Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-06
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIeN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

City Paymaster F. p. Schooley and
Robert Armstrong of the city hall staff
Of Vancouver, B. c., were held up and
robbed of $4,000 by two automobile
bandits. The robbers escaped, max
ing sensational dash through the
business district. The men had just
left the city hall when the bandits as
saulted them and snatched bag con-
taining the money.
No more may the sweet coed steal
silently away, and in some quiet nook
solace her harassed nerves with Gig
arctic. The mo smoking" rule for CO.
eds ut 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 war veterans, inmates of the
National Soldiers Home at Sawtelle,
near Los Angeles, quarreled over
hat, according to officials of the insti-
tuition. Cusson died from knife
wound in the abdomen, and CrOwell
was brought to the county Jail at Los
Angeles pending an inquest over Gus
sons body.
Five unidentified men seized w. W.
Glenn of Sacramento. in Contra Costa
county, near Berkeley, Calf. plunged
him first feet downward and then
head downward into a barrel of melt
ed tar, and 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 fed
eral grand jury charged with the theft
of sheep from the ldaho-Nevada Live
Stock Company, which is under SUBJ
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 $5O0.OOO In the last few
years. The company has sheep In Ne
vada, Idaho and Utah.
WASHINGTON
British Ambassador Geddes was
among Secretary Hughes callers on
the latter's first day back ut his desk
in the State Department after an ab-
sence In Brazil of several weeks. While
,&,x tn hn nfpyN ~ hn
conference was forthcoming, either at
the embassy or the department, there
were indications that the Near Eastern
situation was among the subjects dis
cussed.
Survey of the coal situation was
said at the White House to have con-
vinced President Harding that al
though shortage durinG the winter
is inevitable as result of the miners
strike, the situation would not be par
ticularly acute. The President and his
cabinet had before them at a recent
report from the Geological
Survey which showed that effective
steps have been taken to prevent q
fuel famine.
Two New Workers. have annual in
comes of more than $5,O0O,0OO each.
Two Michigan citizens, Henry Ford
being one of them, also are
in the S5,OOOOOO class. These figures,
though the names of individuals with
the fancy incomes are secret, are re-
vealed by Internal Revenue Collector
Blair in his annual report for 1920.
The cabinet recently decided to re-
strict prohibition enforcement, opera
lions within the three-mile limit at
sea except in cases where ships beyond
hat limit are in communication with
shore through their own crews and
it was said authoritatively,
would be cautioned to observe this de-
.iSiOn.
Coal-carrying railroads have been
lrged by Federal Fuel Distributor
Spens to make every effort to break
Ill records for coal shipments during
he month of October. The current
output of coal and it's movements, Mr..
Spens pointed out in letter to presi-
lents of the railroads concerned, are
Idequate for current needs of consum-
RS, but do not permit laying up Of
eserves against possible cold snap
arly in the winter.
A pension pay envelope increase
rom $50 to ST. month for Civil and
Iexican war veterans, possibly as Il
Christmas gift from Uncle Sam, Is
tanned by Republican leaders in Con-
,ress. A bill providing pension in
rease already has passed the Senate
nd Senator Bursum, Republican, New
iexico, Its author, says he has been
by House Republican lead
RS that 1t will be passed by the House
Don after 1t reconvenes. He expects
he bill to become law before the hol-
lays.