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Show NEWS STORY OF THEPAST WEEK A Complete History of What Hal Been Happening Throughout the World. INTER MOUNTAIN Olendlvc, Mont. A poultry show was held here recently., where over 200 birds were shown. While the display was confined lurgety to the American breed, so enthusiastic have grown a number of exhibitors over the prospects pros-pects of next year that they will invest in-vest considerable amounts to procure thickens of other strains In order to broaden the dlspluy for next year. G. H. Ford, poultry expert from the State Agricultural college, was greatly surprised at the quality of the birds Dn display. In fact, he stated, it was one of the highest In quality in the state. Some of the poultry had previously pre-viously been shown at Minneapolis and other eastern points, and offers had been received as high as $100 Cor single birds. Omaha, Neb. James F. McMillan, police officer with four months ex-perienec, ex-perienec, turned jester and thereby averted what apparently would have been a panic in a downtown theater. The crowd in the playhouse had started start-ed for the exit when smoke poured into in-to the place, but stopped when McMillan McMil-lan shouted "Wait!" mounted the stage and began entertaining his audience. aud-ience. "There's no danger from fire," said he. "If there was I wouldn't bo here." The crowd laughed. "If I was fond of fire I'd be a fireman, not a patrolman," he continued. Twice thereafter his auditors tried to rush out, but the patrolman suweeded in getting them to leave in an orderly manner. Tacoma. Three men were killed when one of the buildings of a powder pow-der manufacturing company of Du-pont, Du-pont, near Camp Lewis, exploded. Chicago. A national antiblue law conference will be held at St. Louis June 23, 24 and 25, the Antiblue Law League of America, Inc., announces. It is expected at this conference, it was said, to "settle the question of whether or not the people of the United States want blue laws and in-1 terference with the rights as to the observance of Sunday." Chicago. Federal authorities are investigating in-vestigating the story told by Madame Elizabeth Girenkn, who said she was a Russian noblewoman, who was found' employed in the barber shop of a large down-town hotel here. She said that she had accepted employment employ-ment in the barber shop as a scrubwoman scrub-woman to support herself when she found herself penniless here. GENERAL Bonds and other negotiable securities securi-ties valued at more than $150,000 were stolen from fhe strong box of the Dr. Thomas W. Evans dental schoofand museum fund of the University of Pennsylvania, it became knotwii. Walter Wal-ter A. Unger, assistant treasurer of the fund. Is being sought in connection with the case. Unger, who Is 27 years qld, disappeared from his home In Philadelphia a few days ago. Seeking data for his book "The Hereafter," Here-after," Thomas W. Weggielus of Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, n 23-year-old chemist, swallowed what he thought was just enough anaesthetic an-aesthetic to take him to death's portals. por-tals. The book will never be finished, for young Weggielus miscalculated the dose and the portals swung wide for him. The Lansing-Ishii agreement has been completely superseded by the nine-power treaty relating to China now before the senate, President Harding Hard-ing Informed the senate in response to the recently adopted Borah resolution. resolu-tion. The executive added that the fotir-power treaty did not refer to China and does not directly bear upon the I.ansing-Ishii notes. The United States has declined the invitation of the allied powers to participate par-ticipate in the European conference which is to meet in Genoa April 10. While taking a deep interest In measures mea-sures ti promote the recuperation of Europe, the United States could not participate helpfully In the Genoa conference con-ference because it is to be not primarily primari-ly an economic, but a political conference. confer-ence. Men students nt the University of Chicago spend ?if,.Oi)0 for hooks In three months and S175.000 for dances, according to a survey made by The liioenix, a campus magazine. The survey nlao says that they spend SS.G53 for cosmetics every quarter and $323,-00 $323,-00 it suits and overcoats. WASHINGTON Concurrently with Representative Fordney's introduction in the house ol the revised Republican soldier bonus plan, President Harding expressed Id vigorous manner his disapproval ol the new proposal. The bill uudei which the former soldiers would receive re-ceive deferred adjusted compensation or immediate relief through bank loans, with taxation to meet the cost deferred, defer-red, does not appeal to the president. He has not changed his mind on the bonus question, and reasserts his position posi-tion In his previous letter to Mr. Ford-ney Ford-ney that, unless the bonus can be financed fi-nanced by a sales tax, bonus legislation legisla-tion sholuld be postponed. The McNary bill appropriation, 5350,-000,000 5350,-000,000 for development of irrigation and reclamation, including swamp lands drainage, was reported favorably by the senate irrigation committee. The committee vote for the bill was unanimous. unani-mous. The measure has the indorsement indorse-ment of the administration, having been recommended by President Harding, Hard-ing, approved by Secretary A. B. Fall of the interior department, and promised prom-ised a place on the Republican legislative legis-lative program. Six persons were killed and scores Injured in a tornado wiiich swept the mill town of Warrenville, S. C, nnd the village of Stifleton, S. C, a few days ago. Chairman McNary of the senate committee com-mittee on irrigation and reclamation has formally presented to the senate flie new federal cooperative reclamation reclama-tion act with a report from the committee com-mittee which described the measure as having been designed as " a permanent perman-ent and constructive policy on reclamation." reclam-ation." The report declared the measure, mea-sure, which would open uncalculated thofusands of acres for agriculture production, to be legislation "filling a long felt want," and predicted that it would prove to be true initiation of federal aid in reclamation. Under the program outlined by the bill, it is provided pro-vided that reclamation districts may be formed and, upon approval of the project, may Issue bonds against the assets thereby to be created. Such bonds are deposited with the federal farm loan board, which holds them until un-til the property against which they were Issued has twice the value of the securities. They may then be sold, the money thus arising being turned over to the treasury for use in financing financ-ing further projects. This arrangement, arrange-ment, it was claimed, makes the fund practically a perpetual means of financing fi-nancing reclamation development The bill provides that ex service men shall have prior rights for sixty days to entry on the excess lands, and gives them further privileges as to preference prefer-ence of employment when labor is required re-quired on the irrigation or reclamation construction work. Fifty additional destroyers nnd fifty-one other miscellaneous vessels have been ordered out ol service in line with the intention of the navy d& partment to reduce the navy personnel person-nel by 10,000 men, Secretary Denbj has announced. - FOREIGN Great crowds, like hungry birds picking pick-ing up falling grains, followed behind every leaky sack that was unloaded from the first train bringing American corn to the stricken country of Russia. These red kerneled cobs were unfamiliar unfam-iliar but welcome manna to starving peasants life-long accustomed to rye. wheat and barley. The news spread rapidly and hungry folk gathered from all directions. "The United States which decided the war and shaped the peace of Versailles, Ver-sailles, alone can save the Genoa con ference from becoming a futile attempt at-tempt at solving the problems of European Eu-ropean reconstruction." This opinion was expressed by Dr. Walter ltathenau, the minister of foreign affairs, before the reichstag's budget committee. H was discussing reparations and Germany's Ger-many's foreign problems. Lord Lee of Farehnin, first lord ol the admiralty, addressing the English-speaking English-speaking union, welcoming him homo from the Washington conference, sail! he had not planned to mention American Ameri-can prohibition or the English coalition In view, however, of the reported ut terances of one of his famous countrywomen country-women in New York to the effect thai drunkenness was prevalent among both sexes of young Americans, he desired to state, he said, that after thirty years of observation in America, includinj the preprohibition as well as the pro hibltiou era, the English woman'! statement was "as ludicrous as it wiu cruel and untrue." Prime Minister Llyod George an nouueed in the house of commons that the British protectorate over Egypt hai been terminated and that Egypt wai free to work omt such national instltu tions as might be suited to the aspirations aspira-tions of her people. |