, 1921-09-15

selt nj North Platte, Neb., by hanging
herself Mt the foot of her bed i'm her
daughters home, where she resided.
Bandits forced A. l.. Norman, a drug
gist of De- Moines, Iowa, to open his
safe and hand ove nearly $1,000 In
cash. Norman had just closed his
store, but the bandits forced him to
return and open the door.
A mar believed to be II. l.. williams
of Salt Lake City, n tourist, was killed
IN fifteen other persons were seri-
ously Injured, several possibly fatally,
when a sightseeing automobile was de-
molished by an electric train at Saw
telle, neal Los Angeles.
Twelve men sentenced to jail on
charges Of gambling at Ottawa, Kan,
praised lady luck when Sheriff Al
lison Informed the court his Jail was
Jam full The court changed the
sentences to fines while the sheriff
prepared to take a vacation.
Two men were e|lectrocuted in a re-
f%rigerating room ut Woodriver, ILL.,,
while working with an extension light
cord. 1t Is believed that the wire be
came o~vercharged by n stroke of light
ming during n severe electric storm.
The men are George Downey and Gil
bert McMonigle.
Ransome j. Thompson was SEN
fenced to a term not to exceed fif-
teen years in the state penitentiary
after he had pleaded guilty to two
counts charging grand larceny in the
misrepresentation of $4,000 and $780,
600 from George A. HORNED & Co,
packers, at Austin, Texas.
a thug went to the home of A. ].
Peterson, postmaster at Tornillo, Tex,
first made friends with the watch dog
and tied him securely in a she'd. then
went to the porch, where Mr.. Peterson
and his wife We're asleep and stabbed
the postmaster over the heart. After
choking Mrs. Peterson and hitting her
in the face with n gun, the man es-
capped. The postmaster's ecovery Is
doubtful. Mrs. Peterson said the thug
was a man who nursed a grievance
against her and her husband.
WASHINGTON
A call to the executive committee
and council of the National Woman's
party to meet in Washington. on the
same day hat Congress r%econvenes,
was sent out by Miss Elsie Hill, chair
man of the party.
Farm crops of the United States,
excluding forest, nursery and green
house products. had n total value of
$14, 755, 1858, 407 in 1919. the bureau of
census announced. The corresponding
value Of crops in 1909 wns $5,231,s $780,
6SS, the 1919 figure representing an In
crease of 1872 per cent in ten years.
The estate Of Eugene Field, poet of
childhood, hns been closed In Probate
Court In Chicago by the widow, Mrs.
Julia Field, after pending for nearly
twenty-six years. The final report
shows the estate. totnling S10,31l.74,
was divided between the widow. three
sons and two daughters of the poet.
Only one bill was allowed. $3.50 for n
pair OF trousers, purchased by Field
in 1895.
President Harding has accepted the
honorary presidency of the Press Con-
gress of the World, to be held In Hon
olulu next month.
Prohibition officials will make no
attempt to keep the forthcoming dis
armament conference dry" 1t was
announced officially ut the treasury
department. Prohibition officials hold
that liquors for delegates to the dis
armament conference must be permit
tnI hn.at,gn 90 IFrf,.,.NE. E....s.-
and all recommendations of the state
department for permission for LIQUOR
to enter the United States will have
the approval of the treasury depart.
ment.
Preparations for advancing upwards
OF Sl,000,O00,0OO in agricultural and
live stock credits under recent leglsla-
ton have virtually been completed by
the WA Finance Corporation. The
corporation probably will be ready
within a week to function. To expe-
dite the advances, executive commit
tees are being formed In agricultural
and stock raising sections and will at
tend to preliminary details of applica.
lions, making the necessary lnvestiga-
lions and determining the adequacy of
securities offered.
Detection OF three additional coun.
terfeit federal reserve notes, n $50
note of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, a $50 note on the Rich.
mond, Va Federal Reserve Bank and
a $40 note on the Federal Bank of
Boston, has been announced by the
Treasury Department.
Henry Ford has been invited to
by Secretary Weeks to com to Wash.
ington at his convenience TO discuss
with government officials his pro
posal TO purchase and lease the
Muscle Shoals Alabama nitrate plant
and water power project.