The Raymer enterprise., 1920-09-02
THE Latest IMPORTANT Die.
PATcHEs PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE pRooREoo or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.


WESTERN
Fourteen oil workers were drowned
In the Panuco river at Tampico, Mex
leo, when the foreman at the wheel
Of lighter on which they were travel
ing made sudden maneuver to avoid
colllsion with another boat.
About $4,000 In cash, nuggets and
jewelry were found In the safe Of the
sunken steamship Princess Sophia
when Harold Post, temporary receiver
for the Deep Sea Salvage Company,
opened II at Juneau, Alaska.
Two St. Louis army officers are be-
Ing sought by the military authorities
In connection with the disappearance
Of 34S,7S9 from the quartermaster
corps Of the United States army II be-
came known at St Louis when the To-
cal police received an army bulletin
containing a request for their arrest.
The provisional government Of Mex
leo has Issued orders closing all sa-
looms except four In each town along
the Rio Grande, according to informa-
ton received at San Antonio, Texas.
The order also provides that hereafter
license to operate saloons In Mexico
will be issued only to Mexican citizens
Eight hundred ploys. harness for
1900 mules, two tractors, twenty now
ing machines, two threshing machines
and thousands Of dollars worth Of ad-
dItional agricultural implements pur.
chased In the United States are eI-
pected to complete the subjugatiOn Of
Francisco villa. erstwhile Mexican
bandit and guerilla.
The 1920 population Of Fl Paso Is
77,543 instead OF $685. as previously
announced on July 18th. II was ex.
planned that rechecking showed that
the Fort Bliss military station had
been included In the enumerators' re.
port. thus ncccssitating the deduction
Of 6%l3 from the city's population as
originally reported.
Samuel SamueIs, proprietor OF dry
goods store ut Douglas, ARK, shot and
killed n Mexican. whose name was
given as Femia Lopez, as the latter
was seeking to enter Samuels' store
through rear window. Bars protect
Ing the window had been bent away
The night before and Samuels was
watching for nm intruder.
Gold yield Of placer camps In the
Yukon valley for 1920 Is estimated at
H,4S5,O00 by mining company officials
at Dawson. Camps In the interior Of
Alaska nre expected to yield $685.
400. There has been considerable
shrinkage In the output, It is stated,
owing TO II dry season and the decrease
10 the purchasing power Of gold.
A few hours after Macedonia Esca.
lante, house painter, touched power
wire that sent 1900 volts Of cleo.
tricity through him at Phoenix, Ariz,
he was telling his father he would be
oil right In day or two. c. l.. Baker,
his foreman, saw him hanging from
the wire, smoke rising from one arm.
As Baker ran to get help, Escalante
dropped TO the ground five feet below
and was taken TO Q hospital. He had
been painting the transformer house
Of cotton gin. Physicians declared
the voltage many times enough to kill
man.
Or George L. Miller, Omahas first
practicing physician, and founder Of
the Omaha Herald, later made part of
the World Herald. y dead at Omaha.
WASHINGTON
The right Of women TO the ballot was
formally made a part Of the Constitu.
ton Of the United States when Secre-
tary OF State Colby proclaimed ratIfi.
cation Of the nineteenth amendment.
In an attempt to get baby panther
as mascot, members Of the One Hun
dred and Fourth aero squadron fought
Il mother panther and four cubs in n
cave near SandersOn. Tex. according
TO war department advices In Wash
ington. The mother panther defeated
the squadron.
According to FL Heraldo, President
de Ia Huerta has announced that no
condition for the recognition of the
Mexican government have been i'm.
posed by the United States or France
The Mexican government" he Isl
quoted rs saying. lis giving all guar.
antees TO foreign countries and not
seeking to break promises with foreign
countries, and It does not believe for.
eIgn nations have any reason to i'm.
pose conditions belittling our dignity"
Production Of bituminous coal reach.
ed Its 1870 peak during the week end.
ed Aug. 18th when the miners turned
out 1l,T2s.00o net tons. The geological
survey, In making this announcement
made public figures showing produc.
tion Of bituminous coal since last
January LIST to total 32l,S77. 900 tons,
which is 4S.250,0 900 tons greater than
the 1910 production at the same date.
Every indication points toward d
lotal motor registration In the United
states BY 1923 Of double the present
Tgures-or 100000 passenger cars
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