The Dolores star., 1921-06-24

ton seriously wounded in Ell Paso, lex
One of two MeXicans whom the Of
ficers stopped 10 question as SUSPECT
Gus characters did the shooting. The
tragedy occurred in East FL Paso on n
well lighted suburban business street.
A bandit who held up L. +. 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
10 Smith, who released himself with n
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 n pay roll amounting to So
665. Towney confessed and the loot
was recovered.
The Imperial Council of the Mystic
Shrine in the closing session af its
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
Noull IHt suns "tIe eHltTtu bN lllt
boilermakers, iron ship builders and
helpers. 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
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WASHINGTON
Cyrus E. Wood of Greensburg
Pennsylvania, has been selected b.
President Harding as ambassador t.
Spain. succeeding Joseph E. Willard.
Harris LipschitZ, an American citi
zen, has been murdered in Haiti. &C
cording to advices received at the of
flee of Representative Siegel in Wash
ington. Lipschitz was engaged in bust
ness on the island, it was said Inves
tigation has been ordered by Majo
General Lejeune, commandant of tn
marine corps.
Brown sugar sold at auction for q
cents per 100 pounds in New Orleans
Five thousand bags, brought last yea
from Guatemala in the sugar rush,
brought from Il to 4 cents pound a
a government auction. The prices oh
tanned were not sufficient to pay tn
duty.
Strong Democratic opposition t
Senate Investigation of the fighting II
the Mingo county, West Virginia, Goa
fields developed in the Senate, an
Senator JOhnson's resolution prOposin
an inquiry went over. Senator Myers
Democrat, Montana, led the fight, dc
claring the matter was purely a stat
one. Congress has gone mad-it ha
a perfect mania-for investigating an
regulating everything under the sun.
The United States Harness Compan
will ignore President Harding's orde
annulling the contract which the hal
ness company has with the War De
partment for the disposal of surplu
harness, Frank ]. Hogan, counsel 70
the harness concern has announced l.
Washington. Hogan called at tn
White House and served notice tina
his clients are of the opinion that tn
President has no authority to annu
the contract and will ignore his actor
Railroads in 1920 lost .O2 of a cen
for every mile of train operation, L. L
Wettling of Chicago, manager of tn
bureau of statistics of the western
lines, testified before the Senate inter
revenue per mile was $5,O65, he sale
and average expenses, plus taxes, wer
$5,067. During the last four month
of 1920, he said, after the increase
rates went into effect, net operatin
revenue per train mile of 55.5 cent
was earned