The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-11

died at Omaha from a bullet wound
inflicted by one OF three hlghwaymen
who attempted to rob her, her brother
in-law, James Kane of Omaha, for
mer member OF the Omaha Western
League baseball club, and Kane's wife
The robbers escaped.
Approximately 100000 acres OF
wheat will be harvested in Kansas this
year, ]. c. Mohler, secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, estimated.
This Is 100000 acres more than esu-
mated in the boards report of May 20,
which WINS based on incomplete asses
sors' returns of March 1.
Placing of an order for 100000
pounds of copper wire by the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company of San
Francisco has been announced. 1t was
said to be the largest single order for
copper wire ever made. The wire will
be shipped from Black Eagle, Mont,
it was said, and will require 27o rail
road cars for transit.
A steam shovel got tangled with
high power wires while at work at
Portland, Ore, causing the scoop to
fall and crush to death Edward Peter
son, workman, and seriously injured
two others. f. A. Harmon, engineer,
was hurled off his feet and the scoop,
released from control, fell and pin
ioned the three men VINO were WELD
ing picks.
Hordes of ants, driving upward from
the earth through mud tubes, are
threatening destruction to the 100000
Exchange building at the stockyards
at Wichita, Kan. Oak lumber stored
under the building has been practical
ly consumed and the ants have driven
their way up along pipe lines to the
woodwork of the west end of the struc-
ture, which they have tunnelled as far
as the second floor
The stain of illegitlmacy was re-
moved from the name of 6-year-old
Eugene Sorinl of San Francisco
through blood test performed by DIR.
Albert Abrams, noted scientist, who
developed the electronic method of de-
termining race and parentage by blood
vibration tests. Eugene's mother, now
Mrs. Marie Delsecco had sworn that
the child, although born during the
period of her married life with Julius
Sorini, was not a son of Sorinis.
WASHINGTON
CONVENTIONS of the Western Union
Telegraph Company that 1t cannot be
held liable for damages caused through
errors in transmitting messages while
its lines were under government con-
troll were upheld by the Supreme
Court. A decision of South Carolina
courts, awarding damages to S. B. Pos
ton, cotton dealer, ON this ground,
was reversed.
The United States Steel Corporation
answered the citation of the federal
trade commission with a categorical
denial of alleged unfair practices
charged by independent steel produc-
ers. The corporation admits in its an
swer however, that it controls 125
steel plants, 40 per cent of the output
of semi finished rolled steel and At per
cent of the crude steel.
The Supreme Court in Washington
has ordered the United Shoe Machin-
ery case, the original suit between
Wyoming and Colorado, and number
of others restored to the docket for
reargument before q Iull court
Two thousand railroad workers and
their sympathizers held a demonstra-
tion at Ration, n. Mex, in protest
against the recent nationwide reduc'
tion in wages. After a parade, mass
meeting was held, at which the open
shop movement was attacked.
Inauguration of the administration
Dolicy for refunding most of the ST.
5OO. 900 900 short-dated debt has been
announced by Secretary Mellon, with
a combined offering of S50o,0OOOOO of
three-year 5A per cent treasury notes
I and one-year 51a per cent treasury GER
tificates, both dated June 10.
Everybody's spending money shrank
by S1.99 during the past year, accord
ing to the monthly circulation state
ment issued by the treasury ON June
1920. per capita circulation in the
country was S5742, compared with
s55.43 on June 1, 1921. In the same
periOd the total money in circulation
dropped from $6.102. 1924 to S5,9s3,-
25S,293.
ioint resolution designed to pre-
vent Wholesale importation of foreign
goods preliminary u liie eh"~
a tariff law by congress, mas Deeh IN
troduced by Chairman Little Oh the
House committee on revision OF laws
1t would authorize the President 10
limit importations for ninety days
= Hugh r. Robertson. United States
district attorney for the western dis
strict of Texas, has been removed from
office by President Harding. 1t was an
nounced at the Department of Justice
No reason was assigned for the remoV-
, al It was said.