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Show TELEGRAPHIC TALES FOR BUSTREADERS A RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES Important Eventi of the Last Seven Day. Reportei' by Wire and Prepared Pre-pared for the Benefit of the Busy Reader WESTERN A kidnapping ring, which, for a eonsidorntlon, spirited away and held captive since May 8, Itmlolphe Won-de-rly, mualc teacher 1b sought by police of iRan Francisco. Wonderly suddenly returned to his home in a bttlf dnzed condition recently. In a pocket of his coat was a note supposedly sup-posedly from his abductors saying he bad been returned because "the man who wanted him would not come through with the money." Losing his fight, Charles ("Chuck") Barrett, age 80, Cornell ail-American quarterback In 1914 and 11)15, died at Tucson, Ariz. lie came here seven months ago from Los Angeles where he had been in the realty business. A new variety of cantaloupe witli mall seed cavity, crispy texture and superior sugar content, ripening two weeks to a month earlier than other Tarietieg, has been developed in Imperial, Im-perial, California, and Is making up tlie bulk of early shipments tills year. Nature's danger signals are flying over the smoky crest of Kllauea volcano vol-cano in the Hawaiian Islands and great loss of life may be averted if the warnings are heeded in the view of Dr. T. A. Jaggar, noted volcano-ogist. volcano-ogist. Lieutenant Ervine R. Brown, U. S. N. supply corps, must return to San Diego to face trial by court martial for embezzlement of $120,000 of navy funds, a board of inquiry and doctors at Mara Island haveing decided de-cided he is sane. r i W. H. Barnett, a printer of Caldwell, Cald-well, Idaho, who was released from the state insane hospital at Patton, California, after treatment for a mental quirk which caused him to Bhoot up an overland train in this county, killing one man, suffered another an-other insane attack according to word received from Nampa, Idaho. The First State bank of Calvin, Calvier county, N. D., reopened for business. This is the fourth bank in northeastern North Dakota to reopen re-open this year, the others' being at Langdon, Larimore and Wales. GENERAL. ' Kidnaped and held for a $10,000 ransom and killed when the kidnapers kidnap-ers believed their plans were about to miscarry the nude body of Robert Franks, 14 year old son of Jacob Franks, millionaire Chicago manufacturer, manufac-turer, was found in a swamp on the aoutfi side of Chicago with the head crushed and the body stripped of all means of ldentlflisiticn. Geysers of real beer spurting five feet into the air for more than an liour and flooding sewers in the vicinity vi-cinity of Manhattan brewery of Chicago furnished the basis for police Investigation that advance warning had been given of a contemplated raid. More than 100,000 gallons of beer, retailing at around $Go a barrel, was drained from the brewing vats. Chemical analysis showed a high alcoholic al-coholic content officers said. The executive committee of Tammany Tam-many hall has deferred action on selecting a leader to succeed the late Charles F. Murphy until after the Democratic national convention. The committee set July 15 as the tentative date to act upon selecting a new leader. lead-er. The vote to postpone choice of a. successor to Murphy it was said, was unaulmous. The jury in the case of forty-four defendants at Mobile, Alabama charged charg-ed with conspiracy to violate the national na-tional prohibition act returned a verdict of guilty against eleven of the defendants in the federal district court. The other thirty-three were acquitted. ac-quitted. Babe Ruth, star slugger of the Yankees, is a solder now a buck private. He joined the national guard New York, enlisting with the 104th field artillery for three years. He was sworn in as he stood atop a gun carriage in Times Square. Police reserves re-serves had to be called to handle the crowd. Babes enlistment was in response re-sponse to a national guard membership member-ship drive. WASHINGTON The Tullman company surcharge authorized by the imerstate commerce com-merce commission In V.rS) would be abolished under an amendment to the Interstate commerce act approved by the senate. It now goes V the house. The nidusure, sponsored by Senator Kohinson, Democrat, Arkansas, was put through without discussion or a record vote during consideration of the calendar under a unanimous con sent agreement. Prompt action on the report of the Bpecial committee exonerating .Senator .Sena-tor Wheeer of Montana from the charges brought against him in his home state was urged in the senate by his Montana colleague,, Senator Walsh. The senate in executive session has confirmed the nominations of L. J l'ottijohns of Kansas, Elmer S. Lan-des Lan-des of Ohio, JI. L. Corey of Nebraska and E. E. Jones of Pennsylvania to he members of the federal farm loan board. Development of outdoor life means creation of a common denominator of the people, President Coolidge said in ai. address opening the national conference on outdoor recreation. The much-discussed address recently recent-ly delivered by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler on the subject of prohibition will not be printed in the Congressional Congres-sional Record at this time. Senator Wadsworth of New York was rebuked by Senator Dial, Democrat South Carolina, for asking that any such thing be done. Speedy enactment of the pending tax reduction bill into law with the approval of President Coolidge is foreshadowed by unexpected developments. develop-ments. Senator Robert Marion La Follette will consent to run as an independent candidate for president if called upon by the substantial progressives and liberal elements of the country. The interstate commerce commission commis-sion has ordered a 10 per cent reduction reduc-tion in the express rates and eggs berries, vegetables, butter and eggs when shipped in carloads. The order was an amendment loan order of November No-vember 10, 1923, which reduced express ex-press rates on food articles 10 per cent. Steps for the carrying out of the provisions of the soldiers' bonus act were considered at a recent cabinet meeting and secretary Weeks reported report-ed that it would be necessary to add once about 1000 employees to his department. de-partment. More will be required later. The question as to whether senate action on American world court membership mem-bership should be attempted before adjournment of congress will be considered con-sidered at conferences to be held within with-in a few days between President Coolidge and Republican leaders of the senate. FOREIGN Fifty persons were seriously and many others slightly hurt when two Paris underground trains crashed in a tunnel. A block system's failure to function was held responsible for the accident. With impresslre military and civil ceremonies of solemn splendor, Italy's unknown soldier was laid to his final rest under the altar in the center of the Victor Emmanuel monument of Rome. Robinson Crusoe's old flintlock musket, believed to be the authentic weapon carried by Alexander Selkirk during his four years' exile on Juan Fernandez island, which inspired De Foe's celebrated story, was sold at auction at London for -50 pounds sterling. The gun bears in rough carving carv-ing the inscription : "Alexander Selkirk, Sel-kirk, Largo, 1701." Largo, Fifeshire, was Selkirk's birthplace. The American flag flying at a village vil-lage on the Island of Babuyan was hauled down and a Japanese flag hoisted in its place by pirates said to be Japanese, who recently raided the village, according to a report brought here by members of the crew of the yacht Aio on which Governor General Wood as just paid an official visit to Babuyan and Batanes islands. Large, gold deposits have been dis. covered in the Kolyma district of northern Siberia The Yakutsk authorities au-thorities have requested the supreme economic council to send a technical commission to explore the region. Ten persons were injured at Sal oniki during clashes between the police po-lice and locked out tobacco workers, which caused rioting in which 30,000 persons participated. Calvary was calle out to quell the disturbances and Leland B. Morriss, American consul, appealed to the governor general to protect the American to-! to-! bacco warehouses of Athens. |