Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18
THE WORLD N
PARAGRAPHS
\ 0RigF RECORD o. PASSING
gvGMro IN TINS AND FoR-
zion COUNTRIES
N LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
or THE AoE.
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WESTERN

down by the special federal grand Jury
which has been investigating nm al.
legged building material combine men,
TONED in connection with the building
trust inquiry In New York.
The $4,000 tapestry, presented to
Mrs. Wilson, wife OF the President,
during the peace conference, will find
q place In the new home OF the VIII
sons. Mrs. Wilson removed the tap.
estry from the east room OF the White
House. where 1t has been hanging since
1t was brought to the United States.
Claiming possession under a patent
land grant to Moses Butler, hero of
the battle of San ,Jacinto. which gave
Texas its freedom from Mexico, rela.
uves In the United States District
Court ut Wichita Falls, Texas. filed
suit I'm trespass TO quiet title to prop.
erty In the oil field district of Young
county. said to he worth S1.000.oO0.
While taking an ocean scene mt ClIf.
ton-by-the-Sea, near Redondo Beach,
Calf, six actors employed by motion
picture company were thrown into the
sea by the overturning OF q lifeboat.
The men were dragged unconscious
from the surf by other members OF the
company while hundreds of persons,
Including Sir Gilbert Parker, famous
novelist and now writer for the films.
looked on.
The word Of Epigmenio Ybarra, Jr.,
governor-elect OF the northern district
of Iowar CuyIfnr,,to u,.,yII ha ah.oIux,
law" in the district, according to n
statement at Calexico. Calf. by Senior
Ybarra's private secretary. Captain
Jose NJ. Davila. quoting President
Obregon. The federal governments
only demand, the officer declared, was
that the governor prohibit all gambling
In the district.
Superintendent A. II. Dunphy Of the
Omaha Salt Lake division of the Air.
mail announced that beginning May l
night flying by nirmall pilots will be
Instituted between Cheyenne and Chi
cago. He said that the decision to
make night flying regular feature of
the airmaIl service at least during the
summer months was the result OF the
recent achievement Of Pilot Jack
Knight In flying from North Platte,
Neb., to Chicago through storm mt
night.
The Utah State Farm Bureau off.
cials and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Com.
pany concluded an agreement on the
price basis of the 1921 sugar beet
contracts which for the first time In
Utah will make provision for payment
on both the basis Of the price received
by the manufacturers for the sugar
and the sugar content of the beets
grown by the farmers. On the present
price of sugar net TO the refiner OF
$3.50 per 100 pounds, the farmer would
receive s9.04 n ton for beets as com
pared with the $12 minimum of last
year.
WASHINGTON
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson
President Wilson'S personal physician,
was ordered by the Navy Department
to duty MS officer in charge Of the
naval dispensary in Washington.
The gross public debt increased $685.
a49.845 during the month Of February,
the Treasury Department announced.
The gross public debt ON Jan. was
$23, ,993, 234, 1872 and on Feb. % 1t was
$24, ,051, ,6S4, ,728. The increase was
largely due to the flotation of treasury
certificates
1.-THE United States can prepare for Q
1000, ,OOO.bale cotton crop next year
with whatever price that size crop may
Demand" says Ellis II. Whitaker Of
Memphis. "The South is determined
that the cotton acreage for 1921 shall
be not more than half OF what It was
last year, which win produce q crop
Of about 8000.O00 bales"
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
filed in the District Of Columbia Su-
preme Court by the New York Call
against Albert Sidney Burleson, who
retired as postmaster general March 4.
8. John Block and Horace 8. Whitman,
Call attorneys, alleged that Burleson,
as postmaster general, by canceling
tho second-class mailing privileges Of
the Call, "misused and abused" his
powers and "unlawfully, wilIfully, neg
ligently, maliciousIy violated the rights
and privileges Of the publishers Of the
Call"
The nomination Of Brig. Gen. Frank
Mcintyre to be chief Of the War De
partment bureau Of insular affairs was
confirmed by the Senate in open ses-
sion. The nominations of several hun
dred majors, lieutenant colonels and
colonels also were confirmed before
adjournment.
L H.. Robinson Of Grafton. ". Va,
former chief Justice Of the West Viz
ginja Supreme Court, Is understood "a
be under consideration for appoint
msnt to the post Of commissioner Of
| lntoenal revenue, vacated by the reeig
cation Of william u. Williams.