The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-19
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Burglars blew open the safe in the
postoffice at Corbin, jefferson county,
Mont, recently, and escaped with STA
IN cash and stamps and money-order
blanks, according to reports received
IN Helena.
A youth shot dead at Los Angeles
As a bandit has been Identified as
Jesse willis, 1S, of st. Joseph, Mo.
John Grieve, dishwasher, shot Willis
In what was said to be the fifth hold
up In two months Of q restaurant in
an outlying district.
William S. Hart, known to movie
fans as Big Bill, hero of many wild
West" screen pictures, and his wife,
formerly Miss Winifred Westover,
have separated and divorce proceed
ings are in contemplation on the part
of the wife, it has been reported.
Sam Protein, the 9S-year-old police
man whose love affair with a 64-year-
old former circus rider brought him to
public attention recently, died in Butte
few days ago. He was born at Bar
negat, N. J., and claimed to have been
a body guard for President Lincoln
during the war
An automobile occupied by Mrs. Cal
vim Coolidge, wife of the vice presi-
dent, struck another machine at the
intersection Of Broadway and Lara
bee streets, at Portland. No one was
injured The accident was reported to
the police by Wallace McCamant, driv-
er of the car occupied by Mrs. Cool
idge.
The American Bar Association con-
vention closed recently in San Fran
cisco with a dinner at which John W..
Davis of West Virginia, former am
bassador to Great Britain, who was
elected president Of the association.
was welcomed to his new office. Other
speakers were Chief Justice Taft, Lord
Thomas Shaw, NJ. Henri Aubepin and
]. b. NJ. Baxter, representing the Brit
ish, French and Canadian bars, and
Cornelius Cole, centenarian who once
represented California in the United
States Senate.
WASHINGTON
The following were nominated to be
postmasters In Colorado: Henry X.
Puuti, ut Aguilar; Alma Geist, ut Cad
dou, nnd Jumes G. Wilson at Yampa.
Announcement that an agreement be-
tween the United States and Germany
providing for the determination of the
amount of claims against Germany
was signed in Berlin was made by the
State Department. The agreement
provides for Il claims commission to
be composed of two commissioners
and an umpire.
The trials and tribulations of sen
ators are not 30 much concerned with
the tariff. the soldiers bonus and the
ship subsidy us they are with the In
dustrinl crisis that completely over
shadowed the Legislative program. Sen
ators are being bombarded with tele-
graphic appeals from their constitu-
ents for relief from actual or impend-
Ing fuel shortages due to the coal
strike, or from transportation or
freight ueups resulting from the rail
road walkout.
Tho intermediate late Association,
composed of representatives of cham
bers of commerce and trade bodies in
eight western states, decided to Mt
once inaugurate n vigorous campaign
to have the present Congress ennct an
absolute short and long haul law.
Members of tho association meeting ut
balt Lake City declined to take any
part In the discussion of the proposed
Legislation, which would place the in
ternational steamship carriers under
the Jurisdiction OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission for rate fixing pur-
poses.
Formal announcement that recent
oil lund decisions OF the Mexican Su-
preme Court do not, in the opinion Of
pfficinls ut Washington. effectively
protect the rights of American land
owners. wns made recently in state
ment issued by the Stnte Department.
The five court opinions upon which
some Mexican officials have based u
hope Of recognition for the Obregon
regime, were said in Il statement to
apparently establish precedent pro-
tecting improved oil lands from con-
fiscation without furnishing the same
guarantee for land in which mining
operations had not been actually be-
Mai. David A. Reed of Pittsburgh
has been sworn in as junior senator
from Pennsylvania. Reed will be ap-
bointed by Governor Sproul to succeed
the late Senator Grow, when the Penn
sylvania governor arrives to confer
with President Harding on the coal
strike situation.
Guy Marks of Columbus, Ohio. was
killed and G.. f. Martin of San An
tonic, Texas, was wounded by ban
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