, 1922-01-05
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Six men were injured. three Sc
riously in a gasoline explosion caused
by a fire which destroyed six stores.
a moving picture theater and a
garage at Duke, Jackson county,
Okla.
Two defendants were dismissed and
eleven others were bound over to the
next term of Criminal District Court
under bonds of $4,000 for trial on
charges of murder in connection with
the killing of three men at Wilson,
Okla, the night of Dec. 10.
Declared to be members of an in
ternational gang Of bandits whose OPP
erations during the last two years have
netted approximately $ 100000 in loot
from many cities, Herbert Cox and
Herbert Wilson were held in Jail in
Los Angeles by federal and county au-
thorities.
So many fires have visited Auburn,
Calf, Chinatown during the last few
years that the residents are now build
ing only fireproof buildings. One small
building is being erected by subscrip-
tons for the use of n group of aged
Cinnamon who lost their homes in the
latest fire.
Crazed. 1t was said, by moonshine
liquor and possessed of the idea that
his condition was due to an influ-
ence of his victim, G.. d. Harvey shot
and killed Oscar R. Nordgren as the
latter slept on a couch in Harvey's
home in Waterman. s. D. He used
a shotgun. holding the muzzle close
to Nordgren's heart.
Eastern scientists to whom was
shipped the ashes In which it was be-
lieved a quantity of radium lost in the
Axtell hospital at Newton, Kan, would
be found, report that they have recov-
cred about $1,000, or about one-thlrd
OF the radium lost, from 800 pounds
of ashes, 1t was learned. On the sup
position that the radium had found its
way into the hospital furnace the ashes
were shipped east for analysis.
WASHINGTON
Boys in this country under 9 years
OF age average from one-third to one
half inch taller and about one pound
heavier than girls, according to n re-
port by the federal chlldren's bureau,
said to be based on "the largest mass
of data on the heights and weights of
children under 8 years of age ever
brought together in this country" The
tabulation was made in connection with
"%chlldren's year. and includes both
native and foreign-born children.
The number of cattle and calves
slaughtered on farms in the United
States in 1919 for beef and veal, &C
cording to the fourteenth census. was
1,904,5S1, as compared with $780,
240 in 1909. The number of farms
reporting cattle or calves slaughtered
in 1919 was SS7,611, or 1873 per
cent of all farms: while in 1909,
593,2S5, or 9.3 per cent of all farms,
reported cattle slaughtered, and
26S,50S farms. or AZ per cent Of all
farms, reported calves slaughtered.
The average number of cattle and
calves slaughtered in 1919 per farms
reporting vas FL.
Deaths from ancer in the death reg
istration area of the United States in
1920 totaled approximately $1,000, ac-
cordlng to n report by the census bu-
reau, which on n basis of proportional
population estimates the total of
deaths for the entire country at $4,000,
or an increase Of 5000 from the esti-
mate for 1919.
The exchange OF notifications OF the
treaty between the United States and
Colombia is expected TO take place
within a few days, it was learned ut
the State Department. The depart
ment was officially advised that the
pact was signed by the acting presl-
dent of Colombia and the minister for
foreign affairs on Dec. "a.
The army horse and mule. too, face
another war horror, this time in the
form of astronomical tests. They
are being fed horse bricks" Army
officers declared, however. they are
not as bad as the name implies, for
they are made Of the finest grade
oats with about 10 per cent pure
ane molasses for food value. Each
brick equals four quarts of oats.
THE animal appears to be thriving
on the new fodder" said an official
statement.
The annual joint maneuyers Of the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets, which were
to W been held in Panama bag In
February and March, 1922, have been
abandoned, the Navy Department has
announced. Decision to cancel mr.
engagements for the was
renched by the department, II was