The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-16
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MENTs, SUFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
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WESTERN

Western S-Sspsp~ Union Sess Bervice)
WESTERN
The Texas attorney generals depart.
ment has ANNOUNCED that the Supreme
Court of the United States has granted
its request TO file suit attacking the
cOnstitutionaliiy Of the establishment
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and the United Siates Railroad
Labor Board
Three members Of the Hop Suey
tong are dead and four others OF the
same tong were probably fatally
wounded In tong outbreak AT Fresno,
Calf. The police say the Hop Suey
men were attacked by Bing Kong men.
Six of the Chinese were shot and one
man was stabbed.
A lone bandit stole $3.50 al Kan.
SHs City. While en- route To bank.
Fred Sofage cashier. aud John Brad.
Ish, bookkeeper Of the Wyandntte Gas
NfI' i'''Nlfh
4 pistol was pushed against the body
of the cashier, accompanied by an or
der to "comc through" The bandit es-
capped,
Mexican aviators patrolling the Rio
Grande border are declared to be do,
Ing good work In the apprehension Of
smngglers. according TO an official an
nouncement. They are keeping up a
rigid inspection from PIcdras Negras
captures have been persons bringing
tobacco into Mexico.
Utah has many lofty peaks. Six Of
them rise more than I3.OOO feet above
sea level and nearly sixty rise above
1900 feet, according TO the United
States Geological Survey. The high.
est mountain In the state Is Kings
peak. which has an elevation Of l3.49s
feet Mount Emmons and Gilbert peak,
reaching elevations of i3+2S and l3.,
100 feet, respectively.
WASHINGTON
Everybodys spending money slrank
by $1.m 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 SJ7.i2. compared with
Sa5.i3 on June |, 1921 IN the same
period the total money in circulation
dropped from S6.lO2, lG2.24i t" S5,as3.
25S,293
The Sims case has kicked up fine
row In Congress. Messages from in
dignant members of Irish societies and
others have been received by congress
men. Not all Of them are Of the same
tenor - the majority demand that
prompt punishment be- mrtcd ont IL
the IoVuacIous officer, but there are
many Indorsing the sentiments he eX
pressed and pralslng him for his can,
dor and outspokenncss
Home brewers used up more than
5000 tons Of rnsins In 1919, ". NJ
Giffin president nf the california As.
sociatcd Raisin Company, estimated in
giving Senate subcommittee his
views on the pending bin tu authorize
collective bargaining by farmers, He
placed the raiSln grape crop Of 1918
at 10000 tons and Of 1919 ut lS3,OW
tons, the difference, In his Judgment,
representing demand from home brew
ers.
Dedication Of the intersection OF the
Dixie and National highways nt Van.
dalia, Ohio. near Dayton. 10 the
memory Of Col. +, ". GaIbraith. who
planted memorial trees there year
ago, is proposed by the American For.
estry Association
An estate tax Is an allowable de.
duCtiou' from the income Of an rs.
tate In computing net inrume. the Su.
premc Court ruled The court af.
flrmed Il decision Of The Court Of
Claims In the ease brought by cXrclI-
tors of the Alan II. Woodward estate,
in Alabama, which held that the GOV.
ernment erred in refusing to approve
such deduction from that estates In
come in 1918.
The government asked the Supreme
Court 10 dismiss its appeal In the suit
brought against the American Can
Company and It's subsidiaries under
the Sherman antitrust laws. The GOV
ernment lost In the lower courts The
governments action was based on :hc
decision of the Supreme Court in the
United States Steel Corporation case.
In view of that decision, Solicitor Gen.
eral Frierson said 1t was considered
useless to continue the case against
the American Can Company.
Inauguration of the administrations
policy for refunding most of the ST..
5O0.0O00O0 short-dated debt has been
announced by Secretary Mellon, with
a combined offering of $500. 600. 900 Of
three-year 5& per cent treasury notes
and one.year 5ii per cent treasury GER.
tiricates, both dated June 10.
Hugh r. Robertson, United States
district attorney for the western dis,
trlct of Texas, has been removed from
office by President Harding, 1t was an.
nounced at the Department Of Justice,