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Show TELEGRAPHIC TALES TERSELY TOLD A RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES. Important Events of the Past Sevan Dyi Reported by Wire and Prepared Pre-pared for the Benefit of the Busy Reader. INTERMOUNTAIM. The Fallon, Nevada, sugar factor?' expects to start Oct. 15tli, and plans to serve increased territory. William A. Higlitower, accused of the murder of Father Patrick K. Hes-j lin, Colma Catholic priest, pleaded not guilty when arraigned in the superior court at Redwood City, ('a 1. His trial date was set for Mouday, October 3. mm Five boxes of the choicest apples Crown in Utah county, Utah, will be tent to the lenders of the nation at Washington, D. C. A box of Jonathans will be sent to President Harding, a box of Delicious to Mrs. Harding, a box of Koine Beauty to Vice President Coolidge and a box each of Winesap to Senators Sinoot and King. The fruit will be sent by the Wood-Clifton Mercantile company of this city some time next month. The first unit of a modern permanent perman-ent road, which will be traversed all the year round, north from Kemmerer, Wyoming, to the Big Piney section, now being constructed jointly by the county, state and federal government, Is rapidly nearing completion. This work is being done under the supervision super-vision of the state highway department, depart-ment, and afUr acceptance will be maintained by that department. The unit is an expensive one, as there is a vast amount of grading to be done, all of which is to be surfaced with crused rock. There are aloo two steel bridges to be constructed, each with a 6eventy-foot span, crossing the Hamsfcrk river, as well as several immense concrete culverts to carry the flood waters of Willow creek. Wallace Mount, justice of the state supreme court of Washington, since 3901, died of heart -lisease at his home at Olyrapla, Sunday. He was 62 yea:s old. Completion of negotiations by which the Dlks lodge of Twin Falls will obtain ob-tain a loan of approximately $75,000 from a Missouri life insurance company com-pany to complete its two story structure struc-ture started last year, was announced by members of the order. The announcement an-nouncement Is regarded as presaging resumption of other large scale building build-ing operations. Mrs. W. R. Stubbs of Tacoma, W7ash. who has admitted she is Maude Moore, Monday started for Knoxville, Tenn., with her two bondsmen. She carried a massive bouquet and was not handcuffed. Her bondsmen, Robert Rob-ert Boring and Edward NcNew of Knoxville, expect to deliver her to the Knoxville authorities Friday and save their $10,000 bonds. Cooperative sheep-grazing associations associa-tions In the lntermountain west have lost in their action to be relieved of payment of corporation taxes to the federal government according to Information In-formation received by Collector of Internal Revenue Jan.es H. Anderson of Utah. Under a new ruling of the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, grazing associations are subject to tax upon their capital stock the same as all other corporations. OOME8TIC Bobbed hair and short skirts have received Uncle Sam's approval in the federal board for the vocational training train-ing at Chicago. But Colonel Charles R. Forbes, the director, drew the line on powdered noses, loafing or social calls during office hours. Eleven bodies 'of miners, entombed at llarrishurg. 111., recently in the Har-co Har-co mine fodowing a dynamite explosion, explo-sion, were brought to the surface safely. safe-ly. They were found at from -t" to 1000 feet below the mouth of the mine. The men were entombed when the dynamite dy-namite charge in a new coal bed penetrated pen-etrated an old walled room, loosing black damp, which is believed to have caused their death. About 150 persons were seized with attacks of ptomaine poisoning at the state fair at Columbus, Ohio, a few days ago. Although investigation is being made to determine the cause. It is suspected that the illness of the persons Is due to eating free samples of com heef. State far officials ex-prssMl ex-prssMl t;.o 1 eiie.f that none will die. One of Chlcaeo's largest wholesale I clothing firms for men now extensively ! advertises knickerbockers for women lor general wear. The advertisement points out the desirability of knickers knick-ers for women for business and street wear. Charles W. French, alleged leader of a ring of confidence men whose operations op-erations are said to have totaled $50,-(KKl.OOO, $50,-(KKl.OOO, was released on $15,000 bonds at Chicago this week. . A toy balloon caused the death of George Price, '2, a coroner's jury decided de-cided at Denver recently. The boy died en route to a hospital after a police ambulance had been summoned. Halt of a rubber balloon was found lodged in the child's w.ndpipe. Showers of hailstones that covered the sidewalks of Jamaica with slush featured a brief electrical storm that swept over New York last Saturday and relieved a hot spell. Lightning killed Hazel Donohue, 20 years of age, at Rockaway Bench late in the afternoon. after-noon. The bolt struck in the midst of a throng of bathers. WASHINGTON. A volunteer scrubwoman's brigade was formed Wednesday by members of the National Woman's party and a scrubbing given to the marble statue9 in the capitol of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and I.ucretia Mott, woman suffrage pioneers. ... Secretary Hughes at his conference with newspaper men Wednesday good-naturedly good-naturedly criticised the tendency of many newspapers and persons "who ought to know better" for referreing to the coming conference as "the disarmament dis-armament conference." Such a designation, desig-nation, he added, gaven an erroneous idea of the real purpose of the meeting. meet-ing. Immediate development of many government irrigation projects in the west, which will give employment to thousands of men now out of work in various parts of the country, is the proposal made -by United States Senator Sen-ator W. E. Borah of Idaho to Secretary Secre-tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover to solve the unemployment problem facing fac-ing the United States at the present time. There will be a desperate battle fought in the senate soon over the retroactive repeal of the excess profits pro-fits tax and the reduction of the maximum max-imum income surtax from 65 to 33 per cent. m w m Because grasshoppers have eaten all grass in certain parts of Wyoming, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad was authorized Saturday bj the interstate commerce commission to put in effect on a one-day notice reductions in the rates on livestock to enable the raisers to move their cattle to other feeding grounds. Congress will probably pass a re. apportionment bill at the present session, ses-sion, Representative Mondell oi Wyoming. Republican leader of the house, announced Saturday after a conference with the president. FOREIGN. The British cabinet has invited Mr. de Valera to send delegates to a conference con-ference with the cabinet ministers at Inverness on September 20, according to the Daily Mail's Inverness correspondent, corres-pondent, who adds : "only one condition condi-tion is imposed, namely, the understanding under-standing that Ireland must remaTb within the empire." Memorial services for the victims of the ZIt-2 disaster were held in Westminster West-minster Abbey Wednesday, that venerable vener-able edifice being crowded to its utmost ut-most capacity. Bishop Ryle, dean of Westminster, officiated. King George was represented by Sir Trenchai'd, British air marshal : Queen Mary was represented by Colonel Sir A. Divid-son. Divid-son. and the Duke of York by Wing Commander louis Greig. .... It was said in league of nations circles cir-cles Wednesday that Elihu Root proh-ably proh-ably would bo elected a judge of the new internal ion-il court of justice, in spite of his declination to accept. It w-as said his decision was not regarded at final, and that friends of the league in the United States had declared thorf still were hopes that he would nccep;. The assembly of the league of nations na-tions Wednesday morning postponed again discussion of the renuest of Bolivia Bol-ivia that the long disputed question of the provinces of Taena and Arica, no under the administration of Chile, bf placed on the agenda of the assembly. Advocates of rent law reforms Interrupted In-terrupted the sitting of the chnmhet of deputies at Havana Wednesday hj a riotous demonstration. The demon-, demon-, strators threatened to eject the depu ties from their seats. After much dis order thf unruly elements were exiled . but not without difficulty. |