The Dolores star., 1924-12-19
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EioN COUNTRIES
WESTERN

fOur men wer0 kllleC ana three Serl-
ously burned as a result OF an aviation
accident at the entrance TO San Diego
bay, when a big navy seaplane fell into
the ocean
Explosion In San Pedro harbor
aboard the water taxi La Moyne while
the vessel WAS roturnlnS with full
load of passengers TO the various ships
of the battle feet, claimed the lives OF
two navy sailors and caused severe
burns TO one officer. two civilians and
sixteen sailors
Mrs Rosemary Caravan Sparkman,
. years old, wife OF Coiley F. Spark
man. assistant professor of modern Ian
guages AZ the University of Utah, at
Salt Lake City, and their two children.
Wilford 9, and Lorna Doone, I, were
found dead in the gas-dlled home OF
the Sparkmans
Property owners of Big Pine, in
Owens valley. California, have def
nitely rejected proposal by the city
OF Los Angeles for the settlement OF
alleged damages done by the city Sn
acquiring water rights in that section.
CATION water for 10000 acres of valley
land, 1900 acres Of which would be
near Big Pine, as solution OF the
contention in that section that the
city's water rights policy is turning the
land into desert.
The Cheyenne State Bank failed to
open for business last week. a state
nspn III n no saf hut h.a
bank was In the hands of the state
examiner. Its capital stock is 100000
and its liabilities at the time of its
last statement approximated $1,000
OO. Deposits at the time approx
mated 100000 The Torrington Ma
uonal Bank of Torrington, Wyo.; the
Commercial Bank of Guernsey, Neb.,
and the State Bank of Llngle. Wyo.,
owned by the same group, also did not
open, Ii was announced
WASHINGTON
Secretary Mellon recently advised
the House judiciary committee that
Robert J. Owens, federal prohibition
agent who raided the residence of
Hugo Gilbert de Fritsch in New York
last August, had been dismissed from
the service for deliberately making
false affidavit to procure a search war
rant on private residence"
The death of Vice Consul Harry A.
Dayton shot several days ago in Bel
grade, has been reported to the State
Department. Mr. Dayton was first re-
ported to have been shot by young
eide. No details of the tragedy, how
ever, have been reported by Consul
Patton in charge of the Belgrade post.
The death rate in the registration
area of the United States increased to
12-S per 1000 Of population in 1923
from Ills in 1922. Mortality figures
last year, made public by the Depart
ment Of Commerce, show that only
seven states out of the total OF forty
eight comprising the death registration
area, had a lower rate than in 1872
These were Colorado. Idaho, Montana.
Oregon, South Carolina. Utah and
Washington.
The government is returning or
about to return, a portion of the in
come tax paid for 1923. The total
amount involved is S13T, ,OO6225 The
names of the 1929 lucky ones, to-
gether with the amounts paid each, ac-
companied Secretary Melons report
They filled some 5000 pages The av-
erage refund amounted to approx
mately s71s
Diplomatic representatives in China
~
Japan, France, Belgium. Italy and the
Netherlands advised the Peking pro-
visional government that the powers
they represented would give full SUP
port to the new Chinese government
provided it fulfilled all treaty conven-
tons and other engagements entered
into by its predecessors.
Great Britain's Ecace to France that
any settlement nf the French debt TO
the United States must be accom-
panied by similar and simultaneous
settlement with Great Britain will
haye no effect in halting the present
negotiations between Paris and Wash
inEton over the adjustment of the
French debt to this government, It was
stated in official quarters in Washing
ton few days ago
The city of Philadelphia was given
permission by President Coolidge to
retain Brig Gen Smedley D. Butler
of the United States marine crops as
its director of public safety for an
other year, but WAS reminded that
"4ocal self-government cannot be fur
nighed from fhp nur s5 do
The Interior Department apprupria-
don bill, first of the annual supply
measures, has been passed. The meas.
ure. carrying 2ss million dollars, was
sent to the Senate minus un original
provision calling for abolishment next
July l Of thirty-nine land offices