Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-04-27

WESTERN
Mrs. Esther Dudley has filed suit II
the District Court at Butte, Mont. ask
ing damages of $4,000 from Loui
Kaufman, prominent In business II
Butte, on the allegation that he forci
bly, kissed her. The alleged offens'
took place Jan. 16, she charges.
A. a protest against a 10 per cen
wage cut union trades workmen, vari
ousiy estimated at from 200 to 1000
are ON strike In the San Francisco ba!
district. The strike affected the Po
tsro and Alameda plants Of the Bethle
hem Ship Building Corporation and
few machine shops and foundries
known a. "outside shops"
Joseph Studer, formerly q physician
of Peoria, ILL.,, was sentenced In the
Superior Court at Los Angeles to serve
an indeterminate sentence Of one to
ten years In San Quentin prison. The
sentence followed Studer's conviction
ON q charge of granddaughter, based on
the death Of his mother, Elizabeth Stu
der, last September.
One man 10 dead and two others
wounded. one possibly fatally. as the
result Of q raid at Inglewood. sub
urb Of Los Angeles, Of the house Of
an alleged bootlegger by band Of
masked men estimated to have mum.
bered more than 100. The dead and
wounded are said by county officials,
who are endeavoring to fix the respon.
sibility for the raid. to have been both
peace officers and members of the
masked band.
]. Foster Symss. United States dis
trict attorney for Colorado, has been
nominated by President Harding to be
United States district Judge for the
Colorado district. Mr.. Symes has been
prominent for long time In business
and political circles In Denver, MS well
as being active In clubs and social
life. Following announcement of Mr..
Symes nomination by President Hard.
ing, the United States district attor-
ney's office was flooded with calls Of
congratulations.
WASHINGTON
Reopening of Greek banks, including
the National Bank Of Greece, has been
reported to the Commerce Department.
Closing Of the banks was attributed to
forced loan by the government.
Levying Of additional taxes probably
Uytll ha 70 hn Anf ,ft
more than $3.50. 100000 forecast for the
fiscal year of 1923 by Secretary Mel
Ion, 1t was said at the treasury. High
officials Of the treasury, discussing the
expected deficit, said thut no consider
alton had yet been given to meeting
the lack of funds.
The recording Of accredited dele.
gates and alternates had reached
above 1900 when the thirty-first con-
tinental congress OF the Daughters of
the American Revolution convened in
Continental hall, thereby assuring,
general officers said, thel argest meet
Ing In the history of the society. The
first session Of the congress was CIV
en- over largely to the formalities of
the opening with the exception of the
annual address Of Mrs George May
nard Minor, president general.
Allied governments to which the
United States government extended
loans during the World war have been
advised by the State Department that
the American debt refunding commis.
sion is prepared to begin negotiations
for conversion Of the various loans.
amounting to I'll, 900, ,OOO, ,OO0 into long.
time securities.
The gross wealth produced By farm.
srs In 1921 had value Of SIP SOC, ,OOO,-
600, or about two-thirds Of the agsre-
gate value Of the farm products of
1920, and little more than one-half the
aggregate for 1919. the Department OF
Agriculture has estimated, During
the same period. 1922, production
OF ten crops, which represent about 95
per cent Of the total crop acreage. fell
per cent.
contracts for the opening Of the
naval oil reserves in Wyoming to pri.
vate enterprise. and the operation of
those already opened in California in
manner designed to assure the navy
permanent storage of fuel oil above
ground have been announced by Act.
ing Secretary of the Interior Finney
with the Mammoth Oil Company Of
delaware and the Pan.American Pc
troleum Company Of California,
Senate Republicans meeting in par.
y conference. voted 26 to 8 in favor of
me passage Of 4 soldlers' bonus bill at
his session Of Congress. The finance
majority was requested in a formal res.
,ution to report such a measure
within reasonable time" which was
construed by some leaders as three or
sour weeks. III - -.
Half of the silver sold to Great Bri.
tain and a third Of the silver dollars
melted up to supply the metal for re.
!ieving coin femme in India during
the war have been replaced by
ths treasury. 9z