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During the past week four deaths
from pelagra have been reported at
Dallas, Texas, marking the heaviest
toll from the disease here in that Pc
riod OF time for several years, accord
Ing to health officials,
Arthur Clayton, A, railroad con
ductOr of Trinidad. Colo, ended his
life at Los Angeles by leaping from
the roof Of four-story apartment
house. The police were told he had
been in Ill health and respondent.
Isador Tucker, pioneer merchant of
Nebraska City, Neb., was shot by Po-
iiceman Hanley, when the officer fired
at burglar whom he had just ar
rested and had broken away Mr..
Fucker is in a hospital with bullet In
hts abdomen.
Twenty-nine years after the alleged
commission of the crime. Estevan To-
var went to trial In District Court at
Eagle Pass, Texas, on charge of wife
murder. A quarrel between Tovar and
some of his associates recently brought
TO light the old case which had been
forgotten.
Instead of scrapping the old battle
ship Oregon, the navy may present her
to the state of Oregon as an historic
relic. The Oregon was launched at
San Francisco in 1898 and was the
ship which Captain Clark sailed
around Cape Horn in record time dur
ing the war with Spain.
Lieut.. Jim Ingram, pilot with ely
ing circus" showing at Davenport, Ia,
at the Mississippi Valley fair, and A.
s. Hall, staff photographer for the |
Davenport Democrat, were arrested on
a charge Of flying over the city within
1000 feet above the business section.
rhis is the first arrest there for al
legged violation Of aerial traffic laws.
Ramon Ramierez, 20, confessed, ac-
cordfng to the police, that he entered
the home of Mrs. Conrado Alazar, five
miles east of Ell Paso. stabbed her to
death and dubbed her three infants
as they slept. When asked why he
killed the woman and attacked her
children. he told the police, they say,
that "the family would be better off
dead"
WASHINGTON
The threat of civil warfare in Italy |
the Socialists and Communists on the
other is rapidly dying out. according
to all indications.
Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee. has been definitely selected by
President Harding as a member Of the
American delegation to the dlsarma-
tuent conference.
Railroads of the country earned $751;
76S,000 net in June, which was gain
of $14,697 ,S46 over net earnings for
May, according to reports filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
by the carriers and made public by the
American Railway Association. The
earnings for June, the association said
represented 81 per cent annual return
on railroad Investment as compared
with "a per cent return for May, based
upon the tentative values of railroads
fixed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Ten years. Imprisonment and S10,-
900 fine for any person offering for
sale or purchasing at less than face
value any government bond or obliga
tion, Is provided in a bill introduced
In the house by Representative Her
rick of Oklahoma. The bill is Offered
as a means of bringing government
securities to par and preserving tn,
national credit.
Colorado Springs may be immediate
lily chosen as a site for a vocationa
Training center for disabled soldiers
according to a statement made by Fl
IAlien Nye of Denver, who has beei
hooking over the situation. Unde
Ipresent plans the new building will b,
barge enough to accommodate at leas
l3OO soldiers. The proposed site con
ltains about 800 acres In the foothills.
] Abill by Representative steenerson
Republican, Minnesota, to modify fed
eral grades of spring wheat was re
ported favorabiy by the House agrIcul
ture committee The measure provide
that all foreign material In grading o
wheat shall be counted as dockage an,
that moisture in excess of 14h pc
cent shall be designated on the grad
certificate and shall not affect tn,
grade.
Railroads should reduce voluntaril,
their freight rates on live stock to 81
per cent of the present rates, bu
should not reduce rates which at pres
emit are less than so cents a hundred
pounds, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission said In report. The commits
uIon did not enter an order In the case
which was held open.
The Civil Service Commission fixet
Sept. Is as the date for the examlna
tIon of applicants for the postmaster
ship at Canon City. Colo. The lncum
bent's term expired July 80. The sal
ary is $1,000 year.