The Raymer enterprise., 1921-02-24

Of Edward Shire at Mexico, Mo, and
at the point Of Il revolver held up and
robbed Mrs. Shire, her two daughters
and two girl visitors OF jewelry valued
at $1,000.
After three attempts to kill his
father, Osiri Nixon, 90, Otis Nixon, AT
st. stephens, Neb., set fire TO his
fathers property and then shot and
killed himself The father escaped
with minor injuries.
Thomas Brady, convicted of being an
accessory to the attempted attack on
Jean Stanley in San Francisco last
Thanksgiving eve, was sentenced TO n
term In San Quentin ranging from one
10 four years His attorney gave no.
,ice Of an appeal and Judge Ward
granted n certificate of probable cause
The two largest freight vessels ever
launched In Sun Francisco bay-the
1850 ton Manulan and Manukni,
sister ships, destined for the Ha.
waiian trade, slid from the ways with.
in an hour at the Moore Shipbuiding
Company yards AT Oakland. The YES.
sells were built for the Matson Naviga.
tion Company.
Mrs. Louise l.. pcetc has been sen.
fenced to imprisonment for life In San
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OF Jacob Charles Denton. Superior
Judge Frank X. Willis OF Los
Angeles pronounced sentence after
he had denied n motion for II
new trial. Counsel for Mrs Peete an
nounced they would appeal to the APP
pellate Court for new trial.
Alexander Howat, president Of the
Kansas Miners Union, under sentence
Of year In Jail for contempt Of cour;
In calling n strike In violation Of an
injunction. has issued Il statement do
flying the Kansas Industrial Court an J
District Judge A. J. Curran who s"l.
tenced him "All of the judges OF dis.
trict courts and all Of the lnIunetionS
and industrial courts shall not al'",'
our position" Howat declared.
WASHINGTON
Efforts TO attach ms a rider to the
p0stoffice bill an appropriation of
SlW,0O0.OO0 for road construction
failed In the Senate. A motion to in
sert the appropriation was lost on II
vote Of Al to 49, or niue less than the
required two-thirds majority. Rejec-
ton OF the good roads rider was re-
garled rs foreshadowing defeat for the
road appropriation at this session.
Wholesale commodity prices showed
further decline in January. accord
ing to information collected by the bd-
reau Of labor statistics, and just made.
public. Building materials and house
furnishing goods showed the largest
price recesslons from the previous,
month. the former declining 10 per
cent and the latter grrup IS per cent
below the level for December. Farm
products. food and clothing each reg
istered drop Of 5h per cent or more,
while fuel and lighting materials. met
ais and chemicals each decreased about
per cent. In the group Of mlscellan.
eous commodities the decrease was IA
per cent.
The text Of the Franco.British agree.
ment by which the Syrian desert Is
transferred from French to a British
mandate has been received In official
circles and Is expected to engage the
close attention OF State Department Of,
fIcials In connection with the study Of
the allied mandates In which the Amer.
lean government has been concerned.
In Senate speech, generally inter.
preted as forecssting the new admins.
tratlon's policy toward disarmament
and related issues, Senator Medlll Nc
Cormick Of Illinois, just returned to
Washington from q conference with
President.elect Harding, declared for
the completIon Of an American navy
comparable in mower and varied fight.
Ing strength with any other"
The ,sy., .r,ron,,o,,o, MI, eo-rv
inc snnroyimstslv saon ooo on ws,
n.sssd nv the House after II had 40.
feated. ia to 30, an amendment which
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