Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-03
GENERAL

G6N6hAL
Jack Dempsey will defend his
worlds heavyweight boxing title
against Bin Brennan of Chicago in a
twelve-round match In Madison Square
Garden March Il, it was reported in
New York
The steamer Centennial reported by
radio that the new Norwegian freight
steamer Mod had sunk In mId-ocean.
The messages said the survivors were
on board the steamer Melmorehead,
but did not indicate whether any mem
bers Of the crew were lost.
Gifts for the furtherance OF educa-
tion totaiinG SS3,i96.10j were made
during the fiscal year ia2i-i922 by the
/ general education board of the Rocke-
4 Teller foundation, Ii was made known
in tire annual report made In New
/ York. Up to date, the board has dis
! tributed 81, l32. .ii2, plus the income
OF the total Sl26,ISs,094 given the
board by John d. Rockefeller.
| y. c. Newmark, actuary of the
American Fur Dealers Association of
New York, was arrested by federal
agepts on complaint charging him
with being implicated in n conspiracy
to defraud the federal government out
Of fur sales taxes said to approximate
100000. Morris Rosenblum, for
mer deputy collector Of Internal rev.
enue, and Herman Schuss were ar
rested on similar charges.
Judge Crosby. in the Supreme Court.
announced the appointment OF Fred
Iamson of Boston. William h. Mcken-
zie of Cambridge, and James f. Pat
ton Of Boston as trustees OF the Chris
tian Science Publishing Company The
appoiniees will succeed Herbert w.
Eustace and Paul Harvey, both Of
whom recently resigned, and Lamont
Rowlands. who was removed by the
directors Of the Mother church.
All English language daily news
papers of ST. Louis have re0uced their
subscription rates TO the pre-war basis
The Globe Democrat and the Post
Dispatch have announced the reduc-
ton from TO cents for a daily copy
and from 10 to 5 cents for the Sunday
copy. The Times and Star, 1t is under
stood, will also reduce :aeir rates.
Archibald Birse, Chicago tailor is
10000 richer for having taken a few
stitches in n pair of torn trousers
thirty-four years ago. Ernest De St.
Giles, insurance expert and author left
| this amount TO Birse. who befriended
him when DE St Giles came to Chi
cago thirty-four years ago, penniless.
Birse sewed the Insurance mans
trousers and trusted him for the so
cent charge
Three children suffering from cx
posnre were brought to a charitable
institution In st. Louis from Their
| cabin home near Thayer, No, wliers
they were found by neighbors cuddled
about the body OF their mother, who
IS said 10 have frozea to death. Tie
children, aged 3 TO TO- said their fath-
er left home two weeks ago, saying Il,
was golsg to visit his sick mother, and
he has not beer heard from since.
Miss GenevieYe Reynolds. a member
i0f Robert i. ManteH's Shakespearean
Company for thirty years, died o.
pneumonia after few hours Illness a;
Chieago. Lynn Pratt, Lambs Ciab
Aew York, and a brother in ca.ifor
MIA have been notified. Miss Reynolds
had been on the siage for nearly hall
century, according to Mr. MnntelI.
Sweeping up from the south, bliz
zard Of almost hurricane Intensity, Ieft
in Its wake mountainous snowbanks
stalled traffic. and an endless chair
Of minor accidents In eighteen middl.
and north Atlantic state.