The Snowflake herald., 1922-02-17
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTSIN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN

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
The San Francisco court has set
March 13 as the date for starting the
third trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar
buckle, motion picture star, on n
charge of manslaughter in connection
with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe,
motion picture actress. Both previous
trials ended in disagreements.
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
nounced at Los Angeles by Pacific
fleet officials, and will be sent to New
London, Conn, from Mare Island,
Calf.
Riverside, where, it is claimed, polo
was first played in California, is hav-
ing marked revival of interest in the
game, with two clubs active. One or
ganiZatiOn, the Riverside Polo and
Racing Club, is playing weekly games
and has arranged for tournament in
which Santa Barbara, Coronado, Den
yer and other teams will compete.
Evidence i'll 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 a search war
rant. as prescribed by federal laws
Alexander Howat and August
Dorchy, depesed president and vice
president of district fourteen, United
Mine Workers, have been released
from the county Jail at Columbus,
Kan. The $1,000 peace bond in which
they agree to call no more strikes in
the Kansas coal fields was signed and
has been approved by District Judge
Boss.
Laughter and screams and prayers
marked the funeral at Los Angeles of
William Desmond Taylor, murdered
motion picture director. A crowd of
$4,000 almost ten times as many as
could be seated in ST. Paul's Episcopal
pEO-eathedral- admittance, and
when that was denied to the vast ma
jOFity those left on the outside of the
structure jammed the streets and
OverflOwed Pershing square, a small
downtown park, upon which the pro-
cathedral faces.
WASHINGTON
Establishment of farm risk insur-
ance bureau which would insure grow
ing crops of nonperishabIe products
against loss or damage resulting from
adverse weather conditions is pro-
posed in a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative King Republican, Illinois.
The bureau would have authority to
fix reasonable" premium rates. re-
vOlving fund would be created for
payment of claims.
The soldiers bonus would cost the
federal government approximately
$2,500,000,000 on the basis of esti-
mates prepared for the House ways
and means committee by fiscal Off
GERS of the army, navy and marine
corps.
Declaration was made recently by
Maj. Malcolm WheeIer-Nicholson of
the Third United States cavalry that
he had sent letter to President Hard
ing charging that "the army is suf-
fering from a reign of Prussiansm,"
but at the White House and War De
partment it was said that no such let
ter had come to the department.
Accompanied by Senator Wadswortl
of New York, George Eastman, presi-
dent of the Eastman Kodak Company
of Rochester, N. Y, handed back to
the War Department $1S2, 1890 as a
refund to the government on wartime
contracts. The action was voluntary
on the part of the company. Repre-
Sentatives of the company, it was said,
asserted that it had made no profit on
it's contract After receipt of the
check, General Pershing wrote a let
ter to Mr.. Eastman, expressing his
"high appreciation of this fine and pa
triOtic action"
Edward Fl. Shaughnessy of Chicago,
second assistant postmaster general.
died at Walter Reed hospital from in
Il.
theater disaster. Although Mr.. Shaugh-
nesSy's injuries were known to be of
critical nature, his condition had
shown improvement and his death was
unexpected.
Payment of $209,S02 by Belgium as
a semi-annual inStallment of per cent
interest on its obligation to this coun-
try of $8,OO0,OOO for surplus war ma
terials has been received by the treas
se