Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-25


sixteen children were Injured
when an Oregon Short Line freight
train, carrying beets. backed into n
motor bus conveying the children to
school at Il crossing at Tremonton.
Utah
Steve MnslIch. Austrian. must die for
the staying of Marco Lnus, fellow
countrymnn, near Salt Lake City, Aug
3, 1919, the State Supreme Court held.
The decision Of the lower court was af-
nrmeG
Mary Williams, negro woman. said TO
be the oldest negress In Texas, died at
San Antonio, aged 112 years. She had
lived in Texas forty years. coming
from Louisiana, where for many years
she was slave.
An attempt to rob the mail car on
train No. 40 OF the Atchcson, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway while the train
was standing at the station ut Phoe-
nix, was frustrated when Herman In
derlicd of Phoenix, mail clerk In
charge of the car, oyerpowered the
would-be robber.
Mexico Will be represented by "A com
mission at the meeting OF the League
of the Southwest at Riverside, Calf.
in December, it was announced by Ar
mold Kruckman, secretary of the
league. He said he had received let
ter from Gen. Alvaro Obregon, presi-
dent Of Mexico, to this effect
Adolph Lunic, a groceryman in Sioux
City, Iowa, was murdered in cold blood
in his store by negro bandit, who
fired three shots and escaped with
bag containing $500 the receipts of the
days business. Mrs. Lunlc. who had
come to the store to get the money,
was threatened by second negro. but
was not injured She was the only wit
ness OF the crime.
WASHINGTON
Expenditure of S530,O00 TO provide
channel forty feet deep and 1000 feet
wide through the bar outside of San
Francisco harbor was recommended to
Congress by Major General Beach,
chief of army engineers. Additional
appropriations of 100000 annually for
maintenance also was urged
Armament delegates have cut the red
tape of diplomacy-in one regard at
least. They will dispense with the for
NAL and official call" long sacred in
stitutlon. Somebody figured out that
If all the diplomats and attaches and
advisors were all to call on one anoth-
er In formal fashion 1t would use up
more than 10000 calling cards.
The new battleshlp Colorado,
launched last spring with Mrs. Max
Afalx Of Il ttfrI,t for Of
tor Nicholson, as Its sponsor, is doomed
to destruction II the American propos-
al as outlined by Secretary Hughes In
his address at the opening of the dis
armament conference should be agreed
to by the other powers.
Removal of war savings stamp
from the certificate upon which 1t was
issued constitutes a crime under the
counterfeiting laws, according to the
supreme court. The question arose in
the federal District Court at New York
where the government failed In its eff
fort to convict Paul Sacks of purchas-
ing certificates and removing the
stamps.
Machlnist's Mate Cotton was killed
and Lieuts. Steadha Aker and o. ID.
Spnulding We're severely injured when
seaplane No. 2,100, from the naval air
station, Pensacola, Fla, went into
tail spin at an altitude of 1000 feet
and crashed off Barrancas Beach.
Construction of highways to the to-
tai value of S76 100000, covering g.
POI miles and employing more than
10000 workers, is about to he under
taken by thirty states as the direct
result of the recent passage of the
federal highway act.
The proposals OF the United States
for n ten-year naval holiday will have
no effect on the present status of the
American naval building program,
Secretary of the Navy DENLY said.
The present building program Will con
tinue until some definite agreement
has been reached and there will not
be even an effort to slow down or
curtail the building operations pending
the final agreement on the matter the
secretary said.
The Australian government is reduc-
ing its expenditures for defense by ap-
proximately S1,25o00O. the acting min
lister of defense announced In the
house of representatives at Melbourne.
OF s10s,213, ,165.35 collected in regis
tratlon fees from 9,245, 1876 passenger
cars and commercial vehicles. 2S,1l4I
trailers and III, 7,234 motorcycles, as
well as chauffeurs' licenses in the for
ty-eight states and the District of Co
lumbia. Jan. l 10 July l, 1921, accord
ing to the United States bureau OF pub
lie roads, the sum of $101, 1894 or e4
per cent, Is available for good roads.
Total revenue for the year 1920 In reg
lstrntion fees was s102. .54e,2l225 The
revenue for the first half of this yenr,