Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-07-28
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A $1,000 silver trophy has been Of
fered by the Los Angeles speedway
management to the first aviator max
ing a nonstop flight from Los Angeles
to the Atlantic coast.
Thirteen motion picture studios In
Los Angeles have been affected by the
strike Of their mechanics against an
order reducing wages. About 1,2Oo
men are out, according to statement
by producers. Most OF the studios
simply shut down when the men struck
and announced intention Of halting
production until September.
A resolution endorsing the policy OF
a general strike of organized labor In
the San Francisco bay region as "the
only effective means of carrying on the
fight" was adopted by conference OF
about 400 building trade workers In
that city. The conference had been
called In an effort to settle differences
which have tied up building operations
since May l.
The steamer Roosevelt, on which
Admiral Robert E. Perry penetrated
the Arctic In his successful expedition
to the NortlisRole, has been chartered
to go into Bering sea to the relief OF
Capt RoaId Amundsen's disabled ex-
ploring ship Maud, Captain Amund-
sen has announced in Seattle. The
Roosevelt, now in Seattle harbor, will
be ready to leave before the end of
the month and will tow the Maud to
Seattle. This vessel will be manned
by volunteer crew.
Five arrests have been made in Tur-
lock, Cal. In connection with the de-
portation Of Japanese field workers.
Those arrested are b. W. Pierce, for
merly city night watchman; Frank
Harden and Will Borden, truck driv-
ers, and Lemar Jackson and Clarence
Hegstrom, young men. Pierce was dis
charged from his position ns night
watchman soon after the depOrtatiOns.
Jackson and Hegstrom, the police an
nounced, signed statements admitting
having witnessed the depOrtatiOns.
WASHINGTON
The Berg,ioll investigation broke up
in row while Representative johnson
OF Kentucky, Democratic member Of
the committee, was trying to reach a
brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
who had called him n liar. The Ken
tuckian made n quick plunge toward
Charles A. Brnun of Philadelphia. the
witness, but half n dozen men, includ-
ing members of the committee, seized
him and kept him in corner Of the
room until Braun could be hurried
away by the sergeant-at-arms OF the
House.
Estimates OF the amount of wheat
sown in seventeen countries for which
age of 15l.OOO,OOO acres this year,
against 155,OOO,OOO last year, accord
ing to summary of foreign crop
prospects made public by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. The estimates
were based upon reports from Bel.
glum, Bulgaria, Poland, Rumanin,
Czecho- -Slovakia, Algeria. Morocco,
Spain, France, England, Italy, Luxem-
burg, Norway, Tunis, Canada, India
and the United States.
Postmaster General Hays has an
nOunced appointment of Mrs. Mary X.
McCnrty as assistant superintendent of
foreign mails. She Is the second
woman to be appointed to an executive
position in the department, and entered
the service In 1900 as Il clerk, coming
from Portsmouth, n. II.
The administration has opened nego-
tiations for the resumption of diplo-
matic relations with Germany, 1t has
been announced at the White House.
At the direction Of the administration,
Ellis Loring Dresel, American commits
sioner in Berlin, has been carrying on
informal discussions with the German
foreign office looking toward formal
negotiations for the resumption Of
peace-time relations with the German
nation.
Commercial traffic through the
Panama canal during June was the
year In tonnage, number Of vessels and
tolls collected, according to report
by the Panama canal office. The
number Of commercial vessels was 1913.
as compared with 21O In the preceding
and 2O1 In June, 1920, while
tolls collected were $751, 1857, against
$s35,9OO In May. and $711,26s In the
preceding June.
The House agreed to Senate
to the bill authorizing nm
increase from $15,OOO,OOO to $30,OOO.-
600 In the bonded Indebtedness Of the
Philippines. The amendment would
permit the insular government to is-
sue temporary certificates Of indebted
ness to the extent of $2O,OOO,OOO. The
present maximum is $10,OOO,O 600.
Two Chinese were shot and killed on
o truck farm a mile and one-quarter
south of Phoenix under circumstances
which attaches Of the sherifrs office
say point to struggle between two