The Raymer enterprise., 1921-07-21

lntions have been invited BY President
obregoIf to appoint delegates, who will
meet MeSican representatives. and
form II permanent commission to pass
npon claims. The. invitation was is-
sued in the form Of II presidential de-
cree at Mexico City
Lieutenant klrsch. French aviator.
Is declared to have reached An aItit ude
OF iO,fDO meters (ab0ut A.76S feet)
Friday In an unofficial attempt to
break the worlds altitude record. Al
though the official record. made by
Capt. X. ". Schroeder Of the United
States army at Dayton. Ohio. on Feb.
q. 1870. is only Hi,OD feet. il Is
thought probable that thc Aero Club
Of France will moi certify Lieutenant
kirsch's record.
GENERAL
Two men who robbed The First State
Bank. Tarllon. Okla. If $1,000 were
found dead In u cUrnfield by u sheriff's
posse II is believed that the men shot
themselves
Following visit to Defiance Ohio.
accompanied by officials, II was re-
ported That Henry Ford Of Detroit will
buy III" division Of the Wabash that
operates between Defiance and Fort
Wayne, Ind
Two unidentified gtinlnen were shot
aud killed ni Cleveland Ohio, by po-
lie" when the men resisted efforts to
search them for weapons aud attc.upt-
ell to escape, firing MS they ran. A
third man escaped.
-Four negroes were killed and Mon
roe Ferguson, business man. severely
wounded In glHi lmtrlc between a
posse and Il number af negroes near
Rayville, Ia. The battle resulted from
attempts Of deputy sheriffs to arrest
two negro women charged with beat
ing some white boys who were swim
ming In stream near Rayville.
Walter Billings, wealthy real estate
and theater owner, was taken from his
automobile in n street ut Enid, Okla,
conveyed to secluded spot several
miles from town and whipped, tarred
and fcaflered by party Of masked
men. lie was then returned to town
and set free, clad only in his trousers.
No reason is given for the action.
Harry Wondnrd, II good swimmer,
drowned, while Roy Rhodda. minus his
two cork legs. which became looSened
when boat occupied by five men over.
turned IN Ely lake. near Gilbert,
Mimi, SWIM 300 yards 10 shore. The
others IN The hout also reached shore
safely. Rhudda told friends that two
Of his companions utilized the floating
cork legs to aid them to reach the
shore.
New York police have requested the
IrrrSt on charge uf forgery of Mrs
Emma Burkctt OF IlillsdaIr. Ind. who
presented claim Ia the estate of the
ate Theodore Roosevelt for $4,000 on
It note which. sh" declared. the former
President endorsed. Mrs. Burkrtt has
admitted HAT she has no claim on the
'Sta'". The complaint against Mrs.
6urkctt WAS made by George T. RooSe.
,vlt an UNrcnlnT
The crlluloid collar has been nan.
>l",I from til" Chicago police force in
an rdict by Chief rlIzmorrls that de-
Jared the Chicago police must be the
HcSt dressed in the world. A we'll
dressed man does not wear a celluloid
collar the chief said
A check for Sll3,2G9.j0, payable to
the University of Oregon, was sent
from the general educational board,
founded by John ID. Rockefeller In
1902, In full payment OF the boards
-ift 10 the University Of Oregon Med.
iCal School for the erection and equip
m"eui Of Il new building at Portland
As Il result of the receipt Of the money
II like sum becomes available immedl-
ately from the state for the building.
". H. Bailey is believed to have set
n worlds record at Louisville, KY,
when he leaped 800 feet into the Ohio
river from an airplane. The feat may
cost him his life Bailey shot through
the air in beautiful dive until about
thirty feet from the water. He turned
slowly and struck on his back. De-
spite the internal injuries, he was
swimming when boat reached him.
Before leaplng he asked that Il photo
graph be given to his mother III l
don't make It,"
Five prisoners escaped from the
Essex county jail at Newark, n. J., hut
one Of them was captured by the po.
lice before he had been free an hour.
The men, who were all imprisoned for
minor offenses, secured their liberty by
prying hole In the metal ceiling with
a silver spoon. -
When blind pedestrians cross q
street In New Orleans hereafter, they
will blow n police whistle TO let traf-
fic and the traffic policeman know
they are coming. The suggestion,
made to Superintendent of Police Me-
loney, has been adopted.