Show TALES FOR BUSY BUSS READERS L A RESUME 0 OF THE WEEKS WEEK'S DOINGS IN N THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES Important Events Eventa Event of f theLast the Last Lut La t Seven Day Reported by Wire and Pre pared r for rr r th the Benefit of I the theu Busy u y Reader WESTERN Two men help up the assistant cashier of or the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company at Seattle Wash and obtained in cash and 12 12 in checks which he ho was going going to deposit in a n bank William Francis Ryan recently con con of wholesale bank swindling nt at Los Angeles was sentenced to years rears in San Quentin penitentiary He Be received a sentence of from one oneto oneto oneto to fourteen year rear on each of twenty twenty- twentysix twenty six six Ix counts of forgery all to run consecutively con- con Ryans Ryan's method as was brought out at his trial was to open a bank account casha cash a check else else- elsewhere elsewhere where and then withdraw the bulk of his funds before the check was returned re- re re returned turned to the bank A Mitchell Pal Palmer r former alien property custodian probably will be called by the defense as a n witness inthe in inthe inthe the Hackfeld sugar suit on trial at San Francisco in which former stockholders in the once powerful German sugar companies in Hawaii are arc seeking an accounting on the th ground that property worth was seized during the war var and sold old old for It is expected there will be more or less heat heated d discussion of appropriations appropriations for the Idaho Educational system but the indications arc are that the State institutions of learning will willbe willbe willbe be adequately ly cared for Public sen sen- sentiment sentiment it is is pointed out out stands for fora fora a program of proper maintenance without excesses and the budget an- an announced announced an announced by Governor Moore shows this can be done Declaring that she did not come be- be before before be before fore it to represent any special class or interest but that she approached her task pur purposing sing to do it for the advancement of the common interest of all the people Governor Ross of Wyoming delivered her the message message first ever delivered by a woman gov- gov gor to to the Wyoming state legis legis- legislature lature Launching directly into the question of state expenditures after a brief review of the progress of the state tate since her late husband took over the reins two years rears ago Mrs Ross called attention to hug huge overdrafts in the general fund and came out for foran foren nn an equalization of taxes in the state A petition protesting the election of Judge Ben B Lindsey of Denver to the bench seat in the Denver Demer ju- ju juvenile ju juvenile venile court that he has held for twentythree twentythree three ty-three years ears was filed in district court b by Roy B Graham defeated candidate for the judgeship in the elections last November Judge Lindsey Lind- Lind Lindey sey ey and Denver elections boards are made defendants in the charges which allege that through incompetency and inexperience ce on the part of the election jud-es jud jud- jud judes judes es Graham was deprived of between and 1500 1600 votes The petition fur fur- further further further ther that a recount will show the truth of Grahams Graham's contentions Mrs Walburga who for two years has been facing a charge of having murdered her hus hus- husband hus- hus husband husband band Fred former wealthy manufacturer of Milwaukee was freed treed in superior court at Los Angeles on a motion b by the district attorney who said there was a rea lea reasonable reasonable certainty that a conviction could not be obtained Y v GENERAL Gerald Chapman bandit and prison breaker for whom a nationwide search captured has been made has been cap cap- cap at Munice Ind by Munice po- po po police lice after a pistol battle Th The American Sugar Refining com com- company com com- company company pany of New York after having paid no dividend on common stock since 1921 is now to the good and in a position to resume payments payment Earl D Babst president told the stockholders Dr Richard R Lyman professor of civil engineering at the University University University ty of Utah one of f the experts on the sanitary districts board of review predicted that the nation as well as Chicago would be endangered by di- di disease disease di disease sease if relief be not found from the supreme court limiting the amount withdraw of water a district can with with- draw for dilution ofa of a city's sewage The old and the new generations of the Ponca Indians are represented in a tribal council l formed at Ponca Ponc City Okla for the purpose of push push- pushing ing the tribes tribe's suit against the gov gov- government gov- gov government government for The Ponca claim the government owe them them for r former tribal lands in South Dakota and Nebraska The sixth annual convention of the th National League of Women Voters will be held at Richmond Va April Apri 16 10 to 22 The call was wal issued by the lea league t directors I First contributions by le legion on poste to the American Legion endowment fund were received from Eugene post of Eugene Ore and C II lt Berry post of Pa it was an- an announced announced an announced at national headquarters at Indianapolis The contribution from the Oregon post was 76 75 76 and Tama- Tama Tamaqua Tamaqua qua Tama-qua qua 1730 1730 Three carloads of alcohol said to tobe tobe tobe be valued at and which are alleged to have been taken secretly from a Philadelphia distillery were seized at St Paul by the federal pro pro- prohibition prohibition prohibition enforcement agents from Minneapolis headed by Maurice Sil Sil Sil- Sil Silverman verman acting prohibition director for the northwest Several lives have been lost and a large property dama damage e occurred as asa n a result of swollen streams in Geor Geor- Georgia Georgia Georgia gia Alabama and South Carolina caused by heavy rains of the past ten tenda's das da's days A horse sold at auction at Beggs Okla for 5 cents Another horse was wag sold for 10 cents and a third for 50 cents These were animals surrendered surrendered surrendered dered on mortgages after the former owners had starved them rather than pay for expensive feed The live live- livestock livestock livestock stock auction was started by farmers and stockmen to place stock in the hands of men who would properly care for them James de 1 lI Martino will succeed as Italian ambassador to Washington ton when the latter retires retire early in February It is understood the Italian foreign office already has been assured of the acceptability of De Martino to the United States and that his official nomination will willbe willbe willbe be issued without dela delay While defending Edwin Denby Delby as asI I secretary of the navy a Republican minority of the senate oil committee in a report just filed vigorously con con- condemns con condemns Albert B Fall as secretary of the interior for accepting a loan of an other favors from Edwin L Doheny California oil oj magnate to whom a California naval oil reserve re- re reserve re reserve serve was leased The damage suit filed by Roy D Moore and E H Brush publishers of the Marion Ohio Star against Frank A of New NewYork NewYork York has been settled out of court The house public lands b by a vote of 9 to 4 refused to report a senate bill to change the name of Mount Ranier Washington to Mount Tacoma Mone Money and genius for an air pro pro- program pro program gram ram that would put the United States in the lead of any other na- na nation nation na nation tion are available in this country yet in performances the nation is far be- be behind behind be behind hind France England and Japan This was the burden of testimony before the congressional subcommittee of in- in inquiry in inquiry into the United States air ser service ser ser- vice FOREIGN Although the chamber of deputies adjourned after having passed a new electoral bill everyone in Rome is asking the question when it will re- re reopen re reopen reopen open its sessions Some persons are of the belief that that Premier Mussolini after having obtained what he want want- wanted wanted red ed will keep recessed for fora fora a while The Australian population is now nov approximately and is in- in increasing increasing in increasing creasing at the rate of 2 per cent annually The largest city is Sydney with witha a population of The socialist party has been com com- compelled com compelled to sell the Hammer bread works which it owned for fifteen years and which produced loaves weekly The sale was necessary necessary necessary sary because the bakery was unable to comply with the governments government's or- or ordinance or ordinance of last week compelling a reduction of 13 per cent in the price of bread An official renewal of the proposal proposal proposal sal for settling the debts contained in the Balfour note of 1922 is made by the British cabinet in the reply to Winston Churchill chancel chancel- chancellor chancellor chancellor lor of the exchequer has given to the recent letter of Finance Minister Clementel on that subject The Brit Brit- British Brit Brit- British British ish cabinet proposes only to demand from the allies the amount by which Great Britian's payments to the Uni- Uni United Uni United ted States for her debt exceeds the amount she receives from Germany Ambassador Kellogg intends to sail for the United States some time be- be between be- be tween fh tn th nr t ar ary to take up his duties as secretary of sta state te While his health is good according to his intimates at the em- em embassy embassy em embassy bassy it is obvious that he is not ro- ro robust robust ro robust bust He feels however that if he can get a couple of afternoons off from his duties at the state department depart depart- department department ment each week for golf he will be physically equal to the tasks con con- confronting confronting confronting fronting him In his new post There are 80 times as many automo automo- automobiles automobiles automobiles biles per capita in the tha United States as there are in Germany according to A E Dunning secretary of th tl t American Chamber of commerce X Berlin Dunning brought out these figures to prove the United States auto makers have a big future in Europe Having settled his dispute with the Egyptian government regarding dis- dis disposition disposition dis disposition position of treasures found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tut Howard Car Car- Carter Carter ter will go to Luxor and reopen the tb tomb tonk |