Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-07
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EvENTe IN THO AND FOR
.EIoN coUNTRlEo.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poiNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
The club house Of the Montana
Country Club burned few days ago.
The loss will be at least $4,000. The
cause of the fire Is unknown. The
building, which Is on the golf links,
ten miles from Helena, was built only
two years ago.
w. G. McAdoo of Los Angeles, for
mer secretary of the treasury, was ar
rested in Tulare county, Calf, and
cited to appear before Judge J. q.
Clack Of Fresno to answer to charge
of speeding at the rate Of fifty-one
miles an hour.
Burned to death in q straw pile was
the fate which overlook Grover Red
ellis, 2-year-old son of John Redells Of
Hysham, near Billings, Mont The lit
tie fellow was with two brothers, aged
8 and Z, playing house In a hfteen-foot
tunnel they had made into the straw
pile.
Theodore Schlierman Of Nowata.
Okla, former mayor Of Liberty, Kan.
filed suit for $4,000 damages In Fed
eral Court at Fort Scott against the
city Of Liberty and the Coffeyville Ku
Klux Klan organization. The suit u
the result Of the nogging Of Schiller
man BY Q masked band recently.
Construction Of freight and passen-
ger cars to cost $12,OOO,O0O has been
authorized By the Southern Pacific
Company, 1t has been announced by Its
president, william Sproule. The equip
ment, including 4,525 freight cars and
141 passenger cars, Is for use On the
company's Pacific system lines.
Signing Of the Colorado River treaty
allocating the waters Of the Colorado
River among the seven states Of Wyo-
ming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico,
Arizona. Nevada and California, was
denounced BY Director Mark Rose of
the Imperial Valley irrigation district
as the worst thing that could happen
to the Imperial Valley"
Members y. the Colorado River Com
mission, through Commissioner DELPHI
e. Carpenter Of Colorado and Col. j.
G. Scrugham, Nevada commissioner,
paid high tribute at the final meet
ing of the commission at Bishop Lodge
in Santa F4, to the work Of Chairman
Herbert Hoover and Executive Secre-
tary Clarence q. Stetson In bringing
about the final signing OF the seven
state river compact.
WASHINGTON
Representative James r. Mann Of
Illinois died ut his home in Chicago a
few days ago Of pneumonia.
Former Representative Bartholdt of
Missouri called on President Harding
to urge that Congress make available
credit Of $5O.OOO,OOO for Germany to
be used in the purchase by that coun-
try of goods In the United States.
There was no Indication Of how the
President received the proposal.
Another move against the ku Klux
Klan was made in the House when
Representative Hawes, Democrat, Mis-
souri,, introduced bill to prevent the
khan from sending unsigned communi-
CdtlOu0 lAlOu6h l1AC AA46A4s A4uWCo kcO
the fight against the Ku Klux Klan IN
Missouri during the last campaign.
A Senate debate on the recent utter
ances Of former Premier Clemenceau
Of France took sensational turn
when q negro wearing the uniform Of
the United States army interrupted
from the gallery speech by Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, ranking Demo-
crat of the .oreign relations commit
tee, regarding alleged atrocities by
black Frencl, troops In Germany.
New York and New Jersey cities are
being flooded with liquor from the Ba-
hamas. Scotland and England, accord
ing to Frank ]. Hale, an Investigator
for the prehibition department In New
ship had cleared from Scotland recent
ly with 1900 cases Of whisky bound
for ths whisky armada camping
ground" fDar miles off the American
coast.
Senator La Toilette, Republican,
declared in a statement In
that reports emanating
from Phoeaix, Ariz.. concerning a tel
ephone conversation with Governor
Hunt, wers absolutely without foun-
1ation In fact" and misleading In ev-
cry detail" He had made no mention
IF "a third political party" In his con-
with the governor. Mr.. La
Toilette said.
Preventative methods, fresh air,
food and rest-long advo-
lated by health authorities as the best
means to combat tuberculosis-areg get
ing results. Mortality statistics for
L921, just completed by the census bu-
eau, show the trend of the tubercu-
Osis death rate Is downward. In the |
InItod Stntaq deaths from thic dicoo 90