The Raymer enterprise., 1921-09-22
the WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EvINTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIeN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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WESTERN

"o0A 6AN
Eight thousand persons, 1t was esti.
mated, visited the bier Of Miss vir.
sinia Rappe. motion picture actress,
Tor whose alleged murder Roscoe Cat.
ty) Arbuckle IL held In the San Fran
cisco city prison.
Out Of custody but not out Of pris.
on for nearly three days, three of the
five men who took part In the break
from the Utah state prison at Salt
Lake City were found hiding within
the prison wall.
The California alien poll tax law was
declared unconstitutional by the State
supreme Court in unanimous deci-
sion which held that the measure was
In violation Of the fourteenth amend.
ment to the United States Constitution
and to the treaty between the United
States and Japan.
The old saying that "woman's place
Is in the home," was given another
figurative slap on the wrist when A.
Fl. Brill Of Emporia, Kan. won the
blue ribbon at the fair at Topeka for
baking the best angel food cake. Brill
and his wife both entered cakes and
the husband won.
A $5.0OO.000 dam, erected seven
miles above San Antonio, would af.
ford protection from repetition OF
the recent disastrous flood. The prop.
ositlon Of building such dam will be
placed before the taxpayers within the
next month. city officials stated. II
Is believed 1t will be carried over
whelmingly.
After eating Z breakfast Of fried
chicken. John w. Carroll of Fair.
chance, Pa, was hanged In the jail
yard at Union, NO.. for completely In
the murder of Benjamin Schobe, who
was slain last Nov. 20. Carroll went
to his death stoically. Charles Jacoy
convicted for the same crime, was
hanged last month.
The toll Of twister which wrecked
the countryside near Sioux Falls. 8. D..
was placed at three dead tonight with
a score Of persons injured. Damages
will total more than 100000 to farms
and crops. Two Of the dead, Taylor
Woods and George Fenelon, were cleo
trocuted when they were blown against
live wire. The third man was killed
by 4 collapsing barn.
Jimmy Murphy. American automo.
blledriver, who won the Grand Prix
race In Paris last month, will drive in
the Thanksgiving day race on the Bev.
erly Hills track at Los Angeles, 1t was
announced recently. Bitter elImina.
tion trials for the Thanksgiving day
race, as more drivers than are permit.
ted In the contest have already applied
for entrance blanks, will be held. Rules
for the American Automobile Associa.
ton permit eighteen cars to start.
WASHINGTON
Postmasters Of the first, second and
third class hereafter must put In an
eight-hour day under an order an.
nounced by Postmaster General Hays.
Postmasters "shall devote a minimum
Of eight hours daily during the bust.
ness part Of the day to duties us post.
masters" the order reads, "and shall
give their personal attention to the
business Of their offices and shall not
absent themselves therefrom for a
longer period than two days without
written authority"
Procurement Of a dlrigible Of the
Zeppelin tyue-from Germany II pos
sible, to replace the lost ZR-2, and con
tinuation Of construction of the ZR-1,
now building at Lakehurst, N. j., has
been recommended to President Hard.
Ing and Secretaries DENLY and Weeks
by the official national advisory com.
mlttee for aeronautics.
Census figures made public show
there were 8,149 illIterate persons ten
years Of age or over In Wyoming in
1920, illiterate as used meaning un-
able to read or write In any language.
Only 800 were natives whites Of native
parentage, the remainder being Of for.
eIgn or mixed parentage or Of foreign
birth. The percentage Of illiteracy de.
creased from 33 In 1910 to 81 In 1920.
Plans for a nationwide demonstra-
ton armistice day under the leadership
Of organized labor "in support of the
purpose underlying the international
conference on the Limitation Of arma-
ment," were announced by the Ameri.
can Federation Of Labor. Central
unions have been asked to organize
parades and mass meetings on that day
when the international conference be.
gins.
Those who are disturbed over the
5,735OO0 unemployed Of today over
look that in 1914 there were 1000. 900
out Of work. a larger percentage of
whom were men and actual bread win
ners than among the present unem-
ployed, Secretary Davis said In a state.
ment. Mr.. Davis said present employ
ment figures included a great number
Of persons upon whose earnings no
one actually is dependent.
Representative Samuel N. Taylor Of
Arkansas died at his home In Wash
ington, after nn illness Of several
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