Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-09-15
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EleN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.

OF THE AGE.
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Mrs. Anna Margilette. so. killed her.
selt at North Platte. Neb.. by hanging
herself at the foot Of her bed In her
daughters home, where she resided.
Calif0rnia's population, according to
the 1870 census, is 1874 per cent native
white. 1919 per cent foreign-born, 81
per cent Japanese. O8 per cent Chi
Dese, O.E per cent Indian and IL per
cent negro.
Ransome ]. Thompson was SEN
tsnced to q term not to exceed fif-
teen years In the state penitentiary
after he had pleaded guilty to two
counts charging grand larceny in the
Misrepresentation Of $685. 900 and $780,
600 from George A. HORNED 4 Co.,
packers. at Austin, Texas.
A thug went to the home Of A. ].
Peterson, postmaster at TornillO, Tex,
first made friends with the watch dog
and tiedthim securely In a shed, then
went to the porch. where Mr.. Peterson
and his wife were asleep and stabbed
the postmaster over the heart. After
choking Mrs. Peterson and hitting her
in the face with gun, the man es-
capped. The postmaster's recovery is
doubtful. Mrs. Peterson said the thug
was a man who nursed grievance
against her and her husband.
Mrs. Henry o. Hale. wife of a Gyp-
become the wealthiest woman. and
possibly the wealthiest person In that
city. She Is the daughter of Wallace
Farley, wealthiest citizen of Boone
county, who died. His will, filed for
probate in Boone, left her one-half Of
his estate, valued at more than $1,000
OOO Her husband digs rock for the
American Cement Plaster Company.
He has been on strike since July 1.
Hale and his wife live in humble
dwelling in the Gypsum district. They
have been married little more than a
year.
WASHINGTON
President Harding has accepted the
honorary presidency of the Press Con-
gress of the World, to be held In Hon
olulu next month.
Farm crops of the United States,
excluding forest, nursery and green
house products, had a total value Of
$14,755, ,35S, ,4O7 in 1919, the bureau of
census announced. The corresponding
value of crops in 1909 was $5.231 $780,
oS3, the 1919 figure representing an in
crease Of 1872 per cent in ten years.
Appointment Of Jewish H. -Carris, for
merly Of Newark, n. j., as director of
the federal board for vocational educa-
tion was announced by the board. Mr..
Carrfs, who formerly was chief Of the
Industrial rehabilitation division, will
have charge Of all educational activi-
ties Of the board and supervision over
allotment of federal funds to the
states.
The National Wholesale GrOcers' As
ISOLATION filed protest with the de-
partment of justice against any mOdifi-
cation of the recent court decree
which divorced the big packing con-
Germs from their grocery interests. To
allow the packing interest to re-engage
in the grocery business would he
against the public interests the pro-
test set forth.
A call to the executive committee
and council of the National Woman's
party to meet In Washington, on the
same day that Congress recOnvenes,
was sent out by Miss Elsie Hill, chair
man Of the party.
The War Department, in an official
disposed of the rumOr
that the olive drab uniform was going
TO give way to the blue uniform Of old.
However, the department stated that
regulations would be changed to permit
the wearing Of a slit in the bottom of
the coat skirt and to permit a hook on
the coat that will hold the revived Sam
Browne belts in place.
Preparations for advancing upwards
of S1,OOO,OOO.OOO in agricultural and
live stock credits under recent legisld-
tion have virtually been completed by
the War Finance Corporation. The
probably will be ready
within a week to function. To expe-
dite the advances, executive commit
tees are being formed in agricultural
and stock raising sections and will at
tend to preliminary details of applica-
tions, making the necessary investiga-
tions and determining the adequacy of
securities offered.
Detection of three additional coun-
terfeit federal reserve notes, $50
note of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, q $40 note on the Rich
mond, Va. Federal Reserve Bank and
a SO note on the Federal Bank of
Boston, has been announced by the
Treasury Department.
Henry Ford has been invited to
to 10 Nyn, ,l,