The Ordway new era., 1921-06-24


shot and killed, and Sergt. S. C. Hous-
ton seriously wounded in Ell PaSo, Tex.
One of two Mexicans whom the of
ficers stopped to question as SUSPECT
Gus characters did the shooting. The
tragedy occurred in East Ell Paso on
well lighted suburban business street.
A bandit who held up L. F. Smith,
cashier of the First State Bank of St.
Joe, Idaho, forced Smith to give him
S3,992 and escaped to the hills afoot
after locking the cashier in the vault.
The man, who was unmasked, had the
appearance of woodsman, according
to Smith, who released himself with a
screwdriver Officers are in pursuit.
Inability to disguise his voice when
he ordered four clerks of the Pacific
Oil & Lead Company of San Francisco
to throw up their hands resulted in the
capture of Paul Towney, former en-
ploye of the company, as the bandit
who held up and robbed the cashiers
office of a pay roll amounting to 81
665. Towney confessed and the loot
was recovered.
The Imperial Council of the Mystic
convention at Des Moines appropri-
ated $4,000 for relief of flood suffer-
ers in Pueblo, Colo. Only one member
of Ell Jebel patrol of Denver attended
the conclave there after $4,000 that
was raised for sending the whole out
fit was turned over entirely to flood
relief committee in Pueblo.
Michael John Nolan, 42-year-old stu
dent at the University of Washington
in Seattle, and called by psychology
experts the intelligence test wizard
of the United States" again surpassed
all competitors in test at the univer-
sity, according to William R. Wilson,
instructor In the department of psy-
chology. This time 1t was the "shot-
gun" test, and Nolan, besides scoring
252, seventeen points ahead of his
nearest rival, occupied but twenty-five
minutes, five minutes less than the al
lotted time
A total of fifty-one suits to recover
"strike benefits" paid out during the
general strike in Tacoma, Wash, in
1919 has been filed in Justices
Court. The suits were entered by the
hefpers, local No. 56S, and demand re-
payment of money advanced to union
members on strike more than two
years ago. The informations filed by
the union allege that money advanced
to destitute wOrkmen was in the form
of temporary loans, and was not to be
considered as a strike benefit gift.
WASHINGTON
Cyrus f. Wood of Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, has been selected by
President Harding as ambassador to
Spain, succeeding Joseph E. Willard.
Harris Lipschitz, an American citi.
zen, has been murdered in Haiti, ac-
cording to advices received at the of
flee of Representative Siegel in Wash
ington. Lipschitz was engaged in bust.
ness on the island, 1t was said. Inves-
tigation has been ordered by Major
General Lejeune, commandant of the
marine corps.
Brown sugar sold at auction for 25
cents per 100 pounds In New Orleans
Five thousand bags, brought last year
from Guatemala In the sugar rush."
brought from u to y cents pound at
a government auction. The prices OBJ
tanned were not sufficient to pay the
duty
Strong Democratic opposition to
Senate investigation of the fighting in
the Mingo county, West Virginia, coal
fields developed in the Senate, and
Senator Johnson's resolution proposing
fv,n,
Democrat, Montana, led the fight, de-
claring the matter was purely state
one. Congress has gone mad-it has
a perfect mania-for investigating and
regulating everything under the sum-"
The United States Harness Company
will ignore President Harding's order
annulling the contract whichs the har-
ness company has with the War De
partment for the disposal Of surplus
harness, Frank J. Hogan, counsel for
the harness concern has announced in
Washington. Hogan called at the
White House and served notice that
his clients are of the opinion that the
President has no authority to annul
the contract and will ignore his action.
Railroads In 1920 lost .O2 of cent
for every mile Of train operation, L. Z.
Wettling Of Chicago, manager of the
bureau. Of statistics of the western
lines, testified before the Senate inter-
state commerce committee. Average
revenue per wile was $5,085, he said,
and average expenses, plus taxes, were
@600. During the last four months
Of 1920, he said, after the increased
rafes went into sffsct; net operating
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