Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-09-09


IONA Supreme Court. died at Los An
scles. according to ndvices received.
Mrs ANN MnrgIlette. so. killed her
ssit ut North Platte. Neb. by hanging
herself Mt the foot of her bed In her
daughters home. where she resided.
H. l.. Grimes. ticket agent at Suisun
Calf, was shot and Killed by rob
her who held IN the RAILWAY ticket Of
flee Mt Suisun md escaped with S92,
according to reports.
A man believed to be Il. L. Williams
OF Salt Lake City, tourist, was killed
and fifteen other persons were serl-
ously injured, several possibly fatally.
when n sightseeing automobile was de-
mollshed by an electric train ut Saw
ole. near Los Angeles.
Van Jones, soldier. was shot, and
IL believed to have been killed I'm
mi,i-sirenm Of the Rio Grande at
Brownsville. Texas. and Dnniel Nor
gan, also soldier, was recaptured
after they had escaped from the guard
house nt Fort Brown. near there.
Hans Georgeson OF Niagara. Grand
the North Dakota Farm Bureau Fed
erntion ut Fargo, N. D.. by the state
executive committee TO succeed Usher
L.. Burdick, who resigned because of
work in connection with the Grain
Growers, Inc.
Two men were electrocutcd in Il re
frlgerating room Mt W0odriver, ILL.,.
tpf, rty I'm
cord. 1t is believed that the wire be
came overcharged by n stroke of light
ming during severe electric storm.
The men are George Downey and Gill
bert McAIonigle.
Receding tides In the Gulf of Alas
ka on Turnngnin Arm, have revealed
. five-foot vein of gold qunrtz assay
ing about 800 to the ton, according
to reports received. Rocks projecting
ever the sea were said to have dis
closed several other rich veins. These
discoveries supplement recent strikes
of highly valuable quartz near An
chorage.
WASHINGTON
Prohibition Officials will make no
attempt to keep the forthcoming dis
armament conference dry" IL wus
announced officially at the treasury
department. Prohibition officials hold
that liquors for delegates to the dis
armament conference must be permit
ted because of diplomatic immunity,
and nll recommendation of the state
department for permission for liquor
to enter the United States will have
tke approval Of the treasury depart
ment.
Preparations for advancing upwards
of S1.oOO,00O,O00 in agricultural and
live stock credits under recent legsla-
tion have virtually been completed by
the War Finance Corporation. The
corporation probably will he ready
within a week to function. To expe-
dite the advances. executive commit
tees are being formed In agricultural
and stock raising sections and will at
tend to preliminary details OF applica-
tions, making the necessary investign-
tions and determining the adequacy of
securities offered.
Col. Thomas w. Miller, alien proper
ty custodian, has recommended to
President Harding that the property
seized by the United States from Ger
many during the war he used to pay
the claims of American citizens for in
5uries and damages Incurred before
the entry of this ccIntry Into the war.
The estate of Eugene Field. poet of
childhood. has been closed in Probate
Court In Chicago by the widow, Mrs.
Julia Field, after pending for nearly
twenty-six years. The final report
shows the estate. totaling S10,311.74
was divided between the widow, three
sons and two daughters of the poet
Only one bill was allowed, $3.50 for n
pair of trousers. purchased by Field
In 1895.
A new basis of taxation to take the
plnce of the House revenue measure
and practically all present tax laws
was proposed by Senator Smoot, Re
publican, Utah. who announced he was
preparing a bill embodylng the plan
which he estimated would Yield So S05,-
100000 this year He added that he
would tnke the question up with the
Senate finance committee when 1t be-
gins consideration of revenue ques-
tions.
The decrease of s1,592, ,Oo0, 900 in the
value of the country's exports during
the past fiscal year. as compared with
1920, was confined to trade with
Europe. Canada and Japan, rather
than distributed throughout the world,
as was the $1,5S4 100000 decline in
Imports. according to an analysis is-
sued by the commerce department.
Two government avlators in the for
est patrol service in northern Califor-
MIA, ]. Clement Whistle and Robert
Noupe. were killed when their plane
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