The Colorado statesman., 1924-02-09
GENERAL

for mercy, which 1t Is thOuSht Will De
granted.
GENERAL
A verdict in favor of the defendant
was returned by Il jury in Federal
Court at Atlanta, Ga, in the half-
million dollar heart balm suit of Mrs.
Onezima de Bouchel against Asa q.
Gambler.
One man is knwn to have been killed
and eight injured, one dangerously, in
a gas explosion mt Kansas City, Mo-,
which shook the entire downtown dis
trlct and wrecked the fourstory build
ing of the Bailey-Reynolds Chandelier
Company. The loss was estimated be
tween 100000 and $l5O,0OO.
Speaking for committee OF former
students of Valparaiso University, re-
ported to have been taken over by the
Ku KluX Klan, F. A. Miller, editor of
the South Bend Tribune, issued state
ment declaring the school to be open
to the education of all without thought
of race, religion, social standing,
wealth, politics or influence"
William Sacks, wealthy st. Louis oil
operator, and defeated candidate for
the Republican nomination for United
States senator pleaded not guilty
when arraigned in Indianapolis before
United States District Judge A. Is. An
dcrson on an Indictment charging him
with conspiracy to use the mails to de-
fraud. and the use of the mails in fur
therance of scheme to defraud,
Trial date will be set later.
Conservative trade unionism has
scored marked triumph over "the de-
structive influences of communism" "
International President John l.. Lewis
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, declared after adjournment of the
miners biennial convention ut Indian
apois. He spoke of the conventions
work as Il whole, and of the repudla-
ton for the second time of Alexander
Howat, deposed Kansas district pres-
dent.
Three persons are dead. dozen in
iured and property damage estimated
Mt S1,OOOO0O as the result of the most
paralyZing snow storm in forty years
in Milwaukee, Wis.
DIR. Charles Herbert Levermore of
New York City, former college prores-
sor and student of international af-
fairs, has been announced us the win
ner of the 100000 prize offered by
Edward w. Box, publisher of Philadel-
phla, for the best plan to insure an
end of war in the world. DIR. Lever
more was born mt Mansfield, Conn,
oct. Is. 1856. He was granted an \.
b. degree mt Yale University in 1879
and the Ph. d. degree ut Johns Hop
liins in 1886.
The Indiahoma Refining Company, q
S5,OOO.OOO oil corporation, with its
principal office in st. Louis and
branches Mt Tulsa, Okla, and other
southwestern cities, filed voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in Federal
Court at ST. Louis The petition
signed by w. o. Shock, president
scheduled liabilities of $2,730,37S and
assets of S4351 ,257, of which $1343O is
cash on hand. The petition admits the
company owes considerable sums
which it is unable to pay.
Adopting the w dish 'ii 'e'"S "iAi'"'
ment by the unanimous vote of the
eighty-nine senators present, the Sen
ate plunged into what promises to be
n historic and extremely bitter fight
over the Robinson resolution request
ing the President to call Immediately
for the resignation of Secretary Denly
The admiration and esteem with
which the late Woodrow Wilson was
regarded in Japan is testified to in
scores OF messages which poured int
the American embassy at Toxic from
leading japanese citizens and states
men and diplomats from other nations