The Snowflake herald. [volume] (Snowflake, Ariz.) 1913-1969, 1922-08-18
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN


W. ]. Hoggatt of Cowlitz county,
Wash, raided the ranch house OF ia
cob Tulskus, two miles north OF Kala-
ma, and interrupted a meeting Of dele
gates Of the Workers Party Of Amer
lea.
Marriages In Cook county, Illinois,
Increased nearly 1900 during the fts-
cal year ending July 81. while divorces
reached the total Of one for less than
every four weddings. Marriage IL
censes issued totaled 39588, while TO-
046 divorces were granted.
Miss Elizabeth Jones, 17-year-old
daughter of Prof. L. w. Jones, head OF
the department of chemistry of Prince
ton University, met tragic death in
Yosemite valley recently when she
slipped and fell over a cliff into the
swirling waters of the MERGED river.
Confronted by the first airplane
theft in this cOuntry's annals when j.
@. Johnson discovered someone had
flown his plane away, officers at San
Mateo, Calf, resorted to the radio as
a means of capturing the thief, broad
plane.
Eight of the sixty members of the
United States Naval Academy Of 1881,
who have been attending reunion OF
the class in Toxic, returned to this
country a few days ago on the United
States transport Logan. Secretary of
the Navy DENLY, q member OF the
class, and the rest of the party are ex-
pected to arrive on the transport Hen
derson about Sept. /.
Two men are dead at Stevenson,
Wash, as the result Of raid on a
moonshiner's still. w. e. Rorison, dep
uty sheriff Of Vancouver, Wash, and
Paul Hickey, moonshiner, are the vic
tins. ]. A. Morgan Of Tacoma, fed
eral prohibition officer, who conducted
the raid on Hickey's camp In the hills,
was seriously wounded, but 1t was be-
lieved he would recover.
But for her presence Of mind, Mary
Miles Minter might have suffered Sc
rious disfigurements recently when
she was thrown into q window In the
vestibule of her private railroad car
by the jar of switch engine. at Vic
tor, Idaho. Throwing up her arms, the
petite blonde star escaped with Sc
we're cut on her left arm and numer-
GUS scratches and brushes about her
Eody.
WASHINGTON
The State Department has just re-
ceived word from Toxic that japan
has just produced it's first automobile,
a three-wheeler, 1t was announced.
William B. Stewart, assistant clerk
of the Senate finance committee and
for many years familiar figure at the
capitol, died suddenly at his home
few days ago.
Denial that he had ever engaged in
cotton speculation ea the New York
exchange, as charged recently in the
Senate by Senator Helm, Democrat,
Alabama, was made by w. p. G. Hard
ing, governor Of the federal reserve
board, In a letter to Senator Mclean,
Republican, Connecticut.
Retail food prices in fifteen out Of
twenty-four representative cities in the
United States showed an increase dur
ing the month from June 10 to July 10,
the Department Of LabOr's bureau Of
labor statistics announced. A per
cent increase was noted at Denver and
a per cent increase at Salt Lake City.
American citizens sending parcel
post packages to Mexico no longer
need worry about them being lost Eff
Tel
demnity will be paid by the Postoffice
Department for packages sent to the
Central American republic that disap-
pear while in transit. This notice was
sent to all pOstmasters by Third AS
xtstant Postmaster General Glover.
Notification OF the decision of the
Supreme Court, ordering dissolution of
the Southern Pacifie-Central Pacific
combine would be OF untold disadvan-
tage to the mountain and middle west
ern states" according to letter from
Governor Shoup Of Colorado, received
by Senator Phipps. Similar letters and
kilograms have been received by other
senators from western and middle
western states urging that no action
be taken by any federal agency to null
lily the purpose Of the Supreme Court |
decision.
Indictments were returned recently |!
by the special grand jury investigating
alleged war frauds against Ernest c. |
Morse, former director Of sales of the |
War Department: EVERY NJ. Davis, |
president Of the r, NJ, Davis Chemical |
Company of New York. and Alexander
w, Phillips, associated with Davis |
The three men, all Of whom live in |
New York, were charged in the indict- |
ment with having defrauded the gov
eminent out of more than $1,OOO,OOO |
The alleged fraud was in connection |
with the sale Of the war-built plant of |