The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-03
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
eAYINos, oolNos, ACHIEVE.
MENTs. sUFFERINos. HOPES
ANDFEARs OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Antoine Hoegley died In Helena
hospital Of spotted fever. resulting
from tick bite.
Nine-year-old Eldon Jenson Of Cor
nIsh, Utah, shot and killed his mother.
Josephine Jensen, 40, while playing
with Il rifle. The youth told author-
ties he did not know the gun was load
ed, and he Is not being held.
A bandit wearing a white handker-
chief over his face entered the Gift,
San Francisco hotel, and robbed Miss
Margaret McDades, the auditor, and
Miss Lima Lund, the cashier. Of $1,000
In currency and 5000 In checks be-
longing to the hotel.
The 5-cent car fare in effect on Seat
tle's municipal street railway system
since March /, will be abandoned and
the Sts-Cent token fare restored, the
city council decided when 1t unani-
mOusly adopted the report OF special
committee recommending the increase.
Reports received at headquarters OF
the Loyal Legion of LOggers and Lum-
bermen ut Portland, Ore, Indicate that
from ~ to 80 per cent Of the workers
IN various logging camps In Oregon
and Washington are preparing to
strike at the call of the Industrial
Workers of the World, according to
announcement made Saturday
The Industrial Workers Of the World
general strike In the Pacific Coast
states spread to longshoremen and
transport workers ut San Pedro, Calf,
and 1t was reported l.600 men had quit
work there. In Oregon 1t was said the
strike had not gained new adherents,
but In Washington Indications were
that 1t had caused additional workers
TO leave their Jobs.
The Southern Pacific Company has
begun laying additional yard tracks In
CalexIco, Calf, involving the expen-
dlture Of over 100000. This work was
ordered last December. but postponed
in January. when u tax order Of the
Mexican government resulted In cessa-
ton Of freight hauling In Lower Cali
fornla This order was lifted recently,
and, according to railway men. more
than Sl,0U,OOO worth Of improvements
will be resumed by the Southern Pa
clfic Company.
WASHINGTON
The distinguished service medal has
been conferred on william Is. Greeley,
chief forester Of the United States, who
had charge OF forestry forces in France
during the war.
Portugal has ratified all Of tie
Washington conference treaties to
which she was party, according to
official advices to the state depart.
ment. France now remains the only
country that has not ratified the
treaty.
a long list Of appeals taking excep-
tlon to the rulings OF lower courts
were thrown out by the Supreme
Court. Among the questions which
the court announced II would not re-
view was the extent to which automo-
bllists are guilty Of contributory negll-
gence when injured at a railroad grade
crossing as presented in case brought
ut Colorado Springs, Colo, by Lavera
NJ. McNulty against the Atchlson, To-
peka 4 Santa Fe
A suggestion that the Senate may
propose some reservations Of Its own
before II assents to Joining Il court
elected by the council and assembly OF
the League Of Nations" was advanced
by Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,
chairman Of the foreign relations COM
mittee, and Senate floor leader Of his
party.
President Harding has decided to
permit transportation to the United
States Of the 500 Russian refugees
who recently landed In the Philippines
after stormy voyage In their own
ships from Vladivostok. Plans for
bringing the refugees to the United
States on an army transport were
mapped out ut the conference Of the
President, Secretary Weeks and John
Barton Payne, chairman of the Amer
Jean Red Cross.
More than quarter Of a million
heres Of land In five Western states
has been thrown open to veterans Of
the World war by the Interior Depart.
ment. The land includes 222,7OO acres
In Owyhee county, Idaho; 24,OOO acres
In Beaverhead county, Montana 1890
acres In Elko and Eureka counties,
Nevada; $500 acres In Rio Arriba
county, New Mexico and $500 acres In
Mesa county. Colorado.
Opposing the picketing Of the White
House by representatives Of the World
war veterans In behalf OF imprisoned
war violators, the District OF Columbia
department Of the American Legion
presented to President Harding a me
mortal declaring the legion Stands un-
changeable In Its opposition to the re-
lease Of the seditionists."
BY mounting a battery Of 1einch
naval guns 1000 feet above sea level,
the United States will have the most
powerful fortress In the world at Ha-
vail, Secretary Of War Weeks an
bounced.