The Colorado statesman., 1922-03-04

WESTERN
Alfred II. Wildman, veteran news
paper man and author of nature
stories, died at his home at San Fran
cisco after an Illness of three years.
Hanford MacNider, national com
mander of the American Legion, re-
ceived a challenge to debate the bonus
question before the city club post
American Legion at Mason City, Iowa.
The challenge was forwarded to him
in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Gray, their
two children, baby of 9 and a girl
of 3, besides nurse, Miss Lillian
Spencer, were killed at Santa Bar
bara, Calf, by inhaling carbon mon
oxide gas, which filled the Gray home
from gas water heater.
Wellington d. Rankin, attorney gen.
eral of Montana and n brother of Miss
Jeanette Rankin, the first woman
member of Congress, announced that
he will be candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for United States
senator at the primaries next August
What is declared to be the worst
landslide in many years in the Cajon
pass, California, buried the west
bound track of the Santa Fe railroad
between Cajon and Summit, where an
eighth of n mile Of track was covered,
in some places to a depth of thirty
feet.
Eleven hundred and flfty-four new
cases of influenza have been reported
in Los Angeles, it was announced re-
Gently by the quarantine officer Ply
sicians estimated that thousands of
cases daily were not reported, but the
epidemic is lighter than that of sew
eral years ago.
scathing attack upon Senator Tru-
man II. Newberry of Michigan, praise
for the courage of James A. Reed of
Missouri, and strong defense of the
agricultural bloc in Congress charac-
terized the address of William S.
Kenyon, former senator from Iowa,
before the students of the University
of Missouri, recently.
Rain at Emporia, Kan, and in the
watershed of the Neosho river from
which the city water supply comes,
was received with rejoicing not only
because of Its benefit to crops, but
because 1t will mean an unlimited
supply of water for Empora bath
tubs. Emporia has been virtually on
q ration system as far as bath water
went since last summer with residents
urged to use the existing supply as
frugally as possible.
WASHINGTON
The postal service would be required
TO provide weekly pay days for all en-
ployes under bill introduced by Sen.
etor Lodge, Republican, of Masschu-
sets.
George E. Long, the War Depart
ment clerk, who confessed to sending
threatening letters to capital social
leaders demanding money, was liber
ated as an eccentric crank" The
women refused to prosecute him and
the postoffice officials decided he had
violated no postal law under which he
could be held.
Attorney General Daugherty has in
structed federal authorities ut Boise,
Idaho. to release Pullman car seized
there by prohibition enforcement Off
GERS.
The United States has made for
NAL protest to the japanese govern
ment against the smuggling of opium,
morphine, heroin and other narcotics
into this country by means of japanese
steamships.
The womans suffrage, or nineteenth
amendment, was declared constitution
al by the Supreme Court. The court
dismissed, for want of Jurisdiction, the
suit brought by Charles S. Fairchild
of New York, who sought to chal-
lenge the constitutionality of the
Amendment.
The conference of trade union wom-
en- adopted resolution expressing OPP
position to the blanket amendment, pro
posed by the National Women's party,
to the federal constitution for securing
equal rights for women. The action
of the conference was based, the reso-
luton declared, on the belief that the
amendment would be interpreted as in
validating laws now in force which APP
ply to laboring women.
The war claims board, created dur.
ing the world war to adjust claims
against the government, has been dis
solved, the War Department announced
recently. OF the 10000 claims filed
with the board, only thirty-one remain
to be settled These are claims TO the
Dupont Engineering Company, the
Remington Arms Company and the
United States Cartridge Company.
Senator Capper, Republican. Kansas,
was elected unanimously as chairman