The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-30
The WORLD IN
PARAGR Apis
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
+ ElGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DolNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the large hall housing a moving picture
theater and confectionery at Grand
view, Idaho, forty miles south of
Boise.
Erastus Brainerd, 67 years old, for
merly editor of the Seattle Post Intel
llgencer, and long a leader in public
life in Washington, died "a few days
ago.
Ed Hayes entered the headquarters
of the l. w. w. in Salt Lake City and,
it is alleged, at the point of a revolver
held up Pat Nee, secretary of the Salt
Lake City branch of the /. w. W., and
Thomas Hodges, who happened to be
in the room.
The automobile of John DanZ, who
operates several Seattle motion pic
ture houses, was wrecked by bomb
that was thrown in it while it was
standing empty in front of his home.
Danz attributed the explosion to labor
controversies he has had recently.
Suit to recover S222, ,160.50 from Gov.
William d. Stephens and other Cali
JbIlld DlllNidlS DtNuuSt VI lnt ullNStu
illegal sale of $3,000000 highway bonds
was dismissed on technical grounds by
Judge Benjamin f. Bledsoe of the
United States District Court at Los
Angeles.
Police authorities of Salt Lake City
have announced that, through the me-
dium of photographs, Arthur Haan,
under arrest at Richmond Calf, had
been identified as the slayer of 16-
year-old Rulon james during an at
tempted drug store robbery in Salt
Lake City recently.
Rejection of his advances toward
Helen Engel, 1G years old and pretty,
last spring, is believed to have SO
crazed Emil Neuriter, 40, a ferryboat
proprietor, that he entered her home
in Seattle and turned Christmas joy
into tragedy by killing her two sisters
and one of her brothers and then end
ing his own life.
Leon Natoli, who has been living in
a suburb of Seattle, told the police
that with the aid of dog he had
trained, he had robbed more than 100
Seattle homes this year, they said.
The dog is said to have stood on watch
outside dwellings while his master,
who Is alleged to have used a truck to
haul away the loot, worked inside.
WASHINGTON
Col. Rufus ii. Lane was nominated
by President Harding to be adjutant
and inspector of marine corps, with
the rank of brigadier general.
The following Coloradoans were
granted commissions in the officers
reserve corps: Finis n. Roberts of
Fruita as first lieutenant or infantry (;
Jay Norman Fuller of Monte Vista as
first lieutenant of cavalry james Rob
ert McClelland of Greeley as first lieu
tenant of infantry.
Immediate return TO the owners of
all small properties seized during the
war was urged recently by Alien Prop
erty Custodian Miller before the
House commerce committee, which is
considering bill under which 93 per
cent of all trusts in the hands of the
government, most of them valued at
less than $4,000, would be released.
Hannis Taylor, former United States
minister to Spain, and recognized au-
thority on international law, died at
his home in Washington.
Nearly half billion dollars, $433,-
1000, was loaned on American agri-
culture by the War Finance Corpora
ton during the critical period of de-
preston In the last year, the annual
report of the commission sent to Con
gress disclosed.
The first blow to reach the capitol
of alleged bootleggers was struck by
Senator Curtis, Republican, Kansas,
chairman of the Senate rules commit
tee, when he ordered n negro waiter
discharged from the Senate restaurant.
The waiter, Curtis said, had dropped a
bottle of strong smelling hooch ON the
floor of the restaurant.
The refusal of Representative Kel-
Ter, Republican, Minnesota, t. respond
to subpoena requiring him to give
under oath the information upon which
he based his impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty,
has created precedent of such possi-
bic far-reaching Importance that the
House judiciary committee decided to
refer the whole matter to u sub-com-
mittee for investigation.
Former Premier Clemenceau's Amer
,can visit added $4,000 to the Ameri-
can field service fund fellowships, Ste
phen Bonsal, who managed the tour
announces. Tn; amount is the surplus
of money received from lectures and
newspaper articles by the Tiger after
defraying the expenses of his trip.
Nearly half a billion dollars-$433,
a47.OO0-was loaned to American agri
culture by the War Finance Corpora
tion during the critical period of de