Cheyenne record., 1921-04-21
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
/, EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EloN COUNTRIES
IN late. DISPATCHES
DoINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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son Of an English lord, was found
guilty in the District Court at Fre-
mont, Neb., of forgery and sentenced
to serve from one to twenty years in
the penitentiary.
Charred bones, identified as those of
a human being. found In the Ambas-
sador hotel ruins In Santa Barbara,
Calf, indicate that at least one life
was lost in the fire that destroyed the
big hotel. Firemen reported they saw
man run into the hotel, and did not
see him come out.
Mrs. Frances Ernest has con-
fessed before the Idaho State Pardons
Board that she, and not her husband,
who Is serving time at the state peni-
tentiary, is guilty of the murder Of F.
A. Rehberg. The murder took place
two years ago ut Rehberg's cabin in
the mountain fastness of Lemhi cOun.
~, Idaho.
A committee Of the California State
Senate tabled all the mildly wet"
resolutions before the committee. Au.
thors Of the resolutions, all asking
Congress for modification of the pro-
hibition enforcement, failed to agree
on which should be reported to the
floor. The House had adopted one of
the resolutions.
Former Mayor Edmond A. Book Of
Salt Lake City, sentenced last Decem-
ber to an indeterminate term in the
state prison, the trial judge recon-
mending term of seven years, on
charges of embezzlenent involving u
total Of $4,000. has been paroled by
the State Board of PardOns. Prior to
his trial Book made restitution of the
amount.
The life of AdOlph Spreckels, mil
liOnaire sugar magnate OF San Fran
cisco, was saved by two policemen who
bile at the Monticello Steamship Com
pany's pier. Spreckels had driven on
the pier and friction from the brakes
In stopping the car, 1t was believed,
set the machine afire. The chauffeur,
without noticing the blaze. left the
machine. The fire spread quickly and
WAS seen by the two police officers,
who dragged Spreckels from the auto
mobile to safety.
Interest In the murder of Mrs. Fay
Sudow, whose mutilated body was
found in an Glendale eucalyptus grove
last December, was revived when
Deputy Sheriffs Bell and Couts Of Los
Angeles announced the belief that ar
rests are imminent In connection with
the unsolved crime. New facts un-
earthed by the deputies direct suspi.
ciOn, the officers said, on three men
who are believed to have defrauded the
wealthy woman of property and
money. This evidence gives rise to u
theory that the three, whose names
are withheld. may have killed her to
conceal the swindIe.
WASHINGTON
Nominations of George Harvey of
New York, to be ambassador to Great
Britain and Myron 4. Herrick of Ohio
to be ambassador to France, have been
sent to the Senate by President Hard
ing.
Four rebels, including the leader of
thS ouhus <huSA sAi'hCis "S1S AilOA
in sharp battle between revolution
lists and federal troops at Autlan, in
the state of JaIisco, Mexico. Two more
rebel officers were sentenced to death
by courtmartial for their connection
with revolt on March "a.
Secretary of the Interior Fall has Of
fered for lease, under the provisions
of the oil land leasing act, 5000 acres
of all land in the Salt Creek fields in
Wyoming. The leases will be given to
those offering the highest cash bonus.
and no single person or corporation
will be permitted to secure more than
GAO acres.
Paris considered to have the best
sources of information that France
will, either alone or in common with
the allies. take radical action against
Germany If satisfactory assurances re-
garding the payment of reparations
are not Forthcoming by May I. What
form the action will take Is still only
matter of surmise, but semi-official
opinion is that it will be such as to
impress the German people rs they
have not been impressed since the
armistice.
Senator Phipps has introduced in
the Senate an amendment to the Dbl.
lingham immigration bill to provide
that the secretary Of labor, when an
emergency exists, may admit farm Ia
borers from Mexico, Canada, Cuba or
the Bahama islands without regard to
the illiteracy test. Such admissions
may be made only at times when there
is no unemployment in the country
among agricultural workers. The
amendment is designed primarily to
permit the beet sugar growers Of Colo
RADIO and other Western states to OBJ
tain temporary labor from Mexico.