Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-02
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF REcoRD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN this AND FOR
EIoN coUNTRIEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES

O0IN08 AND HAPPENINGS vSAl
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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WESTERN
"A column Of steam issuing from era
tor rock on Mount Hood In Oregon
had doubled in size since 1t first was
observed, and is about 200 feet high.
Word of the phenomenon was received
from Government camp, close to the
mountain. No rumblings or other evil
dences Of volcanic activity were OBJ
served.
Fire of undetermined origin partly
destroyed the Turner building, one Of
the older business structures at Mus
kogee, Okla, causing damage esti-
mated at $4,000. The Melton hotel
occupied a large part Of the building.
The clothing stock Of Max Davidson.
which is valued at $15O.000. was de-
stroyed.
Two women, giving their names as
Fay Foster and Marian Leonxal, were
taken from the blind baggage Of the
Northern Pacific's eastbound North
Coast Limited at Forsyth, Mont. and
are being held in the Rosebud county
Jail, pending advices from Seattle,
where 1t is said they are wanted in
connection with big jewelry robbery.
Military authorities at Nebraska
City, Neb., have put into force martial
law proclaimed by Governor McKelvie,
in the Four Mile precinct. The proc
lamation followed q request from Ne
braska City authorities for aid in re-
storing order following recent clashes
between sympathizers with striking
packing house workers and alleged
strikebreakers.
F. W. Kammann of Sioux City, Iowa,
identified "John Berkam" as his son.
Norris H. Kammann, at the city jail
in Salt Lake City. The older Kam-
mann said that his son mysteriously
disappeared from home recently. The
SON appeared at Salt Lake City
newspaper office stating that he be-
lieved that his name was "John Berk-
am" but that he had lost his memory
regarding his past life.
WARRINGTON
Official police records placed the
known dead In the Knickerbocker the
ater disaster at lot. Elimination Of
duplicated names brought the final to-
tai down from the unofficial peak Of
l12. The list of injured stood at 134
Ia1
seriously injured"
Miss Garland johnson Of Bridge
port, W. Va, has just been awarded
$4,000 university scholarship for hav-
ing written the best essay on "GOOd
Roads and Highway Transport" The
contest was conducted by the good
roads and highway transport education
the contest was open to all high school
pupils.
There is no parallel in the records
Of the bureau Of markets and crop
estimates to the fall Of $21.22, or 50
per cent In the average value an acre
Of the ten crops constituting nine
tenths Of all crop production. which
occurred in the two years from 1919
to 1921, 1t was announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture. The decline
was found by the department to have
been from $35.T4 in 1919 to $14.52 in
1921.
President Harding will 60 before
Congress within a few days with a
plan for the establishment Of an Amer
lean merchant marine subsidy, 1t was
stated at the White House by Chair
man Lasker of the United States ship
ping board. Lasker conferred with the
President more than an hour concern-
ing various plans for a ship subsidy
and submitted the plans agreed upon
by the shipping board after consulta-
tion with various shipping interests.
Censorship or control by the federal
government over the motion picture in
dustry was urged upon n Senate ju-
dietary subcommittee by Rev. William
s. Chase, Brooklyn pastor, who
brought into the discussion the name
of Postmaster General Hays. The
hearing was on q resolution introduced
by Senator Myers, Democrat, Mon.
tana. proposing an investigation Of the
motion picture industry based on
charges that it has entered politics and
has passed within the control Of Lasky,
Fox, Zukor, Laemmle and Loew. and
that Its influence is to be exerted to
obtain the repeal Of censorship laws
already enacted and prevent enact.
ment Of further legislation to super
wise the pictures.
Exports Of manufactures fell off by
81, 100000, shipments out Of the
country Of raw materials dropped by
nearly 81 ,OOO, 900, 600, nnd foodstuffs ex-
ports declined by about $5OO,O0O,00O
during 1921, the Commerce Department
announced. Imports showed similar