
stunts in the air at Newark, n. j..
saw plane dive straight down from
height of 5000 feet, killing its pas
senger Clarence Stapleton, and inflict-
ing mortal injuries upon the federal
aerial mail pilot, Fred W. Robinson.
Six hundred million dollars will be
needed by the railroads this year to
finance the purchase of new equip
ment, the Association of Railway EX-
ecutives have announced. Presidents
of sixty-fve railroads met at Chicago
to discuss division of the $500, 600
loan provided by the transportation
act
Gabriel Shipley, lock tender on the
C. & o. canal near Hagerstown, Nd,
has received word from n Probate
Court In California that he and his
five children are heirs to S1,000,OO0
from an estate of S22,000,000 left by
cousin, who went West in 1S49. A
sister, Mrs. Cyrus Davis of Williams
port, also shares in the bequest.
A thoroughbred Poland China hog,
which William Brothers, breeders, of
Villisca, Iowa, bought about fifteen
months ago from l.. II. McClarnon of
Braddville, Iowa, for S265, has been
sold by them at private sale to w. III.
Ellsworth of Goldfield, Iowa. for the
record price of $4,000, declared to be
the highest price ever paid for a hog
in the United States, If not in the
world.
Tenants in one Chicago apartment
building set their own rent by order
of Judge X. NJ. Lands. The tenants,
paying $50 q month, complained that
their landlord, John 7. Lewis, had
raised the rentals to $50 and 500.
Judge Landis ordered the receiver to
execute leases at price to be set by
the tenants and the latter named $3.50
as the amount they were willing to
pay.
The research department of the Au-
tomobile Trade Directory estimates
that 81 per cent of all motor vehicles
in operation in the world are regis
tered in the United States. This is
based on a total of S,500,000 cars, of
which only 1,615,000 are in countries
other than America.
The Missouri Pacific union depot at
Little Rock, Ark, burned with loss
of S1,000,000. 1t will be rebuilt or
union station erected in connection
with other railroads in Little Rock, it
was announced by officials of the COM
pany.