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WESTERN
A concurrent resolution declaring
that Ii is the sense of the Texas Legls-
lature that the interests of the United
States and Texas may be better served
by official recognition of Mexico was
adopted in the House at Austin, re-
Gently.
Col. William r. Berger, founder of
the University of New Mexico, and its
secretary for twenty-five years, died
at Belen, New Mexico, aged "A years.
He was a pioneer editor and attorney
in the state and had held territorial po
sitions and various offices in the G, A.
R.. and leading lodges of the state.
Lieut.. X. b. Leyissee, an air mail pi-
lot, narrowly escaped death at Con
cord, Calf, in making a forced land
ing after his engine went dead while
he was 1000 feet in the air. Owing to
Instructions near the landing field his
machine turned over on him and when
he was extricated he said he was un-
i. injured.
In blowing the safe of the Charity
State bank at Charity, H., the rob
bers used so much explosive that the
safe was blown out through the rear
of the building. The safe door was
blown out through the front of the
building, and the structure was set on
fire. burning TO the ground. Officials
of the bank said there was no clew TO
the identity of the robbers, and that it
was impossible to say how much they
obtained, as everything in the build
ing was destroyed.
WASHINGTON
Postmaster General Hays has an
nounced appointment of Mrs. Mary X.
McCarty as assistant superintendent of
foreign mails. She is the second
woman to be appointed to an executive
position in the department, and entered
the service in 1900 as u clerk
The steamship President, assigned
by the government to the Postoffice
Department, has inaugurated its twen-
tyfour-hour service of runs to Quaran-
tine to rush in the mails from inbound
steamers. Postmaster General Hays
and members of the congressional post
office committees We're aboard. The
service is expected to eliminate nearly
twenty-four hours delay in getting for
eign mails ashore.
Investigation by the Senate Com
merce Commission to determine
whether there is 'monopolistic manip-
ulation" of petroleum products was
proposed in resolution introduced.by
Senator King, Democrat, Utah, who
said depression in crude oil prices evil
denced manipulation by large inter
ests, while prices of gasoline and
other products had not been reduced
proportionately
Exports to Europe fell off nearly
$500, ,OOO,0 900, while those to South
America increased more than $50 O,O0O,-
900 during the fiscal year ending June
80, last, as compared with the previous
year, Commerce Department figures
disclosed. In June there was a sharp
decline in both directions compared to
the same month year ago. The years
exports to Europe We're So ,OO0. 900
against 81. 100000 in 1920; imports
were S937 100000 against $l,179,OoO,-
900.
Legislation authorizing payments TO
Liberia under the S5,OOOOOO loan to
that country previously arranged for,
was asked by President Harding in a
letter transmitted to the Senate. An
accompanying letter from Secretary
Hughes said a moral obligation
rested on the United States to make
this loan.
Three Colorado young men are
among the 2Os candidates for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in the
army who qualified as result of last
April's examination, it was announced
by the war department. Those com
nissioned from Colorado are: Harry
Meyer, Denver engineer corps; John
Harry, Boulder, in field artillery, and
Creswell G. Blakeney, Denver, in field
artillery.
Intoxicating beverages imported in.
to the United States during the fiscal
year were valued at more than $5,OOO,-
600, as compared with about S5OO,OOO
in the previous year, according to re.
ports issued by the Commerce Depart
ment Wine was the largest item in
the list of intOxicants entering during
the year, amounting to more than q
100000 gallons, as compared with 49,
900 in 1920.
Aiming of postal employees since
May l, and the standing reward of
5000 offered by the Postoffice De-
partment to anyone bringing about the
detention and arrest of mail robber,
has served to reduce the number of
depredatiOns against the service to a
remarkable extent, according to a pos
tai bulletin from Postmaster General
VIII II. Hays.
The House passed bill changing