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Show NEWS OF A WEEK IN CONDENSED FORM RICORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. Happening That Are Making Hlatory Information Gathered from All Quart ore of the Globe ana OJven In a Few Line. INTERMOUNTAIN. All records for the number of hills introduced Iti the Colorado Legislature have heen shattered. On .January ill, a total of .1100 hills had heen introduced. intro-duced. It will he a misdemeanor for an aviator to alight on a public highway In Oregon, except in an emergency, under the terms of a bill Introduced in the state legislature, creating a state board of aircraft examiners and regulating the licensing of aviators. A stringent anti-alien land bill, modeled after the California law, has been introduced in the Oregon legislature, legis-lature, liefore being presented, the attorney general decided that the pro-, pro-, visions of the measure were fully within the constitutional powers of the legislature. Approximately $70,000 worth of drugs and narcotics have been seized at Denver during the past week as a result of raids conducted by federal officials. Under the terms of the will of , Henry D. Watson, of Kearney, Neb., .foO.OOO is bequeathed to the state of Colorado to be used as a loan fund for struggling Colorado ranchers. Watson, who was a rancher, was actuated actu-ated by a desire to help others who had no financial backing. A complete canvass of the mining companies oix'rating at Butte, Mont., shows that 7000 persons are employed in the industry in that district. This includes miners, surface workers and office help. DOMESTIC. Wallace Kingle, a senior in the IMttshurg High school and business manager of the high school paper, killed himself by poisoning at l'itts-burn, l'itts-burn, Kans. He was arrested Thursday, Thurs-day, charged with 'holding up a store clerk and confessed that and other offenses, of-fenses, the police said. The first free meals to be served to unemployed men of Toledo on January Jl, were taken advantage of by more than 11200 applicants, it was announced at the Social Service federation, which Is giving 1500 tickets. Wilbur J. Wills, 27, : who in the World war passed unscathed through three great drives, including the Ar-gonne Ar-gonne campaign, was killed at his borne in Council Hill, 111., when a tree he chopped down fell on him. Virtually all of the $1S5,000 obtained in the theft of thirty-one packages of registered mail at Mount Vernon, 111., a few days ago, has been recovered by postoffice inspectors in several raids. Bungling from a thirty-foot rope held by laborers. Dr. Donnelly, of Forham hospital, New York, administered first aid to three men pinned under an automobile au-tomobile truck that had plunged over a rock embankment on the outskirts of the city. The men were rescued later and will probably recover. Arthur Cox reported to the police at Mexico, Mo., that four negroes kidnaped kid-naped hhn at night, took him in a horse-drawn vehicle a number of miles into the country, and severely beat him. His left wrist was broken anil his face lacerated badly. G. C. Tompkins has heen convicted at Holidayshurg, I'a., of the killing of Mrs. Edmund Humphries, on July 15, 1017. It was the fourth trial for Humphries, who was an automobile racer, and the fourth conviction. Efforts Ef-forts were made to prove that ho was insane at the time he killed Mrs. Humphries. Three bandits entered a bank in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, locked four employees and one customer in the vault, and escaped with $Ki.0OO in cash and $10,000 in Liberty bonds. Closing of all cigar stores, ice cream parlors and prohibition of the sale of Sunday newspapers anil delivery of ice cream and milk on Sunday has been ordered by the Berwick (l'a.) council. Kov. Morgan Lee Starke, nationally known evangelist, was jailed for contempt con-tempt of court at Canyon, Texas, as a result of u statement made by him, while conducting a revival, that he saw a crap game in Canyon on Sunday. Sun-day. He failed to appear in court when summoned for inquiry.. Mrs. Dick Hinocker. reported by her daughter to have been 120 years old, died January 19 at her home In Wit- tenhurg. Wis. Her daughter is 86 years old. Single standard of morals for men and women, with punishment alike for both, is the object of a hill drafted by the legislative committee of the Iowa Christian Temperance Union. Efforts will be made to get the bill through at the present session of the legislature. For his latest offense, burglary, Charles Sometimer, who has spent nearly fifteen years in prison already, was sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual criminal, at Ha'mmond, Ind. At least SKlO.OtKI.OOO improperly paid shipbuilders by the United States shipping hoard will be disclosed through an audit 'of accounts now in progress. Colonel E. H. Abadle, former for-mer comptroller general of the board, declared before the Walsh congressional congres-sional committee at New York. Joseph Jones, of Huntsville, Ala., was kicked in the head by a mule. The mule's leg was broken in two places and the animal had to be shot. Jones claims he is no worse for the encounter. WASHINGTON. Staggering burdens of taxation resulting re-sulting from the world war have caused the people of all nations to favor a world agreement for disarmament, disarma-ment, Henry White, former ambassador ambassa-dor to France, and a Inember of the American peace commission to l'aris, declared before the house naval committee com-mittee holding hearings on this subject. sub-ject. Deportation of Gregory Weinstein, chancellor of the Russian soviet bureau in the United States, has been ordered by Secretary Wilson of the labor department. W. M. Coleman of New York, general gen-eral counsel for the Hudson & Manhattan Man-hattan railroad company, committed suicide by jumping from the eleventh story of a hotel at Washington. Any agreement for world disarmament disarma-ment must include air forces and all other branches of warfare, Secretary Daniels declaed in commenting on suggestions sug-gestions that Great Britain was ready to limit battleship construction because be-cause she was concentrating on air development. America's foreign trade in 1020 was the largest in history, totaling $13,507,-000,000. $13,507,-000,000. Exports were valued at .$8,-22S.000.000, .$8,-22S.000.000, as against $7,200,000,000 in 1919. Senator Borah's resolution propos-ing propos-ing negotiations for reduction of naval building by the United States, Great Britain and Japan, has been reported favorably by the senate foreign relations rela-tions committee. FOREIGN. Eight men, seven of whom were constables, con-stables, were shot and killed in engagements en-gagements with Sinn Feiners near Dublin, Friday. Six of the constables met death when their motor car run into an ambuscade. A loan of $30,000,000 has been negotiated nego-tiated by the Belgian government with the Guaranty Trust company of New York, and the contract for it was signed sign-ed a few days ago. The loan will be issued in the United States and bears interest at 8 per cent. Gutamala's standing army of 15,000 men is to be cut to 5,000, according to news that comes from that country. The next session of the league of nations will be held in Geneva, February Feb-ruary 21. Several commissions will be appointed by the council to report at the assembly in September next. America was given a prominent place in Aristide Brland's enunciation of his plans as premier of France. Presenting Pre-senting his cabinet slate to the chamber cham-ber of deputies, the new premier declared de-clared France respected America's hesitancy at entering the league of nations. He also expressed his confidence con-fidence in the future relations of the rivo countries. President Obregon of Mexico, in answering newspaper men's inquiries on reports that he intended to make Mexico dry, ordered drinks for the reporters re-porters anil said : "The only vice I recognize is that of excess." More than 100 persons were drowned and more than 200 others were Injured in the disaster at Pachucn, Mexico, when two dams above the city broke and torrents of water swept through the lower sections of this big mining center, according to the latest reports. A thousand persons were rendered homeless. The property damage will be enormous. Britisli troops are being withdrawn gradually from Mesopotamia, according accord-ing to an authoritative statement in London official circles. sThe districts are fast becoming normal and as this occurs the troops are being taken away. Assurance has been given the United Slates government by the Japanese legation at l'ekin. that Americans traveling trav-eling over the South Mancliurian railway rail-way are exempt from passport examinations. exami-nations. Sixty-eight passengers on a Russian railway train running from Luga, on the Gulf of Finland, to Novogorod, southeast of I'etrograd, were burned to death when a quantity of benzine being carried as freight exploded and wrecked the train. THE BEE HIVE STATE At the request of Governor Mabey officers who have been active in enforcement en-forcement of the prohibition laws met in conference with him at the state capitol January IS, the conference being for the purpose of acquainting the governor with the plans and methods now in use for t he enforcement enforce-ment of the law. Estimated cost for projected road construction and maintenance in Utah during 1021 and 1922 is placed at $1,-515,780 $1,-515,780 within the slate if the Me-Arthur Me-Arthur hill is not passed by congress. If this bill does pass, the expenditure within this state, providing Utah does her part, will be a total of $3,237,0S0. Agitation for the preservation of Utah's bisou herd on Antelope island continues to grow, instead of diminish, since commercialized slaughter of the animals started. From Nashville, Tenu., comes a request for price quotations quo-tations on an outright sale of the entire en-tire herd. Senator King lias introduced a bill making appropriations to pay the claims of various settlers on leased lands of the Uintah Indian reservation reserva-tion who sustained losses through the failure of the irrigation project to provide pro-vide them with ample water last season. The Lehi sugar factory finished slicing beets last week. During the 111 days of the campaign the mill cut 110,000 tons of beets, averaging about 1000 tons per day. About 40,000 tons were shipped from Salt Lake, Boxelder and Wasatch counties. Traced through the sale of slain man's automobile, Harry Nash, cow-puncher, cow-puncher, fancy roper and expert pistol shot, has been arrested at Los Angeles ou suspicion of being the .murderer of Martin Schwab, of Payson, who was killed near Flagstaff, Arizona. Following a runaway in which his wife was injured, Leonard Thomas, of Salt Lake, tied up his team while he took his wife home iu a borrowed rig. Upon returning for the teai he found someone had stolen the harness from the horses. William and Ralph Thompson, cousins, 15 years of age, narrowly escaped death from gas which escaped from a heater they failed to turn off when they retired at Ogden. They were found in an unconscious condition. condi-tion. That Huntsville is not to be outdone by Eden in the matter of having a waterworks system for the community, is evidenced by a meeting held at Huntsville, which was attended by tnany representative men and women. While confined in the county jail ac Salt Lake on charge of petty larceny, Lou Tannir is charged with having forged several checks on various vari-ous institutions in Salt Lake and to have given them to a friend to cash. The proprietors of the various meat markets of Brigham City have combined com-bined to install a community abattoir and packing house, thus eliminating the present system of each market purchasing and killing its own meat. Alfalfa meal may be shipped to Montana now on condition that the shipper first has obtained a permit to make such a shipment from the office of the state crops and pests commission commis-sion at the state capitol. Reports from the poisoning campaign cam-paign being waged in the western part of Boxelder county for the purpose of exterminating jack rabbits are to the effect that it is progressing most satisfactorily. sat-isfactorily. The total value of new buildings and additions begun at Salt Lake during 1920 amounted to $3,830,353, compared with $4,000,496 during 1919, according to data compiled by the city building inspector. Mrs. X. Sophia EngstrcJm of Bingham Bing-ham City was found dead in her beo, having passed away without her family knowing that she was ill, except ex-cept for a slight indisposition the day previous. As a protection against vandalism, the Logan postoffice will hereafter be closed at S o'clock each night and open the following morning when the first mail clerk arrives on the job. The drive for 15,000 new members for the farm bureaus of the state is being launched, according to Donald D. McKay, president of the Utah State Farm bureau, at Huntsville. J. C. Henager of Salt Lake was reelected re-elected president of the Utah State Bee Keepers' association at tile closing clos-ing session of the annual state convention con-vention held in Salt Lake. Thirty-two schools in Cache county, comprising the entire school system of the district, are being inspected fur the preliminary scoring in the clean school contest. John Salamica, IS years of age, and Eddie White, 16 years of age, were arrested at Salt Lake, charged with having robbed a store at Ogden on January 19. Clifford Thurman, aged 27, was drowned while in the bathing pool at Beck's Hot Springs, near Salt Lake. |