The Raymer enterprise., 1922-10-05
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIeN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ENk
oo,NGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

City Paymaster F. =. Schooley ana
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-
tanning 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 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 1t that there are
no violations OF the edict.
Victor Cusson, SO years old, Of Day
ton, Ohio, and william Crowell. 45,
Spanish war veterans, inmates OF the
National Soldiers Home at Sawtelle,
near Los Angeles, quarreled over a
hat, according to officials Of the insil-
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 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 a fed
eral grand jury charged with the theft
Of sheep from the ldnho-Nevndn Live
Stock Company, which Is under 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
vadn, Idaho and Utah.
WASHINGTON
British Ambassador Geddes was
among Secretary Hughes callers on
the lutter's first day back ut his desk
In the State Department after an abb
sence In Brazil of several weeks. While
no statement as to the nature Of the
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 a result of the miners
strike, the situation would not be par.
ticularly acute. The President and his
cabinet had before them ut recent
meeting report from the Geological
Survey which showed that effective
steps have been taken TO prevent a
fuel famine.
Two New Workers have annual in.
comes of more than $5.00O,OOO each.
Two Michigan citizens, Henry Ford
probably being one of them, also are
in the S5,OOO,OOO class. These figures,
though the names of individuals with
the fancy incomes are a 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
tions 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 authoritatively,
would be cautioned to observe this de-
cision.
Coal.carrying railroads have been
urged by Federal Fue! Distributor
Spens to make every effort to break
all records for coal shipments during
the month of October. The current
output of coal and its movements, Mr..
Spens pointed out in a letter to pres-
dents of the railroads concerned, are
adequate for current needs Of consunl-
ers, but do not permit laying up of
reserves against a possible cold snap
early in the winter.
A pension pay envelope Increase
from $50 to ST. month for Civil and
Mexican war veterans, possibly as
Christmas gift from Uncle Sam. Is
planned by Republican leaders In Con-
gress. A bill providing pension in
crease already has passed the Senate
and Senator Bursum, Republican, New
Its author, says he has been
promised by House Republican lead
ers that 1t will be passed by the House
soon after 1t reconvenes. He expects
the bill to become law before the hol.
ldays.