The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14
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WESTERN
X. B. Leady, recently appointed pro-
hibitlon enforcement group chief for
North Dakota. has been arrested on a
charge Of violating the prohibition
laws. He was placed In the Cass coun-
y Jail In default Of 5000 bail.
The body Of W. L. Pierce, aged so,
Of Salt Lake City, was found In the
washroom Of train when It reached
Havre, Mont. His throat was cut and
conditions led to the belief that he
had taken his own life.
Gen. J. T. Dickman, commandant Of
the Eighth corps area, and Gen. Alvaro
Obregon, president-elect Of Mexico. re-
viewed the Twenty-fifth infantry at
Camp Stephen d. Little at Nogales,
Ariz. A military reception at the Off
GERS club followed.
A high wind that passed thru Santa
Clara, Calf, tossed J. Bingwall, IL
year-old boy, into tree; knocked over
George Campra and horse he was
hitching, uprooted fruit trees, demol-
ished several private garages and
caused considerable minor damage.
The Luders gin, fifteen miles south.
east Of Stanford. Texas, was burned,
making the second gin burned within
the last few nights by fire apparently
OF incendlary origin. In each instance
the owners had received letters warn.
ing that the gins would be burned un-
less they closed until cotton reached
forty cents n pound.
After hearing the plea OF 10000 JAP
anese farmers Of California, transmit
ted through President Samuel Gompers
of the American Federation Of Labor
the twenty-first annual convention Of
the California Federation OF Labor at
Fresno. Calf, unanimously adopted a
resolution favoring the alien land
amendment on the November ballot.
The action was taken without debate.
Gen. Felix Diaz arrived, in Vera
Cruz from Tlapacoyan, virtually the
prisoner Of Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez.
An effort will be made. 1t is said, to
convince Diaz that he should leave the
country, Provisional President de Ia
Huerta having declared public opinion
would not permit him to remain as a
free citizen because Of distrust Of his
attitude toward the government.
WASHINGTON
No bids were received by the ship
ping board for the 3,5SS-ton wooden
steamship Chino, which caught on fire
at Claremont. Va, Sept. 4th, and now
lies bottom up In fifty-six feet of
water. The ship was advertised for
sale "as 1t Is and where 1t is."
ID Contributions to political campaign
funds are taxable Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue Williams declared In a
statement advising members OF all
parties" that they will not be allowed
to deduct amounts given to campaign
funds from their income tax returns.
President Wilson has directed that
on Sunday, Nov. IA. the American flag
be displayed at halfmast on all pub
lie buildings and naval and military
posts 'as token of the nations par
ticlpatlon In the memorial services
held for the heroic American soldiers,
sailors. marines and others who gave
their lives to their country in the
World war"
Commerce with the far east thus far
this year has amounted to approx
mately twenty per cent of the foreign
trade of the United States, compared
with seventeen per cent last year, ac-
cording to summary issued by the
bureau Of foreign and domestic com
merce.
1t was intimated at the State De.
partment at Washington that negotia-
tions with Japan over the alien land
and immigration controversies is pro-
crossing and that there are signs of
an agreement being reached In the
near future. Whether the agreement
would be reached before the California
referendum on the amendment to the
allen land law to which Japan objects
was regarded as doubtful.
A saving Of 100000 tons of coal
annually, representing S15O,0OO,OO in
value and the labor of more than thirty
thousand miners and the release of
vast railroad carrying capacity for
other freight were pictured as among
the possibilities to result from the pro.
jected eastern Industrial region super.
power electric system, in an address
by w. s. Murray, before the Water
Power League at Washington.
The crop reporting board Of the
bureau Of crop estimates, Department
of Agriculture, made public the fol-
lowing estimates, based upon Oct. !
reports Of Its correspondents: Winter
wheat. production 532,841, 900 bushels
yield per acre, 1853 bushels; compared
with December estimate Of 14.7.
The states of Arizona and North
Carolina were shown In population an