Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-08-12

A concurrent resolution declaring
that il is the sense of the Texas LegIs-
Inture that the interests of the United
States and Texas may be better served
by official recognition of Mexico was
adopted in the House Mt Austin. re-
Gently
Grnin, which had been shocked,
ready for threshing. was scattered
over the fields granaries were demOl-
ished and hundreds of trees were
snapped off in II terrific wind storm
which swept the district west of Grand
Forks, n. D., recently
Mrs. Sylvester Prenatt, who went to
Butte from Oakland, Calf, to see the
slayers of her husband executed Aug.
70. viii be denied permission to wit
ness the deed. Sheriff Duggan said 81
will not permit her to be present un-
less the condemned men consent"
stated Sheriff Duggan.
Col. William X. Berger. founder OF
the University of New Mexico. and its
secretary for twenty-five years. died
at Belen, New Mexico, aged IA years.
He was pioneer editor and attorney
In the state and had held territorial po-
sitions and various offices In the G. A.
H., and leading lodges of the state.
Ralph G. Nelson, discharged from
the army at Fort Bliss, Texas, met
death at Alamogordo, N. NJ. when he
fell underneath moving passenger
train. He wa on his way to his home
in Toledo, Ohio. Alfred Krakse of
West Park, Ohio, discharged at the
same time, was with him when the ac-
cident happened.
Using every effort to hide his iden-
tity, n young man walked into n small
canon about 300 yards above the hang
ing bridge in the Royal gorge. swal-
lowed two ounces Of carbolic acid and
shot himself through the head. His
body yas found by w. T.. Guthrie an
oil man from Wichita, Kan, who, with
his son, has been camping on top of
the gorge.
In blowing the safe of the Charity
State bank at Charity, Ill, the rob
bers used so much explosive that the
safe was blown out through the rear
of the building. The safe door was
blown out through the front of the
building, and the structure was set on
fire, burning to the ground. Officials
OF the bank said there was no clew to
the identity of the robbers, and that 1t
was impossible to say how much they
obtained, as everything In the build
ing was destroyed.
WASHINGTON
A warning to Republican leaders
against increasing taxes in revising
the internal revenue bill was given in
the Senate by Senator Bornh, Republi-
can, of Idaho, who also proposed re-
ductions In army and navy expendi-
lures of nearly $50O.000,O0O.
Intoxicating beverages imported in
to the United States during the fiscal
year were valued at more than $5.0O0,-
600, as compared with about $500, 600
in the previous year, according to re-
ports issued by the Commerce Depart
ment Wine was the largest item In
the list of intoxicants entering during
the year, amounting to more than p
100000 gallons, us compared with 2S,-
900 In 1920.
Lieut.. r. b. Levissee. an air mail pi-
lot, narrowly escaped death at Con-
cord, Calf. in making a forced land
ing after his engine went dead while
he was 1000 feet In the air. Owing to
distractions near the landing field his
machine turned over on him and when
ne was extricated he said he was un-
injured.
Investigation by the Senate Com
merce Commission TO determine
whether there Is "monopolistic manip-
ulation" of petroleum products was
proposed in a resolution introduced by
Senator King. Democrat, Utah, who
said depression In crude oil prices evil
denced manipulation by large inter
ests, while prices of gasoline and
other products had not been reduced
proportionately.
Three Colorado young men are
among the 20S candidates for appoint
: mcnt as second lieutennnts In the
army who qualified as a result of last
Aprirs examination. 1t was announced
by the war department. Those com
mlssioned from Colorado are: Harry
Meyer, Denver, engineer corps; John
Harry, Boulder, in field artillery. and
Creswell G. Blakeney, Denver. In field
artillery.
The first break In the printers
strike in progress In Rochester, N. Y,
since May @, came when A ]. Crom-
back, president of the Pressmen's To-
cal No. SO. notified the Rochester Ty-
pOthetae that the men have unanimous
ly voted to return to work. dropping
their demands for the forty-four-hou
week.
More than q thousand Assyrian
Christians fleeing from prosecutions
BY Mohammedans, are on their way