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Show eiF.ra Of A ITOEVEHTS RECCRO OF THE I M PC RTANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEMIZED ITEM-IZED FORM i Home and Foreign News Garnered From All Quarters of the World, nd Prepared for Duey Men INTER MOUNTAIN. Fire broke cut In the attic of a house in Portland, Oregon, Thursday morn'ng, dcslroyii.g a still and six liarri'ls of corn ina-di, said to belong to George I. Chapis, for whom police are searching. Much of the aitic and the roof were destroyed. The sovcnil forest fires that have been blazing in the Black Hills of South Dakota for some time have been brought uniler control, hut the situation situa-tion Is still critical, according to forestry for-estry officials. The warm sunshine of the past week, together with heavy frosts has dried out the ground cover until the whole forest is a vast tinder box. Somewhere in the vicinity of Vancouver, Van-couver, B. C, is a would-be bandit who on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock was in Mrs. Charles Wilson's yard. He has a bump on his head and maybe a few gray hairs. Hi? mistake was that lie po'nteil a silver-plated silver-plated revolver at Mrs. Wilson and told her to "hold up her hands." Mrs. Wilson raised her hands and then lowered them with a sort of Jack Pieinpsey chop. In them she held a water bucket. Geno Pacinia, 14-year-old ison of Bartholmeo Pacini, a rancher residing on the old Ross ranch near Sparks, Nevada, was instantly killed when his clothing was caught on the flywheel fly-wheel shaft of a gas engine and he was whirled around like a pinwhcel with his head striking the ground at every revolution. Roscoe Arbuckle, held for manslaughter man-slaughter in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe in California, was released from the city prison Wednesday on $5000 casli bail. Fire late Wednesday night destroyed destroy-ed a three story building, housing the bachelor officers' quarters at Fort D. A. Russell. The origin of the fire is unknown. The r'.anmge was estimated nt ?109,000. M. M. Bludworth, former vice president pres-ident of the First National bank of Tombstone, Arizona, which closed its doors several weeks ago, was arrested arrest-ed Thursday by Deputy United States Marshal James Treahy of Tuscon on a federal complaint, charging Bludworth with embezzlement of $15,000 of the hank's funds. DOMESTIC The annual statement of the rull-nifx rull-nifx company for the fiscal year end-!iv end-!iv July ,'il, 1021, which was made pub- Monday, shows revenue of $07,212,-('.o.,'U, $07,212,-('.o.,'U, ncluding S60.315.717.7G from the 'i.'.rn'ngs of cars for 11 months ending illy 111. Total expenses, including declared de-clared dividends of .t),309.S20, were F0,720,002.23, an excess of expenses i ver revenue, chargeable to the surplus sur-plus account of $;!.47S,S.",5.92. Total w, sets are given as ,?H3,24S,9S9.03. Armor piercing 'shells were hurled from army airplanes Saturday on the (id battleship Alabama in Chesapeake I ay in ihe test bc'ng conducted against Ihe ship. Although considerably battered bat-tered by the attacks of the last two Cays, the battleship is practically intact, in-tact, although officers maintain bombs would have been fatal to any crew ? board. New York went back to normal time Sunday, after five months of daylight giving, with but little confusion. Dan Shea, New York fireman and representative re-presentative of the Pastime Athletic club. Sunday won the National A. A. V. decathlon championship with oS49.3oS points. Brr.-us Hamilton. University of Missouri, former champion, did not compete this year. Patrick O Conner of New York v.-as second with 5G.'!7.S75 points. Plans tire bc'ng made to rnnstruct a dam that will control Cave creek, which frequently has flooded Phoenix. Arizona, the most recent occasion being be-ing on August 21, when the state Capitol's Cap-itol's first floor was covered with water. Fire destroyed the Missouri. Kansas & Texas and Fort Smith & Western fre'ght warehouses and offices at Oklahoma Ok-lahoma City recently. Loss is estimated estima-ted at more than i0.M0. The cause of the fire is unknown. p A midnight prowler has invaded many homes in Iloiner, La., and other Tillages, frightening women into hysterics. hyster-ics. The i nly description the women can give of ihe man is that 1 e "lias velvet v eyes." I '!".. I, dy f O l .-o Th.fn . movi-1 movi-1 li'tniv n.'i pv', v!n d'ed iaore ti an :. ye."" ago in I lec.iiviil , France, from ! d -oning, was placi d in :1m I'i'-Vford n an -oioaoi at V'oodiawn cemetery, N'i'.v York, Sunday. The mausoleum I has b tn under ': n truction for three months. I Five men were reported to have been killed ami three odiers injured as t!ie result of an explosion nt Barlin, New Jersey, Thursday where a truck was being leaded with explosives. The force of Ihe ex lotion was felt at New Brunswick, ten miles away. For the first time in the history of of aviation, according to army officials at (talvesioii, Texas, i n entire congregation congre-gation came to divine worship in airplanes. air-planes. The occasion was a special service held at Fort Crockett for the officers of Fllentown field, near Houston, Hous-ton, who came to this city in IS government gov-ernment pianos. WASHINGTON. Tlie light oyer the postniastership at San Francisco was said to have been ended Wednesday by the endorsement of James K. Power by Senators Johnson John-son and Short r'dge, both of whom were said to have written to President Harding Hard-ing in his behalf. Mr. Power, city supervisor, su-pervisor, was opposed for the office by William Miktilicli, city fire commissioner, commis-sioner, but the latter Tuesday withdrew his application, it was said. A resolution calling upon Secretary Hughes to furnish the senate with information in-formation as to whether the American government now has "any representative representa-tive in any way connected with the reparations commission" has been introduced in-troduced in the senate by Senator Borah, Bor-ah, republican of Idaho. Holders of the congressional medal of honor living in continental United States will be asked by the war department de-partment to attend ceremonies in Washington, November 11, when the American unknown dead is buried at Arlington cemetery. The medal of honor men will be guests of the government gov-ernment for the occasion and will be the official mourners who will follow the body to the cemetery. Appropriation of the 53,100,210 to complete construction and equipment of the railroad between Seward and Fairbanks, Alaska, is provided for in a bill introduced in the house by Rep. resentative Curry, California. Figures issued by the treasury put the total population of the United States at 10S,000,000, and the savings of small investors throughout the country, it is said, total approximately -?27.000,000,000, of which $21,000,000,-000 $21,000,000,-000 is invested in government securities securi-ties and $6,000,000,000 is represented by the deposits of more than 30,000 savings banks. r- 9 w Alvin, S. Page, .assistant chief clerk of the railway mail service at Fort Worth, Texas, was publicly thanked Thursday by Postmaster General Hays for his part in preventing the robbery of a mail train near Fort Worth, September Sep-tember 14, when two bandits were slain. Belief that assessment of values of imported goods on American value basis ba-sis was a practical step, and if includ. ed in pending tariff legislation would work satisfactorily, was expressed Thursday by Secretary Mellon. He said Information now being gathered by customs experts on the American valuation val-uation plan would be forwarded to the senate finance committee, the first being be-ing expected to be in the committee's hands within a few weeks. FOREIGN. AVhen sentence of thirty years had been pronounced upon him, the Italian Ital-ian "Bluebird" Gaetano Varrica, aged 49, arose in court and, with a dramatic drama-tic gesture, addressed the jury, saying "Gentlemen of the jury, this is my last crime." Drawing a safety razor blade he cut his throat. He was dying dy-ing when the guards reached him. m Popocatepetl, the great volcanic mountain southeast of Mexico City, is reported to be in more vigorous activity activ-ity than usual. The inhabitants of the villages of Amecameca and Tlanacas, at the base of the mountain, are leaving leav-ing their homes, fearing a serious eruption. m w m "Louis the First, king of Transcau-casia-Vitanvalie," has been arrested as an impostor. But not before he had received honors under this title and had placed orders for crown robes and jewels. A conflict between civilians and police po-lice in Tipperary last Thursday night, says a report from Dublin, resulted in the death of one civilian and the wounding of two other civilians and two policemen, if was announced in an official report from Dublin castle Thursday. L'ason officers are holding an inquiry into the incident. V The economic penalties imposed up on Germany by the allies for nonful-filment nonful-filment of the peace treaty were lifted lift-ed on September 30. Dr. Meyer, the German ambassador at Paris was informed in-formed by Premier Rr'mnd. The premier pre-mier laid before the cabinet the terms of the allied agreement along tin-Rhine tin-Rhine frontier after the economc penalties pen-alties were raised. lie said the German Ger-man government Uiad accepted th stipulations. T |