Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-12-29
CAUGHT FROM TIVE NETWORK OF
WINES ROUND AooUr
THE WORLD.
DURING the PAST week
RgcoRD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDEMNED ron BUSY
PEOPLE.
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Chslmsr Downs. 40 years old, was
aaphyxistsA BY smoke In bis room At
IaAspsadsaes. lows. He was smok-
ing his pips In bsl and fell aslesp.
the bed clothing catching fire from
SPARKS.
Mrs. Sophia Junss was given $500
damages BY . jury in Circuit Court
ut Ssdaiia. No.. from Otto Pehl and
Frederick Kueck, whom she alleged
sold intoxicating liquor to her hus-
band in violation Of the prohibition
law.
Thirty-flve Mexican farmers, cut off
by high waters near Eim0nts, Calf,
were reported to be in grave danger ct
perishing in the flood. Two squads of
deputy sheriffs rushed to the scene ana
removed the men from their perllous
position.
GrievinE over an illness. August
Smell, 70. a patient of the county
hospital. ended his life at Los An
geles by chewing q dynamite cap
which virtually blew off his head
when 1t exploded. The explosion
terrorized a number of patients.
A Ku klux Khan parade was staged
in Denton, Texas, according to reports
received. The klansmen, in their white
robes and hoods, carried flaming
cross and a banner, on which was in
scribed the words: denton Clan,
knights OF tie M Klux klan." Sew
eral thousand persons Witnessed the
parade, the report stated.
An area Of ten blocks was covered
by a fire which did damage estimated
at $2OOOOO In Mexicala,. opposite CAL
exico, Calf. American firemen
who helped fight the flames were
forced at the point of guns In the
hands of Mexican soldiers to go to the
home OF Mexican army officer to
save it." The firemen declared the
army officers home was In no danger.
WASHINGTON
Necessity of improving sanitation In
Porto Rico as means of cutting down
the death rate and of strengthening
the insular public school system Is
stressed in the annual report Of Gov.
f. Mont Reilly, transmitted to Con-
gress.
The army horse and mule. too, face
another war horror. this time In the
form of astronomical tests. They
are being fed horse bricks" Army
Officers declared, however. they are
not as bad as the name implies. for
they are made of the finest grade
oats with about 10 per cent pure
cane molasses fos fSod value. Each
brick equals four quarts of oats.
1.-THE animal appears to be thriving
on the new fodder" said an official
statement.
A prediction that the four-power
pact, entered into by Great Britain,
France, Japan and the United States
will result ultimately In war between
the United States and Japan was made
by B. Skvlrsky, official delegate to
America from the Far Eastern repub-
lie. He declared that Japan, embold-
ensd by approval of Its present policies
in the Far East and possession of mil
itary strongholds throughout Asia and
the Pacific. would force future con.
flict on the United States.
American manufacturers Of toys and
dolls have asked the Senate finance
committee not only for protection
against German and Japanese cOmpe-
tition, but also for the exclusion of
these articles which are the product
of child labor. They asked for duty
of 40 per cent Of the value OF the toys
and dolls based on the prices prevail
ing in the American market.
A bill prohibiting the formation in
Congress Of "blocs." based upon par
ticular pursuits or geographical To-
cations. for the purpose of Gin any
way affecting legislation" was In
troduced BY Representative Ansorge.
New York. Senators
and representatives would be sub
ject to fine of 5000 in. case 1t was
proved they belonged to a, bloc"
A petition signed by 1900 citizens
Of Louisiana, asking the approval of
Congress of the Demonstrating bill
for a Department of Education, was
presented to the Senate recently by
Senator Ransladd of that state. The
petition set forth that the measure in
dorsed, If enacted into law, would
prove vital step in the interest Of
work, the protection
of youth from the perils of; Illiteracy,
etc. s.:''
The four-power Pacific treaty and
of further :, reduction In
are to be discussed with the
home folks" by several senators and
in meetings arranged
by the National. C0uncili for Eimita.
ton Of Armament, 1t has been an
nounced. Sixty-eight meetings already
purchase BY the federsi government
pf Cape Cod canal was recommended
by Secretaries Weeks. DENLY and
who informed Congraae that
jSf6OO, 600 would b. reasonable
price for the property"