Taiban Valley news., 1921-08-12
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DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
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WESTERN

A concurrent resolution declaring
that 1t is the sense of the Texas Legis
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.. II. B. Levissee, an air mail pi-
lot, narrowly escaped death at Con
cord, Calf, in making 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-
injured.
| In blowing the safe of the Charity
State bank at Charity, Ill.,, 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 K.
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 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 were 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
$1,5OO,O00,000, while those to South
America increased more than $30,000,-
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 were $3,40S,000, 600
against $4,S63, 100000 in 1920; imports
were $937, 100000 against $1,179000,-
600.
Legislation authorizing payments TO
Liberia under the $5,000,000 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 "moral obligation"
rested on the United States to make
this loan.
Three Colorado young men are
among the 208 candidates for appoint
ment as second lieutenants in the
army who qualified as result of last
April's examination, 1t was announced
by the war department. Those COM
mIssioned 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 tne Unlteu otdleS uuTlnB lne IlScui
year were valued at more than $5,000,-
600, as compared with about S500,000
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 2S,-
900 in 1920.
Armlng Of postal employees since
May /, and the standing reward Of
$1,000 offered by the Postoffice De-
partment to anyone bringing about the
detention and arrest of a mail robber,
has served to reduce the number Of
depredations against the service to
remarkable extent, according to a pos
tai bulletin from Postmaster General
VIII Fl. Hays.
The House passed a bill changing
the period for doing annual assessment
work on unpatented mineral claims
from the calendar to the fiscal year.
The measure now goes to the Senate.