The Raymer enterprise., 1922-06-22
a BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EloN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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WESTERN

Two men, trapped by q fire. were
sntombed on the S00-foot level Of the
Quartet mine at searchlight, Utah.
They were believed dead by members
OF 4 rescuing party which saved two
other men from the burning mine.
The Los Angeles county grand jury
which has bean investigating alleged
activities OF the Ku Klux Kan. sub
mitted a report to Superior Court
Judge Frederick w. Houssr. The
Judge, after perusing the document.
ordered 1t filed and kept secret"
With Washington selected as the
next convention city, officers elected,
the business Of the forty-elghth annh-
al session Of the Imperial Council Of
the Shriners was wound up by grand
pageant spectacle which brought to q
close the golden jubilee Of Shrinedom
In San Francisco.
More than 100 pieces Of firearms
have been turned In to the National
Guard by strikers in the Carbon
county. Utah. coal district. Women
took most Of the guns to military
headquarters. Some OF the women
called members Of the guard to their
homes and gave them weapons. while
others called at headquarters and
asked that militiamen be sent to
their homes.
Posses are searching In the vicinity
OF Ouray, northeast Utah, for Sechea-
guv, Ute Indian brave, who is al.
legged to have slain his rival In love,
Maroocoop, and to have kidnapped and
fled into the mountain wilds with an
Indian belle named Wilma Wilson. Ac-
cordlng to reports received at the In
dian agency at Salt Lake City, Schea-
guv shot and killed Maroocoop while
he was asleep In his tepee Sunday
night.
Ralph +. Trotter, alias Howard C.
Williams, q years old, Of Youngstown.
Ohio, said by police to face charges OF
cnshing $4,000 in forged pay checks In
various cities Of the United States, Is
under arrest In Oakland, Calf. He
was masqueradIng as Shriner. ac-
eordlng to police. Trotter has been
sought since, police say. he disap-
peared from Youngstown with n pad
Of blank pay checks stolen from the
Trusscon Steel Company of that city.
WASHINGTON
Canadian and United States author
tiles are investigating the alleged con-
fesslon OF William Johnson, alias n.
Primatcheuk, that he caused the ex-
plosion Of three British ammunition
ships in the harbor Of Halifax, N. s.,
In 1917, resulting IN many deaths and
great destruction In that city. John
son committed suicide In lonely spot
on Baon creek, In Skagit county,
last month.
President Harding has signed the
Observation-Disclosures bill, returning
the navy, army, marine corps and coast
guard service to peace time pay stand
ards. The bill, effective July l, slash
es Sl4,l54,OOO from the pay bill Of the
four services. II reduces the $50 a
month war time pay OF private soldiers
TO S2l a month, but grants many spe-
cial allowances which might run the
enlisted mans pay MS high as $3.50
per month.
The Swing bill for construction of
the Boulder Canon dam and develop
ment Of the lower Colorado river
basin at an Approximate cost of s7O.-
100000. was approved by Secretary
Fall In letter to Chairman Kinkaid
OF the House committee on irrigation
Of arid lands.
The purchase Of 74,025 acres Of
land to form the nucleus Of the new
Allegheny national forest In Pennsyl.
vanla has just been authorized by the
National Forest Reservation Commits
sion In Washington. Twenty.seven
tracts Of cut-over and burned lands
on the headwarters OF the Allegheny
river In Warren. Elk, Forest and Nc.
Ksan counties. were contracted for at
an average price Of $2.75 per acre.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
recently to set fire to the offices of the
alien property custodian In the veter.
ans bureau building. according to Of
ficial reports to the secret service.
Rags soaked with kerosene were
stuffed through hole bored In a win
dow sash and a match applied from
the outside. Theb laze was discovered
BY 4 watchman and extingulshed. OF.
ficials believe that an effort was made
to destroy the records.
Senate Republican leaders who are
opposed to the plan Of Chairman Nc
Cumber Of the finance committee to
side track the tariff bill for the SOL
diers' bonus have the support Of Pres
ldent Harding. The executive, It was
stated officially at the White House,
regards tariff legislation as most I'm.
portant and worthy Of the undivided
attention Of the Senate.
Indications In Washington tend to
show that prohibition proponents In
Congress would Eiove through the
pending merchant marine bill to stop
the sale Of liquor on American ships.