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Show I SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYKUM, UTAH I Damage placed nt $400,000 resulted fire spread by 'an explosion aboard the oil lmrge Ilolikow swept a portion of the Southern Pacific docks at Galveston, Texas. Two men are known dead anti two Injured. because another girl held the affections of Earl Pyle, aged 17, whom she loved, Viva Howard, aged 15, suicided at Los Angeles, throwing herself under an automobile. Thomas Vickery, a white man held Jeff C. on a charge of murdering from was taken a Couch, policeman, the county jail at Fort Worth, Tex., by a mob and hanged. The purchase of a high powered armored motor car to be used by the police department here In its efforts to prevent spread, of a crime wave In Denver, is announced. The car will carry eight officers, besides the driver, will be heavily armed and so constructed that It can be driven through fences, wire or light obstructions. WASHINGTON. President Wilson has approved the bill providing medals of merit for merchant marine sailors'. The senate has passed a bill permitting the federal farm loan board to issue mortgage bonds for short or long periods, as market conditions may reAnother measure extending quire. the time in which federal reserve banks may hold temporary Liberty bonds until permanent bonds are available also was passed. An amendment adding sugar to the list of tariff protected products has been introduced by Senator Gay The amend(Deni.) of Louisiana. ment proposed a sliding tariff scale sufficient to hold raw sugar to a maximum of 8 cents a pound. The house has passed the annual appropriation bill carrying $205,000,000. The bill provides $500,000 for examining surgeons for disabled pensioners. General Pershing may act as grand marshal of the Inaugural parade March 4, it was stated in connection tTth plans of the committee in charge of the ceremonies. Carrying $14,000,000 less than was appropriated for this year, the annual pension bill was reported out Wednesday by the house appropriations committee. The total of the bill is when a Heart-broke- THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. ECORD OF Happenings That Are Making History Information Gathered from AM Quarters of the Globe oM Given In a Few Lines. INTERMOUNTAIN. Application for a receiver for the Ienver Tramway company, which operates the street car lines in Denver, was filed in the United States district court at Denver, December 24. Unconscious, a woman is in the city hospital at Seattle, her skull fractured, the result of being struck by an automobile. She had $1500, in her pocket-hoowhen picked up. Fire which broke out in a church vof Hanford, Wash., was declared by deputy sheriffs to have been caused by an overheated whisky still which was in full operation in the basement. The basement was rented by J. II. Brooks, a butcher. Two armed bandits who entered a drug store at Ogden, Utah, secured $531 in checks and currency. One of them, who gave his' name as Harry Byars, aged 21, of San Francisco, was later captured, but his companion escaped. It. P. Bwcliart, president, and Clark Moore, former sales manager of the Oregon Portland Cement company, were found guilty on an indictment charging violation of the antitrust law by a jury in federal court at Portland. The Sheridan County State bank of Plentywood, Mont., has been closed and Chester J. Beiseker, the cashier, is under arrest, charged with making false reports to the state banking de- k . partment. The Colorado Coal Operators association has withdrawn from the National Coal association. The Colorado association includes the large coal operators in Colorado, Wyoming and Hew Mexico. The Tacoma Ministers association lias adopted a resolution calling upon the legislature to make the states divorce laws more strict. DOMESTIC. Grand jury indictments of William Babe Borton, Harl Maggert and William Rumler, alleging that they, conspired to prearrange decision in Pacific Coast league baseball games, were quashed by Judge Willis in the Los Angeles superior court. Judge AVillis held that the indictments did not allege a criminal act. A $100,000 alienation of affections suit brought by O. C. Kuentzel against Robert M. Hicks, a millionaire hotel owner of Savannah, Ga., scheduled for hearing at Los Angeles March 7, has been settled out of court. Edward Kruvosky, San Francisco pugilist, and the second of five men to be tried for criminal attacks on young women, was found guilty In the superior court at San Francisco. Five manufacturing concerns controlling more than 95 per cent of Americas white lead output, principal ingredient of paint were accused of collusion and price fixing by New Yorks building trust inquiry. Plans have been completed for a new $4,000,000 postoffice at to handle Chicago parcel post exclusively. Work will start about March 1. Dallas A. Anderson, 39, said to have been prominently known as a politician in St. Paul and Chicago, was instantly killed at South Bend, Ind., following a quarrel with Mack Atyeo. According to police, Atyeo fired four shots at Anderson, all of which took V six-stor- y effect. Dr. Samuel C. Dickie, noted prohi- ' bition director, dropped dead at his winter home at Dayton, Fla., December 23. an economic of Organization, to nations of supervise the league trade relations of all countries and prevent discriminatory, tactics was advocated in an interview at New York with Lelapd L. Summers, former chairman oi the foreign mission of the war Industries board. A woman with $10,000 in bank notes bound to her thigh by a handkerchief was found dead of gas poisoning in a room to New York City. The world famous Venice pleasure pier, fourteen miles from Los Angeles, was wiped out by a fire which was brought under control Wednesday. The damage was estimated at between Two men l$R000,000 and $1,500,000. who were Injured may die. A bill to make bank robbery, highway robbery and burglary offenses Intropunishable by death will ofbethe Missession next duced at the souri legislature. SANTO DOMINGO TO PLAN TO B RUN OWN AFFAIRS REViSEB n $265,-500,00- LARGEST GROSS TONNAGE AND GREATEST HAULAGE PER CAR IN HISTORY IS ATTAINED. NEW Commission Will Formulate Amendments to Dominican Constitution and Draft New Election Laws Before Natives Take Charge. Chairman of Executive Association Makes Report of Achievements of Railroad of the Nation for Year Which Is Most Satisfactory. Commission Would Have Autho-pAccept Bonds of the German Government as Security for the Credit. Washington. By direction of the president, initial steps were taken on December 24 for withdrawal of American control over affairs of the Dominican republic. A proclamation announcing this purpose was issued at San Domingo by Rear Admiral Thomas Snowden, military governor. Its text was made public here. By its terms the friendly purposes of American military intervention in the Island in 1918 are declared to be substantially achieved and simple processes inaugurated for rapid withdrawal from the responsibilities assumed in connection with Dominican affairs. A Dominican commission, aided by an American adviser, will be named by Admiral Snowden to formulate amendments to the Dniinican constitution and draft new .ejection laws. When approved by the military governor these will be submitted to a constitutional convention and the Dominican national congress, as a preliminary to the erection of a Dominican government to which the affairs of the republic will be turned ( yer. An accompanying announcement by the state department said tranquillity prevailed iu the republic; that Dominican finances had been placed on a stable basis; education and sanitation advanced and the people for the first time in many years had been able to devote themselves to peaceful pursuits. New York. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives, authorizes the following statement reviewing the railroad situation for the current year. This is the record year of American railroad operation. Not only has a larger gross tonnage been moved than ever before, but nesv records have been established in the amount of transportation gotten out of each car. Even during the war year of 1918 the highest performance was 494 ton miles per car per day, while for August, 1920, the average was 557, and for September and October, 565. In the nKJi full months since the government turned back the railroads to their owners on March 1, the railroad companies under private operation have: Increased the average movement per freight car per day 6.3 mijes from 22.3 to 28.6 miles. Increased the average load per car 1.7 tons from 28.3 to 30 tons. Made substantial reduction in the number of unserviceable locomotives. Reduced the accumulation of loaded but unmoved freiglrt cars from 103,237 ou March 1 to 21,991 on December 3, of which only 6386 were detained be-- , cause of the inability of the railroads to move them., Relocated approximately 180,000 box cars from the east to the west for the movement of farm products. Relocated 180,000 approximately cars from the west to the east o;on-toto keep up the production of' coal. Moved the third highest coal production in the history of the country. Spent over $500,000,000 extra on improving the maintenance of tracks, bridges, cars and locomotives. Contracted to spend about $250,000,-00largely out of earnings, for additions and betterments to promote the movement of cars. Made arrangements to purchase approximately 50,000 new freight cars, 1500 new locomotives and 1000 new passenger cars. Begun the reconstruction of thousands of old cars. Moved with a deteriorated plant, under disturbed labor and business conditions the largest volume of traffic ever known in a single year,-witthe highest efficiency yet achieved, and with a minimum addition to the value of the property on which the public has to pay a return through BILL TO BE INTROdh IF WAR CORPORATION re VIVAL IS VETOED. REGULATE FOOD SALES Establishment of Central Markets for Perishable Food Advocated. Washington. Establishment of central markets for perishable food products in all large cities and the setting up of a federal licensing system applicable to all dealers in such,. foods at those markets 13 proposed by the federal tradecommission tn its annual report to congress. The commissions conclusions are based on an investigation covering many months and it declares that federal action is necessary to obtain effective regulation and to avoid unfair and wasteful practices with the consequent effect on prices. In the present system the commission sees as a hindrance to the proper passage of perishables from the producer to the consumer certain intertrade dealings which it believes should be eliminated, and suggests that the handling of these products be surrounded by numerous regulations and restrictions such as the recording of available supplies, the dating of cold storage periods and provisions for auction marketing. -- 0, rates. Uchida Predicts New Pact. Tokio. Addressing preliminary meetings of the, diet here, Viscount Uchida, the foreign minister, expressed the opinion that a new Japanese NUGENT RESIGNS FROM SENATE American treaty will be concluded of the Calileading to nullification Idahoan to Quit Upper Chamber to fornia land law. He said-hexpected Take Federal Board Place. such action to result from the negotiaWashington. Senator Nugent of tions which have been in progress at Idaho has forwarded to Governor Washington between Ambassador Davis his resignation from the sen- Shidehara and Roland S. Morris, ate, to take efect January 15, on United States ambassador to Japan. which date he has decided to take up his duties as a member of the President Has Quiet Holiday. federal trade coumiission. It also is Washington. President and Mrs. understood that the president will Wilson spent Christmas quietly at the designate Nugent as chairman of the White House, surrounded by a few commission to succeed Victor Mur- relatives, including Miss Margaret dock. Wilson, daughter of the president, and The retirement of Senator Nugent Dr. Stockton Axson, his brother-in-lapaves the way for the appointment On account of the absence of the presof Senator-elec- t Gooding to fill the idents grandchildren, 'there was no vacancy so that he may begin his sen- tree. atorial career seven weeks in advance of the tern; for which he Jbas Failure to Keep Treaty Protested. been elected. Such appointment will has been Washington. Protest give Gooding seniority over senators made by the Jugo-Slagovernment to who begin their terms March 4. the council of ambassadors of the allied powers against ,'ailure of the allies Monk Eastman, Gangster, Murdered. to appoint an interallied commission New York. Monk Eastman, New under the treaty of Neuilly to inquire Yorks most notorious gangster, has into property returnable to Serbia by gone west and with his boots on. Bulgaria. He was shot and killed late Christmas night as he was making his way homeClara Refuses to Admit Guilt. ward. Five bullets were fired Into his n Ardmore, Okla. Clara Smith body; one hit him in the abdomen will enter a plea of "not guilty while he apparently was lying on the to the charge of murder filed against ground attempting to return the fire, her in connection with the death of and It spelled his doom. Jake L. Hamon, Republican national committeeman, when the case comes to trial. Reprisal Threats Not Worrying. Washington. Threats of reprisals Says Germany Has Many Guns. against the United States by Argentina if the Fordney emergency tariff bill is Paris. Andre Lefevre, former minput into effect, as contained in cabled ister of war, in explaining to the chamdispatches published Saturday, will ber of deputies his controversy with have no Influence upon consideration his colleagues In the cabinet which led of the proposed relief for the fanners to his retirement from the war minisand livestock men by the senate, ac- try, said : I believe Germany still has 1200,000 machine guns. cording to congressional leaders. e v Ha-mo- f t. w p MAY 0. FOREIGN. General Wilhelm Hoffman, former chief of staff of the German east army, who played an important part in the negotiations, declares in an interview published in the Berlin Russian Daily Rul that bolshevism, haVing ceased to be! regional, is if world problem now which can be solved only by armed intervention by the great powers acting in concert. Emigration of the Maltese people Is increasing in consequence of the growing unemployment. In the quarter ending September 30, 4546 persons have emigrated; more than half of whom have gone to tne United States. The majority of them e skilled laborers. The Canadian Pacific railway has announced a reduction of 10 per cent in all railway fares between points in Canada. Fares were increased 20 per cent last September. It is said Iancho Villa played Santa Claus on Christmas day. The once ferocious leader of the Villistas did not actually don whiskers and a red, fur trimmed costume, but he passed out lots of little gifts to retainers on his ranch at Canutillo and spent the day making people happy. Loss of life was expected to be heavy as officials began 'checking casualties in the worst eruption in the history of Mount Azama, Japan. Japan has no intention of setting the pace in a race for armament. Count Hayashi, ambassador to Great Britain, declared in an interview at London. His country will be pleased to join in discussions of armament reduction, he said. Adoption by the Cuban government of as much of the United States federal reserve banking system as Is legally possible has been recommended to President Menocal by Jose Manuel Tarafa, a prominent Cuban financier. A statement charging Japanese military authorities with deeds more frightful and barbarous than anything ever alleged to have occurred in Belgium during the war has been Issued by the Korean commission, based, the commission said, on authentic reports received by it from Manchuria. Official figures of French imports and exports for the first eleven months of 1920 were issued December 21 by the French ministry of finance. They show imports of 82,456,000,000 francs and exports of 20,773,000,000 francs. Assistant Postmaster W. C. Petersen was arrested at Honolulu, accused of falling to deposit postoffice funds In the treasury and failing to pay the postmaster general such funds. All taxes on luxuries In Canada, excepting alcoholic liquors, confectionery and playing cards, have been abolished by the dominion government through an order In council. Brest-Litovs- k STEPS BEING TAKEN FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN MILITARY INTERVENTION. Washington. Introduction in eon. gress of a revised bill authorizi,, . credit to the German government for the purchase of American products awaiting action by President Wilson upon the resolution for the revival of the war finance corporation. William Wallace Brauer, New York exporter, agent of the German govern, ment in negotiating a loan from the United States and in making por. chases if it is granted, said that in case of the veto of the war finance corporation resolution, the new bn: will provide for the appointment of a commission by the president. This commission would have authority to accept bonds of the German government as security for the credit and to sell debentures as a means of obtaining the money needed. In case of veto of the war finance corporation resolution, it is presumed that President Wilson also would veto any German credit measure, inasmuch as Secretary of the Treasury Houston is against both propositions. In that case the bill probably will not be passed until the new administration comes in. If President Wilson signs the war finance corporation resolution the German credit bill will provide that the matter be handled by that body. HARDING MAY RESUBMIT PACT Senate Circles Are Stirred by Report Coming From Marion. Washington. 'Persistent reports are reaching the senate from Marion to the effect that Harding has President-elec- t been persuaded to return to the idea of ratifying the trersy of Versailles, including the league of nations covenant, with reservations clearly difrom ail States United the sentangling undesirable obligations. This was the position which Mr. Harding took when the treaty, was last before the senate. According to these reports the change of attitude by Senator Harding has been brougliv pbout by his conferences with such men as former Pres- Taft, Elihu Root, Charles Hughes and Herbert Clark Hoover, have gone to Marioh by invitation ident E. who and the emphasized to the president-elec- t serious difficulties that would attend the discarding of the Versailles treaty and the setting up of a new world association of nations. TINO ASSERTS AMITY POLICY King Hopes to Live on Friendly Terms. lestord Greek Athens. King Constantine, dressed the uniform of a general of the Jreek army, apparently still wearied rom his trip home from Switzerland, ailed .n the American correspondents n Friday and gave them bis first since he came back to Athens, le said he appreciated the courtesy f tha American officials in calling on n iim. Coastantine said that, as far as he the situation, the Greek would follow a conciliatory at itude toward the allies and that lie did lot expect a change in the cabinet in ireaent. He smilingly shrugged his holders regarding the uncertainty as o whether the British and French aiulsters would remain in Athens. nt ACCUSED GIVEN FREEDOM. SuAlleged Slayer of Jake Hamon Bari. rrenders and Gives Smith Ardmore, Okla. Miss Clara nent y prom who has figured Hamon, a in the newspapers of the nation for e iTil of month following the shooting L. Hamon, Republican national coni mitteeman of Oklahoma, is enjoym bond the freedom'provided in a $12,009Mexico-anafter her sensational flight into he voluntary return to Ardmore. In the office of the sheriff of Carter returne county Mrs. Hamon, who answer to here at noon Friday charge of murder in connection n the death of Hamon, was released bond shortly after 1 oclock Satur 1111 Chief. is New Nicaragua Panama. The Nicaraguan legation )t Panama has given out a s from the Managua foreign office o has congress national ing that the dared Diego Manuel Chamorro constitutional, Bartolo Martinez vice pros and elected president The of Nicaragua. respectively Ja office take 10 teen!xves are Chamorro . |