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Show HEWS STORY OF THEWST WEEK A Complete History of What Ha Been Happening Thioughoul the WoxldL WESTERN The Ku Klux Klun has revoked tlie oiurniaslftn of every kleagle in Cull-lorulu Cull-lorulu from tlie king kleagle down, af-fcir af-fcir a preliminary inquiry into alleged l4wle.nu-a In that state, and has up-pointed up-pointed Wllllum S. Cohurn as king kleugle in charge of the klan's interest! inter-est! in California, it was announced by K. Y. Clarke, imperial klaliff, or pirpreme vice president of the order. Forty-five special trains carrying more than 10,000 Shrlners and Itotur-iani Itotur-iani to their convention In Ixja Angeles An-geles und Sun Frunclaco, will be used on the Santa Fo system, according to n announcement by officials. las-engor las-engor and Bleeping car fares will segregate $1,000,000. WASHINGTON An alien woman who marrii'd a citizen citi-zen of tlie I 'n : : I St.-itt-s would not be come u citizen hersi-lf by virtue of surh niiirriiige ui.di-r a bid introdm-ed by Kepri'seiitative Cable, Ki-puMi 'an, Ohio, providing for the rat urll.atloii of women aliens. The bill al-o provides pro-vides that a woman shall not become a citizen by reason of the naturalization naturaliza-tion of hr husband. The rl-bt of a woman to become naturalized also would not be denied because of her rex or because she was married. A Htraight 10 per cent reduction in existing freight rates to be effective July 1, was ordered by the Interstate commerce comlinssion, this reduction to be applicable throughout tlie 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 stales 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 II. W. I'rickett, manager of the Utah Traffic Service bureau, represented the governors of eight western states, various commercial commer-cial bodies of Salt Lake and other Utah cities as well as Industrial organizations. When Edwin Denby, secretary of tlie navy, Joins citizens of San Diego at a luncheon nrrangod In his hrinor on June 8, he will sit at what tlie 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. B . J. Burke has purchased the Robert N. Stanfleld wool clip at 3.ri cents n pound at Portland, a figure 300 per cent higher than ihe price paid for wool one year ago. Tlie deal in-for in-for wool one year ago. The deal involves in-volves approximately $000,000 and calls for wool in various sections of Idaho and Oregon. Louis Itabe of Gridley, Calif, is defendant de-fendant In a civil court suit which he believes Is out of the usual run he lins been sued by his former wire for $2,000 he received as damages In a ult against a man who be charged alienated the affections of his wife. The wife, who subsequently obtained a dlveoree, now seeks the $2,000 on tlie 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 lier with the divorce decree. The Dallas office of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad has announced announc-ed tlie purchase of new equipment valued val-ued at $5,!00,000. The equipment consists con-sists of thirty steel passenger coaches and 2,500 freight cars. The Itev. 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. The senate has passed the house amendment providing for the appointment appoint-ment of a soealled "dirt rarmer" 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 White House in a conference betwen President Presi-dent Harding and Representative Towner, Iowa, chairman of the hous 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 3,000 mite airplane fight around the world. The Polish foreign minster, Constan-tine Constan-tine Skirmut, was pelted with rotten eggs at Vienna as he was going into a dinner he had arranged for the Five members of an alleged .$500,000 fradulent oil lease gang, indicted by the April federal grand jury on charges of using the malls 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 nd other economy problems. Approval of 23 advances for agricultural agri-cultural and livestock purposes, aggregating ag-gregating $9S3,000, 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 Id-nho $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 Bellevue hospital. New Tork in the years it lias existed, but the strangest of all is General, a fat, quat, ugly and Inarticulate turtle. The turtle was brought in to gratify earnest plea of Ike Brown, SO 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 terriffic 6torms on the Great Lakes which every season cause loss of life nnd shipping is announced an-nounced by the "lepartment of agriculture. agricul-ture. Radio reports from the weather bureau twice a day will keep mariners on lakes -constantly iiifjrmed of Impending Im-pending changes of wind and barometric baromet-ric pressure. A reduction of from 3 cents to 2 cents an ounce on mail to Argentina, Spnln and the Cayman islands of the British West Indies is announced by the postoffice department. Immigration authorities are Investigating Invest-igating the conditons upon which Hannah Chaplin, the aged and shell-shocked shell-shocked mother of Charles Chaplin, motion picture a-ctor, and Sidney Chaplin, is allowed to remain in the United States. representatives of the foreign press. His face was bruised and his clothes ruined by the attack. The Austrian cabinet, headed by Johannan Schober, chancellor, resigned resign-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 2i 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 2 to 5 per cent. The conference of the soealled committee com-mittee of nine, composed of delegates from the three internationales, at Berlin Ber-lin has ended without arranging for a worlds congress, one of the mam purposes for which it was recently appointed. Scores of royal guards and fascist! were wounded in a street battle in tne crowded San Lorenzo quarter of Rome. American farming machinery companies com-panies again are doing business in Siberia after a lapse of rive years, during which business generally has been at a standstill. Warehouses are being restocked with farm machinery from the United States, and agents are seeking trade throughout Manchuria, Man-churia, Korea and the maritime province, pro-vince, in parts of which modern machinery mach-inery heretofore has not Been seen. Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt Roose-velt announced he had declined application appli-cation of the national women's party for use of naval facilities in broadcast ing addresses. A conference between the Irish lead ers and the English government i being held at London. Tlie allied military occupation of Upper Silesia is likely to come to an end by the last of July, according to the report of tlie allied commission for the district, which was considered by the council of ambassadors. Fourteen thousand men of the allied forces art still in Upper Silesia. Of these ll.OOfl are French. |