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Show TELEGRAPHIC TALES FOR BUSYREADERS 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 Former District Judge A. W. Agee of Ogden, Utah, was given a directed verdict for $48,178 against four insurance in-surance companies who had insured the life of his son, Robert G. Agee, who was drowned at Hot Springs, July 19, 1922, in the United States district court. The verdict includes interest of $392S Discovery of a new dry kiln process pro-cess for seasoning lumber was announced an-nounced at Spokane Wash., Wednesday Wednes-day b.y Albeit Hermann of Portland, Ore., who told the members of the Western Pine Manufacturers' association as-sociation that it would effect a saving sav-ing of approximately 20 per cent in the cost of drying their product. With more than 50 members, company com-pany L, 180th infantry, Idaho National Nation-al guard was mustered into the service ser-vice at Twin Falls Monday evening by. H. A. Padgham, Idaho adjutant general and Capt. L. E. Wortham, United States army. Officers of the unit are all veterans of the World war. Senator Kendrick of Wyoming has appointed Dwight F. Hanson of Laramie first alternate at the West Point military academy. The Pacific Mail steamer President Presi-dent Wilson, one of the two great ocean liners to bear the name of the departed war leader, came into port at San Francisco from far eastern points with her ensign at halfmast. The flag was placed at half-mast when the wireless message carrying news of the death of the man after whom the big vessel was named, was received in midocean. The president Wilson bore the body of Mrs. Rupert Hughes, wife of the author, who took her life in the Far East a few months ago. Mrs. Virginia Bridger Hahn, only living daughter of Jim Bridger, the famous scout and trapper, who was among the first white men to ever enter Cache valley, has informed the executive committee of the Cache valley Centennial celebration that she will be present at the celebration Which will be held at Logan, Utah, GEN ER AL. A plan to make Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Charlottes-ville, Va., a memorial that will "embody "em-body active and continuous service for the preservation and spread of American Ideals," has been worked out by the Thomas Jefferson memorial memor-ial foundation which is conducting a nationa-wide campaign for funds. Engineer Frank Zerenberg of the Chicago & Alton yards at Roodhouse, Illinois received word that he inherited in-herited $125,000 in the will of a rich Denver resident. The bequest is a reward for the bravery of the engineer en-gineer in saving the life of the testator tes-tator when he was in imminent danger dan-ger of drowning in the Mississippi river. Ten men miraculously escaped death, one was slightly injured and property damage running between $75,000 and $100,000 was done here recently when ft 3000-unit turbogenerator turbogen-erator in the plant of the St. Cloud, Minn., Public Service company exploded. ex-ploded. More than $2,500,000 in liabilities principally bank notes was listed in a schedule of liabilities and assets in the federal district court at Kansas Kan-sas City, Mo., by L. C. Smith, financial finan-cial agent who recently failed. A large supply of Smith's paper is held by Kansas banks. The worst , storm of the winter from many angles swept the country from Minnesota to Texas Monday witli its center in Missouri, sleet and .wind playing havoc with communication communica-tion and colder weather having 3et in the north. Many cities and towns were isolated by sleet-burdened wires. Charles Herbert Levermore of New York, student of international relations, rela-tions, writer and former college professor, pro-fessor, Monday was announced as the winner of the $100,000 prize offered of-fered by Edward W. P.ok, Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, Pa., publisher, for the best plan to preserve peace among the nations of the world. Executors of the estate of the late George J. Gould were ordered brought into the courts of New York state as defendants in the $200,000,000 suit of stockholders of the Denver & Rio Grand railroad against the former directors of the road. Sale (jf the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway system to satisfy a government loan of 2 1-2 million dollars dol-lars was ordered in federal court at Kansas City, Kansas, by Judge John C. Pollock. A time and place for the sale will be named later. |