The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-29
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charged with first degree murder in
connection with the fatal shooting at
Salt Lake City last April OF John Bal
lantyne, has been put over until
Oct. %.
Five hundred thousand dwellings are
to be rebuilt in Japan and this will re-
Quire 8,000,000,000 feet of lumber, ac
cording to estimates received by the
West Coast Lumbermens Association,
from the United States Department of
Commerce.
That it was an error in judgment
and not an act of Providence that
hurled seven ships to destruction and
twenty-three men to their death on the
rocks off Honda, Calf, Sept. s, was
admitted by Captain Hunter Of the
Delphy shortly before he concluded his
testimony before the naval court of in
Quiry at San Diego, which is investi-
eating the disaster.
One workman was seriously injured
and the main building of the Mason
By-Products Company at Sausalito,
Calf, was destroyed by fire which fol-
lowed a terrific explosion. Loss was
estimated at 100000. a four-hour
fight was waged to control the flames
and the firefighters were endangered
by the presence of large quantity of
alcohol in the plant. Two warehouses
in which alcohol was stored were
saved
Philip O. Valentine, son of John ].
Valentine, former president of the
Wells-Fargo Express Company, was
granted a parole from the California
state prison at San Quentin by the
board of prison directors. Valentine
had served one year of a sentence of
from one to three years on a charge
of driving an automobile while intoX-
coated. His arrest followed an acci-
dent in which Miss Marian Donald of
San Joose was run down and serious
ly injured.
AS measure to solve the Colorado
river problem centering around the re-
fusal of the Arizona Legislature to rat
ify the seven-state Santa Fe contract,
Dwight b. Heard of Phoenix, publish
er of the Arizona Republican, an
nounced few days ago that he had
offered Suggestive plan of action in
the development of the water and pow
er resources OF the lower basin of the
llNSl. ohhtl the pan au-
vanced, Arizona and Nevada, in coop
Grafton with the federal government,
in which Interested municipalities and
irrigation districts might participate,
would be represented in tentative
tri-state agreement for the ALLEGATION
of water rights and distribution of
power resources in their territory.
WASHINGTON
Conspiracy charges in the sale of
German dye patents to the Chemical
Foundation, Inc, were made in n brief
filed by the Department of Justice in
the Federal Court at Wilmington, Del,
in the governments suit to set aside
the sale of the patents. Violation of
the law providing for custody of enc
my alien property was charged in the
brief and former Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, Francis p. Carvan,
former alien property custodian and
others We're criticized severely.
The American Red Cross has au-
thorlzed the additional purchase of ap-
proximately $3,00o,000 worth of cloth
ing and other necessities for Japanese
earthquake victims. Ambassador
Woods at Toxic requested the action,
stating more than 100000 persons in
four provinces were destitute and
homeless.
President Coolidge and his advisers
still are giving energetic study to the
agricultural situation. Secretary Wal
lace, upon whom has developed the
task of assembling data on the sub
1ect, will not have his report ready for
several days, and consequently the
cabinet has made no effort to reach a
conclusion,
Eleven-year-old Charlie Williams of
Grays Siding, Colo, has been written
personal letter of thanks by Secre-
tary Wallace of the Department of
Agriculture for his service to the gov
ernment in detecting a fire in the
Cochetopa forest and securing the aid
of railway section crew In putting
II out. Supervisor Agee of the forest
service told the department in report
that Charlie was as thorough a fire
fighter us he had ever met outside the
service.
Reduction of freight rates on wheat
and flour destined for export and in
crease or the present tariff on wheat
were considered by President Coolidge
and his cabinet as possible remedies
for the Ills of the wheat farmers of
the Northwest.
The state Of Arizona is unalterably
opposed to ratification of the Colorado
river pact In its present form, but is
willing to assist in drawing up new
agreement the federal power commits
sion was informed by a committee
beaded by Gov. George II. p. Hu7t.