The Colorado statesman., 1921-01-08


of the G. A. II. will be held in Port
land, Me, according TO advices re-
ceived from Sioux Falls, S. ID.
The minimum charge for an auto
mobile license in Texas is $3.50, which
includes any motor from one horse
power up TO twenty-one horsepower
From twenty-five horsepower on up,
there is charge of 80 cents per horse
power.
Travelling at rate faster than sew
enty-two miles an hour, seaplanes Nos.
8 and of the NC division in the San
Diego to Panama flight, reached Ban
deras bay on the Mexican mainland,
ending a successful dash from Magda-
lena bay.
Gen. Pablo Gonzalez, a leader In the
movement which eliminated in the
overthrow of CarranZa and who later
became estranged from the new gov
eminent has left San Antonio, Texas,
for n border point, where, it is re-
ported, he will confer with agents OF
President Obregon in regard to re-es-
tablishing his residence in Mexico.
About fifty New Year merrymakers
were injured, several seriously, when
a temporary sidewalk over an excava-
ton for a new theater building at
Market and Taylor streets in San
Francisco, collapsed. A thirty-foot sec
ton of the walk gave way, falling
twenty feet into the excavation with
about 100 persons, according to wit
nesses.
Fire losses In Nebraska since Dec.
/, 1919, up TO Nov. l, 1920, totaled 81
320,151.71, according to statistics CIV
en- out by C. e. Hartford, state fire
marshal. During this eleven-month
period seven persons lost their lives
as results of fires. Almost half the
loss was sustained in Omaha, where
there were 442 fires causing damage
estimated at $3.50, 521.26.
Reserve officers training camps for
1921 In the Ninth Army Corps Will be
located at the Preside of San Fran
cisco. Fort Winfield Scott and at the
Preside of Monterey, it was an
nounced at corps headquarters. The
number of men expected to attend the
camps in this corps area approXimates
10000, composed of 10000 from the
Pacific Coast states and 5000 from
the Mississippi valley.
WASHINGTON
Wholesale charges of wilful discrim-
nation against negroes at the polls in
the southern states were made by rep
resentatives Of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People before the House census com
mittee, and brought forth vigorous
objections from committee members
from the South.
A $50,000,000 item for army post
permanent construction, submitted by
the War Department and refused by |
the House appropriations committee
in reporting out the sundry civil sup |
ply bill, was the initial step in a new |
army housing project contemplating |
expenditures of more than 100000
600 over q period Of ten or twelve |
years.
Spectators in Russian gold who
have imported it into the United States
or are anxious to do so in order to
build up trade with soviet Russia are
slowly coming to realize that the gold, |
even when lnelltu III Dul huS III NsiiuS
in this country. The government minis
are refusing to purchase or to convert
any gold which is of soviet origin.
A decrease of $192, 932, 075 in the
public debt during the last month of
1920 has been announced by the treas
ury. On Dec. 81 the total gross debt
was 500, 9S2, 224, 16S, as compared with
$24, 175, 1924 on Nov. 80. The de-
crease during the last quarter of the
year amounted to $105, 131, 1876 from
the Sept. 30 total of $24, 0S7 1856, 1913.
The Standard Oil Company, through
longtime contracts, has n monopoly in
the production, transportation and
marketing of petroleum and petroleum
products throughout the Rocky Noun
tain section, declares n report sent
Congress by the federal trade commits
sion. Complaint of unsatisfactory con-
ditions resulted in an inquiry in the
petroleum situation in the Salt Creek,
Wyoming, field, the report says, and
the investigation was broadened to in
clude the entire region.
The federal government is planning |
IN increase of so cents n horsepower
on motor vehicles, cents a gallon on
gasoline and extra sales taxes to raise
S29O,00O,oO0 more from motor car own
ers, which would make the total taxa
ton from the industry practically $780,
100000.
The Peoples Bank of De Soto, Mo-,
has been closed pending completion of |
an examination of the institutions |
books. A number of overdrafts were
put through the bank, it was said. Ros-
coe B. Jones, cashier, committed sui |
eide by shooting in St Louis.