Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-21
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
~ s. PEOPLE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Theodore Schweitzer, general prohi-
bition agent for Utah, Wyoming and
Colorado with headquarters at Den
yer, was ordered suspended by the
acting prohibition commissioner at
Washington, d. c.
One fireman, Ernest Robertson, was
killed by suffocation, Chief Alexander
Of the fire department was overcome
by smoke and seriously but not fatally
injured, and property loss estimated
at $25O,OOO sustained in fire that
threatened for time the business dis
trict of Bozeman, Mont.
The crew Of the British tramp
steamer Ortcric, which went on the
rocks seventy miles north of San Fran
cisco, was transferred to the freighter
Cotton Plant. The transfer of the fif-
ty-five members Of the Orseric's crew
was q dangerous piece Of work and
was only attempted as last resort.
John H. Hays. rancher near Havre,
Mont, killed his wife and himself, ac-
cOrding to story told officers by his
15-year-old son. The deaths left six
children orphans. The 15-year-ofd boy,
the Oldest, fled into the night with the
mercury 30 degrees below zero, In
search Of help. while the two youngest
slept soundly.
Wallace Reid, film actor, is fight
ing for his life" in small Hollywood
sanitarium, according to a story the
Los Angeles Times published recently,
quoting his wife, known professionally
at Dorothy Davenport, and his moth
er.in-law, Mrs. Alice Davenport. Reid
suffered breakdown nearly two
months ago, after his health had been
falling for three years.
A riot, precipituted by the agitation
Of forty l. w. W., resulted in a Sc
riOus battle between police and pris-
oners in the Lincoln Heights Jail at
Los Angeles. The trouble started
when no noon meal was served the
prisoners on account of the fact that
attempts had been made to start trOu-
BILE among prisoners who were work
ing about the Jail.
The British tramp steamer Orteric
has broken in two after having been
aground on sharp ledge of rocks
near Fish Rock. seventy miles north
Of San Francisco, according to mes
sage received by the Radio Corpora
tion Of America station at San Fran
cisco. The skeleton crew Of twelve
men, under Capt. Vincent Harper,
transshipped to the salvage steamer
Homer.
WASHINGTON
The Colorado river basin compact
will be ratified by, all of the states con-
cerned within three months, Secretary
of Commerce Hoover said in Washing
ton recently.
Racing at top speed, the House
passed the annual supply bill for the
Departments of Commerce and Labor,
carrying approximately $19,0OO,OOO for
the former and $0.5OO.O0O for the lat
ter
Secretary of State Hughes has sum-
moned George Harvey, American am
bassador to England, home to discuss
European affairs, it was announced at
the United States embassy In London.
Ambassador Harvey will said Dec. %.
Construction of memorial bridge
across the Delaware river at point
where Washington and his troops
crossed before the battle Of Trenton
was authorized In bill passed by the
Senate. Four other bridge bills were
passed, including authority for con-
struction of bridge across the Colo
rodo riyor nt Yuma Ariz
Defective equipment has doubled en-
CINE accidents and quadrupled fatal
flies on the railroads since the start
of the rail strike, government statis-
parchment hearings revealed. The fig
ures were introduced by counsel for
Representative Keller to prove Attor-
ney General Daugherty failed to re-
auire observance of railroad statutes.
The Postoffice Department has esti-
mated that waste Of $1,74O,OOO an
nually results from wrongly addressed
mail. A survey just completed re-
yeals that the average number of let
ters received at postofflces daily with
Improper addresses was 1881, and
that the salaries of postal employees
required to readdress this mall
amounts alone to more than $1,0OO,OOO
a year.
The finishing touches were put on
the plan worked out by the congress
sional joint committee on the reorgan-
ization of the administration branch
Of the government ut conference
with President Harding, Walter F.
Brown, chairman Of the committee, an
nounced In Washington.
Permanent organization Of the Ma
tional Council of Farmers Co-opera-
tive Marketing Associations was au-
thorized In the closing session in
Of three-day conference
Of representatives Of farmers associ-
etiosss IN all sections Of the country.