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NEWS TO DATE
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK C"
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
g PEOPLE.
Western
John W. Pierce, 86 years old, un
married, was instantly killed by a fall
of ground on the 2,400-foot level of the
Colorado mine, near Butte, Mont.
Reese Foulkes, SO years old, of Salt
Lake city was burned to death and five
other persons more or less seriously
hurt when fire destroyed the Overland
hotel and three other buildings at
Wendover, Utah.
Theodore Schllerman of Nowata,
Okla., former mayor of Liberty, Kan.,
filed suit for $30,000 damages In Fed
eral Court at Fort Scott against the
city of Liberty and the Coffeyvllle Ku
Klux Klan organization.
Ammonia fumes were utilized by a
so-called soft drink establishment in
San Francisco recently in an attempt
to repel a raid by four prohibition
agents, with the result that two of the
agents were overcome.
The club house of the Montana
Country Club burned a few days ago.
Tie loss will be at least $10,000. The
. cause of the fire Is unknown. The
building, which is on the golf links,
ten miles from Helena, was built only
two years ago.
W. Q. McAdoo of Los Angeles, for
mer secretary of the treasury, was ar
rested in Tulare county, Calif., and
cited to appear before judge J. S.
Clack of Fresno to answer to a charge
of speeding at the rate of fifty-one
miles an hour.
Burned to death In a straw pile was
the fate which overtook Grover Bed
ells, 2-year-old son of John Bedells of
Hysham, near Billings, Mont The lit
tle fellow was with two brothers, aged
i5 and 7, playing house In a fifteen-foot
tunnel they had made Into the straw
pile.
Construction of freight and passen
ger cars to cost $12,000,000 has been
authorized by the Southern Pacific
Company, it has been announced by its
president, William Sproule. The equip
ment, Including 4,525 freight cars and
141 passenger cars, Is for use on the
company's Pacific system lines.
A reward of $5,000 has been offered
by the Santa F6 railroad for the ar
rest and conviction of the vandals re
sponsible for wrecking a Santa F6 pas
senger train near Bakersfleld, Calif.,
recently. Two persons were killed and
several Injured In the wreck, which
was caused by tampering with a
switch.
WASHINGTON
Another move against the Ku Klux
Klan was mude In the House when
Representative Hawes, Democrat, Mis
souri, introduced a bill to prevent the
klan from sending unsigned communi
cations through the mall.
Senator La Follette, Republican,
Wisconsin, declared In a statement In
Washington that reports emanating
from Phoenix, Ariz., concerning a tel
ephone conversation with Governor
Hunt, were "absolutely without foun
dation In fact" and "misleading in ev
ery detail." He had made no mention
of "a third political party" in his con
versation with the governor, Mr. La
Follette said.
Representative James R. Mann of
Illinois died at his home in Chicago a
few days ago of pneumonia.
Former Representative Bartholdt of
Missouri called on President Harding
to urge that Congress make available
a credit of $50,000,000 for Germany to
be used in the purchase by that coun
try of goods In the United States.
There was no Indication of how the
President received the .proposal.
- Mrs. Anne Rogers, a teacher of Ster
ling, Colo., who wrote a lesson on na
tional safety that won her $500 cash
prize and a complimentary trip to
Washington, arrived In Washington re
cently to be tho guest for several days
of the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce.
New York and New Jersey cities are
being flooded with liquor from the Ba
hamas, Scotland and England, accord
ing to Frank J. Hale, an Investigator
for the prohibition department In New
York City. He declared that a steam
ship had cleared from Scotland recent
ly with 24,000 cases of whisky bound
for the "whisky, armada camping
ground," four miles off the American
coast. Jr. '
FOREIGN
Six former cabinet officers and army
officials convicted of high treason in
connection with the Greek military dls
aster In Asia Minor were executed at
Athens. The execution of the con
demned men was by shooting.
The rate of exchange on shipments
of freight between Canada and tht
United States from Dec. 1 to Dec,
14,
Inclusive, will be 1-32 of 1 per cent,
it
has been announced officially. No sur
charge will be collected on Interna
tional traffic.
Federal troops of Mexico have res
cued H. K. Wereker, superintendent 6i
the Aguila Oil Company's camp
Tlacolula, Vera Cruz, who was kid
naped and held for 10,000 pesos ran
som, according to a war office an
nouncement. He Is a British subject
American tobacco buyers are being
held up and robbed In western Thrace,
The latest robbed are R. J. Wortham
of Henderson, N. C, who was deprived
of money and jewelry while traveling
by automobile from Drama to Kavala,
and J. J. Harrington of Rocky Mount
N. C, who was robbed On a road from
Seres to Salonikl.
At the opening of the disarmament
conference In Moscow, Maxim Litvin
off, Russian assistant commissioner of
foreign affairs, definitely proposed
reduction of the Red army to 200,000
men. He made this conditional, how
ever, on "a corresponding reduction In
the standing armies of the states on
Russia's western boundaries."
The prohibitionists of Schoenberg, a
suburb of Berlin, having been prevent
ed by the police from holding an open
air meeting engaged a flock of sand
wlch men to parade the streets with
placards denouncing the evils of aico
hoi. This aroused the ire of the sa
loonkeepers r I distillery employes
who gave the sandwlsh men a severe
beating.
William T. Cosgrave, president of
the Dall Eireann, said that the execu
tion of Ersklne Chllders was inevlta
ble, and added: "I fear there will be
many more, we do not want uiese
executions, and would give anything to
avoid them, but there Is no othe-
course of opinion. The only people
who can stop them are the Irregulars
themselves."
The American doughboys In the
Rhlneland are making up a purse of
many million of marks with which to
give to German youngsters a real
Christmas. The Rhineland post of vet
erans of foreign wars sturted the purse
with 800,000 marks and every soldier
in the American forces is giving at
least the ecmlvalent of $1. which is
more than 8,000 marks. Top sergeants
are entrusted with the task of seeing
that none of the soldiers forget to con
tribute. Relief work already has be
gun among the German poor.
GENERAL
Seven men, including two former
prohibition enforcement agents, con
victed of substituting 100 barrels or
ginger ale for Canadian whisky while
the shipment was being moved from a
New York railroad station last April,
were sentenced by Federal Judge
Mack to two years each in Atlanta
penitentiary. The enforcement men,
Harry Meade and William Walsh, also
were fined $2,000 each.
Hundreds 6f the world's fine cattle
were led Into the arena at the Inter
national Livestock Show at Chicago
for judging, under the direction of J.
M. Strickland of Yorkshire, England.
Glen Phares of Shelbyvllle, Ind., won
the sweepstakes In the junior corn
contest at the hay and grain show held
in connection with the live stock ex
position. Region winners were: Re
gion 1, Donald Stoltz, Park City,
Mont.; Region 6, Paul Hoffman, Illff,
Colo. Other winners at the show were :
Cow peas: Fred Gothrope, Proctor,
Colo. Hard red winter wheat; John
Howell, Montrose, Colo. White spring
wheat, John Howell, Montrose, Colo.
Hard red spring wheat : R. O. Wyler,
Luseland, SasL-, Can.
President Obregon Is expected to Is
sue a decree at once lifting the Import
duty on beans, corn, wheat and other
cereals Into Mexico, according to a
telegram received at El Paso from Chi
huahua City.
A plan for direct action by France
as a solution of the reparations ques
tion has been submitted to a full cab
inet meeting In the Elysee palace, with
President Millerand presiding. The
plan provides for seizure of the state
coal mines and collection of the ex
port taxes in the Ruhr district, togeth
er with absolute control of that sec
tion of the Rhine.
Byron Ernest Thady, 20 years old,
switchboard man, was awarded the
Theodore N. Vail gold medal for note
worthy public service and $500 in cash
for unusual service during the flood at
Pueblo, Colo., June 3, 1921. Mrs. Jo
sephine D. Pryor, chief operator at
Pueblo, was awarded a silver medal
and $250 for unusual service during the
1921 flood. Thady maintained commu
nication while the rising river water's
poured Into the telephone building.
When the lights failed, he improvised
lamps so that the operators could re
main at work. He also saved records
essential to re-establishing service.
Southwest News
From All Over
New Mexico
and Arizona
The store of the Willard Mercantile
Company in Mountain, N. M., was en
tered by robbers recently, who made
their escape with goods valued at over
$1,000.
The 300,000 acres of the Salt River
valley compose the single largest agri
cultural section in Arizona, but almost
every county has some farm lands,
The Yuma project, the Gila valley, the
Florence-Casa Grande district, the Tuc
son district all have rich farms. In
the northern and some of the south
eastern sections there are large dry-
farm tracts.
Two charges of embezzlement
against R. L. Pinyan, former chief of
police of Globe, were dismissed in Su
perior Court. .The charges were dls
missed upon a motion made by the
county attorney. Mr. Pinyan was
charged with embezzlement in connec
tion with a shortage in city funds at
his disposal, which he failed properly
to account for, it was alleged.
Wade Hampton Marshall, cotton
broker of Phoenix and Tempe, was fa
tally injured, and Roy Stephenson, re
ceived minor bruises and cuts when
an automobile in which they were rid
ing and driven by Marshall overturned
on the Tempe highway, about six miles
east of Phoenix recently. Marshall
was taken to a hospital at Phoenix,
where he died two hours later.
Ted Muller, son of Fritz Muller, as
sistant state land commissioner of
New Mexico, and Leo Lorenzo have
been arrested on warrants issued by a
justice of the peace charging them
with an attempt to set fire to an ice
plant in Santa Fe Assistant District
Attorney A. M. Edwards, who pre
pared the complaints, declined to state
the evidence on which his charges are
based.
Spurning modern methods of travel
via the Pullman, auto and airplane,
eighteen families of Apache Indians
reverted to the mode of transportation
of their ancestors when they removed
from Fort Apache, near Globe, to Fort
Huachuca, their new home, recently.
Headed by scouts on horseback, the
travelers in rustic covered wagons of
the early days of the plains made their
way over mountain and desert.
Former Governor Miguel A. Otero,
who was assaulted in the Capital City
Bank of Santa F, by Eduardo M,
Otero of Los Lunas, on Nov. 18, has
brought suit against the latter in the
District Court at Santa F6 to recover
$10,000, half for punitive damages and
half for costs. The bill of complaint
alleges that the defendant did "wrong
fully, unlawfully, maliciously and wan
tonly assault, beat, bruise, maim and
wound" him.
The Venus group of mines near the
site of the Last Chance In the Lords
burg district, is now producing a good
lot of ore which runs heavy in silver
with a touch of gold. Over fifteen cars
of ore have been shipped, much oi
which will run 10 per cent of silver. It
Is reported that some of the ores tak
en from the mine have run as high as
1,500 ounces to the ton, which is one
of the best showings in New Mexico
for some years.
Following the signing of the Colo
rado river compact by commissioners
of seven states at Santa F6, another
water controversy of long standing
was amicably settled when the states
of Colorado and New Mexico, through
their representatives, Delph E. Car
penter and Stephen B. Davis, Jr.,
signed an agreemeent, subject to ap
proval by the respective State Legls
latures providing for the equitable dis
tribution of the waters of the La Pla
ta river between the two states.
The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Melton of Fort Sumner was com
pletely destroyed by fire recently. The
house and contents will be almost a
total loss.
Adoption of plans for a state-wide
campaign which will assure the erec
tion of a new athletic stadium at the
university in time for the opening of
the football season of 1923, and the
decision that the University of Ari
zona Wildcats will meet the Utah Ag
gies In a post-season game to be played
at Phoenix on Christmas day were the
outstanding results of a recent meet
ing of the university board of athletic
control.
Thirty-five years ago the Vizna mine
was one of the richest sliver produc
ers In the then famous Tombstone dis
trict. Since then several shafts have
been sunk on adjoining properties In
the hope that the Vizna vein would be
encountered, but none found the ore.
Recently a six-Inch vein of "horn sil
ver," equally rich ore, was found but
few feet beneath the surface of the
main street in Tombstone when exca
vations were made for a cement curb
ing. Mine men say the vein is un
doubtedly the long-sought Vizna vein.
fight:
ATTACK
PRESIDENT OPPOSES AMEND
MENT PROVIDING FOR ABOLI
TION ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
CHANGE UNNECESSARY
ANOTHER PROVISION CALLS FOR
CHANGE IN INAUGURA
TION DATES.
Washington. Members of the new
Progressive bloc in Congress got Into
action a few days ago, but at the very
outset ran into White House opposi
tion.
Led by Senator Norris, Republican.
iicuiaasa, uioc memoers sitting on
XT1 1 t- - ,. . ....
the Senate agriculture committee ob
tained a favorable report from that
committee for a constitutional amend
ment providing for abolition of the
electoral college and for direct elec
tion of the President and Vice Presi
dent and for abolition of the long pe
riod of time usually elapsing between
a congressional election and the reeu-
larmeeting of the new Congress. Such
an amendment forms one of the planks
In the platform adopted by the bloc
at Its organization meeting.
Opposition on the part of President
Harding to any such change in the
constitution was expressed by a White
Bouse spokesman soon after the Sen
ate agriculture committee resolution
was laid before the Senate and as
Blgned to a place on the calendar of
business. Some administration lead
ers in the Senate likewise voiced
their disapproval of the amendment
and it appeared that any efforts by
the bloc to press the proposal might
bring on a fight which would test the
power of the Progressive faction.
The proposed amendment would
provide specifically that "the choice
of each state for President and Vice
f resident snail he determined in a
general election of the qualified elec
tors of such states," thus permitting
voters to cast their ballots directly for
President and Vice President. The
vote would be canvassed by the Sen
ate and House meeting in joint ses
sion, each state being given as many
votes for this purpose as It has sen
ators and representatives.
If such a canvass by states should
disclose lack of a majority, then the
President would be chosen by a ma
jority vote of the House "from the
persons having the highest numbers,
not exceeding three, on the list of
those voted for as President." The
vote for vice president would be can
vassed In a similar manner, except
that in event of no choice by a major
ity of the voters, the Senate would se
lect that official as between the two
persons receiving the largest number
of votes.
The committee in reporting the
amendment resolution through Its
chairman, Senator Norris, pointed out
that the proposed system might result
in the election of a President and vice
president from different parties ''a
matter of fundamental justice we
ought to be protected by law in tak
ing . . . should we desire to do it."
The amendment would further pro
vide that the terms of senators and
representatives should begin the first
Monday in January following the bien
nial congressional election and that
Congress should meet each year on
that date. This would wipe out the
session of the old Congress after the
biennial elections.
Another provision of the amend
ment would be to change the date of
Inauguration of the President from
March 4 to the third Monday In Janu
ary.
White House officials In presenting
President Harding's views on the pro
posal represented the executive as
feeling that constant changes In the
constitution were unnecessary, and in
some cases unwise, Mr. Harding, it
was said, regarded the procedure un
der the constitution whereby a new
Congress does not meet for more than
a year after its election as one of the
wisest steps taken by the nation's
founding fathers, as it allows passions
to cool.
To Rrecrult 5,000 Steel Men.
Youngstown, Onto. The soviet gov
ernment of Russia expects to recruit
5,000 steel workers from the Youngs
town district this month, according to
P. S. Calvert, president of the Kuzbas
Industrial colony, who began a search
for puddlers, machinists, rollers and
mill hands.
Law to Protect President.
"Washington. A Department of
Justice bill prohibiting mailing of
threatening letters to the President or
members of his family with fines and
penitentiary terms as penalties, was
passed Ty the Senate and transmitted
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