Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-10-13
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EloN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AoG.

OF THE AoE.
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WESTERN
The body of John Edward Dreiffein
Of Moline, ILL.,, one Of the two sailors
whose lives were lost In the sinking of
the submarine re In Los Angeles har-
Dor recently, rose to the surface Of the
water about twenty feet from where
the craft sank.
Fire destroyed 40 cars Of alfalfa
belonging to the Elephant Butte Alfal.
n Association at Fabens and for a
time threatened the entire town, which
IL twenty-eight miles east of Ell Paso.
The loss il estimated at $4,000. In.
surance Of $4,000 was carried.
Women are not eligible for jury
service in Missouri. despite the adop-
ton Of the recent amendment to the
state constitution giving them the
right to hold public offices, Circuit
Judge Ralph 8. Latshaw held In an
opinion at Kansas City.
After writing and signing will and
series Of notes, Mrs. Christian
Mauch. 6S years old, widow, and her
son Henry w. Mauch. 81, of st. Louis.
committed suicide by sealing them
selves in room of their home and
turning on the gas. Their bodies were
found by the police.
Jewels valued at S4OO 600, stolen from
Mr.. and Mrs E. L. GOss of Paris,
France, while en- route from Dallas,
Texas, to st. Louis, aboard the Mis-
souri, Pacific Sunshine special were
found on the railroad track ut De So
to. Mo. Officers believe that the jew
els were dropped from car window
by the thief whe feared detection.
Two unmasked bandits entered the
Sierra Valley Bank at Loyalton. Calf.
forced the cashier and his assistant
down on the floor and got away with
$4,000 in coin and currency, ali the
bank had. In escaping In an automo-
bile a tire went flat, 80 they held up
Loyalton physician five miles from
town and took his machine away from
him.
The percentage Of illiteracy in the
state Of Washington, according to cen.
sus bureau figures announced are II
per cent In 1920, compared to per
cent In 1910, there being total Of 49,
500 persons ten years of age and over
in the state In 1920 unable to write In
any Language. OF this number, 162S
were native whites Of native parent
age. 751 Of mixed parentage. and H.
$50 Of foreign birth; 2,127 Indians, 472
Chinese and 1,6O5 japanese.
WARRINGTON
Retail prices In ten cities showed q
tendency to decrease during Septem-
Der. according to a report made by
the Labor Department. In the cities
where figures were obtained Sept. Is
only one. Richmond, Va, had an in
crease over August prices, and this
amounted to but 2 per cent.
The deadly poison gas developed by
the chemical warfare service has
been turned TO the most peaceful of
peace-time service. Experiments com.
pleted BY the chemical warfare serv-
Ice have developed from the deadly
gas violet scent that they assert Is
more delicate and more lasting than
the original woodland article. Beuzyl
ducts, has proved the source of a
Jasmin scent.
The Senate has agreed to a commit |
tee amendment to the tax bill provid- |
ing that debts ascertained to be worth |
less and charged off within the taxable |
year shall be allowed rs a deduction |
to individual taxpayers.
The question Of parole or pardon for
Eugene v. Debs has been "laid aside
for WHILE" by the Department of
Justice, according to Attorney General
Daugherty. who said that such recon-.
mendation n he had prepared would
be changed "in phraseology." before
going to the President.
Retail food prices during September
were found by the Labor Department
to have declined In all but two Of the
cities In which 1t conducts investiga-
tons. Decreases amounted to per
cent In Minneapolis and Portland, Me. Il
and per cent In Atlanta, Philadel-
phia and Salt Lake City.
The Western Pacific railroad has ap-
piled to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for authority to issue $3,OOO,-
900 In first mortgage 9 per cent gold
notes. The funds are to be used for
Of equipment trust certifI-
Gates and to reimburse the treasury of
the company for equipment trust GER I,
tificates matured and paid Aug. 1. In
The chair used BY Theodore Roose-
velt at his desk at the White House
was formally presented by President {
to the Roosevelt Memorial {
The gift was received by l
4 committee headed By William Boyce ,
Thompson, president Of the associa-
ion. and will be placed In . collection I
If Roosevelt mementoss now being as. I