Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-11-09
CONDENSED REC ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, ooINas. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sVFFERlNos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Walter H. Samler. 80, a deserter. was
shot and instantly killed at Camp
Lewis, WASH, when he attempted to
escape from military guards.
Hugh Sydenham, former chief Of po-
lice Of Sacramento; Clyde Simmons.
painter, and Merle Moran. all alleged
members Of the Ku Klux Khan, were
arrested ON warrants charging grand
larceny.
George Boos, once associated with
Russell b. Harrison, son of former
President Benjamin Harrison, in pub
fishing the Montana Journal, at Hell
ena, Mont. was found dead In the
bathroom of his apartment with bull
let through his head.
Five men are dead, another Injured
and another being held pending the
filing Of charges as the result of
fire which destroyed rooming house
at WestwOod, Calf. Edward Swane,
whom officers say caused the blaze by
inadvertently setting fire to his bed.
was arrested.
The $4,000 sky limousine Of United
States postal air mail officials, pilOted
by Slim Lewis and carrying Claron
Nelson, superintendent Of the western
air mail division, was wrecked at Val
my, New, twenty miles west of Battle
mountain, when forced to land In q
driving snow storm.
After having been closeted for nearly
four hours the jury In the case Of ten
Industrial Workers Of the World. at
Sacramento. Calf. charged with vio-
lating the California criminal syndi-
calism act, disagreed and was dis.
charged. The vote was reported to
have stood 8 to 8 for conviction.
A convention of the former mem-
bers of the Ku Klux klan was held in
Los Angeles recently, with the avowed
objective, according to G. w. Price,
former king kleagle for the khan In
California, Of bringing about the for
nation of the National Association OF
the Ku Klux Klan. rival organiza-
ton. 'The meeting was in no way con-
nected with the old klan,' declared
Mr.. Price.
John H. Dozier. Of Augusta, Mont,
for many years resident of the north
end of Lewis and Clark county, Is
dead, and Carl Shiffer. an overseas
veteran of the World War, Is In the
county Jail, as result Of shooting
affray which took place about midway
between Gilman and Augusta. Dozier
was shot through the abdomen with n
bullet from a pistol and died in an
automobile In which he was being hur-
ried to Augusta. Marital troubles are
understood to have led up to the
shooting.
WASHINGTON
November 2 was Warren G. Hard.
ing's fifty-seventh birthday and the
second anniversary of his election as
president Of the United States.
The American government has no
objection to the fotatlon OF new
100000 Cuban loan in this country,
according to an official announcement
by the State Department . A note set
ting forth the position of this govern
ment was delivered to the Cuban
charge daffaires by the State Depart
ment, the announcement said.
Indications in administration circles
were that President Harding would
await the reconvening of Congress be-
fore announcing the successor to AS
sociate Justice Day, of the Supreme
Court.
Postal saving deposits continue to
shrink, but the decrease during the
quarter ended Sept. 30 was smaller
then in any three months period since
the peak. Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Glover declared in a statement
which said erroneous unofficial re-
ports as to the postal savings decline
had been published. Deposits In March.
1919, reached the unprecedented fig
ure Of $178.82S,524, declining gradually
since to $135, ,625, 900 on Sept. 80.
Classified government tax receipts
for September showed a decrease Of
more than $276.OOO,OOO, as compared
with the same month last year, the In
ternal Revenue Bureau announced. For
the month Of September the total re-
ceipts from taxes were 1854, 1884 ,248, as
against $63O,75s,713 for the same
month a year ago. For the three
months ended with September, tax re-
ceipts amounted to $6OO.746974, a de-
crease of more than $368,OO0,0OO as
compared with same period Of 1921.
A recent weeks coal production, as
reported by the geological survey to-
tailed about 12,5OO,OOO tons, Of which
100000 Is anthracite. The output
continues to show the steady gain
which has marked the past month in
the coal fields, and was due, the sur
vey said, to Improvement in transpor-
tation.
Phillip s. Smith has been appointed
acting director of the United States
Geological Survey. succeeding DR..
George Smith, who resigned to facili-
tate his work in connection with the
Federal Coal Commission.