Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-12-28
THE WORLD IN
!, PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EioN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Muriel Stark, aged 8 months, was in
stantIy killed when the water Jacket
of kitchen range near which her cot
had been placed exploded in her home
in Vancouver, B. G. The child was
struck by q flying fragment Of iron.
Air Mall Pilot Henry G. Boonstra,
lost in a blizzard while flying with
government mall from Salt Lake tr
Rock Springs, Wyo., was found alive
and well at Rigby ranch, near Coal
vile, Utah. by 4 searching party.
Police authorities of Salt Lake City
have announced that, through the me-
dunn Of photographs, Arthur Haan,
under arrest at Richmond, Calf, had
been Identified as the slayer OF 16-
year-old Rulon James during an at
tempted drug store robbery In Salt
Lake City recently.
Three Mexicans were killed In q
running fight with mounted customs
inspectors and Texas rangers near MI
AoA0o SAAys NNUo S0ohkyt ACAoos NJ
cording to u report received In San An
tonic by Deputy Collector Of Customs
Ed Cotulla. No member Of the federal
force was injured.
William A. Farr and Rex Aylett,
confessed that they were the two ban
dts who shot and probably fatally
wounded Miss Roylance Fitzgerald on
q road south Of Salt Lake City US the
elimination Of series Of highway
robberies that have terrorized Salt
Lake City motorists for months past.
The charred bodies of the missing
aviators, Col. Francis c. Marshall and
Lieut.. Charles Webber, have been
found on the Pablo Indian reservation,
about seventy-flve miles west Of Tue
son, Ariz., the Southern Pacific rail-
road offices in San Francisco were ad-
vised In dispatches from Tucson. A
cowboy, the advices stated, came upon
the bodies near what Is known rs In
dian oasis. The bodies lay In the
wreckage Of the flyers airplane.
WASHINGTON
Nearly half billion dollars-$433,-
447 7,OO0-was loaned to American agri-
culture by the War Finance Corpora.
tion during the critical period Of de-
preston In the past year, the annual
report Of the commission sent to Con-
gress disclosed.
An attack on the Norris bill for gov
ernment development Of Muscle Shoals,
Alabama power project, was made In
the Senate by Senator Ladd, Republi-
can, North Dakota, who also criticized
the author of the bill, Senator Norris,
Republican, Nebraska, for having sup
ported the federal reserve act. Both
are members of the new progressive
group and also Of the Senate farm
bloc.
An investigation by the Senate for
cign relations committee to ascertain
"the true state of affairs" In NIcara-
qua, the facts concerning American oc-
cupation Of that republic in 1910, why
American forces are still quartered
there, and "the connection between
certain New York commercial houses
and the Chamorro clan government of
Nicaragua" was proposed in resolu-
tion introduced by Senator Ladd, Re-
publican, North Dakota.
Announcement was made that tho
Department Of Justice was preparing
to file suit against the Wright-Alar-
tin Aircraft Corporation to recover "a
$3.601, ,715 war claim.
The State Department has Informed
hoc 30 -
American governments acceptance Of
that country's invitation to attend the
fifth Pan-American conference at San
tiago In March.
German overtures through informal
channels for American Intervention to
obtain a revision OF German repara-
tions schedules, reported in Londo-.
dispatches, throws the first definite
light on the method by which Ameri-
can influence Is being drawn Into q
new attempt at final adjustment of
the vexing reparations problem.
The refusal of Representative Kel-
Ter, Republican, Minnesota, to respond
to a subpoena requiring him to give
under oath the information upon which
he based his Impeachment charges
against Attorney General Daugherty,
has created a precedent of such possi-
BILE far-reaching Importance that the
House judiciary committee decided to
refer the whole matter to sub-c0m-
mittee for investigation.
Senate and House conferees have
reached an agreement on the Bursum-
Fuller pension bill. 1t is planned to
press for an early ratifying vote in
both houses to aid soldiers and widows
Of the Mexican. Civil and Indian wars,
and also for the MANNED soldiers of all
the World War.
Ed Hayes entered the headquarters
Of the l. w. w. in Salt Lake City and,
It is alleged, at the point Of revolver
held up Pat Nee, secretary of the Salt
Lake City branch OF the I. w. W., and