The Ordway new era., 1921-12-16

WESTERN
Frank Parmelee, "A years old, for
merly president of an omnibus COM
pany in Chicago bearing his name, died
in Los Angeles after an illness of many
months. His philanthropy identified
him with many charity work interests
Rita Jaichner, pretty French girl,
who alleges she toured Europe with r.
L. Slaughter, Jr, wealthy son of Il pio-
neer Texas cattleman, was awarded
damages in excess of 100000 for
breach of promise, by Judge ]. E. Gil
bert, at Dallas.
Running away from the Security
State Bank at Robbinsdale, suburb
of Minneapolis, with rolls OF currency
=. under either arm, bandit who a few
minutes before had robbed that insti-
tuition, was shot and killed by the jus
tice of the peace at Robbinsdale, MINI.
Six persons were killed in headon
collision between the eastbound Port
land-Spokane limited and westbound
Oregon-Washington limited trains OF
the Oregon-Washington Railroad
Navigation Company, two miles east of
Cello. Twenty-Five persons were in
jured.
A jury in the District Court at
Scottsbluff, Nebr., rendered a verdict
acquitting Mrs. Paul Tacina of the
charge of first degree murder. Mrs,
Tacina admitted shooting and killing
Fred Reisbeck, July II last, but said
she did so to protect her husband from
attach
Slumping in his school work and
failing in health, Charles ]. Seeber, %,
engineering student in the University
of Nebraska, committed suicide by
drinking poison after writing death
note directing that his body be turned
over to the medical college of the uni
versity for experimental purposes.
Joe Duran and Louis de Baca en-
tered pleas of guilty at Tucumcarl to
a charge of robbing Mcfarland Broth
ers Bank at Logan, N. NJ, on the after
noon of Nov. 80, and each was sen
fenced to serve ten to fifteen years in
the state penitentiary. The men were
captured several hours after the rob-
berry. About $1,000 was taken, most
of which has been recovered.
WASHINGTON
The year of 1921 was described as
zone of liquidation" and the year of
1922 was forecast as lone of recuper-
ation," by Secretary Hoover in an adj
dress at the annual convention of the
United States Potters' Association.
1.-THE country has passed the worst
stages of depression and is now on the
upgrade" he said.
Patrons of the foreign money order
service will be saved in the aggregate
large sums of money through plan
adopted by the Postoffice Department,
which will enable all of the interna-
tional money order offices in the
United States to be advised daily, if
necessary, as to the fluctuation in for
eign exchange. Third Assistant Post
master General Glover, who has made
a special study of this subject, has
worked out combined conversion ta-
BILE for use in issuing money orders
payable in European countries, copy
of which has been placed in every in
ternational money order office in the
country.
The greatest need in education in
the United States today is "a square
deal for the country child,' John ]. Ii
CERT, commissioner of education, de-
clared in statement issued in connec-
ton with the opening of american
Education Week" While no child is
denied an education in America, he
said, "the opportunity is by no means
equal"
The Russian famine is spreading and
now threatens 25OOO,OOO people, ex-
Governor James P. Goodrich of Indi-
ana reported to Secretary Hoover in
Washington. After the conference, it
was indicated that Congress would be
asked by Mr.. Hoover to provide funds
by which large quantities of grain and
food supplies can be sent to the strick-
en- territory.
A petition more than a mile in length
and containing around 100000 individ-
ual signatures as well as the signatures
OF presidents Of women's organizations
with total membership of more than
100000, was presented to Secretary
Of State Hughes recently, approving
the objects Of the conference on disar-
mament and urging continued work to
the end that peace throughout the
world be assured for the future
The net imports Of peanuts during
the first eight months of 1921 were
only 39,640,OO0 pounds, as compared
with III. $4,000 pounds during the
same period Of 1920, according to sta
tistics compiled by the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce. (Net
imports are total imports minus re-
exports.)