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Show warn TIMES A Complete History of What Has Been Happening Throughout the World , WESTERN ILawyers and Judges to the number of more than 2000 are expected to come to San Francisco early this month to attend the 1922 convention of the American Bur association, the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws and the annual meeting of the California State Bar association. Definite and complete Information concerning the effect of the interstate inter-state commerce commission's order, I which places the government virtual- I , ly in control of the railroads' conl traffic has been received at the offices of-fices of the Traffic Service bureau of Utah. The order directs roads to give preference in the supply of cars suitable for the loading of coal mines and discontinue the use of coal cars for other purposes, so long as the mine remains unsupplied with coal cars. Noncoal-loading cars are to return coal cars to their maximum maxi-mum capacity or to receive such empties. emp-ties. All roads are directed to place embargoes against shippers who do not unload coal within twenty-four i hours. Five classes are created to I govern the rairoads in supplying cars I ; ' for coal loading. I I Fire that started In the art building I at the University of Oregon at Eu-l: Eu-l: gene destroyed thut structure and the I; building occupied by the department I of "pyhsical education and dumuged other nearby buildings. The . loss Is ? : estimated at $T0,000. , The state car- I : ties its own insurance. f.: ' While caddies at the California Golf clwb were demonstrating their prow- I s m swinging clubs, the head of one ; I . club flew off, striking 8-year-old j Francis Cullen, a caddie, fracturing j Ills skull. 1 After being imprisoned for four I hours by a fire in the National mine, I seventy-five miles north of W'nne- mucca, Nev., Superintendent Joseph Bolam and Peter MadVson were released, re-leased, not much worse for their experience, ex-perience, acording to a telephone mes-KC mes-KC Th message stated that the fire j had been put under control and that i the damage would not be great I The Rtv. J. E. Lewis negro pastor I of the Church of the Living God, of j Los Angeles has announced another I attempt to sail from Los Angeles to J Monrovia Liberia. His first attempt J failed when the "ark," a craft upon I which he had labored many months, ; sank at its launching. Now he and his flock have obtained the motorshlp i Angel, and rechristenea her '"Queen : f Liberia," and they plan to start '? n voyage tt Africa August 13. ! GENERAL "If yon must drink, try the lake I and when that Is gone, the ocean Is I always ready to be tapped," Judge 1 Adams told Thomas Andler, at Chi- jj cago. Andler said his wife drove him j to drink. " . ! "If you blow that horn again late at night I'll send you to Jail and the horn will go with you," Recorder Steer of Gutenburg, N. J, told Joseph Sarmer, arrested for disturbing the peace. "Wiles of Wilson avenue Chicago wild rnomen broke up her home, Mrs. Adeline Macket declared In a divorce suit Her husband couldn't resist them she said. Damage estimated at one million dollars resulted from rain, hall and windstorms that swept Nebraska, South Dakota and western Iowa reports re-ports received at Omaha Indicate. There was no loss of life reported, but heavy losses resulted from the destruction of farm property, crops and railroad equipment. Boston has been chosen by the con vention of the Independent order of Good Templars for the 1924 Menninl session of the grand lodge. This selection se-lection closed the formal bulsness of the convention Wednesday, though the executive board remained at Butte, Mont, Wednesday for further conference. confer-ence. Senor de L Huerti, Mexican secretary sec-retary of the treasury arrived at Mexico, Mex-ico, City Monday. Immediately after his Arrival he visited Chnpntepec castle to d mfer with President Obre-i gon who Is confined to his room. The secretary declined to discuss any phase of his New .York visit stating he wished to consult the president before be-fore milking any delaration. The Jkmo payroll of ttlie construction construc-tion company erecting the new S5,(kk),-000 S5,(kk),-000 Musonic temple at Detroit was stolen by three bandits. The rail and coal strikes brought a touch of wartime privations to Chicago Chi-cago Mi nday, uhon one of the city's largest chain grocery stores announced a strict limitation of purchases of sugar. su-gar. A tnmp'trar.v limitation of 10 pounds to each customer whs Warned on the slowness of the railroads In gettlnz cari through. WASHINGTON Captian Carl T. Vogelgelgesang, commandment of the New York navy yards, has been delected by the navy department, to head the naval commission commis-sion to Brazil fc be sent at the request re-quest of that country. He , will go to Brazil with Secretary Hughes and other 'members of the of flcial - party sent to attend the opening of the Brazilian Bra-zilian centennial exposition. A ban on the exportation of coal, except in cases of great emergency, has been decided upon by the government. gov-ernment. Secretary of Commerce Hoover. Hoo-ver. This is part of the government's fuel conservation iilan during the mine strike. Acting Secreary Roosevelt has ordered or-dered Major General Lejeune, com-, mandment of the marine corps, to send on 'officer and three or four enlisted marines into the Teapot dome naval oil reserve, Wyoming, at a place about forty miles from Casper, o eject squatters who have begun drilling for oIL New railroad financing to the extent ex-tent approximately $10,000,000 was approved by the Interstate commerce commission, and an application to Issue close to 7,000,000 additional securities se-curities received. Imports of wines and liquors were banned Tuesday night by commissioner commission-er Blair of the internal revenue until supplies already In the country for non-beverage uses are Insufficient to meet the national requirements. After a three-day fight, the senate, by a 2 to 1 vote, fixed the basic duty on raw wool at 33 cents per pound of clean content. By practically the same vote, the senate i tweeted an amendment seeking to reduce the duty to the Fordney rate of 25 cents, and then rejected an amendment by Senator Sena-tor Wadswtorth of New York proposing propos-ing a rate of 28 cents per clean pound. FOREIGN The Greek government has Informed the allied commission that It does not Intend marching on Constantinople Constantin-ople without permission of the allies. The military movement In Thrace was explained as a reorganization of the positions of the army in the event that the olliea authorize action against Consantinople. Germany has been given ten dayf In which formally to accept the decision decis-ion of the allied clearing offices in refusing to reduce the monthly payments pay-ments made by the German government govern-ment to the allies for debts contracted by German nationalists with allied citizens cit-izens prior to the war. A new low record for all time was made by German marks at New Y'ork at 15 cents a hundred with a feeble rally at the close of the market The French government having been persuaded to allot $125 for the purpose, pur-pose, Napolean's last home, on the Island of St Helena, Is to have a new coat of paint. It needs It for the last coat was spread on eight years ago. The Bulgarian government replying io the demand of the reparations commission com-mission for the payment of $110,000,-000 $110,000,-000 gold francs has osked for a three-year three-year moratorium. Antolne Oulette, one of the Indiana who served under Sitting Bull at the time of the Custer Massacre, over 50 years ago Is deid at Weylnrs, Canada, at the age of over 100 years. The British government nas receiv-ed receiv-ed a note from the Washington government, gov-ernment, It was nnnouced Moday ssk ig co-operation In the suppression of liquor runing Into the United States through Bermuda and the Bahamas. Tetrameter, by Terarch, out' of Man-dota, Man-dota, won the Steward's cup, a handicap handi-cap of lO'X) sovereigns, f;r 3-yenr-oids and upwards, sir furlongs, run fit Goodwood, England. Gavan Duffy has resigned ns for elgn minister of tiiB provisional gov-eminent gov-eminent of Ir'lnnd. lie announces that, while he agrees with govern-meiits's govern-meiits's military policy, he opposes Its policy on r ertalu other grave and urgent Issues s strongly that he cannot can-not longer honorably remain with the administration. Senor Lebroton, the Argetlne ambassador am-bassador to the United States, hat definitely given up his post and Is leaving France soon direct for Argentina, Argen-tina, where he will serve as senator. President AlveHr of Argintina, who Is now the ambassador to France, will leave for Argentina un August 1st. A strike against wage cuts recently Inaugurated among Cunndlcn railway shopmen was favored by P7 per cent of voters in a ballot Just completed by Montreal unions, it was announced Wednesday. Igao J. PadenwsUI tias derided definitely that his country Is unwilling to accept his political services, it was iearned Wednesday. He will return to the United States In November to fill several concert engagements. Captain Itoahl Amundsen, discoverer of tho South Pole, may start on his proposed flight across the North pule within the next fifteen days, It in unn HinccKl by Henry W'jodhouse, president pres-ident of the Aeria Iz-.ngue of America. |