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Show HEWS STORfOF TOST WEEK A Complete History of What Huj Been Happening Thioughoul the World. WESTERN Government postofflce inspectors at Trlndad, f.'olo., released Information of the loss of three pouches of registered regis-tered mall stolen from the Atchison, Topuku & 8antu Fe railway baggage Toom. A hcek-up the contests Inspectors said, found that 1?S,G00 in currency and $-18,MX) In Liberty bonds are nilHwlng together with checks and money orders of unknown amounts-One amounts-One bandit was killed and another fatally woiinnded on the highway between be-tween Clary and Hammond, Ind., when they walked Into a trap set by the Hammond police to capture the men who have boon probbing motorists along the road. An organization to be known as Ihe woslorn states agricultural representatives represen-tatives and comprising agricultural directors di-rectors ami commissioners of eleven western ntat s was formed at Sacre-inento Sacre-inento at a meeiing of officials representing rep-resenting the member states. George II. Hecks director of the California department of agriculture, was elected elect-ed president; Miles Cannon, commissioner commis-sioner of agriculture of Idaho, vice president, and F. II. Gloyd, chief assistant as-sistant director of the Washington state department of agriculture, secretary-treasurer. The officers will also al-so compose the executive committee which will designate the time and place for the annual 'meetings. California, Cali-fornia, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, repre-senlod repre-senlod at the meeting. The purposes of this association as autllned, are as follows: To secure a greater mutual understanding, closer cooperation mid uniformity of action for the efficient enforcement of the agricultural laws. To promote the efficiency of service mid regulatory functions with reference refer-ence to tbe agriculture of the various woslern states. To define, inaugurate tint support an agricultural policy for tho western states- To encourage, foster fos-ter and extend cooperative relations with the United States department of agriculture. To encourage, promote and extend cooperative relations with colleger of agriculture and experiment stations. The rail Vad i.-nnounced that, as soon ns schedules could he published, they planned to put into effect new tariffs reducing rates on coal from the Wyoming and Utah mines to "main line" points In California to $0 a ton and to cut tbe rates to branch lines points approximately $1.23 a ton. ' Signs of better copper conditions, are apparent and there is decidely more vitality to the market than has been witnessed in over a year. Domestic Do-mestic manufacturing activity has increased in-creased to the point where the big brass mills must have larger quantities WASHINGTON Administration oft'irals are making no move at th:s time to bring about an end to the coal strike and expect n decisive turn in events that may lead to a settlement of the controversy tie-fore tie-fore the middle of June or the first of July. United efforts by religious denominations denom-inations are the means by which nations na-tions can be brought to a disarmament disarma-ment argreement or a village rhl or a nuisance, speakers at the recent conference con-ference of church federation secrctar ies agreed. Tho reply of the Canad.. a government govern-ment to the communication of the utate department suggesting negotiation or a treaty as a basis for construction of the Great I-.akes-.St. Lawrence waterway water-way was banded to the stale department depart-ment by the British embassy. The Canadian government states that the present is not an opportune time for the negotiation of such a treaty. Whether any additional move will hj made by the American government bus not been stated. declaring the United States is Qis-l' Qis-l' raced the world over "on account of the law prevailing in many slates," Representative Dyer, Republican, Missouri Mis-souri in a letter to Chairman Nelson of the s. mite judiciary committee, protested pro-tested against further delay on tht part of that committee In acting on the anti lynching bill passed by the house The house judiciary eommltt e, the bouse itserf and the attorney general have all gone on record as of the opinion that the pending bill Is constitutional, con-stitutional, Mr- Dyer said, but he suggested sug-gested that if the senate committee held otherwise, it ought to pass a bill which would meet the situation. Sergeant Alvln York at last feels secure, the deed to his 40O-acre river bottom farm In Fentress county, Tenn. having beeji pros. seed to him with Ihe title clear by J. T. Sheeler of Jamestown, one of the trustees of the f tmi started by the Nashville Howry chili with which tne faun was purchased. pur-chased. The first campaign for tha I und lel'L the litle to the farm clovidod vilh a mortgage, and trie Argonue hero recently was repotted couldtr-a! couldtr-a! ly worried over meeting paymer.ta the indehtdness. A second campaign cam-paign was inaugurated by the ltottir-ians ltottir-ians and the mortgage was paid- l'ie-sentalion l'ie-sentalion of the deed was held op 1 ending incorporation in the dociiiiie.ct of an account of the 'sergeant's exploit in France. Premier Stamboulisky of Bulgaria, advocates the arrest and punishment of gills who refuse to obey the new law requiring them to work lor the government free four months out of each year. Under this law girls be. tween jQ and 20, daughters of bourgeois bour-geois citizens of Varna and Sofia, nro required to work, but only one hundred hun-dred have thus far complied. They are doing sewing, typing and hospital work. The law became offective May 1. Chief Justice Taft will leave shortly for England, where during a stay of several weeks he will study the English Eng-lish judicial system with a view to determining Its characteristics vl.ich lead to great expedition in the setlle-ment setlle-ment of legal trials and Issues. r copper with which to fill current requirements. Export demand has also al-so developed to such an extent that the outgo has been established at n gratifying high level. Four largo signboards, with inscriptions inscrip-tions inviting automobile tourists to visit Utah, are to he erected within the next fow days at important highway high-way Jinn lions in the west bv the Salt Lake Commercial club and the Ogden Chamber of Commerce. This is the first step ih s joint advertising agreement agree-ment entered into between the directors direc-tors of both organizations Rt a rcent meeting In Ogden. GENERAL An aeroplane, fitted out like an ambulance, am-bulance, won a race with a stork a-Norfolk a-Norfolk Yo. It was a 105-mile race. The patient was landed safely at the door of the public health hospital, find at last reports was doing well. Mr. W. N. wilds, wile of a coastguard coast-guard at Chleomieo, X. C. was the Vatient- She stood the air trip wall nd was administered to by the doctors doc-tors during the entire flight. An army aeroplane carrying Lieutenant Lieuten-ant James S. Eldredge, stationed at Hantou), 111., and Paul V. Carpenter, a local newspaper man, fell 2-500 feet into Lake Michigan, off Milwaukee Jiarhor. The accident occurred whea the motor of the plane started to miss and Eldredge attempted to volplane to earth. The plane tipped slightly when It was near the water ami went under. Neither man was seriously injured. County assessors of Utah tills year have placed a total valuation on tho property which comes within their jurisdt-tion of $-174,080,752. The figures fig-ures compares with a total of $500,001 ,-fiOl ,-fiOl valuation on which the same clases of property In tiie slate paid taxes last year The reduction If the county assessors' figures were to stand as final, would he .S.'!.,0O4,S '.'2 In the total valuation of all -iropertv in tho state except mines and intercoim-ty intercoim-ty public utilities, which are i" ss:;d by the Hate board of equalization. FOREIGN Billions of locust are destroying fields and gardens In the fanning districts dis-tricts several miles from Naples, Italy. Within a few days many aci e3 of wheat, hops, clover and corn have been wiped out and It is estimated that tho pests are causing $20,000 damage daily. List year a few locusts appeared and their eggs re now pioducing a scout-:i;e scout-:i;e of Insects which is covering the land a foot deep in some places. The distracted population lias Implorod the .'ie!p of the government and measures ire being taken lo prevent the spread of the plague. .British troops aro being kept in Dul-li'i, Dul-li'i, not by the request of the Irish pro-Msiotic.l pro-Msiotic.l government but because the ; iocoss ot evacuation has been t-iinpo-tati'.y s-.pemled. Although it has K'On confirmed that the ministers ot the United States, '..'re:t Britain, Prance and Japan In I'ekln have been negotiating io ar-ranir ar-ranir a unified policy toward China, with a view to assisting plans for unification, uni-fication, with a plan including Hmu-civl Hmu-civl fcid t-- Onnnil Wu Pel Fit, it lias r.ct yet l?i.n decided what the policy of the Jm panose government will ba. Out of 21.W0 barrels of bourhon v !.'!. r shipped to Hal ve two years .to lo escnpa confiscation by the Ai:;orlc-in irovernuient, only .1,000 ro-t'ltin. ro-t'ltin. ElgbieBi) thousand barrels hove .6fc shipped, mainly to le.'rit.oy con-IVno:ia con-IVno:ia the United Stales, ehierly Cl ti. tho r.fliimns mid Cnnada. The .topers were generally Americans. Prince von Buolow, the former Cer-ir.an Cer-ir.an .-wnhnssador to Italy, v. ho !s now -i-sMing in that country, said to a rop-.'5 rop-.'5 -itt.V.i-. e of the Gioroaie d'khilta: 'Tho sofrerlnss of our people couiin-uo couiin-uo ; the humblest classes suffer from h'utr becausa of hl-h prices. I be-Ivi3 be-Ivi3 lhft GeiTnany has tho loghesl 'v!ex of prices In Europe. In Berlin :ho.'-i is a scority of the no'-esai les j .it iifo; children do not have ui:b-.enl clothing and mothers ore forcu'd to 'ist r.ewspac-srs to cloths them. |
