Gunnison news-champion., 1921-04-01
A oRiGe RECORD or PASSING
EVENTS IN TH,s AND FoR-
EIeM COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poIhes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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WESTERN

announced voluntary wage reduction
from IS to 81 a day. to become effec-
tive at once. The purpose of the cut
hto stimulate building. IT was said.
Organization of . pool for the mar
keting OF the 1921 clip of Utah wool
was perfected at Salt Lake when the
wool-marketing committee of the State
Farm Bureau and the directors of the
Utah Wool Growers Association
agreed upon the general outlines OF n
plan TO be followed.
Three hundred cows which had been
ga. fed together mt Scotland. S. D.,
for the purpose Of shipment to Ger
many were turned loose and are now
on their way. not to Germany, hut to
their former homes. generally in
Hutchinson county. Anti-Germnns are
supposed to have released the cows.
Accused OF numbering st. Paul,
Mimi, railway postal clerk and OF
holding two others at bay with pistol
while he robbed a mail car on the
Northern Pacific railroad of more than
$4,000 in currency. Delbert Smith,
alias J. L. Sommers. 20 years OF nge,
was arrested In Salt Lake City.
Two patrolmen armed with shotEuns
will accompany all mail trucks In the
streets OF San Francisco after dark
hereafter, II was announced by Cap
tain OF Detectives Duncan Matheson.
The step was taken as result of re-
cent mail robbery in Oakland. The po-
lice are under orders to shoot TO kill
In the event OF an attempted hoidup.
Jack Rathie is to hang. but first, he
insisted, he wants n bonus for twenty
five months war service. II want my
money for my mother" explained Ra
thie. Rathie Is under conviction for
the murder Of Sheriff Til Taylor Of
Pendieton, Oregon. He has written the
Washington state auditor for the bo-
nus which is due him from that state.
The Democrats lone representative
in the lower house OF the State Legis-
lature, Clyde Asbury Hammond, died
at Salt Lake after several transfusIons
of blood had proved futile. Represen.
tAtive Hammond. who was 35 years
old. was a Mormon bishop at Moab.
Utah. State Senator J. w. Knight and
others gave of their blood In an effort
TO save his life. Death was due to ul.
Ger Of the stomach.
WASHINGTON
President Harding has accepted IN
invitation to attend ceremonies TO be
held April 10 at New York In connec
tion with the unveiling of statue to
Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan patriot
Ambassador Ricci has referred to
the secretary OF fine arts at Rome the
reported discovery in an obscure cafe
In New York OF the genuine Francia
Madonna, stolen in 1919 from the fam
Gus gallery in Bologna, Italy.
Difficulty Is being encountered by
the War Department In getting ex-sery-
ice men to take victory medals. An Of
ficiai notice said that twenty-four Of
ficers have been detailed to the task
| of canvassing the 9x-seryice men and
| facilitating the distribution of the
medals.
The governments total revenue from
! income and excess profits taxes for the
fiscal year ending June 30 next, will be
approximately $3,O5O. 900 900. according
to estimates based on the returns for
1.-THE first quarter Of the year, 1t was an
Enounced by Secretary Of the Treasury
4 &Nellon. This amount Is considerably
<ln excess OF what the treasury experts
had anticipated from these sources.
President Harding suggested to
Chairman Fordney that the House wsys
Ind means committee sound out the
Benate Republicans - to the feasibIl-
bty of early passage Of an emergency
|eariff that would take care Of farmers.
the proposal was discussed at length.
and It has been determined to pass
the emergency tariff at the special
session Of Congress In April.
Notification Of his election to hon.
orary membership In the Long Beach
Horseshoe Club. the largest organixa-
tion OF horseshoe pitchers in the world.
was mailed to Presidenf Warren @.
Harding by officers Of the club. Pres
ldent Harding Il horsesh0e enthusi-
AT, and a movement Il afoot amone
horseshoe clubs throughout the coun-
Try to present him with pair Of ~
yer horsesh0es.
At 4 meeting Of the board Of dlree-
tors Of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce 1t Chicago, 1t was an
ncunced that the national chamber
consists Of 1.42o commercial and indus
/ trial organizations with q combined
membership Of more than 100000 per-
sens.
President Harding has appointed
Washington Gardiner Of Albion. Mich,
. former member Of the House of Rep
usentatiyes and 4 union veteran Of the
xvii war, n commissioner Of pensions.
#He was commander-in-chief Of the q.
"a. n IN 1o1S1k