The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-18
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POllce captain durry fnOenlN was
shot and killed, and Sergt. S. G. Hous-
ton seriously wounded in FL Paso, Tex
One of two Mexicans whom the of
ficers stopped TO question as SUSPECT
Gus characters did the shooting. The
tragedy occurred in East FL Paso on
well lighted suburban business street.
bandit who held up Il. f. 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
to 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 pay roll amounting to So
665 Towney confessed and the loot
was recovered.
The United States has had a bad
know that the country is simply pass
ing through a period Of recuperation'
from a period of "gross mistakes and
almost indecent things in business"
Secretary ]. II. Tregoe of the National
Association of Credit Men declared in
n statement in San Francisco prelim-
mary to the opening of the twenty
sixth annual convention of the organ
ization.
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 a Justices
Court. The suits were entered by the
boiermakers, 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
considered as strike benefit gift.
WASHINGTON
Cyrus f. Wood of Greensburg,
PENNSYLVANIA, has been selected by
President Harding as ambassador to
Spain, succeeding Joseph K. Willard.
An estate tax is an allowable de-
duction" from the income of an es-
in computing net income, the Su-
ame Court ruled The court af-
rmed a decision of the Court of
laims in the case brought by execu-
ors of the Alan H. Woodward estate,
hal hnt the
ernment erred in refusing to approve
such deduction from that estates in
come in 1918.
Plans to increase acreage used for
military purposes in the Hawaiian isl
ands were approved by Secretary
Weeks Mt a conference with Chairman
Kahn of the House military commit
tee. Mr.. Kahn said he regarded the
military posts in Hawaii as the most
important in the system of national
defense" 1t is proposed to add
about 1000 acres to the military res
ervations and make possible the train
ing of soldiers by divisions.
Harris Lipschitz, an American citi-
zen, has been murdered in Haiti, ac-
cording to advices received at the Of
flee of Representative Siegel in Wash
ington. Lipschltz was engaged in busi-
ness on the island it was said. 'lnves-
tigation has been ordered by Major
General Lejeune, commandant of the
marine corps.
The Porter peace resolution has
been sent to conference by the Senate
for adjustment of the differences be-
tween that measure and the Knox reso-
lution adopted recently by the Senate.
The Senate voted formally to disagree
with the amendment of the House,
which struck out the Knox draft and
substituted the Porter. draft.
Strong Democratic opposition to
senote investigation of the fighting in
the Mingo county, West virginia coai
fields developed in the Senate ana
Senator Johnson's resolution proposing
an inquiry went over. Senator Myers
Democrat, Montana, led the fight, ue-
claring the matter was. purely state
one congress has gone mad-it has
nerfect mania-for investigating ana
repulotinp everything under the sun,
said he.
The Sims case has kicked up line
, row in Congress. Messages from IN
dipnant members of Irish societies ana
others have been received by congress-
, men. Not all of them are OF the same
tenor - the majority demand that
prompt punishment be meted out 10 10
, the loquacous officer. but there are
many indorsing the sentiments he eN-
pressed and praising him for MS can
dor and outspokenness.
Governor Cox OF Massachusetts, de-
clined to take action toward reinstate-
ment of Boston policemen who went
1919