The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-10-07
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Women are not eligible tor jury
service in Missouri, 5 despite tthe adop
tion of the recent amendment to ths
state constitution giving them thu
right to- hold public offices. Circuit
Judge Rniph s. L6fshaw held IN an
OPINION at Kansas City.s-:..-.-s-..-z4s5-'
A pearl weighing 35h grains and
declared to be- worth 5000, was
found in the Black river at Poplar
Bluff, Mo-, by E. e. Adams. pearl
hunter. The gem is considered the
most perfect as well as the largest
found In. this section Of the state
Girl students Of the high school of
Commerce in San Francisco. about 1,
600 in number, voted 3 to in favor of
abolishfng the wearing Of silk stock
n-inss,- transparent waists, fancy frOcks
and pyramid hair. .drsssing, and to sub
stitute COTTON stockings, middle
blouses and wash dresses.
Two unmarked bandits entered the
Sierra Valley Bank at Loyalton, Calif.,
forced the cashier and his assistant
doEn-sn-&As.k7oer-aad-EotHewaynwfth
-Ah.0QQ. in -Hoin- and 4.eusreaoy, all the
bank had, cInv escaping in an automo-
bile d tire went flat, SO they held up a
Loyalton physician five miles from
town and steok his machine away from
him.
Telegrams received at Ell Paso,
Texas, from Sheriff w, E. Bradford
Of Midland. Tex, state that B. G.
Grdley former cashier. Of the Midland
National bank, broke jail and Is be-
Heved to be on his way to Mexico.
: 6frdfey; according to u complaint filed
in the United States Commissioners
Court at ElsPeso, is alleged to have
taken three sssalna, totaling $50 1000.
from the Mid2ak1d bAik. ] j VI ~
The percentage Of illiteracy In the
stateIof Wasbfngton, according to CEN
sus bureau figures announced are IT
per cent n 1890 compafed Ito z per
cent in 1910, there being a total Of 49,
526 peIs6ns ten years of age and over
in the state in 1920 unable to write in
any language. OF this number. 1923
were native whites of native parent
age, 751 Of mixed parentage, and H.
$50 Of foreign birth ~, ,127s 7sIndians, 472
Chinese and h6O5 Japanese.
WASHINGTON
The Sendre mas agr9ed to commit
tee amendment to the tax bill provid-
ing that debts ascertained to be worth
less and charged off within the taxable
year shall be allowed A. a deduction
to individual taxpayers. H
The constitutionality of the woman's
suffrage amendment was questi0ned in
a petition filed in the Supreme Court
by Oscar Lesser and othens, who seek
to have that court review decision sof
state courts in Maryland, holdlns ~
amendment constitutional :
Retention of the corporation capftai
stock tax and repeal Of all Of the spe-
cial taxes such as those on brokers.
proprietors of theaters, cifcuses, auto
mobile bus lines. shooting galleries
and the like, is propQssd Id one OF d
series of amendments to the Repub1
lican tax revision bill offered by Sen
ator Simmons Of North Carolina, on
behalf of the Democratic members of
the finance committee. 60, >---sss..-,
Motor transport is respopsi6le ape
153, 400 900 tons of farm products S4rl
ried annually over the highkaytsto th6
railroads, according to the, Untted
States Bureau of Market Crop
The deadly poison gas developed by
the chemical warfare service has
been turned to the most peaAefxf q
peace time service. Experimert4 cpnA.
pleted by. the chemicSl YarfaFa~, serv
%s.s sss S'. sea as.s ;sLsiss Mt ts.s' 4
the original woodland article. Benzyl
acetate, another of the ,Har gas pro-
ducts, hss5 fkuhed The source sefs-a
Cen. Tasfer Il: Bn,s u the author
ity for th1atatement 6f.fks loss -0f lie
In the wars Of modern times. In all
the wars presumably In Europe and
Americn) <vsxelf b<tweeu-r f790 rAn1
1913, the 10Th -ieath foss was a, ,44o,-
800. In the recent World War, last.
ing from August Of 1914 to November
of 1918. .thEWmf dsstn l1sE N tatfls
cd was N5s4 81; pFls0hsrs and miss
ing 5,e63BaeS afsNssaceept tSsr rusia.
estimate Of the dead in the list of pris
oners and missing, we have a total
death listyo4 " ,0P1 O0Df n r.
Retail brftes N Ten Cities ssisosw1sed " +
tendency to decrease during Septem
20 do n
the Labor Department. In the cities
where figures were obtained Sept. II
on me, Richmond, Va, had an in
or bver August prices, and thi.
an tied to but per cent.
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