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Show NEWS STORY OF THE PAST WEEK WASHINGTON Trime Minister Llyod George an nounced in the house of commons thai the British protectorate over Egypt hai heen terminated and that Egypt ai free to work out such national instltu tlons as might he suited to the asplra. tions of her people. Oral arguments in the two case; brought by Alexander Howat aud othei labor loaders against the state of Kan sas to test the validity of the stati statute creating the court of industria relations, were concluded In fho su preuie court. JIoorHeld Storey, af counsel for Kansas, insisted that tlie state had the same right to protect Itself It-self against strikes as U had against Invasion by a hostile army. Declaring the people should havs recourse to the courts to settle their disputes, he Insisted In-sisted that labor unions had no rights by strikes or otherwise greater than those of other citizens. A ship subsidy estimated at approximately approxi-mately $32,000,000 annually, to be provided pro-vided for principally by the diverson of ten per cent of the nation's customs receipts, would be paid to the ohvners of American ships engaged In foreign trade under a bill introduced In the senate and house. The measure incorporates in-corporates a subsidy plan proposed by the shipping board and endorsed by President Harding in a message read td a point session. Taking its first ratification roll call on the series of International covenants negotiated during the arms conference, the senate ratified without reservation reserva-tion or amendments the treaty with Japan confirming American cable and radio rights in the island of Tap a few days ago. Elminatlon of the cash feature of the soldier bonus bill, but under a plan which would enable former service men to obtain funds from banks an adjusted ad-justed service certificates immediately after they were Issued, is under consideration con-sideration by majority members of the house ways and means committee as a possible solution of the bonus problem. prob-lem. Charles W. Morse, New York shipbuilder, ship-builder, his three sons, Erwln, Benjamin Benja-min and Harry Morse, and eight others alleged to have been associated with him in connection with wartime shipping ship-ping contracts, were indtcted by the federal grand Jury on charges of "conspiracy "con-spiracy to defraud" the UnTted States and the emergency fleet coroporation. The Pan-American conference of women, wo-men, to be held in Baltimore, Md April Ap-ril 20 to) 29, in connection with the third annual convention of the National Nation-al League of Women voters, was indorsed in-dorsed by Secretary Hoover. FOREIGN The probable early resignation of Premier Lloyd George Is foreshadowed by the Daily Telegraph, which says that Mr. Lloyd George is much dissatisfied dissat-isfied with the present position R"ld that he feels he is not receiving the loyal support to which he Is entitled as head of the government and that his influence in the house of commons Is seriously weakened. The German government informed the reparations commission in Paris that the fifth- ten-day payment ot 31,000,000 gold marks was made In accordance with the temporary schedule sche-dule recently adopted by the commission. commis-sion. Princess Mary, the only daughter of King George of England' was united in marriage to Viscount Lascelles, a few days ago. It was a great national event which will live long in the memories mem-ories of the vast throngs w'hoise unrestrained unre-strained plaudits greeted England's princess as she passed through festive streets ro the altar In stately old Westminister West-minister abbey to becmne the bride of an English commoner. A score of persons were Injured, one of them, mortally, when peasants of the ancient village of Cnmpagnano, Italy just outside of Koine, infuriated against the authorities for failure to transfer certain lands to them, made an attack on the public buildings. Carabineers Car-abineers were hurried to the scene ami a number of shots were fired in nn attempt at-tempt to restore order. The temperance societies of England are gathering their forces for a campaign cam-paign against excessive drinking among factory girls. According to Miss Newton, New-ton, the organizing secretary of the British Women's Temperance association, associa-tion, wine parties among these young girls are a regular feature of their lives, and the situation Is becoming the despair of social workers and employers employ-ers alike. As a result of Arthur Griffith's visit In London, Winston Churchill will move In the house an amendment to the Irish tllll that the election he held Instead In-stead of "as soon as may he" t "not more than three months after the parsing pars-ing of this bill." The Japanese government, which during the war confiscated a thousand German patents, has decided to return 1 .Vi') of them te the Germans, s--llii;i: : the other o0 io Japan concern, a -crding to a communioaiion from "im-' "im-' portant Industrial circles." puMisn.-; in the Taei.-lis.-he Kundsehau and the Boerssen Zeitung. Complaint is made that the Japanese attitude is without ' precedent and is arousing ill-feeling ' and hampering the roestnhhshment of desirable commercial relations. A Complete History of What Has Been Happening Throughout the World. INTERMOUNTAIN According to word received from Mariette lake, the snow had reached a depth of 108 inches on the level there. This is the greatest depth reached since the big winter of 191o. The wind has drifted and packed the snow to a depth of 30 or 40 feet In many of the canyons, and the snow completely covered some of the dwellings dwel-lings and barns. A little New York girl who desired information about wool growing requested re-quested it by letter from the Billings, Mont, school authorities. The request was turned over to James E. Bea, a Bheepman, who wrote the New York girl a letter of many pageB, describing describ-ing wool growing completely in terms understandable by a child. Mr. Rea received a letter from the girl's father fath-er a short time ago, thanking him, stating that the Information had had wide circulation even among grownups, grown-ups, and adding that New Yorkers found it difficult to understand the painstaking efforts of a strange adult to supply a schoolchild with Information. Informa-tion. Walter Mason, of Weiser, Idaho, in competition with high school students stu-dents from every state in the Union, took first place in a contest conducted by the American Jersey Cattle club, on an essay on "Why the Jerseys Are the Best Breed for the State In Which I Live Idaho." Wtflter is 17 years of age and is a student at the Intermountain institute. Fallowing the recent big storm, a snowsllde occurred a short distance below Philip's Station, near Lake Ta-hoe, Ta-hoe, Nevada, completly demolishing a summer -home there, and leaving a bank of snow across the road forty feet deep and twenty-five feet wide. One-falf million pounds of wool .of the 1920 and 1921 clip , sold in Em-mett, Em-mett, Idaho, at 27 to 30 cents a pound. Part of the wool was in storage stor-age in Portland, selling at 27 cents, part in storage in Boston sold for 31 cents, with tags and black wool out. It is said that thirty moonshiners throughout Nevada have combined their illicit distilling activities with the selling sell-ing of stolen beef, reducing the overhead over-head upon the liquor manufacturing and perhaps making a neat profit on the "side line." Many stills nre located in the mountain ranges throughout tha state. GENERAL An American has been awarded Clie 10 guinea prize offered by the Pall Mall Gazette for the best suggestions on how to make London "the magnet of the world," Miss Alice Young of Mishawaka, Ind., the winner, based her suggestions on what is done in America Amer-ica to make towus attractive. When discussion of a definite federal higlnyay program for Utah for 1922 came up before the state road commission commis-sion the commission decided that one nf the most important features of the entire state road program is that of maintenance. A careful consideration will be given to this matter before the construction program for the present year is mnpped out. In filing their Income tax returns for the year 1921, taxpayers must remem-ler remem-ler that taxable income Is not necessarily neces-sarily cash. Where services are paid for something other than money, the fair market value of the fTilng taken In payment is the amount to be Included In-cluded in income. For example, the value of merchandise -received by a clerk of a grocery store as part payment pay-ment for his services must be reported us income. Compensation puid an employee em-ployee of a corporation In shares of stock Is to be treated as fr the corporation corpora-tion sold the stock at Its market value and paid the employee In cash. Promissory Prom-issory notes received 1n payments for services nnd not merely ns security for such payment constitute income to the amount of their fair market value. Living quarters and meals furnished as compensation fntf services are to be reported ns Income. A hotel clerk given a pom and his meals as part payment for his services is required to report as income the amount he would have to pay fr board and lodging elsewhere. To avoid penalty returns must be filed on or before midnight o march 1, J. D. Myers, aged 58, a resident of Miami. Florida, for the Inst five years and an ensign in the navy during the World war. denied that he was Milton D. Joseph, wanted in Salt Lake City for the alleged embezzlement of &4.X from a bank there eight years ago. Myers was arrested on a warrant war-rant from Salt Lake City. A di- rector of the bank on a visit at Miami said be recognized 1dm as the broker who had absconded, and swore out a warrant for his arrest. |