Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1921-02-25
a sRiEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIcN COUNTRIES
N LATE DISPATCHES
Doihos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF TIE AGE.


at the point of revolver held up and
robbed Mrs. Shire, her two daughters
and two girl visitors of jewelry valued
Mt $1,000.
baby weighing two and three-quar-
ters pounds was born in Omaha TO Mr..
and Mrs. John Weimer. Nurses lave
placed the child In an improyised in
cubator, and physicians shy 1t proba-
bly, will live.
After three attempts to kill his
father, Osiri Nixon, 90. Otis Nixon, Mt
st. Stephens, Neb., set fire to his
fathers property and then shot and
killed himself The father escaped
with minor injuries.
Creation of a motion picture censor
ship board of three to be appointed by
the governor, and with power to pre-
vent showing of any film 1t sees fit II
considered immoral or improper, was
passed by the North Dakota house, 62
to IS.
A drastic anti-cigarettc bin in
troduced In the House would prohibit
cigarette smoking, possession of cigar
cites or materials for making or their
transportation into the state Of Kan
sas. A fine of not less than $50 or
more than 500 is provided.
Thomas Brady, convicted of being an
accessory to the attempted attack on
Jean Stanley in San Francisco last
Thanksgiving eve, was sentenced to
term in San Quentin ranging from one
to four years. His attorney gave no.
tice of an appeal and Judge Ward
granted "A certificate of probable cause
The two largest freight vessels ever
launched in San Francisco bay--the
1880 ton Manulani and Manulsai,
sister ships, destined for the Ha-
waiian trade, slid from the ways with
In an hour at the Moore Shipbuilding
Company yards at Oakland. The YES
sells were built for the Matson NavIga-
ton Company.
Mrs. Louise l.. Peete has been sen
fenced to Imprisonment for life in San
Quentin penitentiary for the murder
OF Jacob Charles Denton. Superior
Judge Frank II. Willis of Los
Angeles pronounced sentence after
he had denied motion for Al
new trial. Counsel for Mrs. Peete an
nounced they would appeal to the APP
pellnte Court for n new trial
WARRINGTON
The text of the Franco.British agree
ment by which the Syrian desert is
transferred from French to British
mandate has been received In official
circles and Is expected to engage the
close attention of State Department Of
ncIals In connection with the study of
the allied mandates in which the Amer
lean government has been concerned.
Efforts to attach as rider to the
p0stoffice bill an appropriation of
x10O,OOO.OOO for road construction
failed in the Senate. A motion to in
sert the appropriation was lost on
vote of Al to SO, or nine less than the
required two-thirds majority. Rejec-
ton of the good roads rider was re-
garded us foreshadowing defeat for the
road appropriation at this session.
= Soldier bonus legislation will be de-
layed by the Senate until the extra
session, Chairman Penrose of the fl
nance committee, said, In connection
with statement by Senator McCum-
her, Republican, of North Dakota. that
ne was preparing "for the Senate and
the American people" statement of
costs OF the relief measures. Mrs. PEN
rose said the bonus legislation should
he handled properly If at all and he
feared the jam of the last few days
might destroy deserving features.
Wholesale commodity prices showed
further decline in January, accord
ing to information collected by the bu-
reau OF labor statistics, and just made
public. Building materials and house
furnishing goods showed the largest
price recessions from the previous
month, the former declining 10 per
cent and the latter group 1S per cent
below the level for December. Farm
products, food and clothing each reg
lstered drop of 51s per cent or more,
while fuel and lighting materials, met
ais and chemicals each decreased about
per cent In the group Of miscellan
eous commodities the decrease was rs
per cent
The United States has no intention
Of participating in any attempt by the
allies to compel Argentina or any
other neutral country to prevent i'm
portation from Germany or arms and
munitions of war, 1t was learned at
the State Department
The international communications
conference met again In Washington
to consider further the ALLEGATION of
the former German cables, but it de-
veloped that one of the delegates had
not received instructions from his gov
eminent. and adjournment was taken |
until Inter