Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-09
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Mrs. Bertha Wilkes and her 15-year-
old daughter. Treva Pote, on trial at
Everett, WASH, charged with the
shooting of Gus Danielson, Nov. 6,
were acquitted by unanimous vote of
the jury. Two ballots were taken, one
ON first degree murder and one on Sec
ond degree murder.
Six of the largest type submarines
stationed on the Pacific coast, the $50
to S-35, inclusive, have been rejected
by the Navy Department on account
Of faulty crankshafts, it was an
fleet officials, and will be sent to New
London, Conn.,, from Mare Island,
Calf.
Evidence in the form Of seventy-five
gallons of mash and eight gallons of
liquor was suppressed in United States
District Court at Tacoma, Wash, by
Judge e. E. Cushman on the ground
that the evidence, while obtained le-
gally by state officers under state
laws, was not taken by search war
rant, as prescribed by federal laws.
{ Shot down while writing at desk
by q mysterious assassin, William Des.
mond Taylor, widely known motion
picture producer and director, was
found dead in his luxurious bungalow
in the Westlake district of Los An
geles. Death was caused by bullet
wound In the back. just below the left
shoulder. according to the police.
Five children were Killed while play
ing In the yard of the school Of Cruz
de Calves in Hermosillo, Mexico,
when one of the students attempted
to extract the powder from bomb
left there at the time Francisco villa,
with his forces, stormed the town, ac-
cording to a dispatch received In San
Antonio, Texas, by the newspaper In
Prensa.
John Hill, a beet field lab0rer Of
Yakima, WASH, agreed to suggestion
of Superior Judge George b. Holden
that he submit to a sterilization oper-
alton. Hill had entered a plea Of
guilty to a charge of the theft of some
hams from a store at T0ppenish,
WASH, because, he said, he had been
unable to find work to support his
family.
Albert Hicks is in an Olympia hos
pital In Tacoma suffering from gun
shot wound in the arm, a hanging by
the neck and blow on the head with
a club. He was found hanging in his
cabin at n logging camp with his toes
touching the floor. He told the hos
pital physicians he had been attacked
by two neighbOrs who had forced him
to sign statement that he had killed
horses and cows and had burned a
barn recently.
WASHINGTON
Growers of beet and cane sugar in
the United States have been offered
q cash allotment equal to four-tenths
of cent per pound on their total 1921
sales by Cuban cane sugar growers In
return for support in the fight of the
Cuban sugar interests against imposi-
tion Of additional duty on sugar i'm
ports, according to Alfred Glover. who
said he was authorized to act for the
Cuban producers.
Payment of S2O9,sO2 by Belgium as
a semi-annunl installment Of per cent
interest on its obligation to this coun-
try of $s,OOO,OOO for surplus war ma
terials has been received by the treas
ury. The principal is due Aug. s.
Gov. N. f. Kendall of Iowa has re-
ceived telegram from w. S. Kenyon
stating that. he will not resign his seat
in the United States Senate to accept
the appointment OF circuit Judge of the
Eighth district until the constitutional
question raised has been settled.
Public hearings by the Colorado
river commission will be resumed at
Phoenix. Ariz., beginning March Is, 1t
! was announced in Washington by Sec
retary Hoover Meetings of the COM
, mission have been concluded and the
state representatives on the commits
sion are en- route to their homes.
. Edward II. Shaughnessy of Chicago,
second assistant postmaster general,
i. died at Walter Reed hospital from in
.juries received in the Knickerbocker
theater disaster. Although Mr.. Shaugh-
nessys injuries were known to be Of
q Crltlcul HatuTes uN -COuuitIOH Hdu
shown improvement and his death was
unexpected. :.
Accompanied by Senator ,Wadswort'l
of New. York. George Eastman, presi-
dent Of the Eastman Kodak Company
Of Rochester, NY, handed back to.
the War Department :s1s2, ,772.8O as II
refund to the government. on wartime
,t6ntsacts. The action was voluntary.
on the part of the company. Repre-
sentatives of the company, It was said
asserted that 1T had ,made no profit on
,itSr eoHract.' After -receipt of the
check, Tenerdi Pershing wrote lief.
ter to Mr.. Eastman, expressing his
ishish. .sReSsesatj0n -ef 4hts OK, and pa
fffotft s1ctfGnse's esssse ), ~