Cheyenne Wells record., 1921-09-22


for whose alleged murder Roscoe (Fat-
ty) Arbuckle is held In the San Fran
cisco city prison.
Out OF custody but not out of pris-
IN for nearly three days, three of the
five men who took part In the break
from the Utah stnte prison at Salt
Lake City were found hiding within
the prison wall.
The California alien poll tax law was
declared unconstitutional by the State
Supreme Court In unanimous deci
sion which held that the measure was
in violation of the fourteenth amend
ment to the United States Constitution
and to the trenty between the United
States and Japan.
The old saying that "woman's place
is In the home," was given another
figurntive slap on the wrist when A.
II. Brill of Emporia, Kan. won the
blue ribbon at the fair mt Topeka for
baking the best angel food cake. Brill
and his wife both entered cakes ind
the husband won.
A $5OOOOOO dam, erected seven
miles above San Antonio, would af-
ford protection from n repetition of
the recent disastrous flood. The prop
ositlon of building such dam will be
placed before the taxpayers within the
next month. city officials stated. 1t
is believed 1t will be carried over
whelmngly.
After eating q breakfast of fried
chicken. John w. Carroll of Fair
chance, Pa, was hanged In the Jail
yard at Union, Mo-. for completely In
the murder of Benjamin Schobe, who
was slain last Nov. 20. Carroll went
TO his death stoically. Charles Jacoy.
convicted for the same crime, was
hanged last month.
The toll of twister which wrecked
the countryside near Sioux Falls, s. D..
was placed at three dead tonight with
score Of persons injured. Damages
will total more than 100000 to farms
and crops. Two of the dead, Taylor
Woods and George Fenelon, were cleo
irocuted when they were blown against
live wire. The third man was killed
by collapsIng barn.
AuCllCuu
bledriver, who won the Grand Prix
race in Paris last month, will drive in
the Thanksgiving day race on the Bev-
erly Hills track at Los Angeles, 1t was
announced recently. Bitter elImina-
tion trials for the Thanksgiving day
race, as more drivers than are permit
ted In the contest have already applied
for entrance blanks, will he held Rules
Tor the American Automobile Associn-
tion permit eighteen cars to start.
WASHINGTON
Postmasters of the first, second and
third class hereafter must put In an
eight-hOur day under an order an
nounced by Postmaster General Hays.
Postmasters "sliall devote n minimum
OF eight hours daily during the bust
ness part Of the day to duties us post
masters the order reads, "and shRll
give their personal attention to The
business of their offices and shall not
absent themselves therefrom for a
longer period than two days without
written authority"
Procurement of a dirigible Of the |
Zeppelin tyue-from Germany If pos
sible, to replace the lost ZR-2, and con
nhuation Of construction OF the ZR-1,
now building at I.akehurst, N. j.. has
been recommended to President Hard |
ing and Secretaries DENLY and Weeks
ny the official national advisory COM
nittee for aeronautics.
Census figures made public show
'ilere were 8,149 illiterate persons ten
years Of age or over in Wyoming in
l9Zo, illiterate us used meaning un-
abie to read or write in any language.
ohiy $40 were natives whites of native
parehtage, the remainder being Of for
elgn or mixed parentage or of foreign
oirth. The percentage of illiteracy de-
creased from 3.3 in 1910 to 81 in 1920.
Plans for n nationwide demonstrn-
''oh armistice day under the leadership
vi organized labor ''in support of the
purpose underlying the international
conference on the limitation of arina-
'hent,' were announced by the Ameri-
'an Federation Of Labor. Central
unions have been asked to organize
parades and mass meetings on that day
When the international conference be-
gins.
ahose who are disturbed over the
y '5o'ooO unemployed of today over
look that In 1914 there were 1000, 900
m pat OF work, larger percentage of
"hom were men and actual bread win
''ers than among the present unem-
pioyed, Secretary Davis said in a state
'neht' Mr.. Davis said present employ
'neht figures included great number
VI persons upon whose earnings no
'he actually is dependent.
representative Samuel NJ. Taylor of
"a nrkansas died at his home in Wash
'ns'on' after mn illness of several
week. OF pleurlsy and pneumonia. u