Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-04-13
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
Eioh COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
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-Four babies, each weighing less thar
one pound. were born to Mrs c. Tabo
ar the Bakersfield, Calf. emergenc!
hospital. Mother and babies are rest
Ing nicely.
The shipwrecked crew Of the steam
schooner Fairhaven, which sank off the
west coast Of Mexico have arrived II
San Francisco on the steamer San
Juan. 1t consisted Of Capt. A L LAur
four other officers and twenty men.
A vigorous man hunt Is under way in
the hills Of Marine county. California
following the daring escape Of four
prisoners from the state prison at San
Quentin. by means Of forged passes
and the theft OF the automobile Of the
prison physician.
While her husband, Homer Samuels
placed the value Of jewe!ry stolen from
Nine. Ameiita Gslli-Curci at Los An
geles at $4,000. l. E. Behymer, under
whose direction she Is appearing in
concerts in this section. said a proper
figure would be nearer $4,000"
Suit for damages, based on alleged
trespass Of an eighth Of an inch alons
a distance Of fourteen feet in the con-
struction of house. was srnoothed out
in Judge Deasy's court at San Fran
cisco. The defendant agreed TO shave
off the offending fraction OF an inch
and the litiSants left court
Three masked men held up and
robbed the cashier Of the Dairy Delir-
cry Company al San Francisco Of sa..
321. The robbers, in an automobile,
crowded the machine OF the dairy COM
pany TO the curb and forced Charles E.
Benedict. the cashier, 10 hand over the
money which was being taken 10 q
bank.
Organization Of q central bod! b.
the Representatives of eighteen wom-
ems auIiliaries Of the order Of B'nai
y'rith was completed q; a meeting al
Sacramento in connection with the an
nual district convention Of the B'nai
Birth. representinS eight western
states and British Columbia. II will be
known as the women's Central Com
mittee, Independent Orde. Of B'nai
Birth.
WASHINGTON
The agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying So, 5,sgs.oJo. but without the
item OF $4,000 for free seeds, has
been reported. As turned over to the
Senate them essure Is S116I300 larger
than as 1, passed the House.
Establishment OF a privately owned
merchant marine through government
aid. as proposed by President Harding
and the shipping board, would necessi-
tate maximum treasury outlay Of
S52.Oo6p0 monthly, Senate and House
committees considering the ship sub
Sdy bill were told by Chairman Lasker
Of the board
An echo OF the Washington arms
conference is heard in the action Of
the Chinese government in abrogating
the Kusso-Chinese customs agreement
Of 1881, reported 10 the Department Of
Commerce by Minister Jacob G. Schur-
man at Peklng. and made public to-
geiher with other tariff developments
in foreign countries.
4 northumberland and operated
corporation TO De conducted under the
supervision OF three directors appoint
ed by the President for development Of
the nitrate and water power projects
AT Muscle Shoals. Ala, was proposed
in congressional resolution made pub
lie by Senator Norris of Nebraska.
chairman OF the Senate agricultural
committee.
DisrecardinG the demands and insist
ent appeals Of President Harding and
Secretary Of the Navy Denby, the
House appropriations committee In
bill laid before the House recommend
ed a slash of nearly S2OO,OO0OU0 in the
Navy Departments estimates for the
coming fiscal year and provided for
reduction in the navy's enlisted person
nei from 10000 10 67,Ooo.
All hope Of effecting early settle
hent of the nationwide coal strike
through a peace meeting" between
operators and striking coal miners by
the House labor committee has been
definitely abandoned. Rejection Of the
joint conference invitation by a major-
ity of the operators in the central com
petitive field was announced by Chair.
man Nolan Of the congressional com.
mittee.
House and Senate differences on
tie bill to extend the time in which
the general public and the press may
use the federal owned radio have been
compromised by the conference com
mittees of the two houses. Agreemen,
was reached to permit public use OF
the facilities to June 30, 1925.
A memorial to Rear Admiral Robert
f. Peary, discoverer Of the North Pole
was dedierted in Arlington National
cemetery when huge spheroid made
Of white granite from his native state
Of Maine was unveiled at his lasf rest