| Show TELEGRAPHIC TALES FOR BUSY B HEADERS A RESUME OF THE WEEKS DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES important events event of the last seven days reported by wire and pro pre pared for he benefit of the rasy reader WESTERN EPITOME G W harrod electrical engineer of sioux city rowa iowa died at san francisco shortly after slashing clashing his throat with a razor and leaping out of a sixth floor window at the manx hotel was staying at tho the hotel with his wife who was not in the room he cut ills his throat an instant after however she entered their roon roo n and harrod leaped from the window finlow III health was given as an tile tho probable motive at tho the hospital it wad waa found that his back arms and legs had been fractured hert bert I 1 II 11 1 lynch in charge of one of the substations sub stations of the pacific gas and electric company lost ills his life at oakland cal while demonstrating to 1 a 1 friend that current would pass through a lead pencil taking a pencil from ills pocket he placed the tip against it fuse terminal and at the came time rested his other hand against a steel post there was a flash and Lynch fell to the floor badly y burned and unconscious ile he was rushed to a li hospital sulial where he died two hours later the sons of veterans Vo torana meeting at centralia wash in the annual encampment en camp ment for washington anti anil alaska of alo grand army of tile tha ro no public announced a stand against circulation of halt dollars to aid creation of a memorial on stone mountain georgia georg la to the confederate forces V y the damage suit miss bliss lovella gadburg tiled filed against john T shepherd sonic some time ago at los angeles angelee alleging she had been seriously injured in an automobile accident as ft a result of ills his careless driving will not be tried A jury had boon been summoned in superior court and everything was in readiness tor for the hearing of the case when the court was informed that the plaintiff has re recovered from lier her hurts and married tho the defendant settled by cupid murmured the judge and ordered ta tho 0 action dismissed with one eye shot out and his body covered with buckshot wounds joseph shaw 70 was waa found crawling blindly about in tile the brush near ontario cal trying to drag himself to water and relief at the general hospital where he was pronounced in a critical condition shaw explained he had been accidentally shot by ono one of a pair or boy hunters and that the lads fled when they saw lie he was hit 11 j generah OE GE Il resident Cool coolidge lilge prior to hla his departure for Swamp swampscott scott invited senator reed smoot moot of utah to spend at least it a week with him at thio the summer capital senator smoot probably will accept the invitation which would give him opportunity to discuss tax reduction at leisure with the president it the sessions of the foreign debt commission hero here adjourn la in time tho the petition of D C stephenson earl klinck and narl earl gentry asking that they be admitted to ball pending their trial on a charge of murdering miss bliss bf madge idge of indianapolis was overruled at Nob noblesville lesville I 1 nd by judge fred E hines of tho the hamilton circuit court announcement by the judge that none of the defendants would be admitted to ball was the signal tor for a storm of cheers by the crowd in the court room sixteen took place in the united states last year the smallest number recorded since tho the gathering of annual statistics on the crime was begun forty years ago it was shown in a report mado made public by the commission on race relations of the federal era council of churches church ca the report prepared by professor M IV work ork of tuskegee institute alabama showed that twelve of the victims were ne me gerocs and tour four whites five men robbed the first national bank at burg wis anti and escaped in an automobile it Is reported they secured in excess of while three of tho the robbers terrorized citizens who were on the streets the other two gained entrance to the bank through a window and blew the vault all telephone wires to the town were cut magnus johnson former farmer labor senator from minnesota Alinn esola in it a statement denied reports he had announced his candidacy tor for governor of minnesota in tho the 1926 race mr johnson said lie he planned to push his I 1 election contest against senator thos I 1 D Sc schall liall wild jia defeated hirn him at the last election the state bank or of willow river juver minn glnn with dev deposits aggregating approximately was closed be cause of depleted reserves arx A J VI clel i state superintendent in of banks p announced tk s a j v several persons were believed to have been killed anti and injured in an explosion and fire in the theatre a kansas city mot wo b burlesque rl house the which apparently occurred in a restaurant underneath der neath tile the theatre caused a portion ot of the main floor to collapse and blow off the roof and soon after portions of the walls caved in burying several persons senator robert M la folletts colletts Fol letts will offered for probate in county court at madison wis names his widow as sole anti and executrix the senators debts including the mortgage on oil the homestead are estimated in the petition at ills his personal property at and hla his real estate which Is the homestead at tile the capacity ot of the italian government to pay its war debt to the united states was established at the first funding conference ns as the basis upon which negotiations for a settlement will proceed at tho the outset secretary mellon na as chairman of tho the american debt commission informed tile tho italian delegation of the american view that tile tho debt should be funded now and on conditions taking into consideration italis capacity to pay will ir I 1 lays hays president en I 1 pt ot the motion picture producers and distributors association of america Is going to chicago to head ti it parade on august 3 in the interest of n campaign t to 0 illustrate tile the value of motion pic dupres as an educational find and business building instrument tentative plans call tor for participation of movie celebrities in tho the parade I 1 I 1 J albert cassedy of baltimore was elected supreme director of the loyal order of moose in annual amual convent convention lo r here lie ile succeeds willard J alar mar akle who becomes supreme past die dic cassedy was formerly supreme vice dictator of the order bernard grant fearful of the hang mans mana noose in salic of tho the efforts of thousands 0 of persons persona throughout the country who had signed petitions urging clemency of governor len eman email of illinois refused to permit physicians to perform an operation in the hope of savin saving 9 ills his life and died thirty minutes later ile ho was stabbed five times by walter krauser kranser once sentenced with grant to hang but later granted a new trial FOREIGN i passengers arriving on the pros ident adams adama at manila were compelled to cook their own food and wait on table between Hong hongtong kong and manila on account of desertion of chinese stewards cooks and waiters from the ship at when tho the stewarts ls deserted the president adams cast oft off tor for manila a irined lately without landing cargo consign 1 ed to hongtong Hong kong this was done in order to prevent the entire chinese crew from deserting the vessel one thousand guests including n number of americans attended the court at buckingham palace and were presented to king george and queen mary alary king george wore an informal royal horse guards blue uniform queen mary blary was dressed in ft a gown of pure gold brocade with a pale blue train the royal circle was smaller than usual but otherwise the brilliant function followed the customary routine the shadow of a tariff war between germany and poland was waa suddenly cast over the security past negotiations when poland issued a decree forbidding the me importation of a long list of goods from germany germany immediately threatened in an official announcement to take reprisals it if the decree la Is put into effect the polish action will result in a deadlock in the polish german trade agreement negotiations for which hav have e been going on participation by peru Is assured in the plebiscite ordered by president coolidge as arbitrator to decide tho the sovereignty of the provinces of tacna and arica occupied by chile since 1883 A note addressed to washington by the peruvian government tho the text of which was published in peru designated manue do de freyre santander as perus perils representative on the plebiscite commission possibly serious development in the chinese situation were indicated by reloris in ili sonic some basei casei cases not confirmed of attacks upon japanese officials in three cities in south china in one case the stoning ofa of a japanese consul at ching chine kiang an apology was demanded and it was intimated japan might take artong action it the i apology were not made reports from described the antl ant tor ifor eign movement as rampant and said rioters looted a foreign mess there miss bliss anna adams gordon of evanston in was reelected president of the worlds christian temperance union at edenburgh scotland the destiny of the great war ret crana association with its assets of 0 1 has ben been placed in the hands of field marshal earl halg haig former comander com of the british armies armica in france thi through ough a resolution adopted unanimously at ahn seventh annual convention of tile the association I 1 at ottawa ont |
