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Show I , V"T'' A Complete History of What Has Been Happening Throughout the World " WESTERN The committee of western senators selected to make a study of the silver I sitnatlon with a view of evolving some I plan for the stabilization of the prices I of silver after the pitlnmn act ex- I - plres, met and selected Senator Pitt- I " man of Nevada, chairman, named Sec- 1 retary Callbreatlt of jth , American I Mining congress as secretary. It wui I decided to make no immediate ' action on the plan of stabilizing silver by International agreement, pending; the return , and report of Profess )r Jenks of Cornell university, who ls now lnvestiating the European silver, situation for the department of com- I merce. A report Issued by the department. ' , of commerce at .Washinton shows a higher death rate for the first quarter quart-er of 1922 than for the corresponding quuter of 1921 and a lower birth rate for the same period over that of the corresponding period of the year before. be-fore. The highest ntoralty rate for tho quarter is shown for the District of Columbia, w ith 17.6 per cent, and the lowest for Wyoming with 9.C per cent. The highest birth rate for the quurt-i quurt-i er is shown for North Carolina, with J 29.2 per cent, and the lowest for the 4 state of Washington, or a percentage of 16.3. The first safe ever used In the state ; of Montana was exhibited at the slute bankers' convention at Missoula. j ' A human circuit formed by members , t the family holding hands, at the direction of a physician, drew electricity electric-ity gradually from the body of Henry Besel of Wena tehee, Wash., after he end his father, John llosel, were struck- by lightening on their ranch ; t Watervilie. Three horse were killed by the stroke, and (he Resela ; 'erw severoly burned. When the doctor got a shock on taking hold of the pulse of Henry Besel, 1C, he order- ; l formation of the human circuit. Two airplanes have beon added to the western division of the United States air mail service to handle mall congested at Reno, Nev. f GENERAL Mike Vedovick, white, landlord of an ' apartment occupied by negroes, was shot and killed and Mary Biskup was wounded In the arm and hand In a dispute over rent at Gary, Ind. Captain Eddie Rickenhaeker, former war ace and now automobile man-utacturer, man-utacturer, announces his engagement to Mrs. R. C. Diirunt, divorced wife ol the automobile manufacturer. Emerson Hugh, author who is spending spend-ing the summer in Colorado and, who - Is suffering from a threatened nervous , collapse Is reported much improved and no serious results are expected from his illness. Farmers of three states Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are at J Leavenworth, Kansas, attending the decennial celebration of the Kans.is Farm Bureau federation. One hundred hun-dred and fifty motor carloads of the ;; Kansas City (Mo.) livestock exchange arrived Mouday morning. The first of what Is said to lie a series of warrants for the arrest of ! publishers and speakers in Oklahoma for ulleged libelous statements regard-' regard-' ing the present administration, was Issued by Governor Robertson. A de)H uty sheriff was sent to Chandler to arrest L B. Nltholse, publisher of the Lincoln County Republican, on a wur-J wur-J rant charging criminal libel citing an I editorial alleged to have conveyed the ! Impression Governor Robertson usel t Ills office for personal gain I The anthracite operator; in res f Ilutions adopted by the policies committee, com-mittee, acceited the proposal mude by Senators Pepper and Reed of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania to resume the production of coal. In the resolutions the operators agree to extend the wage contract In force ') March 31, 1922, to August 31, 1923. The i proposal had previously been accepted in principle by the leaders of the mine I workers. i Lieutenant James II. Doolittle, Eighth aerao squudson, snivel at I Jacksonville, Fla., after n noqsttp ' flight from Kelley Field, Texas, pre paratory to the beglnn'ng of his nt-tempt nt-tempt to fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean at Ran Diego, Cul., with one stop and less than twenty-four hours. America's toll of accidental deaths during 1920 was 70,000, a life snuffed out every six minutes! according to a report of the national snfety viunil at the annual safety congress at Detroit. De-troit. James, Infant son of Mr. and Mr. Frank Splecber of Omaha fllel of til--otlns poisoning caused by swallowing -'-m r stub, according to the certificate certifi-cate of denth s'gnd by Dr. J. M. Er nn. , : WA8HINQTON . j A new class of radio-telophone broad- j casting station license has been authorized author-ized by the department of commerce which, would establish special 400--meter wave length systm to iermlt those fans who desire to "listen in" to the best stations with less interference inter-ference from some of the lesser lights In radio broadcasting. " As one effect of the coal strike, fuel imports during August udvanced sharply sharp-ly over the previous mouth, according to foreign trade reports issued by the commerce department. An increase of $S5,00,000 In the public debt during August is announced announc-ed by the treasury. The Poniereno bill regulating campaign cam-paign expenditures of candidates for ele- tion t the senate and house has pus ed the senate. The measure takert the place of tha law held unct-nstltu tional 4n the Newberry case. It now1 oe3 to the I, ouso. Honesty and truth-telling will be injected in-jected Lit next fall's campaign in every state in the Union. Candidal s for puldic office must stand up and be counted. Officials of the League of Women Voters made this very plain at the Washington offhe. They asserted assert-ed that their membership, country w ide has no intention of voting blind. All women frankly are curious, they explained and as election day draws nour they will become more 2nd more so. Funds' totalling $000,000 have been authorised by president Harding to enable army engineers to begin construction con-struction work on the Wilson dam, at Muscle Khoals, Ala., on an extensive Benin, pend ng use of the $7,500,000 appropriated by congress, which becomes be-comes available October 1. Sin-e Noventoer, 1920, the refining hmn;it of the oil Industry has boon -nductef at a lo:;s, according to evl-deaie evl-deaie submitted to the state c iiimit-lee iiimit-lee on manufacturers, 'which Is in-vcstlatinj in-vcstlatinj the oil business. The Industry In-dustry as a whole producers, refiner, refin-er, . transporters and jobbers made an average net profit In 1921 of u littlu mors than 4 per cent. Cvngress is given an opportunity "to do a grand th ng in empire bulldiiig in i:t unerilcn Lh the soldiers' bi n is, Senator McNury, republican, Oiegon, Je i ii ed in the senate in -urging his reclamation amendment that measure. Culling attention that in every war the government hud provided as aid, land for the veterans, he argued that there was no good reason for the abannon-tuent abannon-tuent of this national policy at this Ume." . The administration bill for control aim distribution of coal during ths mining and transportation emergency was passed by the house, 214 to 51, nil sent to the senate with assurancu of early consideration. FOREIGN A British delegation beaded by Sir Charles Wake.'leld and organized by the Sul grave Institution have sill for an American tour, the principal pur-pise pur-pise of which is to take a statue o: tturke and busts of Chut'iuia an., liryce, hs g.fts to the American People. Peo-ple. - ' A new grain elevator is t t be built at Tarte Pier, .Montreal, cost.ng $2,-174,000 $2,-174,000 with an ln.tial capacity of 2,-K)O,00v) 2,-K)O,00v) bushels to be ultimately increased in-creased to 8,000,000 bushels, ucianling to the announcement of the minister t marines and fisheries. Ausirallan manufacturers have been 'uused some perturbation by the tier-.nan tier-.nan catalogues now being circulated throughout the c nixtry because of the tow prices quoted for goods which are iiermltted to enter Australia. Frank II. Dunn of Outermount, u revenue colleger has bee i nrrested chared with stealing $20t),ooJ from thu province of Quebec. The money ul-.et;el ul-.et;el to have been stolen c-io irlsds government receipts and taxes froai race tracks. Following the off.cial protest whirh the Latvian government sent to Moscow Mos-cow regarding the unseemingly conduct con-duct of seventy communists no.v spending a vaiallon at the seaside at Riga, the L tvlan police obtained evidence evi-dence to support the note. The police po-lice possess photographs showing that the Ciimmtin sis are n.it wearing the red bath'ng suits furnisheJ then und dint they are Ad :m and Eveing lit the .leautiful garden surrounding their pa-lathtl pa-lathtl palai e. The poll e say that the !'hotograplt!c negatives would be c(n-flsii-ntel in uny other country In the world except Rursia. The majority of 44,54.' against prohibition pro-hibition Is shown by the unofficial tabulation of the votes cast In Sunday's Sun-day's referendum throughout Sweden, on what are believed tt be complete retains. Figures compiled by thirty-seven life Insurance companies show that 1921 was the healthi est year for Canada of w hti It there Is any record. Tha mayor and chief of police of the town of ObeMlasiol, In Belgian occupied terr'tory, were nrrestod by Belgian military authorities in pur-snin pur-snin of the ultimatum giving tht Herman authoritlcg sit hours to surrender sur-render ths persons who shot and klllsd 1 two Belgian soldiers |