| Show telegraphic TA LE 6 FOR BUSY READERS A RESUME OF THE WEEKS DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES important events of the last seven days reported by wre wire and prepared for the benefit of the busy reader WESTERN the destruction by hammer and torch of what many nations in the world might consider a tair fair sized navy has been begun in two pacific coast shipyards monday in compliance with orders predl predicating eating the hie armament conference in washington seven ships ot of thellie the thel line lne six of them outworn in service and the seventh the greatest of 0 all still le less ss than halt completed on the launching ways are being fairly overrun by stripping crews A million dollars damage was caused tuesday by the worst electrical storm to strike alameda and contra costa counties C california all fornia in 50 years several persons were injured hun deeds were imperiled two tanks containing thousands of 0 gallons of naptha were tired fired by lightning which struck the standard oil tank farm arm tat fat Sa San pablo damage was estimated at scores of 0 nearby tanks are endangered by the huge bug ge blaze the editorial rooms ot of the newspaper excelsior at mexico city were the scene ot of a gun fight late monday between members ot of tile editorial baff and two men alleged to be members of 0 the ku klux klan the national association of attorneys general in annual session in minneapolis Tue tuesday day decided to conduct at once an investigation into the prices of gh gasoline soline and petroleum products to discover whether there is any price manipulation the investigation ti will comprise every state of the union according to a resolution adopted fertile farms and nd ranches in the arkansas valley in southeastern colorado experienced one ot of the worst floods in recent years wednesday night and early thursday holming when an immense irrigation reservoir on the Apis hapa river north ot of fowler cracked and precipitated a great rush ot of water down the valley the equity packing company ot of fargo north dakota whose affairs have been involved in controversy for several years lias has tiled filed a petition admitting its insolvency GENERAL one negro was killed and one wounded early monday when a band of white men dashed thru east savannah georgia band and fired into tile the homes in the negro colony play flay turned into tragedy spring lake N Y when charles spindler age 11 and william cubbard ag died after being virtually ru lasted alive tie the lads with companions were playing indian and the fire with which the captives here to be burned at the stake got beyond their control fire of undetermined origin broke out in the basement of the united states capitol tuesday betm but as extinguished before it spread to other parts of the building eight men were burled buried beneath beneat li hundreds of tons of sand and dirt when an embankment lit at baltimore in the excavation of the colored high school daved in shortly before noor noon tuesday five of the men buried were rescued by firemen and police first lieutenant walter R hirsch emiller a service officer in the army air service was killed and eighteen other reserve officers in training at camp mead md were injured thursday in the collapse of an old barn in which they had sought shelter from the rain two marine officers were instant instantly y killed and another probably fatally injured when two planes in which they were flying collided at an attitude altitude of approximately 3 00 feet plunged to the ground eastern southern and midwestern mid western tates states thursday shivered and donned overcoats as further records tor for cool august weather were brolien and light frosts were reported in section gripped by the cool wave the cuban government thursday became the first of americas wartime debtors to pay oft off the total amount of its loan the m second and final payment on the balance of owed by cuba was paid to the tr treasury eaury by the national city bank of new york acting for the cuban government all records tor for a flight across the continent were broken friday when pilot wesley L smith of the air mall mail service bervice landed at hempstead field new york at 1114 eastern jiin standard i dard time completing a relay mall mail flight from san francisco in 20 bourk hour and nd 11 14 1 1 minutes A westbound mall mail train on the chica cago burlington quincy railroad plunged into the ditch nt at russell iowa lowa early saturday when one of the tha trucks of the coal tender was derailed and tore up a section of 0 track PERSONAL J T A miller a presbyterian mis londry from illinois returning to hla his station at the important railway town of shuntetsu Shun tetu tefil chihli province while driving from tile the railway to the mission with his bis laife stife and daug daughter ahter was fired upon wit out challenge by twenty chinese soldiers the driver was wounded requiring amputation ot of ills his arm the americans were not injured governor pinchot ot of pennsylvania leaders ot of each side in the anthracite controversy around his office table monday told them clem bluntly that the proposed suspension of mixing sept 1 could not be allowed after a conference lasting most of monday night physicians attending james kirkwood film factor bactor who was rendered unconscious saturday when he was thrown from a horse stated that mat the actor would live as the crisis has apparently passed colonel launcelot M purcell U S A retired of seattle wash former chief of the surplus property divis division loh J ohn john 0 skinner chief of the sales division of the quarter masters corps bertrand weiss herman miller were indicted thursday charged with conspiracy to defraud the government after tiring firing five shots from a revolver in an attempt to kill himself in his apartment thursday and suffering only three slight scalp wounds charles bowman I 1 a new york broker was arrested on charges of violation of the firearms law federal officers arrived at raw paw Of oklahoma dahoma with ten men captured in the osage osae hills wednesday whom they charge are members of the b bandit gang which early tuesday held up a passenger train near okesa akesa and escaped alt with registered mail edward kelly one of the republicans whom tie the tree free state authorities have been hunting g was shot and critically wounded by government troops saturday near belfast kelly and a companion are said to have been engaged in posting republican literature secretary mellon of the treasury let it be known cnown definitely monday after a conference with president coolidge that he would remain in the cabinet state competition for nebraska coal firms is threatened by Goer governor nor bryan who announces that he has almost completed tor for supplying coal to local public committees to be sold to consumers below the present prices john austrian coal miner pronounced the outstanding hero of tuesdays explosion in the kemmerer coal company mine no 1 3 at frontier wyo was brought to the state mental hospital at evanson wyo saturday ile he Is insane as a result of his experiences FOREIGN A lively out reak of rifle and machine chine gun tire fire occurred in dublin nonday monday the shooting was not explained pla ined balloting in the dall dail elections proceeded with national troops patrolling the streets all the members of the free state government were elected to tle the dall dail eimann in mondays general election it was stated so far the count shows only one republican elected the city of vera Is entirely cut oft off from the rest of the country as a result of a general strike ot of railroad employees of that city the strike was called in syn sympathy pathy with electricians who had been out tor for some time eastern oriental liner Chang sha british carrying passengers and freight from australia to manila has pone gone on the rocks at tigi bank near the islands of the philippines according to radio advices advises ad vices france is standing pat upon her re la rations demands it was revealed the foreign office officially published the note sent to london in rely to the british reparations communication muni cation of aug 12 it Is a 50 page document laying all frances cards upon the table and answering the british document point by point for the first time france officially sets forth gold marks as her minimum demand from germany plus sufficient credits from class reparations bonds to pay any war debts claimed by frances allies premier kato died friday afternoon at tokio apparently from a complication of maladies that weakened his heart beyond repair admiral baron kato was born in 1859 find and has a distinguished career in the administrative and diplomatic sen ices before lie was elevated to the premiership last year Adil adlees cee received from seoul korea said that are arc dead and more than a thousand missing as a result of the recent tidal waves and storm in the western provinces of korea the damage to property nas as large after boring a liole bole through their prison wall fourteen convicts escaped friday from the national penitentiary they included ramon silverra Sll verra the spans i extremist whose extradition from uruguay caused communist strikes in buenos alres aires and montevideo early last month general ong commanding an army of peking troops at chloma eight mil es northwest of 0 amoy del delivered lvere it monday an ultimatum to chag T tse r pang the eastern rily ally ot of sun gun yat sen say ing that amoy must be evacuated |
