The Raymer enterprise., 1922-04-13
the WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A DRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIoN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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Four babies, each weighing less than
one pound. were born to Mrs. c. Tabbi
at the Bakersfield, Calf, emergency
hospital. Mother and babies are rest
ing nicely.
The shipwrecked' crew OF the steam
schooner Fairhaven, which sank off the
west coast Of Mexico have arrived In
San Francisco OH the steamer San
Juan, 1t consisted Of Capt. A. L. Laur,
four other officers and twenty men.
A vigorous man hunt Is under way In
the hills OF Marine county, California,
following the daring escape Of four
prisoners from the state prison at San
Quentin, by means Of forged passes
and the theft Of the automobile Of the
prison physician.
While her husband, Homer Samuels,
placed the value OF jewelry stolen from
Nine. Amelita Gulli.Curci ut Los An.
geles at $4,000, l.. l.. Behymer, under
whose direction she Is appearing In
concerts In this section, said a proIer
figure would be nearer 100000"
Suit for damages, based on alleged
trespass Of an eighth of an inch along
distance OF fourteen feet In the CON
ytruction Of n house, was smoothed out
In Judge Deasy's court at San Fran
riscO. The defendant agreed to shave
off the offending fraction Of an inch
and the litigants left court
Three masked men held up and
robbed the cashier OF the Dairy Deliv-
cry Company at San Francisco Of So
32l. The robbers, In an automobile,
crowded the machine OF the dairy com.
pany to the curb and forced Charles 4.
Benedict, the cashier, to hand over the
money which was being taken to a
bank.
Organization Of a central body by
the representatives Of eighteen wom-
ems auIiliaries OF the order Of B'nai
Birth was completed at meeting at
Sacramento In connection with the an
nual district convention Of the B'nal
Birth, representing eight western
states and British Columbia. 1t will be
known as the Women's Central Com.
mittee, Independent Order Of B'nal
Birth.
WASHINGTON
The agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying $35,sOS,0OO, but without the
item Of s36O,OOO for free seeds, has
been reported. As turned over to the
Senate them easure is SllG,30O larger
than as It passed the House.
Establishment Of privately owned
merchant marine through government
aid, MS proposed by President Harding
and the shipping board, would necessi-
tate maximum treasury outlay Of
$50 100000 monthly, Senate and House
committees considering the ship sub
sidy bill were told by Chairman Lasker
OF the board.
An echo of the Washington arms
conference Is heard In the action Of
the Chinese government In abrogating
the RussO.Chlnese customs agreement
OF 1881, reported to the Department OF
Commerce by Minister Jacob G. Schur-
man at Peking, and made public to-
gether with other tariff Developments
In foreign countries
A government owned and operated
corporation to be conducted under the
supervision Of three directors appoint
I'd by the President for development of
the nitrate and water power projects
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, was proposed
In congressional resolution made pub
lie by Senator Norris Of Nebraska.
chairman Of the Senate agricultural
committee.
Disregnrdng the demands and insist.
.ent appeals Of President Harding and
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY, the
House appropriations committee In n
bill laid before the House recommend.
ed a slash OF nearly S20O,OO0,OOO in the
Navy Departments estimates for the
coming fiscal year and provided for a
reduction In the navy's enlisted person.
mel from 10000 to $1,000,
All hope Of effecting early settle.
ment Of the nationwide coal strike
through n peace meeting between
operators and striking coal miners by
the House labor committee has been
definitely abandoned. Rejection Of the
joint conference invitation by a major
Ity Of the operators in the central com.
petitive field was announced by Chair.
man Nolan Of the congressional com.
mittee.
House and Senate differences on
the bill to extend the time in which
the general public and the press may
use. the federal owned radio have been
compromised by the conference com.
mittees Of the two houses. Agreement
was reached to permit public use of
the facilities to June 80, 1925.
A memorial to Rear Admiral Robert
2. Peary, discoverer Of the North Pole,
was dedicated in Arlington National
cemstsry when huge spherold made
u white granite from his native state
sf Maine was uavsilsd at his last rest.
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