The Raymer enterprise., 1922-12-14
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoihGs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

john W. flefce, 10 years Oiu, un-
married, was Instantly killed by fall
Of ground ON the 2.4O0- foot level Of the
Colorado mine, near Butte. Mont.
Rulon G. James, 16 years old, pupil
at the West Side High School, Salt
Lake City. was shot and killed Instant
ly by one Of supposed quartet Of ban
dts during IN attempted holdup Of the
D. and d. drug store.
After rcsigning the presidency Of the
Western League, A. Il. Tearney Of Chi
.ago was unanimously reelected for
i've years without any restrictions on
The conduct Of the office, at special
meeting Of :he club owners at the min
Or league convention at Louisville, Ky.
Five mort deaths. bringing to ten
:he toll incidental to the storm which
struck the Pacific coast recently are
reported at Sun Francisco. Two men
we're drowned while attempting to
TOSS an Oregon stream. swollen BY
the rains, In q rowboat; another died
II exposure In eastern Oregon, and
Two died Of hurns resulting from IN
attempt to rekindle fire II a stove
with gasoline.
Arthur C. Burch. formerly Of Evans
tou. ILL.,, has been given his freedom at
Los Angeles, after standing trial three
times for murder and once for Insan-
Ity. The juries on the murder charge
all disagreed and the allenists at the
insanity hearing did likewise. but the
weight Of expressed belief Of the lat.
ter was that Burch WAS sane, or harm
less II insane, 70 his freedom was re-
stored to him.
More than thirty blocks OF Astoria,
Ore. including part OF the older resi-
dence district, most OF the leading bus
Ines houses ard banks were swept by
fire. The fire got beyond control by
eating beneath the piling room upon
which the city had been built on the
bank OF the Columbia river Two
deaths were reported. Unofficial es-
Inmates placed the loss as high as $l5,-
100000.
The activities Of Madame Gadski,
concert and opera singer, during the
recent war, were entirely honorable"
according to q statement issued In San
Francisco by Seth Milllngton, COM
NnnrAnr - ha ~ I nnrjnn IA
partment OF California. There Is no
reason why ex service men should take
offense at any proposed concert given
by Madame Gadski," Commander Mil
lington stated.
WASHINGTON
Frederick II. Leach has been nomI
mated to be postmaster at Idaho
Springs Colo, The following are new
postmasters in New Mexico: Maud W.
LenfeSty ut Aztec, and James A. Ship
ley at Silver City. Harold T. Duffy
was nominated for postmaster ut
Wheatland, Wyo.
Withdrawal from settlement Of land
in southwestern Colorado and south
eastern Utah on which are Il number Of
prehistoric towers erected by Indians
will be the effect OF an order issued
by President Harding, according to the
Smithsonian /. 3tltution, which said the
Presidents action was Que to its eff
forts and those Of the Interior Depart
ment-
President Harding nominated Brig.
Gen. William Lassiter to be II major
general and Col. Edwin Il. Wlnans 10
be brigadier general.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood has re-
signed the office OF provost OF the Uni
vasi,y OF Pennsylvania In order that
he might comply with the expressed
wishes of the administration" and re-
main ~ governor-gene Of the Phil
ippine islands, 1t was officially an
hounced recently by the War Depart
ment.
The American pension system cost
the public s2a5. .2Ol .662 during the fls-
cai year ended last June 30. according
u the annual report Of the commits
dsncr Of pensions sent to President
Harding. OF this amount S253, ,YO7, ,5S3
was paid out for pensions, the cost Of
maintenance OF tho system being ST.
So4O79
Postmaster Geperal Work has au-
thorized postmasters throughout the
United States to grant half HOLIDAYS
to postal employees during the entire
year whenever possible without injury
to the service This privilege Is to be
granted wherever the employ6 by his
own efforts or through situation that
may exist on Saturday can finish his
work earlier tn. n the required time.
Mexico City dispatches received at
Washington state that Fl Universal,
one OF the leading newspapers Of that
city. claims to have In Its possession
the text Of secret treaty, said to
have been entered into In May, 1917.
BY Great Britain, France and the
United States whereby the latter IS
guaranteed free hand in Mexican and
Central American affairs, the other
two signatories undertaking not to rec
Ognize any government In the southern
republics Of North America not pre-
viously recognized BY the United
States