, 1922-10-05
CONDENSED CORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HUME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoiNoS, ACHIEVE
NEVIS, sUFFERiNos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

solace her harassed nerves with n Gig
arctic. The mo smoking" rule for CO.
eds at the University of California
must be obeyed, so Miss Beatrice
Ward, chairman of the student affairs
committee, has asked the sorority
presidents to see to it that there are
no violations of the edict.
Victor Cusson, SO years old, of Day
ton, Ohio, and William Crowell, 40,
Spanish wal veterans, inmates of the
National Soldiers Home at Sawtelle,
neal Los Angeles, quarreled over a
hat, according to officials of the insti-
tuition. Cusson died from II knife
wound in the abdomen, and Crowell
was brought to the county Jail at Los
Angeles pending an inquest owe Cus-
sons body.
Five unidentified men seized w. w.
Glenn of Sacramento, in Contra Costa
county, near Berkeley, Calf, plunged
him first feet downward and hen
head downward into a barrel of melt
ed tar, inc left him in that condition.
Glenn experienced some difficulty in
eXtricating himself. A passing motor
list brought him to Berkeley. He said
he could not account for the attack on
him.
Five sheep herders are in the Reno,
New, Jail under indictment of a fed
eral grand jury charged with the theft
of sheep from the Idaho-Nevada Live
Stock Company, which is under u sub
sidy of the War Finance Corporation.
a Department of Justice operative in
San Francisco said the men are al
legged to have stolen sheep valued in
excess of 100000 In the last few
years. The company has sheep in Ne
vada, Idaho and Utah.
Angelina Waycaster. 10 years old.
pretty housemaid who was in the
home of Charles A. Faus when he was
shot to death by bandits on Feb. 3. was
convicted of murder in the first degree
at Salt Lake City. 1t was her second
trial for the alleged crime The girl
has threatened to commit suicide ra-
ther than III serving a life SEN
tence and she Is being closely watched.
She asserted that she would die and
come back and haunt everyone who
had anything to do with her conviction.
WASHINGTON
The cabinet recently decided to re-
strict prohibition enforcement opera
tons within the three-mile limit at
sea except in cases where ships beyond
that limit are In communication with
shore through their own crews and
small boats. Prohibition enforcement
officials. 1t was said authoritatiyely,
would be cautioned to observe this de-
cision.
Survey of the coal situation was
said Mt the White House to have con-
vinced President Harding that all
though Il shortage during the winter
is inevitable as u result of the miners
strike. the situation would not be p,n.-
ticularly acute. The President and his
cabinet had before them at Il recent
meeting n report from the Geological
Survey which showed that effective
steps have been taken TO prevent u
fuel famine.
United states Senator Thomas f.
Watson of Georgia died suddenly ut
his home in Washington. Death was
said to be due to an acute attack of
asthma, from which senator Watson
has suffered recurrently for some
years.
British Ambassador Geddes was
among Secretary Hughes caller Oh
the lutter's first day buck ut his desk
in the State Department utter nm nb-
In Brazil of several weeks. While
Mt statement us to the nnture of the
.,rfn.n .r... F..I.u-.
the embassy or the department, there
were indications that the Near Eastern
situation was among the subjects dis
cussed.
A pension pay envelope Increase
from $50 to $72 a month for Civil and
Mexican war veterans, possibly as "A
Christmas gift from Uncle Sam. Is
planned by Republican leaders In Con
gress- A bill providing pension in
crease already has passed the Sennte
and Senator Bursum. Republican. New
Mexico, Its author, says he has been
promised by House Republican lead
ers that 1t will be passed by the House
soon after it %reconvenes. He expects
the bill to become law before the hol-
idays.
Representative Arthur NJ. Fee of San
Jose. Calf. was critically Injured. and
Crane Freeman and W. \. Dennison of
San FrunciscO, were killed In an auto
mobile accident near Baltimore. A. NJ.
Dcnnlson, ulso OF sun Francisco. was
less critically injured.
Several families were homeless. the
Port Townsend, Wash, water system
WIS .mennced and x3OO.OOO worth OF
logging equipment and timber hnd
been destroyed MS the result Of two
forest fires there. All available men
In Port Townsend and soldiers from