The Raymer enterprise., 1922-12-21
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES HOUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

Theodore Schweltzer, general prOhi-
h.tlon agent for Utah, Wyoming and
Colorado, with headquarters al Den
YER, was ordered suspended by the
acting prohibition commissioner at
Washington, ID. {.
one fireman, Ernest Robertson, was
Killed by suffOcation, Chief Alexander
Of the fire department was overcome
by smoke and seriously but not fatally
injured, and property loss estimated
at S250,OOO sustained in Il fire that
threatened for time the business dis
trICt OF BOzeman, Mont.
The crew OF the British tramp
steamer Ortcric, which went on the
rocks seventy miles north Of San Fran
cisco, was transferred to the freighter
Cotton Plant. The transfe: Of the fif-
ty-flve members Of the Orterics crew
was Il dangerous piece OF work and
was only attempted as II last resort.
John H. Hays, a rancher near Havre,
Mont, killed his wife and himself, ac-
cordlng to IL story told officers by his
l5-year.old son. The deaths left six
children orphans. The l5-year-old boy,
the oldest, fled into the night with the
mercury 80 degrees below zero, In
search of help. while the two youngest
slept sOundly.
Wallace Reid, film actor, Is fight
Ing for his life" In small Hollywood
sanitarium, according 10 u story the
Los Angeles Times published recently,
quoting his wlrc. known professionally
II, Dorothy Davenport, and his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Alice Davenport. Reid
suffered breakdown nearly Two
months ago, after his health had been
failing for three years.
A riot, precipitated by the agitation
Of forty |. ". W.. resulted in n Sc
rlUus battle between police and pris-
uners In the Lincoln Heights jail ut
Los Angeles. The trouble started
when no noon meal was served the
prisoners on account Of the fact that
attempts had been made to start trou'
bic among prisoners who were work
Ing about the jail.
The British tramp steamer Orteric
has broken In two after having been
aground on sharp ledge Of rocks
near Fish Rock. seventy miles north
Of Sun Francisco, according 10 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
trunsshIpped TO the salvage steamer
Homer
WASHINGTON
The Colorado river basin compac
will be ratified by all of the states con
ccrned within three months, Sccretnr!
Of Commerce Hoover said In Washing
ton recently.
Racing ut top speed, the llous'
passed the annual supply bill for TIN
Departments of Commerce and Labor
carving approximately Sl9,0OO,OOO 70
the former and $G.500,OOO for the lat
Ter.
Secretary of State Hughes has sum
moned George Harvey, American am
bussador to England, home to discus
European affuirs, It was announced II
rnf nInhpsGV In | flhD
Ambassador Harvey will said Dec. y
Construction OF memorial brldg
ncrOss the Delaware river at poin
where Washington and his troop
crossed before the battle OF Trenton
was authorized in Il bill passed by th'
Senate. Four other bridge bills wer
passed. including authority for con
structIon OF bridge across the Colo
rado river ut Yuma, Ariz.
Defective equipment has doubled en-
gine accidents and quadrupled fatal
tiles on the railroads since the star
of the rail strike. government stats
tics introduced In the Daugherty I'm
peachment hearings revealed. The fig
ures were introduced by counsel fO
Representative Keller to prove AttOr
ney General Daugherty failed to re
uuIre observance of railroad statutes
The Postoffice Department has esti
mated that waste of Sl,T40,0OO an
nually results from wrongly addressed
mail. A survey just completed re
yeals that the average number Of let
ters received at postofflces daily witt
improper addresses was 3I5,3sl, ant
that the salaries Of postal employees
required to readdress this mai
amounts alone to more than Sl,0OO,0U
a year.
The finishing touches were put on
the plan worked out by the congres
slonaI Joint committee on the reorgan
izatiop of the administration branch
OF the government at conference
with President Harding. Walter r
Brown. chairman Of the committee, an.
nounced In Washington.
Permanent organization of the M.
tional Council Of Farmers Co-opera-
five Marketing Associations was au-
thorized In the closing session In
washington of a three-day conference
OF representatives Of farmers assocl.
atiorA In all sections Of the country.