The Colorado statesman., 1921-02-26
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
REcoRD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

WEoI EhN
masked bandit entered the home
Of Edward Shire at Mexico, Mo-, and
at the point of revolver held up and
robbed Mrs. Shire, her two daughters
and two girl visitors of jewelry valued
at $1,000.
baby weighing two and three-quar-
ters pounds was born in Omaha to Mr..
and Mrs. John Weimer. Nurses have
placed the child in an improvised in
cubator, and physicians say 1t proba-
bly, will live.
Creation of n motion picture censor
ship board of three TO he appointed by
the governor, and with power to pre-
vent showing of any film it sees fit If
considered immoral or improper, was
passed by the North Dakota house, 81
10 4S.
Intoxicated hogs so interested Tex
arkann, Texas, police officers and fed
eral enforcement agents that an inves-
tigation resulted in the finding of n
still on farm two miles from the city.
A quantity of mash also was found.
The owner of the farm and n negro
tenant were arrested.
A family of four was killed by
pack of hungry wolves on Il ranch in
the state of Durango, Mexico, accord
ing to dispatch received at Ell Paso.
Wolves have attacked sheep and cat
tie herders and are terIpriZing families
in isolated mountain communities, ac-
cording to the dispatch.
Thomas Brady, convicted of being an
accessory to the attempted attack on
Jean Stanley in San Francisco last
Thanksgiving eve was sentenced to
term in San Quentin ranging from one
TO four years. His attorney gave no.
tice of an appeal and Judge Ward
granted certificate of probable cause
The two largest freight vessels ever
launched in San Francisco bay-the
14,5OO ton Manulani and Manukai,
sister ships, destined for the Ha-
waiian trade, slid from the ways with
in an hour at the Moore Shipbuilding
Company yards at Oakland. The YES
sells were built for the Matson Naviga-
tion Company.
Mrs. Louise l.. Peete has been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life in San
Quentin penitentiary for the murder
of Jacob Charles Denton. Superior
Judge Frank Il. Willis of Los
Angeles pronounced sentence after
he had denied Il motion for Il
new trial. Counsel for Mrs. Peete an
nounced they would appeal to the Ap-
pellate Court for a new trial.
WASHINGTON
The United States has no intention
of participating in any attempt by the
niles to compel Argentina or any
other neutral country to prevent i'm
portation from Germany or arms and
munitions of war, it was learned at
the St0te Department.
The text of the Franco-British agree
ment by which the Syrian desert is
transferred from French to British
mandate has been received in official
cirIles and is expected to engage the
close attention of State Department of
II .ials in connection with the study of
tae allied mandates in which the Amer
lean government has been concerned.
United States Commissioner G. ID.
Benrdsley announced at Kansas City
that no more search warrants would be
issued against homes where mere
showing of possession of Intoxicating
liquor is made.
China will stand by the United
states If this country ever is in need of
Il friend to aid against any enemy
from across the sea, DIR. L. Hsieh, sec
rotary of labor of China, told Il gath
ering of congressman and businessmen
at Washington interested in Chinese
relief measures. He commented on
the bitterness he said existed in China
over Japan's demands following the
war.
Soldier bonus legislation will be de-
layed by the Senate until the extra
session, Chairman Penrose of the fl
nance committee, said, in connection
with statement by Senator McCum-
ber, Republican, of North Dakota, that
he was preparing "for the Senate and
the American people" statement of
costs of the relief measures. Mrs. Pen
rose said the bonus legislation should
be handled properly If at all and he
feared the jam of the last few days
might destroy deserving features.
Efforts to attach as rider to the
postoffice bill an appropriation of
S1OO,OOO,OOO for road construction
failed in the Senate. A motion to in
sert the appropriation was lost on
vote of Al to 33, or nine less than the
required two-thirds majority. ReJec-
ton of the good roads rider was re-
garded as foreshadowing defeat for the
road appropriation at this session.
A bill appropriating S5,0OOO0O to
buy seed grain for farmers in drought