The Colorado statesman., 1921-04-16
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIoN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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WESTERN

Western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN
Craig Chesterfield, claiming to be the
son of an English lord, was found
guilty in the District Court at Ere
mont, Neb, of forgery and sentenced
TO serve from one to twenty years in
the penitentiary.
In a twenty-two-inning game, the
longest in organized baseball so far
this season, Seattle defeated Los An
geles II to 8, in the first game of
scheduled double-header at Los An
geles. The second game was postponed
because of darkness.
Emma Cimino, reported to have dis
appeared mysteriously in Salt Lake
City on the eve of her marriage to
John Verna, scheduled to take place
at the Catholic cathedral, was married
at Ogden to Carmino Colisimo, accord
ing to word received in Salt Lake City.
The Rev. Hugh Neville, a Methodist
minister, offlciated, according to the
report.
Maj. S. S. Arnold, air service officer
of the United States Ninth army corps
area, and Governor Ben w. Olcott of
Oregon, landed in San Francisco on
their airplane flight from Portland,
Ore, in a race against six navy carrier
pigeons. Their actual flying time was
five hours and thirty-three minutes.
The distance is 722 miles, and the time
is said to be record. The pigeons,
released ten minutes before Major Ar
mold took off from Portland, had not
landed OR his arrival in San Francisco.
WASHINGTON
Declarations that the Navy Depart
ment is ready to take what Congress
will appropriate and keep the fleet
.ready and fit to fight" and that the
War Department is pursuing a policy
of retrenchment in an effort to get
down to "normalcy" were made by Sec
retaries DENLY and Weeks before the
American Legion post of the National
Press Club at Washington, ID. G.
"Go to it," smilingly exclaimed Post
master General Hays after DIR. Hubert
Work of Pueblo had taken the oath of
office and prepared to assume his du-
ties as first assistant postmaster gen.
eral. DR.. Work preferred that the TAX
ing of oath be just an incident, but
the postmaster general called in sew
eral department heads as witnesses
and made a ceremony of the induction
into office.
Agreement with a German syndicate
whereby certain American potash I'M
porters will obtain a rebate in potash
equal to 45 per cent of their purchases
has been announced by the Depart
ment of Commerce. The agreement,
department officials explained, means
delivery of more than $2OOO,OOO worth
of additional potash to those American
importers who bought German potash
during the war.
Secretary of the Interior Fall has Of
fered for lease, under the provisions
of the oil land leasing act, 6,OOO acres
of all land in the Salt Creek fields in
wyoming. The leases will be given TO
those offering the highest cash bonus,
and no single person or corporation
will be permitted to secure more than
$40 acres. Royalties will range from %
per cent to 1878 per cent. The leases
will be sold in June at Douglas, Wyo.
One of the new reporters in the
House press gallery is former Repre-
sentative Sherwood, Republican, Ohio,
who at the age of 50 began to watch
congressional proceedings for a To
ledo newspaper.
Secretary Mellon has announced the
reappointment of Col. II. G. Cholmely-
Jones of New York as director of the
bureau of war risk insurance, who re-
entered upon the duties of his office
Mt once. He was returned to the de-
partment at the request of the secre-
tary to assist in carrying out the rec
concentrations of the special commit
tee appointed by the President of
which Gen. Chas. G. Dawes was chair
man.
President Harding has before him
two proposals for settlement of the dis
pute between the railroads and their
employees. One proposition, that from
S. Davis Warfield and Darwin r
Kingsley, representing railroad secur-
ity owners, is that he use his good Of
fices to bring about regional confer
ences between the carriers and their
men. The other, submitted by b. Nj.
Jewell for the five railroad mechanical
unions, is that he bring about gener-
al conference.
Railroads suffered deficit in Feb
ruary of $7,2O5,OOO, while JOG out of
200 reporting to the Interstate Com
merce Commission failed to earn ex-
penses, and taxes, as against a deficit
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