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Show Organization, of the Southwestern Farm Bureau Wool and Mohair Grow- ! er's Cooperative association was affected af-fected with the election of officers and adoption of a constitution at Pallas Texas. The Northwestern university at com-mencemnt com-mencemnt exercises 'Wednesday conferred con-ferred the degree of dovior of science upon Mine. Marie ("i;ne, codiscoverer of radium. Dr. CUrles Mayo of Rochester, Ro-chester, Minn., cofounder of the Mayo clinic received the degree of doctor of laws. Three persons were wounded Tues-j Tues-j day when Frank Fisher, a farmer, held the main street of Oakfield N. J., thirty thir-ty miles east of Buffalo, for an hour, firing with a rille at pedestrians and storekeepers. He was raptured after he had used all his ammunition. Fisher Fish-er was released from a state hospital for the insane a year ago. J. Ilarry Frtle of Jersey City will be selected by the New Jersey boxing commission to referee the championship champion-ship Dempsoy-Carpentier fight on July 2. This announcement was made by Joseph Casidy, secretary of the commission, com-mission, who decleared it found at an informal conference of the commission com-mission that Ertle was satisfactory to all parties concerned. WASHINGTON. An agreement upon 100,0C0 men for the navy enlisted personnel for the next fiscal year, a seduction of about 14,000 men has been reached by senate and house conferees on the navy appropriation ap-propriation bill. The senate irrigation committee has favorably reported Senator Kendrick's bill appropriating $20,000 to enable the reclamation service to make surveys for irrigation works ip. Green River basin, Wyo., and to report the results of such surveys to connress not later than December 1, 1022. INEWS OF A WEEK IN CONDENSED FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. Happenings That Are Making History Information Gathered from All Quarters of the Glebe and Given In a Few Lines. I NTERM OUNTAI N. CLarence L. Mower 34 years of age, ! arrested at Eden late last Thursday night by the sheriff's department on the charge of kidnapping his son. Ray Mower 6, years of age from the mother moth-er at Prova, Utah, was turned over to Sheriff Boyd of I'rovo. It Is charged Mower kidnapped the boy after the mother had been awarded his custody in a divorce decree. At the regular meeting of the city council of Blaekfoot, Idaho last Thursday Thurs-day a petition of frontage owners of ten blocks froiu the business and residential resi-dential districts for paving with bilulltihic was acted ou favorably, and the city attorney was instructed to publish pub-lish the intention to pave. Harry Jacobson, 19, made an herioc attempt Yredesday to save 9-year-old Herman Orvili, who was drowning in the Snake river, near Lewiston, Ida. Notice exhausted, Jacobson held to the boy as they were carried a considerable distance down the stream, the river being at a high stage. Both were drowned. Their bodies have not been recovered. Attorney General Daughterly indicated indi-cated Thursday that lie might recommend recom-mend a pardon for Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, serving a year's sentence at Leavenworth, Kan. for violation of the Mann act before the day set for the Dempsey-Carpentier fight. Mr. Daugherty said Johnson had been a model 'prisoner and a "liberty 'bonus'" had been suggested as his term expired July 7. Senator Johnson's resolution for a congressional investigation of the Mingo, Min-go, W. Va., coal strike disorders technically tech-nically passed the senate Thursday, was prevented from becoming effective through notice by Senator King, Democrat Demo-crat of Utah that he intended to move a reconsideration. The senate Interstate commerce committee com-mittee Thursday favorably reported Senator Gooding's bill placing south-era south-era Idaho on mountain time and making mak-ing the change from mountain to Pacific Pa-cific time at Huntington, Ore., instead of Pocatello. The senator hopes to get the bill through the senate next week. Idle or surplus freight cars were reduced re-duced 82,000 within the last month, according ac-cording to reports received by the car service division. On June 8, the total number of cars In excess of current freight requirements was 389,526, as against 471,922 on May 8 it was announced. an-nounced. Federal expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1 should fall below be-low $3,500,000,000 Representative Madden Mad-den of Illinois a republican leader of the appropriations committee declared Tuesday in the house. On that basis, he added, congress could repeal excess ex-cess profits, transportation and obnoxious" ob-noxious" luxury taxes, reduce higher income tax brackets and "substitute nothing but economy." FOREIGN. Dr. J. C. A. Everwijn has ben selected select-ed minister of The Netherlands, to the United States from The Hague. He is 44 years old and belongs to an aristocratic aris-tocratic family. At a conference Thursday of the Australian labor party a resolution was adopted protesting against a renewel of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, "or any purely military or secret treaty containing con-taining the germs of future warfare. 'Boy or girl?" Giulo Incerti asked the midwife. 'Four boys and one girl !" the midwife replied. Incerti fainted. His wtlfe had borne quintuplets. quintup-lets. One died, but the remaiug four are crying lustily says a report from Reggio, Italy. Bella Pontiac, the world's record cow owned by T. A. Barron of Brantford Ontario, has set a new recod. The official of-ficial test of the Holstein Friesian association, as-sociation, it was announce Thursday, showed that for tire year ended June 15 Bella Pontiac produced: Milk 27,-017 27,-017 pounds ; fat, 1259 pounds, and butter, but-ter, 1573.75 pounds. Eamonn de Valera has been reelected reelect-ed president of the "Irish Republic," Is was announced Tuesday by his secretary, sec-retary, Harry Boland. He also stated that Sean O'Ceallaigh, former Irish "envoy" to Paris had been elected speaker of Dail Eireann, tho Sinn Fien parliament. Hjalmar B ran ting, former premier of Sweden, at Monday's session of the league of nations' council, attacked the report of the allied commission which investigated the dispute between Finland Fin-land and Sweden over ownership ot the Aland islands. He was parlicu-larly parlicu-larly severe upon Judge A. L. Elkus. American member. The cabinet Tuesday authorized the war minister to begin dei'iobliznt ion fif the entire class of 1919 on June 25. This decision was reached on receipt c f a report that the classes of 1920 .nd 1921 have been trained edqualely. Mrs. Alice Connolly, 44, was drowned in a small creek Thursday after rescuing res-cuing her three small children from drowning at Peoria, 111. Exhausted by her efforts the mother fell into the water after the third child had been rescued. Two hundred and fifty members of the Alpha Delta Pi, national college sorority, were attending the national convention of the organization at Estes Park, Colo., Tuesday. The convention conven-tion will continue until June 27. Construction of a huge reservoir above Pueblo to impound the waters of the-Arkansas river is the tentative plan for preventing a recurrence of a flood in ithat city, Edward C. Finney Fin-ney of Washington, D. C, first assistant assis-tant secretary of the interior, said in Denver, Colo., Tuesday. Mr. Finney went to Denver to discuss flood prevention pre-vention with agents of his department and Colorado engineers. More than 2500 persons . attended the dance given at the Bonneville fit of the" families of the three men who lost their lives in the recent Utah Oil Refining company fire. The affair af-fair was held under the auspices of the Clarence E. Allen post of the Veterans of Foreign Wtu-s, of . Salt Lake. DOMESTIC. f ' Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York, who was the legatee receiving the $1,354,3S9 estate of Mrs.' Frank Leslie, announced Thursday that $500-000 $500-000 of the estate had been spent for woman's suffrage work in the United States and that the remainder would soon be consumed in the Phillipines, Porto Rico and Hawaiian. Funds also were supplied, she said to suffrage ctumpaingns in Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France and Belgium. Quotations for refined cane sugar at the refineries at San Francisco fell off Wednesday from $6 to $5.90 a hundred weight the lowest price for more than five years. Beet sugar, refined dropped drop-ped 20 cents a hundred weight to $5.70. Delegates to the c:vil service commls skmer's annual assembly at Minneapolis Minneapo-lis Thursday, announced San Francisco has been decided on as the convention city for 1922. The "Rainbow Parade" of the Foresters Fores-ters through the business district and final drill maneuvers at their encampment encamp-ment at Forest park at Los Angeles, Thursday occupied the attention of the approximately 8000 members of the Modren Woodmen of America at the order's convention. Sergeant James E. Jones of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, was instantly killed and Private Lester J. Overton was slightly slight-ly injured when an army airplane In which they were flying fell 300 feet at March field at Riverside Cal., Tuesday. The accident was caused by the motor of the plane stalling, officials at the field said. Six negroes were candidates for the city council in Tuesday's municipal election at Jacksonville, Fla., the first time a member of that race has sought public office in Jacksonville in many years. A municpal election here usually us-ually is regarded only a -ratification of the white primary. The family of Edward C. Tetlt of' Aurora, 111., is united and is increased by two. An hour before Mrs. I'etit's suit for divorce was to come up Monday, Mon-day, she became the mother of twins. Her suit was dismissed when it was called up. Sergeant James E. Jones of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. was Instantly killed and Private Lester K. Overton was slight- ly injured Tuesday morning at March 'iehl, Riverside, California, when an rmy plane fell from an altitude of JO feet. I |