Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-05-11
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EleN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
noiNcs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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RecoRnized ON the street of Seattle,
WASH, as an escaped life termer from
the Illinois state penitentiary ut Joliet,
John B. Koetters 10 being held for IL
linois authorities.
The promise made by W. S. Coburn,
grand goblin Of the Pacific domain OF
the Ku Klux Klan, that all who partic-
lpated in the recent raid made by
masked men at EnglswoOd. near Los
Angeles, would surrender in body.
went unfulhlled.
william .. Estaver, accused Of the
murder of Mrs. Anna c. johnson, wife
Of q Denver contractor, has been posi-
lively Identified as Paul v. Hadley,
lifs-termer who escaped from the Ok
lahoma state penitentiary. 1t was as
serted by Benjamin Stillman, secre-
tary Of the Arizona state penitentiary
at Florence.
Service Of a summons In n s., 400
suit was. the first note Of welcome to
Mary Miles Mipter, famous motion pic
ture star, when she landed in San
Francisco from Honolulu, where she
has been resting. for the past six
weeks. Evering. Il. Furman, Los An
geles, alleged Miss Minter had been
forgetful in paying for two etchIngs
and an oil painting. thev alue of which
was $2,4O0. t...-,
Lew. Friedman, said to have been one
Of the cleverest dice experts in the
country. is dead in San Bernardino by
his own hand-the hand that rolled
'ssven" and eleven for nearly $780,
600 in the last twenty years. Fried
man cheated for the first time In his
life, his friends soy. when he beat the
spsctsr Of Tuberculosis by shooting
himself as fate was shaking the dice.
He could have lived but few days
lsnger.. Friedman died penniless.
The bodies of John r. Hanify.
wealthy ilunberman, and George An
lerSoa, "a ,boatman, were found entan-
gled In the wreskags of the yacht
Quart near Hayward on the Alameda
aide 0f San Francisco bay. The Quart
q twenty-one-foot knockabout, was one
Of several small pleasure boats cruis-
ing off Coyote Point. San Mateo coun-
". Stiff weather was encountered and
several of the boats MET with mishap,
hut oil were accounted for save the
Quart.
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Royalties accruing to the govern
ment on oil and gas production on
leased public lands during March
amounted to 1851, ,725. the bureau Of
mines, announced recently. OF this
amount. S4O5 900 was credited to Wyo-
ming, 500 900 to California. and $685.
O0O to Montana.
TAs paehsrs and stockyards act of
1871 has been declared constitutional
by the Supreme Court. The court, in
disposing Of cases brought by James q.
Burton. and others representing Chi
caEo trnders. and Stafford Brothers in
behalf of the Chicago commission mer-
chants, declared that commission mer-
chants, traders and dealers who buy
and sell livestock after Its arrival at
Chicago stockyards are engaged in In
terstate commerce.
A request for . special appropria-
ton OF $4,000 to be used In prosecu-
tion of war fraud cases has been sent
to the House by President Harding.
The budget communication explained
that the fund would be used for inves-
tisation or prosecuting all cases, whe-
ther civil or commercial, growing out
Of the war.
President Harding has given his ap-
proyal to an appropriation Of $2O0, 900
to aid various southern states in pre-
venting breaking of levees along the
Mississippi river. The appropriation
10. to be used on levees not under the
supervision of the Mississippi river
commission, 100000 having already
been set inside for the levees over
which the commission has Jurisdiction.
The Chinese government has ratified
the Washington conference treaties to |
which China was signatory, and the
Shantung treaty, negotiated during the |
conference with Japan, according to
advices received by the Chinese lega-
tion at Washington. Thee difference
treaties to which China was signatory
are the general Chinese policies pact
and the convention on Chinese Gus
toms. ~.
Two joint resolutions amending the
federal constitution, both designated to
legalize light wines and beer, and a bill
providing. in effect, for submission of |
the same question to a referendum
vote, have been Introduced in the
House by Representative Ansorge, Re-
publican. New York.
In association with representatives
of the state railway and utilities COM
missions. the Interstate Commerce
Commission has agreed upon a plan
for cooperation Of federal aid state
regulatory bodies In consideration of