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Show TELEGRAPHIC TALES FOR BUSYJEADERS A RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES Important Events of the Last Seven Days Reported by Wire and Prepared Pre-pared for the Benefit of the Busy Reader WESTERN Four students of the University of California, have confessed to cheating In final examinations, as the result of the application to them of a device known us the "Lie detector," according accord-ing to a statement by the Men's and Women's iStudent Affairs committee of the institution. The device used was invented by Prof. John Larsen, former university student and now a member of the Berkeley police force. Two persons are dead and two are known to have been injured by a tornado which swept a narrow path for about four miles through Gage county, Nebraska. Two students, David JleMillian and Richard Barlow, of the University of California, walked 80 miles with their feet manacled together heel to heel. The stunt was pulled as a means of advertising a school picinc. The men made the SO mile walk in 26 hours and 44 minutes. A premature blast at 'Los Angeles supposedly killed Dan Leary in fact his heart had stopped beating; Leary was gradually brought back from the borderline of death by injections of Adrenalin serum, and physicians now ay he will live. Allotments for improvements on river and harbor projects, announced by the war department, included $130,000 for Humboldt harbor and bay, California, and $200,000 for Crescent City harbor, California, One man was shot, one had his hand cut off, and another had his arm crushed in a fight near Fresno, California when twenty raisin growers grow-ers soliciring contracts for the Sun Maid Raisins Growers association clashed with a rival association. The historic Catholic college of Notre Dame, including several buildings build-ings and more than ten acres of land, has been sold to San Francisco capitalists, for hotel and business purposes, it was announced. The consideration con-sideration was not stated, but is believed be-lieved to approximate 5750,000. In cooperation with the federal government's drive against fake oil companies in Texas, the Los, Angeles district attorney's office announces that a widespread investigation will be begun into the operations of mushroom oil promotion companies In southern California. Coney C. Slaughter former cashier of the wrecked Mercantile bank of Pueblo, Colo., reached Denver in custody of deputy United States Marshalls, from Philadelphia where he was arrested after a search of .eight years. GENERAL Four men and a woman were rescued res-cued from a disabled seaplane tossed for hours 40 miles off the coast. One of the survivors, Robert L. Dewey, second cousin of the late Admiral Dewey, swam ashore after the plane had floated to within a mile of the beach and reported the predicament of his companion. Picketing of the White House in behalf of amnesty for imprisoned wir law violaters was resumed Tuesday, a delegation representing the world war veterans appearing at White PERSONAL The council of the lengue of nations na-tions has elected the Dutch physicist, Hendrik Ixjrentz, to membership on the commission on intelectual cooperation. coop-eration. He replaces Professor Albert Al-bert Einstein, who recently resigned. President Harding has directed the war and navy depiirtments, in a letter let-ter addressed to Secretarie.Yeeks and Denby not to permit the sale of surplus war stocks including arms, ammunition or other munitions to any foreign nation. Ricardo Del Valle, a Cuban sugar planter, was arrested in New York, charged with grand larceny on the complaint of Julian La Vin that del Valle had obtained $52,000 worth of negotiable securities from him in exchange ex-change for forged certificates on sugar su-gar warehouses. The trial of the Most Rev. Dr. Tlkhon, former patriarch of all Russia, Rus-sia, on a charge of treason and hindering hin-dering the carrying out of soviet orders, or-ders, has been postponed indefinitely. Secretary Hoover has decided to make the trip to Alaska this summer with President Harding leaving Washington about June 15. He will not cross the continent with the president, pres-ident, but will join the party on the Pacific coast, and in Alaska will inquire in-quire into the fishery 6ituaton, over which a bitter controversy has raged for two years. James Larkin, Irish leader, who was arrested on a deportation warrant war-rant shortly after he had been released re-leased on pardon from Sing Sing prison, where he was serving a five-year five-year term for criminal anarchy, will be deported. The immigration commissioner com-missioner withheld the name of the ship that would take Larkin away in order to prevent a possible demonstration demon-stration at the pier. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania, was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution after one of the bitterest elections in the history of the society. Chauncey M Depew entered upon his ninetieth year Monday. The grand old man of American politics has seen four wars and their aftermaths. after-maths. He has been a friend of Gladstone, the statesman, and Joe Jefferson, the actor. Governor Richardson, Speaker Mer riam of the California assembly and others in the governor's private car were halted by a traffic officer in Solano county while trying to catch up with a number of legislators who were making a trip to Xapa. Goldie Hughes, little 17-year-old girl, is in St. Joseph infirmary at Houston, Texas, in a comatose condition, condi-tion, the result, according to Dr. R. L. Bradley of acute dilation of the heart following her feat of 54 hours of continuous dancing. FOREIGN Advices received by the state at Washington department from Lisbon, Portugal, said the Portuguese government govern-ment had ratified the two nine-power treaties negotiated by the Washing, ton armament conference. This ratification ra-tification completes the approval by the respective powers of the armaments arma-ments conference covenants, with the single exception of France. The German government has sent a note of protest to the French, British and Belgian governments against the explusion of Prince von Hatzfeldt, the German commissioner in the occupied oc-cupied territory, whereby the population, popula-tion, it is declared, is "deprived of the last means of making known the sufferings they endure at the hands of the occupying forces." Sir John Maffey, chief commissioner commission-er for the Northwest provinces, is expected ex-pected to arrive in Peshawar with Molly Ellis, the 15-year-old girl who was recovered from the band of House gates with an American flag and banners carrying amnesty appeal. ap-peal. Fire which broke out in a store room of the Madison square garden at New York for a time threatened destruction of the garden as well a'i the animals and Bhiw equipment o the Kingllng circus now playing at The Garden. John Credon of Philadelphia whose auto crashed into a crowd killing a 17 year old girl, was sentenced to serve from 4 to 8 years in the penitentiary peni-tentiary for the act. Two firemen were injured and loss of between $400,000 and $-r00,000 was caused by fire in two warehouses in the Chicago stockyards. Eight prison sentences and fines totaling .$171,000 were imposed by federal Judge Van Fleet of New York on 20 individuals arid ! corporations, Afghans by whom she was kidnaped. The commissioner is credited with the intention of punishing the tribesmen tribes-men responsible for the murder of the girl's mother as well as for other crimes. It is said that the murder and the kidnaping were in fulfillment of a vow of vengeance made by the leader of the marauders. For the first time In its history the English house of commons debated a liquor prohibition bill and at the expiration ex-piration of the arguments on It killed the measure by rejecting its second reading, 2.'J6 to H. The bill was that recently introduced by FdwIn 'Scrym-gecur 'Scrym-gecur of Dundee, who has devoted his life to the cause of prohibition. The celebration of Homes 2f!70th blrtdny was perhaps the most solemn In the long history of the fcternal city. Premier Mussolini promugated a decree establishing April 21 as I.a-bordny I.a-bordny Instead of May 1, and thus all engaged In the pottery Industry, who were convicted of conspiracy In restraint of trade. Four fliers weer almost Instantly killed and two others seriously Injured In-jured at. Dayton, Ohio, when a Martin Mar-tin air service bomber wlilr:h was leaving Mcf'ool: field for I.angley Field, Va., fell Into the Great Miami river. The most serious forest fire In many yea rti Is awee.pl tis through tbe sci lib oak and second growth forest of Michigan ri'-ar the city of Pullman. Pull-man. S' V'Tii bom's already have been dmirovcd and villages threatened the traditional date of tho city's foundation becomes a national holiday. holi-day. Members of Italian communist organization or-ganization were arrested, charged with plotting the assasslna I Ion of leaders of the Fauelatl. According to police Ilie conspirators plan to create a reign of terror and to murder the Fascial! chiefs under cover of Uio genera 1 exel Lemon t. P.ul:.'arla has appealed lo the United Unit-ed Stales through Ambassador Harvey Har-vey lo use lis Influence to cm! thfl deportation and in Istren trnont of Bulgarian Bul-garian Inhabitants of western Trace at the hands of tho Greek. |