Williams news., 1921-08-12
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that 1t is the sense of the Texas LegtS
 iature that the interests of the United
 States and Texas may be better served
 by official recognition of Mexico was
 adopted in the House at Austin, re
 gently.
 Col William R. Berger, founder of the University of New Mexico, and its secretary for twenty-five years. died at Belen, New Mexico, aged "A years. He was a pioneer editor and attorney in the state and had held territorial po- sitions and various offices in the G. A. R., and leading lodges of the state.
 Lieut.. R. B. Levissee, an air mail pi- lot, narrowly escaped death at Con- cord, Calif., in making a forced land ing after his engine went dead while he was 1000 feet in the air. Owing to obstructions near the landing field his machine turned over on him and when he was extricated he said he was un- injured
 In blowing the safe of the Charity State bank at Charity, H., the rob- bers used so much explosive that the safe was blown out through the rear of the building. The safe door was blown out through the front of the building, and the structure was set on fire, burning to the ground. Officials of the bank said there was no clew to the identity of the robbers, and that it was impossible to say how much they obtained, as everything in the build ing was destroyed
 WASHINGTON
 Postmaster General Hays has an- nounced appointment of Mrs. Mary K. McCarty as assistant superintendent of f1S Sh0 ir fho nd woman to be appointed to an executive position in the department, and entered the service in 1900 as a clerk
 The steamship President, assigned by the government to the PostOffice has inaugurated it's twen- tyfour-hour service of runs to Quaran- l tine to rush in the mails from inbound steamers. Postmaster General Hays | and members of the congressional post office committees were aboard. The | service is expected to eliminate nearly | hours delay in getting for eign mails ashore
 Investigation by the Senate Com merce Commission to determine ! there is "monopolistic manip- ulatiOn" of petroleum products was proposed in a resolution introduced by | Senator King, Democrat, Utah, who said depression in crude oil prices evi- fenced manipulation by large inter- ests, while prices of gasoline and other products had not been reduced 
 Exports to Europe fell off nearly S1, ,5OO, ,0OO, 900, while those to South America increased more than $3O,OOO,- 900 during the fiscal year ending June 90; last, as compared with the previous year, Commerce Department figures disclosed. In June there was sharp decline in both directions compared to he same month a year ago. The years exports to Europe were 3,40S, ,0OO, 900 against $4,S63, 100000 in 1920; imports were $937, 100000 against $1,179,O0O,- ,OO
 Legislation authorizing payments to under the $5,OOO,OOO loan to hat country previously arranged for, vas asked by President Harding in a etter transmitted to the Senate. An letter from Secretary Hughes said a moral obligation" 'ested on the United States to make his loan. ,
 Three Colorado young men are mong the POS candidates for appoint nent as second Heutenants in the
 
 ApriPs examination, it was announced , " the war department. Those con- nissioned from Colorado are: Harry , deyer, Denver, engineer corps John larry, Boulder, in field artillery, and { ;reswell G. Blakeney, Denver, in field 1 rtillery.
 Intoxicating beverages imported in O the United States during the fiscal { ear were valued at more than $5, 5,OOO,- OO as compared with about $500, 1000 D the previous year, according to re- $ Iorts issued by the Commerce Depart nent. Wine was the largest item in l he list of intoxicants entering during i he year, amounting to more than D. ( OO, 900 gallons, as compared with 28,- t % in 1920. It
 Arming of postal employees since Hay 1, and the standing reward of I (, 900 offered by the Postoffice De- I ,artment to anyone bringing about the detention and arrest of a mail robber, ( las served to reduce the number of ' against the service to a extent, according to a pos { al bulletin from Postmaster General Will H. Hays.
 The House passed a bill changing he period for doing annual assessment I york on unpatented mineral claims rom the calendar to the fiscal year. The measure now goes to the Senate. |