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Show HEWS STORY OF IHEPASI WEEK A Complete History of What Ha Been Happening Throughout the World. WESTERN The Kn Klux Klan has revoked the commission of every kleagle in California Cali-fornia from the king kleagle down, after af-ter a preliminary inquiry into alleged lawlessness in that state, and has appointed ap-pointed William S. Coburn as king kleagle in charge of the klan's interests inter-ests in California, it was announced by E. Y. Clarke, imperial klttliff, or upreme Yice president of the order. Forty-five special trains carrying more than 10,000 Shriners and Rotar-ians Rotar-ians to their convention in Los Angeles An-geles and San Francisco, will be used on the Santa Fe system, according to 8n announcement by officials. Pas-enger Pas-enger and sleeping car fares will Segregate $1,000,000. When Edwin Denby, secretary of the navy, joins citizens of San Diego at a luncheon arranged in his honor on June 8, he will sit at what the committee com-mittee in charge believes will be the longest table on record. It will extend ex-tend the entire length of the marine barracks, about 2,100 feet. E . J. Burke has purchased the Robert N. Stanfield wool clip at 35 cents a pound at Portland, a figure 100 per cent higher than ihe price paid for wool one year ago. The deal in-for in-for wool one year ago. The deal involves in-volves approximately $600,000 and calls for wool in various sections of Idaho and Oregon. Louis Rabe of Gridley, Calif, is defendant de-fendant in a civil court suit which he believes Is out of the usual run he - . has been sued by his former wire for $2,000 he received as damages In a suit against a man who he charged alienated the affections of his wife. The wife, who subsequently obtained a diveorce, now seeks the $2,000 on the ground that the damage award was made prior to the divorce pro-cedings pro-cedings and was part of the community communi-ty property, title to which was granted her with the divorce decree. The Dallas office of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad has announced announc-ed the purchase of new equipment valued val-ued at $5,500,000. The equipment consists con-sists of thirty steel passenger coaches and 2,500 freight cars. The Rev. Father Domlnc Pantanella, founder and builder of Regis college of Denver and said to be one of the oldest Jesuit priests in the west is dead at 90 years of age. Five members of an alleged $500,000 fradulent oil lease gang, indicted by the April federal grand Jury on charges of using the mails with intent to defraud, have been placed under arrest at Chicago. GENERAL Self-government in American Industry Indus-try in preference to bureaucratic governmental gov-ernmental control was urged at Washington Wash-ington by Secretary Hoover speaking to representatives of lumber manufacturer's manu-facturer's associations from various parts of the country meeting at the commerce department to discuss means of standardizing grading of lumber and other economy problems. Approval of 23 advances for agricultural agri-cultural and livestock purposes, aggregating ag-gregating $985,000, was announced by the war finance corporation. Distribution Distri-bution of the loan Included : Arizona, $79,000; California, $250,000; Colorado, Colora-do, $71,000 and Idaho $10,000. Considerable property damage was done by a tornado which swept Walnut Wal-nut Springs, 02 miles north of Waco, Texas. Many strange patients have been brought into Hellevue hospital, I.'ew York In the years It has existed, but the strangest of all is General, a fat, squat, ugly and Inarticulate turtle. The turtle was brought In to grallfy earnest plea of Ike lirown, 80 a civil'; war veteran, whose pal and pet the turtle has been for eight years. A regular system of radio warnings of the sudden and t'-rrlfflr storms on thf '.Jrcat Lakes which every season Ht.se loss of life and shipping Is announced an-nounced by the department of agriculture. agricul-ture. Ilndlo reports from the weather bureau tul'e a day will keep mariners on lakes constantly In r irmed of Impending Im-pending changes of wind arid barometric baromet-ric pressure. WASHINGTON An alien woman who married a citi zen of the United States would not become be-come a citizen herself by virtue of such marriage under a bill introduced by Representative Cable, Republican, Ohio, providing for the naturllzatlon of women aliens. The bill also provides pro-vides that a woman shall not become a citizen by reason of the naturalization naturaliza-tion of her husband. The right of a woman to become naturalized also would not be denied because of her sex or because she was married A straight 10 per cent reduction in existing freight rates to be effectivn July 1, was ordered by the Interstate commerce commission, this reduction to be applicable throughout the United States, except as to a few special rates, such as hay and grain, livestock and some ore rates which have already been reduced by special orders of the commission. The intermouuntaln states took a strong stand for a reduction reduc-tion in rates at the general hearings conducted before the commission early ear-ly this year, at which H. W. Prlckett, manager of the Utah Traffic Service bureau, represented the governors or eight western Btates, various commercial commer-cial bodies of Salt Lake and other Utah cities as well as industrial organizations. or-ganizations. The senate' has passed the house amendment providing for the appointment appoint-ment of a socalled "dirt rurnier" to the federal reserve board. Representatives of five of the Independent Inde-pendent steel companies considering a merger, were understood to have informed in-formed Attorney General Daugherty at a conference that the projected consolidation con-solidation would not be consummated until the department of justice had been fully advised. Complete arrangements for receiving receiv-ing and caring for the Philippine mission, mis-sion, due to arrive in this country shortly to plead for Philippine independence, inde-pendence, were made at the WMte House in a conference betwen President Presi-dent Harding and Representative Towner, Iowa, chairman of the house committee on insular affairs. Louis Borno the new president of Haiti, in a message to President Harding, Hard-ing, sent upon the former's installation in office, declared his "desire of devoting de-voting my constant care to rendering each day more efficacious and more fruitful the loyal cooperation of our two countries." War time frauds on government officials of-ficials are to be investigated by a special grand jury. All Indictments an to be given special rush attention by the courts. FOREIGN Mayor W. T. Blake and two companions com-panions are engaged in a 3,K0 mlla airplane fight around the world. The Polish foreign minster, Tonstan-tirie Tonstan-tirie Skirmut, was pelted with rotten eggs at Vienna as he was going into a dinner he had arranged for the representatives of the foreign press. His face was bruised and his clothes ruined by the attack. The Austrian cabinet, headed by .Tohannan Schober, chancellor, resgn-ed resgn-ed owing to parliament having reduced credits asked for by the government. Budget proposals put before the Canadian house by W. S. Fielding, minister min-ister of finance, carry substantial reductions re-ductions in tariff duties on many articles ar-ticles imported from the United States. Duties on mowing machines, binders and reapers, seed drills and plows are reduced "2-Vz per cent. There Is 5 per cent reduction on practically all other agricultural Implements. Implements and materials used In dairying, lumbering lum-bering and mining are listed for reductions re-ductions ranging from 2V4 to 5 per cent. r The conference of the socalled committee com-mittee of nine, composed of del agates from the three Internationales, at Berlin Ber-lin has ended without arranging for a worlds congress, one of the marn purposes for which it was recently appointed. Scores of royal guards and fascist! were wounded In a street battle In the crowded San Lorenzo quarter of Rome. American farmtag machinery companies com-panies again are doing business tn Siberia after a lapse or five years, during which business generally has been at a standstill. Warehouses aro being restocked with farm machinery from the United Stales, and agenls are seeking trade throughout Manchuria, Man-churia, Korea and the maritime province, pro-vince, in parts of which modern miicn-inerv miicn-inerv heretofore has not neen seen. Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt Roose-velt announced he bad declined application appli-cation of the national women's party for use of naval facilities In ltroadca.it-Ing ltroadca.it-Ing addresses. |