The Raymer enterprise., 1921-12-29
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING TIE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
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Independence. Iowa. He was smok-
ing his pipe In bed and fell asleep.
the bed clothing catching fire, from
sparks.
Mrs. Sophia Junge was given $500
damages by jury In Circuit Court
at Sedalia, Mo-. from Otto Pehl and
Frederick Kueck, whom she alleged
sold intoxicating liquor to her hus-
band in violation Of the prohibition
law.
Thlrty.fiys Mexican farmers, cut Of.
by high waters near Elmonts. Calf.
ware reported 10 he in grave danger Of
perishing In the flood. Two squads Of
deputy sheriffs rushed to the scene and
removed the men from their perilous
position.
Grievlng over an illness, August
Smell. 10. a patient OF the county
hospital, ended his life at Los An
gsles by chewing dynamite cap
which virtually blew off his head
when 1t exploded. The explosion
tsrrortzed a number OF patients.
A ku Klux Klnn parade was staged
In Denton, Texas. according to reports
received The kInnsmep. In their white
robes aud hoods, carried n flaming
cross and banner. on which was In
Srrbed the words Denton Clan,
knights Of the Ku KluX Khan" Sev.
eral thousand persons Witnessed the
parade, the report stated
An aren of ten blocks WAS covered
by n fire which did damage estimated
at 100000 In MeHlcala. opposite CnI-
eIico. Calf American flremen
who helped fight the flames were
forced at the point Of guns In the
hands OF Mexican soldiers to 60 To the
home of Mexican army officer to
save H." The firemen declared the
army officers home was In no danger
WASHINGTON
Necessity of improving sanitation IN
Porto Rico NJ II means OF cutting down
the death rate and Of Strengthening
the !nsular public school system Is
stressed In the annual report Of Gov.
+. Mont Reilly. transmitted to Con
gresS.
The army horse and mule, too, face
IA hnprnY tl,,.> l.. 81
form OF astronomical tests. They
are being fed horse bricks" Army
officers declared. however. they are
not as bad as the name implies, for
they are made OF the finest grade
oats with about l3 per cent pure
cane moIasses for food value. Each
brick equals four quarts OF oats.
THE animal appears. to be thriving
on the new fodder" said an official
statement.
4 prediction that the four-power
pacr, entered into by Great Britain
France, Japan and the United States
will result ultimately In war between
the United States and Japan was made
by b. Skvirsky. official delegate to
America from the Far Eastern repub-
lie. He declared that Japan, embold-
cned by approval OF its present policies
in the Far East and possession of mil.
itary strongholds throughout Asia and
the Pacific, would force a future con-
flict on the United States.
American manufacturers Of toys and
dolls have asked the Senate finance
committee not only for protection
against German and japanese compe-
tition, but also for the exclusion Of
these articles which are the product
of child labor. They asked for Il duty
Of 40 per cent Of the value Of the toys
and dolls based on the prices prevail
ing In the American market.
A bill prohibiting the formation in
Congress of "blocs," based upon par
ticular pursuits or geographical To-
cations, for the purpose of lin any
way affecting legislation" was in
troduced by Representative Ansorge.
Republican, New York. Senators
and representatives would be sub
ject to a fine Of $1,000 in case it was
proved they belonged to ii bloc"
A petition signed by 2T,000 citizens
OF Louisiana, asking the approval of
s,.uur.aS ~ ,ba 'rnunnr S,a,ii,n hui
for Department Of Education, was
presented to the Senate recently by
Senator Ransladd Of that state. The
petition set forth that the measure in
dorsed, II enacted into law, would
prove vital step in the interest of
Americanlzation work, the protection
Of youth from the perils of ilIiteracy,
etc.
The Horsepower Pacific treaty and
possibility Of further reduction In
armament are to be discussed with the
'home folks by several senator's and
In meetings arranged
BY the National Council for Llmlta.
tion of Armament, II has been an
Sixty-elght meetings already
have been scheduled.
Purchase by the federal government
,f Caps Cod oanal was recommended
" Secretaries Weeks, DENLY and
Hoover, who informed Congress that
III 800. 900 would BE- a reasonable
,rics for ,he property