Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-02-11

erty damaged to the extent of several
thousands of dollars by tornado.
which passed north Of Gilmer, Tex.
After having deliberated for five
hours, the jury in the case Of Mrs
Louise L. Peete, charged with the mur.
der of Jacob C. Denton at Los Angeles,
returned "a verdict of guilty and fixed
her punishment mt life Imprisonment.
Nebraska Indians of the Winnebago
and Omaha tribes, appearing before
the legislative committee on medical
societies at Lincoln, denied that the
use of the peyote bean was harmful or
that it was in the nature of a narcotic.
The committee had under discussion
the bill to regulate the use of the bean
and mescal
An arson plot to destroy the Long
Beach auditorium and which, if sue
cessful, might have caused the death
of many persons who were attending
the home products exhibition. was re-
vealed by Los Angeles authorities. Ac-
cording to police, there were 1000 per
sons In the building Mt the time the
plot was discovered
Des Moines, Iowa, has raised $751;
$40 for entertainment of the Imperial
Conclave Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
June IA, Is and 49, the first day of the
solicitation. Business men pledged
$4,000, Sea-Ga-Zig temple added s25,-
900 and individual Shriners contributed
an additional $12,640. Sea-Ga-Zig tenn
pie plans total fund of S125,0O0.
Because it was charged, newspaper
men abused privileges accorded them
for obtaining news in the Mare Island
navy yard ut Vallejo, Calf, an exece-
tive order has been issued reviving war
time provision for news censorship at
the island. Correspondents must sub
nit their news stories to the command
ants office for approval before pub
lication
Charles Leslie Bune, grain sam
pier employed by milling and eleva-
tor company in Ogden, Utah, is dead
and Ward A. Dunn, an electrician. is in
"A serious condition from the effects of
gas, caused, 1t is said, by the fermen-
tation of moist grain in an elevator
Bune toppled over shortly after he
went for sample and Dunn collapsed
in trying TO drag Bune from the dan
ger spot.
Although tempted by lucious fruits
scattered about his cell and by appetiz-
ing victuals served to his cellmate, Dr.
Health Engmark, 45. hunger striking
chiropractor, had not weakened as he
entered on the third week of his vol
untary fast in the Los Angeles Jail
Engmark accepted ninety-day sen
tence rather than pay 5000 fine follow
ing his conviction on a charge of prac-
ticing medicine without license
WASHINGTON
President Wilson's veto of n bill to
give title OF seventy-six acres of
swamp land in Montana to the Milk
River Valley Gun Club of Montana was
sustained by the Senate, IL TO o. In his
veto message President Wilson said
that the land should be made Il public
game preserve.
The House of Representatives has
unanimously passed bill authorizing
the construction of five hospitals for
disabled war veterans at an estimated
cost of S12,5O0,000. An additional
100000 would be available for con
version into hospitals of buildings at
Forts Walla Walla, Wash. and Nc
Kenzie, Wye.
American steam locomotives export
ed last year totaled LII and were val
ued at S53,629,S47, the federal trade
commission has announced. This was
an increase of $50 locomotives over
1919. Before the war. Great Britain
and Germany controlled the European
locomotive market, but recently the
United States has been the only coun.
'ry prepared to ship locomotives in
| quantity"
The first move 20 exempt the salary
of the President from income taxes
was made In the House by Represen
tative Pel, Democrat, of New York
His bill would exempt not only the
also the salary of the vice president
from provisions of the income tax
law. Beginning March 4, the Presi
! dent will have to pay an income tax
of about $4,000 a year.
Turning sharply upon House war in.
vestigating committees as whole
Charles G. Dawes, former head of the
army supply procurement service ii
France, told one Of them that the val
ue of their work had been rendered
useless through injection of partisan
politics.
Benefits of vocational training fol
the rehabilitation of disabled soldier,
would be extended to Americans who
served in the allied armies, and to tn,
widows and children of deceased sol
dIers, under a bill passed by the Sen
ate.