Cheyenne record., 1920-06-03
oAUohT FROM the NETWORK OF
WIREs ROUND ADoUr
TIVE WORLD.
DURING the PAST WEEK
RECORD OF lMPoRTANv Iv4NTs
cohoEhsEo FOR DUSv
PEoPlG.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.


ing loss Of approximately 100000.
The blaze started in hall In which a |
dance was held. |
Jimmie Fargas, 8, and Dan Morando,
10, the worlds youngest yeggs, We're
caught redhanded. Patrolman O'Neill
captured the kindergarten cracksmen
after they had looted a safe of SIS at
Oakland, Calf.
Arthur Strompe, 30 years old, the
ater owner, and ThorsOn- -Solsberg, 81
years DID, blacksmith, both single, were
killed instantly when their airplanes
in which they We're riding fell 800 feet
at Paulina, Iowa.
Although Luther Davis, giant negro,
admitted to Oakland police Of having
robbed hundreds Of spOoners in "lov-
ers' lane" only two of the holdups
were reported to the police. Davis had
'em hypnotized, police say.
Frank Zolen, proprietor Of a garage,
was killed in an explosion which
wrecked his house in Omaha. His par
TALLY burned body was found two
hours later. Police have not deter
mined the cause of the explosion.
Ralph Erickson, manager Of mo-
tion picture theater at Des MOines, Ia,
Identified Sherry Scott, arrested in
Omaha. us the man who robbed him of
$500 and diamond ring. Scott and ].
II. Rogers, companion, posed as mil
lionaire oil men.
Fire at Portland destroyed the plant
of the North Portland Lumber and Box
Company, the abandoned shipbuilding
rI nf hn Stnnlifpr
ton, number of docks. more than l.
100000 feet OF lumber and four small
dwellings. The loss was estimated at
$GOO,OOO
f. l.. Parker, manager Of a lumber
mill, told the police at Oakland he had
set Il gun trap which killed a 12-year-
old boy and that he threw the body in
to the Oakland estuary. The body was
recovered by the police. Parker, who
is under arrest, said he set the trap to
frighten boys who had been breaking
into the mill.
The Lincoln hotel fire in Seattle in
which four lives were lost was prOba-
bly, the work OF an incendiary, Fire
Marshal Harry w. Brnghurst as
serted Ten fires in that city during
the last month were of like origin, aC-
cording to the fire marshal, and six of
these were set in the basement OF llo-
tells.
Wine valued at $4,000 Was con-
sumed in Portland 10y the sewers. The
booze. champagne and other high class
California wines, was seized several
weeks ago by federal agents and dep
uty Sheriffs in Il raid and had been
tnken to Portland by bootleggers for
disposal during the Shriners' oonven-
tion In June.
WASHINGTON.
Bare legs and scanty ene-pieoe hath-
ing suits will be permitted this sum
mer at chesapeake beach, the capitals
SeashOre resort Officials have agreed
to disregard ,ts precedents the prohib-
itOry orders issued at Coney Island
and Atlantic City against daring bath
ing costumes.
President Wilson has signed the civ
II service retirement bin providing for
retirement and pensioning OF govern
ment employees.
The S44O,OOo. ESQ sundry civil appro-
priation bill. the last OF the regular
annual government supply bills, was
passed by THE Senate and sent to con-
ference
The Senate has reeonsidered itS ac-
tion in passing the Nolan-JOhnson 81
. day minimum bill applying to gov
ernment employees and, On motion OF
Senator Thomas. Democrat of Co,"ra- =
da. rescindesi the isaSsage.
Authority for the treasury to make
L.
taxes estimated AT Si.0OO,0OO.00O will
be paid the government is provided in
a bill passed by the House and sent to
the Senate.
The Senate has passed the annual
army appropriation bill carrying SALE
gl9.OOO and sent II TO conference. The
bin provides for an increase OF ap-
prOxiInately s42 100000 over the House
bill, but 1858. 600 less than the ap-
preparation for the present fiscal year
The principal Senate increase was $12,-
745 600 for the army air service, max
Ing It's total $4O,OOO,OOO.
Lower shoe prices late next winter
and spring were predicted by Edward
A. Brand, secretary Of the Tanners
Council Of the United States. testify
ing before q Senate committee Of in
quiry. Tanners and manufa cturers be-
lieved prices probably will fall by that
time, Mr.. Brand said. because Of the
recent decline In leather prices. This
decline could not sooner be reflected
in shoe costs. he said. because shoes
are made up far In advance Of the sea
con In which they are Offered on the
Oarket.