, 1922-12-21
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL sou RCES
SAYINGS. DoINGs. ACHIEVE
MENTo. SUFFERINeS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

LIZ LI1N1t
The crew of the British tramp
steamer Ortcric, which went on he
rocks seventy miles north of San Fran
cisco, was transferred to the freighter
Cotton Plant. The transfer of the fiji
ty-five members of the Orterlc's crew
was a dangerous piece of work and
was only attempted as a last resort.
John IL. Hays, a rancher near Havre,
Mont, killed his wife and himself. &C
cording to II story told officers by his
~15-year-old son. The deaths left six
children orphans. The ~15-year-old boy,
the oldest, fled into the night with the
mercury 30 degrees below zero. in
search OF help. while the two youngest
slept soundly.
Articles of incorporation O. a S1O,-
100000 shipping company. which will
carry fruit between Pacific and Allan
tic ports, were filed In Sacramento
with Secretary OF State Frank @. Jor-
dan. Thirteen shares Of the company,
which is to be called the Notorship
Transportation Company, have been
subscribed, according to b papers.
A riot, precipitated by the agitation
Of forty L. w. W., resulted in "A Sc
rious battle between police and pris-
oners in the Lincoln Heights Jail at
Los Angeles. The trouble started
when nc noon meal was served the
prisoners on account of the fact that
attempts had been made to start trou-
BILE among prisoners who were work
ing about the Jail.
The British tramp teamer Orteric
has broken in two after having been
aground on II sharp ledge of rocks
ear Fish Rock. seventy miles north
of San Francisco, according to Il mes
sage received by the Radio Corpora
ton OF America station at San Fran
cisco. The skeleton crew of twelve
men, under Capt. Vincent Harper,
transshipped to the salvage steamer
Homer.
Arthur G. Burch, formerly oI Evans
ton, ILL.,, has been given his freedom at
Los Angeles, after standing trial three
times for murder and once for insan-
ity. The juries on the murder charge
all disagreed and the alienists ut h
insanity hearing did likewise, but the
weight of expressed belief OF the lat
ter WAS thai Burch was sane, or harm
less If insane, SO his freedom was re-
stored to him.
WASHINGTON
A young man who said he was Del
Gibbs. 81 years old. held In Los An.
geles to answer three charges of burg
Larry. vas declared by the police TO
have confessed he was wanted In Kan
sas City, Mo-, for the murder of Theo-
dore Van Thess, a cigar dealer. VINO
was slain In the Missouri city last
July in an attempt to rob him of
$4,000.
Defective eouInment has doubled en-
zinc and ouadrunled fatal.
tiles ON the railroads since the start
OF he rail strike. government statls-
tics in the Daugherty inn
parchment hearings revealed. The fig
ures were introduced by counsel for
Representative Keller to prove Attor-
ney General Daugherty failed to re-
quire observance of railroad statutes.
Racing nj ton speed. the uouse
passed the annual supply bin for the
Denartments of Commerce and Labor.
carving approximately S1o.OOO.O 900 for
the former and $6,5O0,0OO for the lat
ter.
Tho ~exn,nslon of emnlovment
,hrorahor, ,ha na,ton In Tho meath ~
Novanhor wns ,ha graa,ast within ,ha
-. aaaordnn 10 ,ha sur,ay 90 an.
nanartnan, 81 ahor For the mas,
- T,S,u,u,o ~ Tho ~s,xtv.fva taad.
ine o,,,es from which ranorts yere ra-
- sno,.ad ,ncraased amniovuon,
Inc finishing 'ouehes were put on
the piah "orheu out ny the
sionnl joint committee on the organ