The Colorado statesman., 1921-12-03
Pithy News Notes
From All Parts of
Colorado
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The estate of Charles f. Cow, oil
Investor, who died In October, is ap-
praised at $4,000 in an application
for letters of administration filed In
the Denver County Court.
Mrs. Hilda Walters, school teacher
ut Griffith, near Durango, who was
struck by motorcycle and hurled
thirty feet, is dead from the injuries
sustained. She is survived by four
small children.
Authorities have identified as Ray
mond Keogh, 20 years old, the youth
who was found unconscious In the bus
mess section in Pueblo, suffering from
severe head injuries. His condition is
reported as serious. How he was in
jured remains a mystery.
Approval of fifty-seven advances for
agricultural and livestock purposes,
aggregating S2,505 900, has been an
nounced by the War Finance Corpor-
alton. They include: Nebraska, $221,-
600; Montana, $21T,000; Colorado,
$54O,oO0: South Dakota, 5000, 900, and
Iowa, S691 900.
Direct information has been filed
against John Book in connection with
the death .f 2-year-old Lorraine Segar
at Rush, Colo. A coroner's jury held
Book responsible for the baby's death.
Book is said TO have beaten and
choked the baby, left in his care by its
mother, Nevada teacher.
A woman about 30 years old who
came to Colorado Springs from Los
Angeles, Calf, and registered as So
phia Craven, committed suicide by
drowning herself in the lake at the
Broadmoor hotel. note found in the
woman's handbag stated that she was
suffering from tuberculosis and that
she decided to end her suffering by
drowning.
Ed Wagner, rancher near Sunny
side, twenty miles south Of Durango,
was shot and killed instantly by Luke
Busser, 80 years old. Meager informa-
ton obtained on the shooting reported
that the two revived an old racial
quarrel. Wagner was of German par
entage. Busser is native of Alsace-
Lorraine. They had argued in times
past on the question of governmental
control of Alsace-Lorraine.
Frank Fortuna, held in the Huer-
fano county Jail at Walsenburg on
charge of burglary, escaped by dig
ging a hole through the ceiling over
the cell house and making his way to
the roof and dropping to the ground.
Fortuna was arrested following the
robbery of the store of the Huerfano
Trading Company at Camp Shumway.
A shotgun, cigarettes and quantity
of stamps were taken. The store also
is the camp postoffice.
The charred remains of William
Ross, 40 years old were found by fire
men who were searching the debris
and wreckage caused by fire of un-
known origin in pool hall in Pueblo.
Ross, who was employed by the Ham
lin Supply Company was evidently
asleep in n room adjoining the offices
of the Clery Sign Painting Company
on the second floor of the building
when the fire burned through the floor
dropping him to the pool hall below.
Sixty thousand dollars is now avail
able to assist State Treasurer Stong in
re-establishing the credit of the state,
which has been stamping all warrants
mo funds" The State Land Board,
through Register George Stephan and
the State Industrial Commission,
through Commissioners Hits and Reil-
ly, put $4,000 each at the disposal of
Treasurer Stong to purchase interest
bearing salary warrants of state en-
ployes and warrants issued to cover
their travelling expenses.
,DIaIora IN ,.afuSa IN nGsiSt in futurn
wars has been taken Jointly by Mrs.
Julia McCudden, the British war moth
er delegate Mt the burial of Americas
unknown soldier, and Mrs. II. Ernest
Digney of White Plains, n. Y, official
war mother. This became known Mt Il
luncheon rendered Mrs. McCudden by
the New York state chapter of Amer
lean War Mothers.
Notice of wage cuts effective in
thirty days have been filed with the
State Industrial Commission by the
Pueblo Master Plumbers Association
and the Roberts Mining and Machin-
cry Company at Pueblo. The Pueblo
association consists of eight concerns.
The wage cuts are to affect the wages
of nine plumbers and steamfitters of
Pueblo and all employees Of the Den
YER concern.
Fire of unknown origin did $50 900
damage to Dixieland, Il $4,000 home of
Mrs. l.. Kniffen of Pueblo. The prop
erty is situated five miles from Colo
RADIO Springs at the entrance of North
Cheyenne cafion, and is one of the
show places of the Pixies peak region.
The fire spread to adjoining cottages,
Mrs. G. E. Burkett, an invalid being
rescued from one of the burning houses
ty neighbors.
Plans arc being laid for the enter
tainment of 81 record number of stock
show visitors this Near. according to