Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-08-11
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A sRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FoR.
RioN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooihos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PRooREss
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A concurrent resolution declaring
that 1t IL the sense Of the Texas Legis-
lature that the interests of the United
States and Texas may be better served
BY official recognition Of Mexico was
adopted in the House at Austin, re-
Gently.
Grain, which had been shocked.
ready for threshing, was scattered
over the fields, granaries were demol-
ished and hundreds of trees were
snapped off in terrific wind storm
which swept the district west Of Grand
Forks, N. D., recently.
: Mrs. Sylvester Prenatt, who went to
Butte from Oakland, Calf, to see the
slayers Of her husband executed, Aug.
20, will be denied permission to wit
ness the deed. Sheriff Duggan said 81
will not permit her to be present un-
less the condemned men CONSENT"
stated Sheriff Duggan.
Col. William II. Berger. founder of
the University of New Mexico, and its
secretary for twenty-five years, died
at Belen, New Mexico, aged "a years.
He was pioneer editor and attorney
In the state and had held territorial pO-
sitions and various offices In the G. A.
r.. and leading lodges Of the state.
Ralph c. Nelson, discharged from
the army at Fort Bliss, Texas, met
death at AlamogOrdo, n. NJ, when he
fell underneath a moving passenger
train. He wa on his way to his home
In Toledo, Ohio. Alfred Krakse of
West Park, Ohio. discharged at the
same time, was with him when the ac-
cident happened.
Using every effort to hide his iden-
tity. a young man walked into small
cahon about 800 yards above the hang
Ing bridge in the Royal gorge, swal-
lowed two ounces Of carbOlic acid and
shot himself through the head. His
body yas found by w. P. Guthrie, an
oil man from Wichita, Kan, who. with
his son, has been camping on top of
the gorge.
In blowing the safe Of the Charity
State bank at Charity, ILL.,, the rob-
bers used 10 much explosive that the
safe was blown out through the rear
Of the building. The safe door was
blown out through the front Of the
building, and the structure was set on
fire, burning to the ground. Officials
Of the bank said there was no clew to
the identity Of the robbers, und that 1t
was impossible to say how much they
obtained, as everything in the build
ing was destroyed.
WASHINGTON
A warning to Republican leaders
against increasing taxes In revising
the internal revenue bill was given In
the Senate by Senator Borah, Republi-
can, Of Idaho, who also proposed re-
ductions In army and navy expendi-
lures Of nearly $5OO.OOO,OOO.
Intoxicating beverages imported i'll
to the United States during the fiscal
year were valued at more than $4,000
600, as compared with about S5OO,OOO
in the previous year, according to re-
ports fssued,by the Commerce Depart
ment. Wine was the largest item In
the list of intoxicants entering during
the year. amounting to more than O.
100000 gallons, as compared with 2s,-
600 In 1920.
Lieut.. II. B. Levissee. an air mail pi-
lot, narrowly escaped death Mt Con.
cord, Calf, In maklng'a a forced land
Ing after his engine went dead while
he was 1000 feet in the air. Owing to
obstructions near the landing field his
machine turned over on him and when
he was extricated he said he was I'm.
injured.
Investigation by the Senate Com
merce Commission to determine
whether there is "mOnOpolistic manip-
ulation" of petroleum products was
proposed In Il resolution introduced by
Senator King, Democrat, Utah, who
said depression in crude oil prices evil
denced manipulation by large inter-
ests, while prices Of gasoline and
other products had not been reduced
proportlonately.
Three Colorado young men are
among the 2Os candidates for appoint
ment us second lleutenants in the
army who qualified as result of last
April's examination, 1t was announced
by the war department. Those COM
missioned from Colorado are: Harry
Meyer, Denver, engineer corps; John
Harry, Boulder. In field artillery, and
Creswell G. Blakeney. Denver, In field
artillery.
The first break In the printers
strike in progress in Rochester, N. Y,
since May 8, came when A. ]. CrOm-
back, president Of the Pressmen's To-
cal No. 3S, notified the Rochester Ty-
pothetae that the men have unanimolfs-
ly voted to return to work, dropping
their demands for the forty four hour
week.
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