The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-04
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A sRiGF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
gioM couMrRiEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DotMoe AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
or THE AGE.
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Governor Charles r. Mabey present
ed budget to the State Legislature o
Utah calling for appropriations total
ing 3,524 ,764.20 for operation of th'
state government from April 1, 1921
to March 81, 1923.
A bomb placed at the back door o
Patrolman Michael J. Finnegan's resi-
dence in st. Louis exploded and in
jured three members of the family ant
wrecked the back part of the house
Police blame liquor raid victims.
John Simon, who would have cele
brated his one hundred and first birth
day within a week, died at his home IL
Los Angeles. He was born in France
and came to the United States wher
Is years old. He had lived in Los An
geles fifty-five years.
Suit to escheat to the state forty-ont
acres of land comprising farm for
merly owned by J. ]. Gledhill and lat
er sold to the U. N. Farms Company
alleged to be Japanese concern, has
been filed at Yuba, Calf, In the name
of the state.
Sale Of thrift stamps and other treas
ury securities was greater per capita
in Alaska during 1920 than in any
state, the Treasury Department has
announced. The average investment in
Alaska by every man, woman and
child was $500 Ohio led the states
with per capita Of $50.
A bill to make highway robbery pun
ishable with life sentence in the pen
itentiary has been introduced in the
Montana Legislature. Senator Slat-
terry, sponsor of the measure, said the
act was designed ito keep out of the
state undesirables who are creating
crime waves elsewhere"
Whipping posts for habitual Grim
inals was advocated by William A.
Plnkerton, dean of American sleuths
and head of the PinkertOn Detective
agency, in Los Angeles, on a tour Of
inspection of his western offices. 1.-THE
probation laws In California and all
through the country are rotten" he de-
clared "That is the only word that
aptly describes them. Abolish them
without delay and go one step farther
and establish whipping posts for high
waymen and providers. 1t is the one
sure thing that will break criminals
Of the dangerous class"
WASHINGTON
The Senate has confirmed the nom-
nations of 5000 junior officers of the
army The combinations were the
first of the present session and were
made in open session by unanimous
consent.
Benefits of vocational training for
the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers
would be extended to Americans who
served In the allied armies, and to the
widows and children of deceased SOL
diers, under bill passed by the Sen
ate
President Wilson is having collected
and arranged for reference all papers
and documents In his possession relat-
ing to the Paris peace conference, with
a view to the preparation of book. 1t
10 understood that the President in
tends to begin real work on the book
shortly after his retirement.
Reduction of the navy's enlisted per
sOnnel to a maximum Of 100000 men,
as compared with a present possible
maximum of $4,000, is provided for in
the naval appropriation bill, reported
to the House.
Walter w. Warick of Ohio, now
comptroller of the treasury, and Ev-
aris A. Hayes, a former Republican
member of the House of Representa-
tives from California, were nominated
by President Wilson to fill the vacan-
cies existing in the directorate of the
War Finance Corporation.
Plans for dedication of the Lincoln
memorial, erected at cost of So, 900, :
900 to the memory of the martyred
President, have been postponed indefi-
nitely. In announcing the delay the
commission said the foundations of the
terrace and approaches were settling
and would have to be underpinned.
Half a billion dollars In revenues
from back taxes probably will be paid
into the treasury this year, officials
said. This unexpected revenue source
made possible by new audits Of the
returns for preceding years, is ex-
pected to partly offset the loss ex-
pected in the slump In excess profits
taxes.
Authorization to conduct an exhaust
i've examination and prepare plans
and estimates of cost to dig channel
through the San Francisco bar has
been received by Colonel Herbert Dea-
kyne, United States district engineer
at san Francisco. The cut would be
as deep and Wide as the entrance to
New York harbor.
Acting Treasurer Allen has announced
that total Of S13.SS3. .S19, ,S26.36 two
thirds in cash and securities was
found in the treasury as a result of
the count necessitated by the resigna-
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