Gunnison news-champion., 1922-01-20
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Of head and bent Of figure. entered .
plea of guilty al OTTAWA. Ont-. and was
given a one 10 two-year sentence In
the Ontario reforfnatory. Bloom sAl6
he ies. his frst wife fifteen years ago
william A. BaIlIie- Grohman. = noted
sportsman whose death In Austria has
just been announced. had been q
mighty hunter in the Rocky mountains
Asa rifle shot. he won more than sew
enty prizes In England. Ameriea and
on the continent.
Freight loss and damage claims In
Canada and the United States during
1870 totAled Sia5. .s36ais, Joe Marshall.
SPECIAL representative OF the freight
claim prevention committee OF the
American Railway Association, told
the Canadian Railway Club at Mont
real.
Marquis okumn. former premier Of
Japan. is dead. according TO a cable
rne~sag. received by the Sippu I'LL, .
japanese vernacular newspaper In
Honolulu, from Toxic. The Mikado
conferred certain decorations on oku-
ma poethumously. the cable message
said.
The campaign In Mexico against
brew.rie- IL reaching Its climax. II In
stated In Official circles that the pres
ent tax on beer Is to he rnised 100 per
cent. II is contended thnt Mexican
beer lis chemically Injurious and the
government las appointed commits
sion 10 study the question.
The Paris police are using wireless
equipped automobiles to rid the city
Of bandits and highwaymen and are
ready TO use alrplanes I'm time OF riots
or demonstrations. They plan to en-
ploy airplanes primarily for the study
OF traffic problems. but also, when
needed. TO cope with rioters
An ecclesiastical court presided over
by the metropolitan OF Athens. found
the Most Rev Meletois Metaxakis. re-
Gently elected patriarch OF CONSTANT
noplc, guilty OF attempting TO cause n
schlsm In the church. II ordered that
he se deprived of his every rank and
secluded as monk In the monastery
nt Zani..
A nurse In the employ of the Amer
lean Red Cross at Goldingen, Latvia,
lost ten sons in the war, her husband
was shot by the Bolsheyiki and her
three daughters died last year Still
she goes about her work with smile.
-Nitchevo," is her consolation. which
means. among million other things,
1t can't be helped"
Joseph Oliver, 30 years old, grand
sire of the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows, died at Toronto. Ont. after
nm Illness OF three months He was a
member of the Odd Fellows for many
years and was head of the grand lodge
In Canada before being chosen to the
highest office In the order In North
America. He also was a past master
of the Masonic fraternity.
GENERAL
Grimes are decreasing In Chicago,
according to figures made public by
Charles Fitzmorris, chief OF police. He
gave the number in 1921 as l1,G66,
against 1907 In 1920 and 1866 in
1919.
Leslie Haywood of Woodlawn, sub
urb of Birmingham, Ala, reported to-
police that he was severely flogged by
five men after being enticed from his
home. According TO the police, he said
his assallants accused him Of some ir-
regular real estate transactions with
mis- mother.
Exports OF American coal, excluding
shipments to Canada and Mexico, In
creased by 100 per cent In 1921, as
compared with 1913, according TO q
statement by the Commerce Depart
ment. Much Of this increase, the de-
partment said, was due doubtless to
the British coal strike.
When a teller momentarily left his
cage in the Union Trust Company at
Providence, X. l., an unidentified man
reached through the wicket, stole u
$4,000 Liberty bond, bill of ladinE
covering carload of cotton and a bum
die Of checks, and escaped before an
alarm could he given.
Total expenditure for building
throughout the country for the year
1921 was 1885,, ,185, 1872, gain of 14.9
per cent over the record year Of 1920.
Bradstreet's announced. Reports from
$50 cities showed that $4,000 ,S39 had
been expended for building in Decem-
Der. gain of 112-S>pe cent over De-
cember, 1920
Tony May Of Chicago, who told
Judge Friend he was newsboy, was
ordered to pay 5000 a month to hiu
wife as alimony. Questioning by the
judge brought out that while Tony for
merly sold papers on the street he now
owned string Of news stands, quite
bit of real estate and interests In
several business enterprises.
The number Of persons killed in au-
tomobile accidents in the United States
IN 1921 was estimated at between H.
600 and IL on nrahohIr ,aoro. a.