, 1923-06-21
A BRIEF RECORD OF PACING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

ihoSt lueuuDcTS VI lnt otulllt CO-
ciety for Psychic Research who sought
to persuade Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
not to exhibit certain purported spirit
photographs were dubbed fools and
"busybodles" by hin when he reached
Seattle for the last lecture of an
American tour.
According to word received at Ton
opah, New, the Bellehelen mine shaft
bottom now extends its full width in
high grade milling ore at a depth of
sixty feet. 1t is stated hat the ore is
un~questionably of deep seated origin.
The work on this ore badly is pro-
nounced to be one of the most i'm
portant developments in southern Ne
vada mining in months.
Street car fares in Seattle were
raised from 5 cents to 10 cents cash,
with three rides for a quarter, to meet
the municipal railway emergency,
under terms of an emergency ordi-
n passed by the city council. The
council also passed an ordinance by
which the street car fund borrows
S125,000 from the city light fun to
pay the street car employees.
Seth Orrin Danner, accused by his
wife of killing John and Florence
Sprouse, travelling companions of the
banners, near Central Park, Mont, on
Nov. IA, 1920, later burying the mutt
lated bodies in a shallow grave, where
they were unearthed n few days ago,
was formally charged with murder in
the first degree, two i~nformntions be-
ING filed nnufnGt him hnnnnr ntnul.
ed not guilty to both charges and was
remanded to Jail at Bozeman, Mont.
A shortage of $4,000 in the funds
of County Treasurer j. +. IIogson of
Eureka, California, came to light
three months ago. Experts examined
the books for a discrepancy and mem
bers of the office force searched every
nook and Granny times without nuIm
Der but all to no avail. Suit was in
stituted against Hogson's bondsmcn to
recover the $4,000. The following
day the missing amount-a packet of
bills of large ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dis.
covered wedged in a brace in the in
terror of the trcasurer's safe.
WASHINGTON
The first international complication
TO result from enforcement of the new
ship liquor regulations developed when
the French embassy took up with
treasury officials the question of re-
leasing from customs seals enough
wine TO supply the regular ration 10
the crew of the French liner France in
New York harbor.
The Federal Trade Commission has
ordered the Fox Film Corporation of
New York to discontinue the selling
or leasing of reissucd motion picture
plays under titles other than those
used when they are first shown, un-
less the new and old titles are promi-
nently Indicated in advertising mate
rial and on the picture itself. The
COMMISSIONS announcement of the
order said investigation had shown
the corporation had furnished the ex.
hibitors three reissued picture films
bearing changed titles without indicu-
tiun thereof in the advertising mate.
rial.
The principal grain crops of the
country will be smaller this year than
last. with the exception of oats and
barley, both of which have been
planted on n large acreage than Il
year ago, according to the Department
of ~Agriculture's monthly report is
sued in Washington. No reports have
been made yet Of corn.
A plague OF crickets is reported in
Uinta county, eastern Utah, and al.
joining counties in western Colorado
and farmers of the vicinity have ap-
piled to the Utah state board to aclp
them u their crops. A year {
there vas a similar cricket plague.
but prompt action was successful in
killing off a great majority Of the
pests.
A sentence Of nine years imprlson-
ment In Leavenworth penltentiury and
a fine OF $4,000 were imposed in fed
eral Court at San Francisco upon J.
A. Schnefcr, former head OF the bank
Of Grldley, Calf. Schaefer wns ar
rested In Columbus, Ohio, and was
convicted recently in Sacramento Of
embezzling approximately $4,000 of
the funds OF the bank of which he was
president.
Secretary OF Interior Work has an
nounced that eighteen reclamation
projects In eleven western states
would be surveyed with the S225.OO0
appropriated by the last Congress for
tina purpose. These projects are in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Nebraska. Nevada, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Texas, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming.
Sixteen cases remained In the hands
OF the Supreme Court undecided when
II adjourned for the summer. II also
carried over for action after It meets
next October a number al motions