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Show MEWS HISTORY OF , THE PAST WEEK ' A Complete History of What Has Been H appening Throughout the World V WESTERN To combat the present crime wave, Knit Lake City is to have greater police po-lice protection. The present force of 125 men is to bo materially increased. Beats in the bus'ness districts are to be shortened, residential districts are to be patrollrd and motorcycle patrol-men patrol-men are to be placed on duty at the various outlying fire stations which Will be used as sub-police stations. "Scare 'em stiff then grab the liquor" That is the new slogan of San Francisco federal prohibition agents, It was announced here. The slayer of liulon C. James, 1G years old, who was shot to death in a drug store, at Salt Lake City, still Is at large, although detectives' in Salt Lake and adjoining cities have made an exhaustive search for him. MrB. Clara Philips, under sentence to serve from ten years to life in the Btote penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, escaped from the Los Angeles county jail. The escape was so well planned and quietly quiet-ly executed that it remained unknown lor more than six hours. Election of Samuel J. (Lindsay, Democrat, Dem-ocrat, as county commissioner for a four-year-term, is contested by Joseph Wiilhlin, defeated Republican candidate, candi-date, in a statement filed in the Third district court at Salt Lake City. "Misconduct, "Mis-conduct, fraud and corruption" are alleged al-leged in asking for a nullification of the vote in district 137 Three local men lost their lives and property damage estimated. at $75,000 was caused by a fire whih 'swept the Ben Hur hotel of Portland, a three-story three-story frame structure. James E. Mahoney was hanged at the state penitentiary at Walla Walla for the murder of is aged wife, Kate Mooers Mahoney, at Seattle in April, 1021. GENERAL Members of the Ku Klux Klan were barred at Chicago from serving on a Vox county jury. Simeon Shulin, of New York, will recover from the effpets of a broken neck, surgeons announced. He passed the crisis after having been kept alive several days by artificial respiration respira-tion administered by sixty volunteers. Heavier fines, jail sentences and trips through morgues and hospitals to view the dead and injured victims of reckless automobllists are becoming effective in many parts of the middle and far West to curb the steadily mounting toll of automobile victims s digest from the report of several e-tate shows. Major Guy L. Oearhart of Leavenworth, Leaven-worth, Kns., Cantaln Benton A. Doyle of St Louis Mo., and four enl'stod men were killed at Newport News when a Martin bomhing plnne carrying five of them, and a Fokker scoutine machine ma-chine piloted by Major Gearhart coi lided about 250 feet in the air. Both machines crashed in flames. Foot children were burned to death and several other children and four grown persons were severe'y burned ' (it Eugene, Ore., when a can of gaso-1 line need to start a fire at the home of Ivor Johnson exploded. Four of the ' Injured are expected to die. I William H. Klepper, president of th Portland club of the Paoif'c Coast league, was forever barred from fnr-1 ther participatvn in the af'airs of the National Association of Profes'onal Basehall leagues, in a resolution adoot-ed adoot-ed by the hoard of arbitration of the organization. The action of the board of arbitration in hnn-Ing Klepoer from all partlclpat'on in baseball affairs is the reost drastic ever taken by organized organ-ized baseball against any Individual. ! Klepper's explosion Is result of alleged false stntments concerning the paid-in paid-in captal stock nf the Tacoma (Washington) (Wash-ington) club which he organized. Madame Oalll-Curri, the gr.nnd opera' elnger, escaped with only s'l"ht inlur-Jes inlur-Jes when her automobile struck a pile of building rnck3. on the roadway, nor Passaic, narrowly mTssod nn open drawbridge over the Passaic river and rolled on its side against the bridge approach. She was returning to New Sork from a concert at Orange. WASHIN3TON The senate agriculture committee with the senate Judiciary committee in the movement to amend the constitution con-stitution so that a n?wly elected congress con-gress would meet soon after Congressional Congress-ional election. The amendment also would change presidential inauguration inaugura-tion day from March 4 to the third Monday in January and members of the senate and house would begin their terms of office the first Monday In January after the biennial elections. elec-tions. Congress would meet in regular reg-ular session annually on the first Monday Mon-day in January. Woodrow Wilson, who has made a game uphill fight for the Inst three years to regain his health, may recover re-cover completely from the stroke of paralysis which came upon him as the result of arduous labors In h's great battle for the league of nations. Mr. Wlson never wi'l recover the robust health he enjoyed during his presidential presi-dential administration, as liis long illness has great'y taxed h's strength at an age when vitality cannot be regained re-gained easily. But it is believed that the effect of the paralysis soon may disappear and he may nga'n enjoy free use of his arms, legs anil muscles. Pres'dent Hard'ng broke a precedent prece-dent by permitting the see-end day of the new session of congif ss to pass without delivering his annual message reporting on "the slate of the union" and ont'ining tip"! tulm'n'stration's recommendations for legislaton. Nine million dollars for" enforce-'ment enforce-'ment of prohibition, or $250,000 less than authorized last year, is provided for in the 1023-24 treasury supply bill reported iby the appropriations committee com-mittee to the house. The United States government Thursday officially honored Georges Clemenceau. As a state luncheon guest of President Harding at the White House, the French war pre-m'er pre-m'er sat with the highest officia's of the adminstrative and legislative branches of the government. The vice president, the chief justice of the supreme court, seven cabinet members, mem-bers, house and senate leaders and ranking officers of the nrmy and navy all combined to honor Clemenceau. President n.nrding was not entirely satisf'ed wilh the shipping bill as it was passed by the house, it was declared de-clared at the. White House, but at this time will not make known his objections, objec-tions, as to do so, it Is felt, would only confuse the issues which are to he met when the measure is taken up in the senate. There will be no lowering of the Immigration Im-migration bars to admit refuges from the near East. Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee said in commenting on the suggestion of former PremiT Vonizelos of Greece that a large portion of 1.100,00 pesos from Greece and Asia Minor be given entry to the Un'ted States. FOREIGN Reports received say that Chinese bandts have taken control of Tsing, tao, Shantung, the Klaochow port whose stormy career in war and diplomacy di-plomacy was to culminate in its return re-turn to China, after twenty-tour years of alien rule, the first sixteen under Germany and the last eight under Japan. The population is reported fleeing from the city. Trains from Tskrntao are said to he crowded with refugees. Chin'se police sent from Peking to take over the city ore reported re-ported to have been driven out of their barracks. Ireland has ta'-en her pla"e among the world's commonwealths. The provisional government and parliament parlia-ment censed to function, their place being taken bv the permanent navl'a-ment navl'a-ment end cabinet of the Irish free state and the new oo-nmonwralth being be-ing formally proclaimed as an established es-tablished government. The British steamer Olvne Ttook coll'ded wl-h th American steamer George WasVngton off Dover, acceding acced-ing to a wlre'ess message from the C'yne Rock to Lloyd's. The stem of the Clyne Rock was badly cracked and the vessel was leaking but did not want immediate assis'anoe. No report re-port has been receive d as to what happened hap-pened to the George Washington, j which was bound from Plymouth for Bermen. Tres'dent Cosgrave announced to the pnrl'nment that Deputy Sean na'es had boon shot and killed and Donuty Patrick O'MarUe, who was ! deonty soe.akor, has he"n wounded while they were on their way to the parliament session. ! Bandits are creat'ng a reign of ter- j ror on the Shantung peninsula. Business Busi-ness is palnyzed and foreigners are fleeing for their lives, occording to I advices. |