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Show HEWS OF A WEEK Ifl CONDENSED FORI RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. Happenings That Are Miking History Information Gathered from All Quarter of tho Globe and QJvsn In Few Line. INTERMOUNTAIN. Not content with running down Miss Quelle Dunne, at Denver, Colo., one time, an unknown motorist swung his tar about and struck her again before Speeding away. ; The eyesight of three men was destroyed de-stroyed by an explosion in the mine of Ihe Union Pacific Coal company at Wegrath, near Rock Springs, Wyo. a Jew days ago. ' A freak egg was laid by a Rhode Island hen at the home of Mrs. W. H. Good, of Oregon City, Ore. The egg Is three Inches In length and about six inches in circumference and on the shell are whitish circles and spots. Conservation of the water after It is obtained and placed under control Is one of the big problems of reclamation reclama-tion and It should be one of the immediate immed-iate problems, according to Guy Flen-ber, Flen-ber, managing director of the Idaho Reclamation association, a delegate to Ihe convention of the Western States Reclamation association. - I Concerted action of western states In a fight to the bitter end is necessary In the campaign for federal appropriations appropria-tions for the reclamation of arid lands, according to Governor Joseph M. Dix-pn Dix-pn of Montana. Senators from the western west-ern states must form a block and stand behind this program to the last to the fcxcluslon of everything else. ' A statewide campaign with a view to raising $125,000 for the establishment establish-ment of a farm home for orphan children chil-dren has been inaurgurated by the Woman's Wo-man's Christian Temperance union of pregon. Of the amount desired the community chest of Portland has pledged pledg-ed $G0,0O0, provided a similar amount is raised In other sections of the state. What Will R. King of Oregon, form-... form-... erly counsel for the United States reclamation re-clamation service and experienced In development conventions since 1901, characterizes as "one of the most successful, suc-cessful, complete and far-reaching meetings of any that I have ever attended," at-tended," came to a close recently In Salt Lake. In a big way, the sessions of the organization, which was formed two years ago, established it as a permanent per-manent body to work for development In the west. GENERAL A jury to try Arthur C Burch. as-cused as-cused of the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, Ken-nedy, has been completed. It Is coin-Dosed coin-Dosed of ten women nnd two men. Accumulation of various Christmas savings funds, amounting to S150.000,-000, S150.000,-000, will be distributed among five mil. lion Individuals by approximately 4000 banks throughout the country. The tendency to crowd the cities and deplete the farms of their population Is a problem as Important as war or peace and a principal cause of unemployment unem-ployment and unrest, in the opinion of Miss Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army In America. Sylvester Rosenthal and Samuel Moskowitz. owners and contractors of the American theater in Brooklyn, which collapsed burying nearly fifty workmen, were ordered held without bail when they were arraigned on charges of manslaughter. A bronze tablet 1ms been erected Hi Bronkline, Muss, to the memory of Albert E. Scott, n former newsboy known ns "Scotty" who was killed behind be-hind his machine gun in France. He is believed to have been the youngest American soldier killeu In the World War. The American T.egion participated particip-ated in t tie unveiling ceremony. Five thousand compositors in the New York book and job printing trades will continue to work at their present wages oO a week for day workers. $.".3 for night workers and ?oj for those on midnight shifts under a decision de-cision handed down by Dr. John Love-joy Love-joy i::i:oit. WASHINGTON. A resolution declaring for relinquishment relinquish-ment of foreign postuffice privilege in China was adopted Thursday by the nine powers sitting as a committee on Pacific and Far Eastern questions. Two men serving life sentences in federal ponetentiaries on murder charges charg-es were released Thanksgiving day on pardons issued by President Harding. Values of the merchandise exported during October fell to fractional parts of the totals for the same month last year while decided drops In value ot imports were noted by the commerce department In its monthly summary. Immigration from Cldna is to be reduced, re-duced, according to a late report. This government Intends to adopt a more stringent policy of restricting Chinese immigration it was stated officially. Senator Borah wrote Secretary Fall, and also will take up with the senate irrigation committee, the necessity for securing an extension of time in which settlers on government reclamation projects may make payments. A petition more than a mile in length and containing around 200,000 Individual signatures of presidents of women's organizations with a total membership of more than two millions, was presented to Secretary of State Hughes recently approving the objects of the conference on disarmament. Bringing with it some of the sharpest sharp-est issues of world diplomacy, the Shantung controversy took Its place at the arms conference. The result was an offer by the United States and Great Britain, accepted by Japan nnd China, to assume the role of friendly advisers in a new attempt to solve the problem nnd end the long and bitter dispute. m Government tax receipts during the fiscal year 1921 decreased nearly a billion dollars as campared with last year, while the cost of collection increased in-creased 32 cents for each ?100, according accord-ing to the annual report of the bureau of Internal revenue. Operation cf the army transport service ser-vice in the Pacific may be turned over to the shiping board for experimental purposes. Chairman Lasker of die board has requested Secretary Weeks to permmit his agency to take over the army transport service in connec-with connec-with a weekly sailing service It expects soon to begin between the west coast, the Philippine islands and the east. FOREIGN. A soviet delegation is on the way to Buenos Aires to negotiate for the re. opening of trade relations between Ar. gentina and Russia. The chamber of deputies at Madrid, passed a bill appropriating 13,000,000 pesetas for naval construction. This will provide for an increase In the Spanish navy. The Russian ruble Is still depreciating. depreciat-ing. It now requires 200,000 of them to purchase a dollur. In one day tne dollar has jumped from 150,000 to 200,- ' 000 rubles. j m m m Bolshevism Is spreading through the large towns of Portugal, the London Times declares and there have been many outrages, especially In the province prov-ince of Alemtejo. The luckiest woman In France is Muriel Dunsmulr Molyneaux, who became be-came the bride of Captain Molyneax. the fnmous dressmaker. The trousseau trous-seau was entirely designed by the bridegroom nad was most elaborate. Khaki is to be the color of the uniform uni-form of the French "poilu" of the future. fu-ture. The horizon blue Is doomed. The decision was arrived at by military experts and favorably passed upon at a meeting of the cabinet. Henri Landru has been found guilty and condemmed to death by the guillotine, guil-lotine, in Pnris, France. Landru was tried for the murder of ten women and one boy and was charged with having disposed of their bodies by burning In his kitchen stove. China requested and received a ninety-day extension of its So.fi00.000 loan from the Pacific Development corporation, corpora-tion, which was to have matured soon. Reports that the British cabinet was considering the proposed moratorium for Germany have been confirmed in official circles. The point being discussed dis-cussed Is under what conditions a moratorium could lie declared. Berlin was suddenly thrown Into darkness and was without telephones or street cars recently owing to a strike of the city electrical workers because be-cause of a refusal of their demai.Q for a substantial raise in wages. |
