Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-09-14
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EioN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

!" SAO G8Axy
Four men were killed and six were
injured when Northern Pacific pas
seuger train, westbound. collided head
on with q switch engine at Parkwater,
four miles east of Spokane, Wash. AT
least three of the dead and all OF the
injured were trainmen.
Fire which partially destroyed the
logging camp Of the MADEIRA Sugar
Pine Lumber Company ut Sugar Pine,
near Fresno, Calf, is reported to have
been brought under control, though
still burning in the forest nearby. 1t
is estimated the loss may reach ST.
100000.
Montana's wheat crop will be over
100000 bushels. within million
bushels of the largest wheat crop ever
grown in the state. The Oat crop will
be so per cent larger than last year.
The state corn crop will be the larg-
est in its history. This years wool
crop will be 15.35O,O0O pounds.
A Los Angeles firm Of attorneys has
served notice of withdrawal from the
defense of Mrs Clara Phillips, indict-
ed for the so-called hammer murder"
Of Miss Alberta Meadows. No reason
was given for the lawyers action. Rep
resentatives Of the public defenders
office recently conferred with Mrs.
Phillips.
One hundred and eighty-sIx Chinese
living in and near Mazatlan. SinalOa
and Lower California have been or
dered deported by Mexican federal au-
thorities as a result Of clashes between
rival Chinese factions, In which sew.
eral were killed, according to informa-
ton received at military headquarters
at Mexicali.
After search over the Panhandle
Of Idaho since Aug. 4, Joe Farriri,
wanted in connection with the shoot
ing of Joe Marsden, timber cruiser,
was captured in the brush near Her
rick, Wash. The fugitive had been liv-
ing on berries, fish and herbs ever
since the shooting, which occurred fol-
lowing a dispute over money matters.
Mrs. Clara Z. Sharin Winborn, 2S
years old. was arrested in Oakland.
Calf, ON q request from Seattle.
where she is wanted In connection
with the death of Ferdinand Hochbrun,
wealthy retired real estate dealer.
Hochbrun's body was found in his
locked apartment Dec. 81, last -ear.
Mrs. Wlnborn declined to discuss the
affair.
Unable to let go Of live wire he
had grasped In a coal mine near Clee-
lum, WASH, ]. Robertson ordered his
son, who had been working with him,
to cease his efforts to save him lest
the son should lose his life. After the
son had been seriously burned in his
endeavors to rescue his father he ran
ceeded in having the current turned
off. The father died soon afterward
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Harding, wife of the President,
is Ill and under the care Of DIR. Saw
yer, the family physician. She has
been confined to the White House for
several days. Her illness is described
us an ailment neither alarming nor seri-
GUS and she Is expected to be up and
about soon.
Edwin DENLY, secretary of the navy,
who has been In San Francisco for
several days on his way home from
the Orient, has returned to Washing
ton.
The Senate passed the admInistra-
tion anti-coal profiteering bill, de-
signed to regulate the price of coal
during the coming winter, through the
use Of embargoes and priority orders
issued by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Resources of the national banks of
the country, amounting to $50, 100000
600 on June 80, showed an Increase of
529.OOO.OO0 over the May 8 call, and
an advance of $1Ss, 100000 over June
80. 1921, according to an analysis Of
returns for the last bank call issued
by Comptroller of the Currency Criss-
inger.
Provision for advances to farmers
of crop failure areas of the United
States with which to purchase seed
grain was made in bill introduced
by Senator Harreld, Republican,. Okla
homa, which authorizes the secretary
of agriculture to make loans in 1923
aggregatIng $5OO,OOO. The bill fixes u
limit Of $500 that may be advanced to
any one farmer.
Earnings of 1877 trunk railroads
which operate most of the country's
rail mileage amounted to $69,239,O 900
in July, according to compilations
made public by the Association of
Railway Executives. This was esti.
mated to indicate an annual return
rate of 4.04 per cent on the value of
railroad property as tentatively fixed
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and was slightly less than earn
ings recorded for the same month of
1921, and almost $7,OO0,000 below the
net earnings Of June. 1922.