The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-26

WESTERN
Police Mt Fort Worth. Texas, were
notified by authorities at Leavenworth,
Kan, that, through an examination OF
finger print records, n man who was
mysteriously slain near there about
two weeks ago has been Identified as
william b. Brousef1eld, an 1. w. w.
organizer of San Diego, Calf.
Mexico will be represented by com
mission at the meeting of the League
of the Southwest at Riverside, Calf,
in December, II was announced by Ar
mold Kruckman, secretary of the
league. He said he had received let
ter from Gen. Alvaro Obregon, presi-
dent of Mexico, to this effect.
Relics of the pioneer California
days Of 1S49 were stolen from the mu-
scum of the Association of Pioneer
Women of California in Golden Gate
park at San Francisco, according to
reports TO the police. Many of the
most valuable of the antiques in the
collection, which had taken years to
gather, were reported missing.
Gas, which was said to be flowing
at the rate of 1OO,O0O,00O cubic feet a
day, broke through the casing of II
well OF the Royal Dutch Shell OIL
Company at Signal hill, near Long
Beach, Calf, and burst into flames.
The cause of the blaze was undeter-
mined, but it was believed to have
been from friction on the cement cas-
Ing.
A hip pocket was held to be 'joint'
or Illicit liquor resort within the mean
ing of the Washington "jointist stat
ute, when John Misertrich was con-
victed in Supreme Court at Monte
sano, Wash. Sentence was deferred,
but under the verdict n penitentiary
sentence is mandatory. Witnesses had
testified Misertrich went about selling
whisky from flask.
William Bouck of Sedro Woolley,
Wash, former master of the Washing
ton State Grange; G. X. Cottrell, j.
II. Wrage and X. A. Briggs, all Of
Washington state, were expelled from
the National Grange at its convention
Mt Portland, Ore, and forever barred
from re-entering the order. Bouck
and his associates We're accused of
radical and disloyal actions.
WASHINGTON
A positive order was issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
Quiring railroads to put the approx
mately 10 per cent decrease in hay
and grain rates into effect on or be-
fore next Dec. %.
,,,,Ic n
returning from survey of liquor con-
ditions in Michigan and along the
Canadian border, declared In n state
ment he was more optimistic as to
enforcement of the Eighteenth amend
ment than any time since assuming Of
flee"
Postmasters have been asked by
Postmaster General Hays to lend a
hand for the first time In attempts to
locate missing people. While they must
not interfere with private affairs or
act as collection agents, postmasters
were instructed to investigate each
case reported to them and when con
vinced of its genuineness to make in
quiries OF other postmasters.
Removal of n war savings stamp
from the certificate upon which II was
issued constitutes crime under the
counterfeiting laws, according to the
supreme court. The question arose in
the federal District Court at New York
where the government failed in its eff
fort to convict Paul Sacks of purchas-
ing certificates and removing the
stamps.
deficiency appropriation bill car
rying approximately $104 100000, or
SS8OOO,000 less than the $190,000O00
requested by various government de-
partments, was reported by the House
appropriations committee. The navy
asked for $27 100000 and was granted
nothing, while the veterans bureau,
which requested $121 100000, was al
Iotted $85,000,000.
The proposals of the United States
for ten-year naval holiday will have
no effect on the present status of the
American naval building program,
Secretary of the Navy DENLY said
The present building program will con-
tinue until some definite agreement
has been reached and there will not
be even an effort to slow down or
curtaIl the building operations pending
the final agreement on the matter, the
secretary said.
OF $10S,213. 1885 collected in regis
tration fees from 9,245, 1875 passenger
cars and commercial vehicles, 2S,114
trailers and 177,234 motorcycles, as
well as chauffeurs' licenses in the for
ty-eight states and the District of Co
lumbia, Jan. 1 to July l, 1921, accord
ing to the United States bureau of pub
lie roads, the sum of S10l, ,793,416, or "a
per cent, is available for good roads