The Ordway new era., 1921-06-17
the WORLD IN.
PARAGRAPHS
= BRIEF RECORD of PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIoN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE,
WESTERN
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WESTERN
Paul j. Fakken, farmer living near
LIE Mars, Iowa, committed suicide by
placing shotgun in his mouth and
pulling the trigger by string attached
to his foot. His wife recently filed n
petition for divorce.
Two thousand railroad workers and
their sympathizers held demonstra-
ton at Ration, N. Mex, in protest
against the recent nationwide reduc-
ton In wages. After parade, mass
meeting was held, at which the open
shop movement was attacked.
Lon X. Daley, former Bisbee, Ariz,
postmaster, held in the Pima county
jail for several weeks, has been indict-
ed by the grand jury of the United
States District Court on ten counts.
Each count charges failure to deposit
sums totaling several thousand dollars
The body of Wingie Davis, an Oma-
ha taxicab driver, was found under a
small bridge near Grand Island, Neb.
1t is believed he was murdered by
members of drug ring" who feared
he might reveal their secrets to the au-
thorities. Davis was under Indictment
for selling drugs.
The Mexican government has made
settlement with Mormons In Colonia
Morelos, Sonora, south of Douglas,
Ariz., paying them 100000 as dam
ages and title for the Mormon colony
there, which was confiseated during
the revolution. The land will be
turned over for homesteading.
John J. Vance, 60 years old died sud
denly at Alliance, Nebr., few minutes
after he had jumped into pool of
water to save 3-year-old boy from
drowning Prior to the rescue Vance
had been at work building cement
sidewalk and physicians said that the
shock of plungng into the cool water
IN an overheated condition caused
heart failure.
Roger, aged 6, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. f. Borland, near Westgate, Iowa,
owes his life to Buster, a dog. The dog
followed Roger when he wandered out
to the creek to observe the effect of
recent heavy rains. The bank gave
way and the boy was thrown into the
swollen stream. The dog jumped to
the rescue. The strangling little boy
clung to Busters shaggy coat and was
pulled ashore.
WASHINGTON
Et1I,n II sAIl fC N
have been selected by President Hard
ing for superintendent of the San
Francisco mint. Mr.. Kelly, who lives
at Oakland w;s recommended for the
place by Senator ShOrtridge, Repub-
lican, of California.
The Haughen Packer Control bill has
been passed by the House without
record vote and sent to the Senate.
The bill places packing houses and
stOckyards under the supervision of
the secretary of agriculture and was
authorized to prescribe regulations.
Packers and stockyard proprietors
would be required to establish account
ing systems and keep records that
would clearly show profits and own
ership.
A Joint resolution designed to pre-
vent wholesale importation of fore gn
goods preliminary to the enactment of
a tariff law by congress, has been In
troduced by Chairman Little OF the
House committee ON revision of laws.
1t would authorize the President to
limit importations for ninety days.
Admiral A. S. Fletcher, cOmmandant
of the Fifth naval district, died at
Hampton Roads. The admiral had
been i'll for some time. During the war
Admiral Fletcher was commandant oil
the Norfolk navy yard and directed
part of the plans of defending the
coast from Maryland to Florida. lie
was made commandant Of the Fifth
district early in 1918.
Costs of raising armed forces dur
ing the war with Germany and during
troublous periods on the Mexican bor-
der. would be returned to the states
and territories under bill introduced
nv Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
the Republican lender. Treasury re-
payments are to be limited to the prin-
cipal of sums spent in this way There
wns no estimate as to what amounts
might be claimed by the various states
or what states might make such
claims.
Emmett Bohannan- an American
was killed by bandits at his home near
Tampico, Mexico, on the night of May
70. the American consul at Tampico re-
ported to the State Department at
.,,L-ls-r..r rba dicn1tch Qaye no de-