The Raymer enterprise., 1921-04-28

Verda Brown, IL. was seized on the
streets OF Tacoma. gagged. bound and
spirited away IN an automobile. The
two kidnapers drove the girl To Camp
Lewis, wher. they discovered she was
not the one wanted. They then drov.
her within block of her home nIDlO-
gized for taking her and disappeared.
the girl was with the men four hours
Count Armand dAleria Of Spain,
whose wife was the widow Of United
States Senator George Nixon of Ne
vada, arrested recently on n complaint
charging insanity sworn 10 hy his
mother. Countess Marguerite dAlerin
of Pasadena. was ordered released hy
the Los Angeles county Superior Court
after n ,henring in the psychoI,nlhi"
ward Of the county hospital.
John r. (Jack) tudahy's turbulent
career has ended. Cudahy blew his
brains out with shotgun in his room
In the house In the Hollywood district
Of Los Angeles where he and his fam
lily mad, their home. Friends of
Cudahy came to the conclusion that
the erratic son of Michael Cudahy,
famous packer, killed himself because
of worry over fnanriul difficulties
and ill.health.
Charles W. Paddock Of the tnivcr-
sity Of Southern California broke
worlds records for 100 meters, 200 me
ters, 300 yards and 800 meters at the
Southern California A. A. L. meet ut
Redlands. Paddocks time for 100 ne
ters was 10 20; 200 meters. ~ II:
200 yards, 80 II, 800 meters "a sec
onds flat. He ran 100 yards in 8 80
seconds. tieing the worlds record. and
30 yards In ~ Is seconds.
Charles x. Parmelee, aviator. exc
cuted a descent and landed his plane
safely on the Embarcadcro, the hrond
street which parnllrls san Francisco ;
water front after the engine had DE-,
yeloped trouble and stopped In mid.a'r
over the bay. rarmelce had tw" pas
scngers aboard. They were .n route
from Sausalito To the Marina field im
San Francisco After repairing a feed
pipe. which was the cause Of the trou-
bic, the party resumed the journey.
WASHINGTON
A new high record for net tonnage
passing through the Panama canal and
tolls earned was established in March,
according TO official announcement
The previous high record was made In
january. The aggregate net tonnage
Of commercial traffic for March was
l,l12,SlS, as compared with l,u9l,323
for January. and the tolls In March
amounted to $l.lO5,529 about. $1,000
more than in January.
Secretary Wallace has written let
ters to the governors Of all states ask
ing their cooperation In the nation
wide observance of forest protection
week, May ~ to 2s, recently pro
Elulilltu Wy ! lNSihthl shh'
quate provision for the safeguarding
and renewal OF our forests Is OF vital
Importance to the nation the secre'
tary said In his letter. adding that the
magnitude OF the area burned over the
last five years represents Il territory
larger than the state Of Utah
Further investigation into foreign
loans by the judiciary committee Is au'
thorized In resolution adopted by the
Senate. II was offered by Senator
Reed, Democrat. Of Missouri.
After n conference between Secre'
tary DENLY and the House subcommlt
tee In charge Of the naval appropria
ton bin, Chairman Kelly announced
that the measure would be reintro'
duced In the form In which II was ap'
proved at the last session. II will
carry approximately S395,0OO,OOO. Mr.,
DENLY Indicated that the work on the
great battle cruisers would be rushed
at d faster clip than that on any other
craft.
Restoration Of free tolls through the
Panama canal to American shipping
will be taken up by the Senate oceanic
canals committee, Of which Senator
Borah. Republican. Idaho, Is chairman.
Three bills dealing with the free tolls
question are before the committee, in
troduced by Senators Borah, Jones Of
Washington, and Poindexter Of Wash,
ington, all Republicans. Two would
limit the free toll privilege to Ameri-
can coastwise shipping, while another
would give the privilege to all ships
flying the American flag.
Curtailment Of property rights is
Justifiable In case Of public exlgency,
the Supreme Court held In deciding
two cases involving the validity of
laws affecting leases on apartments
and business property. Dividing five
to four. the court upheld the Ball act
and the so-called New York City hous.
ing laws. The Ball act prohibits dis
possession Of tenant at the expira-
tons Of his lease on any ground ex-
cept undesirability. The New York
laws make 1t obligatory on landlords
TO furnish certain service to tenants
and prohibit filing Of dispossess suits