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WED3E1W

WISfE1N
A masked bandit entered the home
Of Edward Shire at Mexico. Mo-. and
at the point Of . revolver held up and
robbed Mr.. Shire. her two daughters
and two girl visitors Of jewelry valued
at $1,000.
After three attempts to kill his
father. Osiri Nixon. 90. Otis Nixon, nj
St. Stephens, Neb, set fire to his
fathers property and then shot and
killed himself. The father escaped
with minor injuries.
Thomas Brady. convicted OF being an
accessory to the attempted attack on
Jean Stanley In San Francisco last
Thanksgiving eve. was sentenced to n
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-ths
1880 ton Manulani and Manukai
sister ships. destined for the Ha
In an hour at the Moore Shipbuildina
Company yards at Oakland. The YES
sells were built for the Matson Naviga
tion Company.
fenced TO imprisonment for life in San
Quentin penltentiary for the murder
Of Jacob Charles Denton. Superior
Judge Frank Il. Willis Of Los
Angeles pronounced sentence aftei
he had denied motion for
new trial. Counsel for Mrs. Peete an.
nounced they would appeal to the Ap
pellate Court for a new trial.
Alexander Howat. president of the
Kansas Miners Union, under sentence
Of n year in jail for contempt Of court
In calling n strike In violation OF an
injunction, hns Issued a statement de-
flying the Kansas Industrial Court an
District Judge A. J. Currnn. wlio sen
fenced him. "All Of the judges of dis
trict courts and NIL OF the injunctions
and Industrial courts shall not altct
our position" Howat declared.
WASHINGTON
Efforts to attach rs rider to the
pOstofflce bill an appropriation Of
$100,0O0,000 for road construction
failed In the Senate. A motion to In.
sert the appropriation was lost on
vote of Al to 30. or nine less than the
required two-thirds majority. Rejec.
ton of the good roads rider was re.
gnrded as foreshadowing defeat for the
road appropriation at this session.
Wholesale commodity prices showed
a further decline lin January, accord
Ing to Information collected by the bt
reau of labor statistics, and just made
public. Building materials and house
furnishing goods showed the largest
price recessions from the precious
month. the former declining 10 per
cent and the latter group 1s per cent
below the level for December. Farm
products, food and clothing each reg.
Istered drop of 5ia per cent or more
while fuel and lighting materials. met
ais and chemicals each decreased about
8 per.ccnt. In the group Of miscellan.
eous commodities the decrease was 7h
per cent.
The text of the Franco British agree
nent by which the Syrian desert 10
transferred from French to British
mandate has been received In official
circles and is expected to engage the
close attention Of State Department Of
eicials In connection with the study Of
the allied mandates In which the Amer.
lean government has besn concerned.
In Senate speech, generally inter.
preted a. forecasting the new admipis-
tration's policy toward disarmament
and related issues, Senator Nedill Nc
CoFmick Of Illinois, just returned to
Washington from . confsrencs with
President-elect Harding. declared for
sths eomnletion Of an American navy
eenparabls In power and varied fight. |
Ing strength with any other"
TAs naval appropriation bill. carry
lng approximately $3o6, 1000. was
passsd By the House after It had de- !
featsd, Ia to 30, an amendment which |
wosld have prevented the expenditure
Of any part Of the 30 900 900 provided !
for battieship construction until an in. |
tsrnational disarmament conferences
shall have been called BY the Prssi |
dent. The amendment was offered by |
Representative Brooks, Republicah, n
linois.
The United States has no intent1oa !
sf participating in any attempt By The
allies to compel Argentina or any
other neutral country to prevent I'm
poftation from Germany or arms and !
munitions Of war. 1t was learned at /
ths State Department.
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