The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-19
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WESTERN

River, Ore, when they plunged
through ice of u slough while skat-
ing. Arch and Cad Williams, two
other boys, narrowly escaped while
trying to rescue the boys. Paul Keir,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Keir, and a
neighbor playmate of young Abraham,
broke through the ice in aiding the
Williams boys to shore.
Percy L. Sinclair, state senator
and president of the former South
western Washington Bank of Ilwace,
Wash, was found guilty by a jury in
Superior Court at Chehalis, Wash, of
knowingly signing a false report con-
cerning the condition of his bank to
the state banking department. The
verdict contained no recommendation.
Sinclair's attorneys announced they
would appeal the case.
The value of gold, silver, copper,
lead and zinc produced from ore
statement issued by the Department
of the Interior, based on estimates by
@. N. Gerry of the geological survey,
was about S26,717,O 900, compared with
S19,o31, $50 in 1929. There was n
marked improvement in the general
condition of mining and marketing
ores and metals and a decided in
crease in production.
Gov. Joseph NJ. Dixon has issued a
call for a special session of the Mon
tana Legislature to convene on Jan. %
for the purpose of enacting appropria-
ton laws to remedy the situation
brought about by the recent decision
OF the Supreme Court which declared
appropriation laws passed at the reg
ular session and vetoed in part by the
governor, to be void. Legislation to
validate the warrants now outstanding
against state appropriations also will
be considered.
The Utah State Board of Pardons,
meeting in special session at Salt
Lake City, again denied appeal of
Omer r. Woods, convicted wife murder
er, for clemency and accordingly his
execution on Jan. Is will be carried
out. With this adverse action the con-
demned man, according to officials,
has lost absolutely every avenue by
which he could hope to escape paying
the supreme penalty before a firing
squad which method he himself chose
instead of hanging.
WASHINGTON
Under satisfactory economic condi-
tions sugar production in the United
States could be expanded more nearly
to meet domestic needs, declared the
department of agriculture in a re-
view of the sugar industry issued in
Washington. Market conditions rather
than conditions of soil and climate are
the obstacles to present development.
A mouldencrusted leaden casket con-
taining some crudely fashioned Deeds
and an undecipherable document was
unearthed in Washington near the spot
where a week ago was found leaden
plate bearing the name 'Virgin Dare"
supposedly Virginia Dare, the first
white child born in America. Under
powerful reading glasses, the hand
written print on the paper or parch-
ment could not be deciphered.
The first execution by lethal gas in
the United States will take place at
the state prison at Reno, New, Feb. s.
Judge J. Emmett Walsh at Nina has
set the date for the death of two Chi
nese tongmen, Fee John and Hughie
Sing, convicted of numbering an aged
Chinese two years ago.
Plans for another expedition to ex-
plore the navy's largest petroleum re-
serve, located in the extreme north
ern part of Alaska, were announced
by the Interior Department. The navy
department will pay the expenses of
the trip and DR.. Phillip S. Smith, a
government geologist, will be In
charge.
The wreck of the Twentieth Cen
tuty limited train of the New York
Central railroad, near Forsyth, N. Y,
Dec. 9, which resulted in the death of
nine persons and injury of thirty-five,
was caused by the failure of Engine
man Patterson, driving the train fol-
lowing it, to obey automatic block sig
nails, Interstate Commerce Commits
sion inspectors reported.
Postal receipts in December, 1923,
were the highest in the history of the
Postoffice Department, it was an
nounced at Washington. The aggre-
gate receipts in fifty selected cities
last month were S31 ,351 ,015, compared
with s29, ,15O,O25 in December, 1922, an
increase of 7.55 per cent. Los Angeles
led all other cities in the selected
group with an increase of 22.43 per
cent of business done during Decem-
hor 1909 over the correspondinp ne
riod in 1922. Indianapolis was second,
with an increase of 1903 and Louis
Vile, KY, and Nashville, Tenn, were
tied for third with percentage gains of
14.03.