Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-01-26
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WESTERN
Fire, attributed to defective wiring
on the third floor of building accu-
pied by the Combs Mercantile Com
pany at Wichita, Kan, caused n loss
estimated at about 100000 TO stock
and property.
J. d. Mizener, night city marshal.
died at Brookfield, Mo-, Of bullet
wounds incurred in fight with auto
mobile thieves. The thieves abandoned
one automobile and escaped In the
marshals car.
Cutting two valuable spruce trees on
the property of Magnus Swenson, pres
ident of the Observation-Disclosures
steamship line, to decorate for n
Christmas dance, cost members of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity of Madison,
Wis, $3.50, when settlement was made.
Emil Umann, assistant manager OF
a downtown theater in Kansas CITY,
was held up in the play house by two
armed men and robbed of $1,000 in
reported to the police. In escaping,
one of the bandits dropped a satchel
containing $500.
Fifteen minutes after Henry l.. Tien-
ken Of Dallas, S. D., and Miss julia
Drumming of Omaha were married In
Council Bluffs, Iowa, the automobile
In which they were riding to Omaha,
plunged over an embankment, causing
injuries from which Tienken died. His
bride suffered minor bruises.
Mont Berg, former banker Of Loyal
ton, Quincy and Greenville, Calf,
charged with embezzlement OF funds Of
the proposed First National Bank OF
Quincy, pleaded guilty in Superior
Court and was sentenced to from one
to ten years In San Quentin penite-
tIary. He was arrested recently at
Terrell, Texas.
WASHINGTON
The House has passed bill author
ixing the President to turn over sur
plus army medical supplies not to ex-
ceed 100000 in value to the Amer
lean relief organizations at work In
Russia. The Senate passed similar
measure.
The American government has nOtl-
fled Cuba that she may not negotiate
loan Of $5.OOO,OOO In the United
States, but that the conclusion Of the
further loan Of $5O,OOO,OOO. suggested
by Cuba, will depend upon the ability
Of the island authorities to reduce fur
ther the Cuban budget, It was said at
the State Department.
Figures on the cost of living In twen-
ty-One cities issued by the bureau of
labor statistics. showed declines from
June, 1920, to December, 1921, ranging
from 1875 per cent ut Los Angeles to
21.6 per cent at Cincinnati, while de-
clines from September, 1921, to Decem-
her ranged from unchanged ut Scran-
ton to 30 per cent at st. Louis.
The hope Of the late Henry Stead.
Australian publisher and journalist,
that each nation touching on the Pa
cific ocean establish n ministry OF
friendship" was conveyed to Secre-
tary Hughes by Alexander Hume Ford.
director of the Pan-Pacific Union. Mr..
Ford said the hope was expressed by
Mr.. Stend In his last written message"
Just prior to his death.
Lew Wallace, Jr., of Cruwfordville,
Ind, was appointed by Secretary Mel
lon to be director Of savings in the
Treasury Department. He Is n grand
son of the late General Lew Wallace.
and himself served In the World War
rs captain of artillery.
President Harding by executive or
der has removed from civil service re-
quIrements the office Of deputy com.
missioner of Internal revenue, It was
said ut the treasury. There are five
deputy commissioners. each office pay
ing salary Of $1,000 II year.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon ap-
reured before the House ways and
means committee to urge favorable ac-
tion on the resolution to amend the
constitution SO as to prohibit the issu-
ance of tax exempt securities by state,
city and county governments.
A tour unique In the history of the
United States army will be undertake
en- In the course of the next few days
when Capt. John 4. Axton, chief OF
chnplains, will visit many posts and
hold conferences with chnplains Of the
regular army, the officers reserve
corps and the National Guard. The
itinerary will cover approximately
10000 miles.
A fight to repeal the Volstead act
and permit the sale of 2.75 per cent
beer and light wines will be carried to
the voters Of Ohio this fall, under :he
terms of the referendum law, accort,s,
ing to Capt. william H. Stayton, man.
aging vice president Of the Nationa;
Association Against the Prohibition