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Show 1 NEWS STORY OF THEPAST WEEK A Complete History of What Has Been Happening Throughout the World , INTER MOUNTAIN Spokane, Wash. Direct transcontinental transcontin-ental passenger and freight air service ser-vice within two years was predicted by JXerle Thorp of Montana, journalist tind magazine editor on n visit to Spokane. A company already has been Iformed with a capitalization of ?200,-fWO.OOO ?200,-fWO.OOO to finance one venture, be Cold the members of the Spokane chamber of commerce. Large planes have been ordered, by the company, he said, aad Within four years, branch elr lines will operate from Spokane to nearby cities. Seattle, Wash. Five men held for Heportation by federal immigration Euthorities, escaped from the United (States immigration detention station in Seattle recently. They pried epnrt the bars of a window leading to a fire a escape. 2S"one of more than forty Japanese who were In the room with the men attempted to escape. Billings, Mont. Robert Edward Mangan, aged 3, was drowned when he fell into a basement near his home. The basement had been built preliminary prelimin-ary to the erection of a residence, and melting snow had tilled the pit with water to a depth of IS ur 20 Inches. It is presumed the boy was stunncvi when he fell into the pit and drowned without regaining consciousness. Twin Falls, Ida. Through its civic bureau the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce will lend its active support nnd cooperation to Representative Addison T. Smith in a nenewed effort to obtain inclusion of southern and southeastern Idaho in the mountain time zone. Kiamath Falls, Ore. Miss Lydla Fricke, Klamath county health nurse, Is recovering from a hazardous trip of 33 hours on skis through a blinding snowstorm which she undercook recently. re-cently. When news of the plight of destitute family of six reach K'.-tnath K'.-tnath Fells, Miss Fricke went by train to Kirk, where she found that owlnf to four feet of snow the roada were Impassable to ordinary traffic. Hiring four men and equipping them and her-elf her-elf with food and clothing, she battled bat-tled the way through a blizzard until compelled to make camp for the night In a deserted cabin. The party resumed re-sumed the task the next day and reached the ranch in time to bring the relief. They found four children sick, with no food except a few beans, and with little clothing. GENERAL A bequest of ?3.""iO,OK to the Little Brothers' Aid association for maintenance mainten-ance of a summer home for children, was included in the will of Miss Anita Bliss of New York, Cled for probate. Miss Bliss died at hi-r summer home In Manchester, Vt., several months ago, leaving an estate valued at about $500,000. Three bandits held up Marcus Nier-mnn Nier-mnn in his pawnshop in Chicago, anil escaped with virtually every bit uf Jewelry in it. Niennun said the loot was worth "between .."),ikmj and $100,-000." $100,-000." The World, a fifty-ton luiiKor, loaded with liquors said to be worth $W,0uO nnd manned by a skipper and rrew of nine, all heavily armed, was B'dzod by prohibition ufficers half a mllo ofT shore from New 'Orleans, Ia., In I,ake I'ontchnrtraln a few days ago. "Blue Boy" ( Jalnsliorough's imitM--plece which Ilonry K. Huntington Is paid to have paid ?S.Vi,000 arrived nt ItH now owner's h.mc at Sun Marlon, near los Angeles, recently. The painting was guarded nlglit and day on Its trip West and was accompanied by Sir Jo-eph Imeveen, a member of the firm vM-li purchased the painting from tho Inike of Westminster. liistri'-t Attorney Joah Bnnton of N'fvv York, Jinn nne'ed Unit he had a roniiiiuinciiMon from the pollen d"pnrt-merit d"pnrt-merit Informing him that. Anthony Cellar, drug endor, hud confi-nMcd that he hud suppli'-d drugs to Mulvl iNonmirid, movie a'tresn mentioned In the William Iicsuiond Tn.vl-T murder rase. , Cnable t re:ieh an ngri-emenf, tho Jury In the Minlnli linn f ilicnclmin inu'--(W trlnl wan dim-barged by the Judg. The vot.i from boginMng to end remained re-mained nine to throe In favor of con- 1 ' ' WASHINGTON Distribution f the $1,500,000 pro. vlded in the seed loaa act just signed by President Harding for relieving the acute stress of farmers in Die crop failure area of the Northwest, will be gin immediately, the department ol agricluturo announced. The house naval committee agreed to report bill fixing the maximuir authorized enlisted strength of the navy at 80,000 plus 0,000 apprentices or 10,000 less than the number Secre tary Denby said was needed to operate the treaty fleet. The bill also pro vides that not more than 200 members mem-bers f each graduating class at the navy academy shall be commissioned this year, in 1923, and 1024. There are 541 members of the first class at the academy to be graduated in June. Approximately 2500 aliens admitted Into the United States under temporary permits which would expire March 23 end leave them liable to immediate deportation de-portation have been glveu an indefinite extension of time for their stay. Commissioner Com-missioner Oenernl Husband of the im. migration bureau announces. President Harding asked congress for an appropriation of S100.000 for the care, custkxiy and operation of the' na-val na-val petroleum reserves in California, Wyoming and Oklahoma. An item for this undertaking, formerly carried In the interior department bill, was eliminated, elim-inated, making it necessary for tho navy to provide the funds. Senute commirtee changes resulting from the resignation -of William S. Kenyon as senator from Iowa, as do- eidad upon by the senate Republican committee on committees, and ratified by the senate elevate Senator Borah of Idaho to the chairmanship of tha education and labor committee. Mr. Borah retires as chairman of tho in- teroceanic canals committee. Between SITO.ouo and $200,000 in negotiable Liberty bonds are missing from the Liherty bond branch of the treasury. W. H. M'j.ran, chief of the secret service, recently stated. Secret service operatives have beon sent to Richmond, Ya., and Charlottesville, Va., where two employees of the branch, wated In connection with the Inve-stigation of the loss were reported report-ed to be. Preliminary reports, received by tha treasury, of collections of March 15 installments of income and taxes, shos ed a total of $2S0,0O0,iX) on deposit In federal reserve banks. On the basis of the amount receivod so far, officials declared It was Impossible as yet to determine whothor Secretary' Meilon's estimate of $400,000,000 In tax receipts for the quarter would be obtained. Receipts from March payments last year aggregated ?272.000,0l. FOREIGN The allied foreign ministers, convened con-vened In Paris for consideration f the near eastern situation, sent telegrams recently to Constantinople, Angora and Atens proposing an armistice between be-tween the Creeks and tlio Turk Nationalist Na-tionalist armies, facing cadi ot.'K-r in Asia Minor. The fight -r heavy reductions In the Jnpaneso army has been abandoned In the diet until the summer session, leaders announced. In the meantime. It was stated, small reductions In the strength of the army will he made In accordance with promises of army authorities. au-thorities. Provisions worth IK.Oon.OnO.iinO nj. bles will be sent Into tho drouth-stricken provinces of the I'krnlnn by the American Mennonites Famine Relief organization under an agreement Just concluded, Kays a Moscow dispatch to the Russian trade delegation In Ion-Vm. Ion-Vm. The legislative- assembly. In India, conalderlng the budget, rejected the pr-oiioaal to tax Imported B'lvor, with on equal bounty on exported silver. Proposed Increases In the levies on spirits and cigars wore allowed. The budget deficit not covered by fresh taxation tax-ation totals twelve crorea of rupees. (A croro la l",ooo,(00 rupees, normally normal-ly :t.2 iohki.) Irnnllc reductions for tho estimated for the air forces for the coining year wore recently announced. The estimates esti-mates provide r,!.'iri,.V0 for normal zervlco and f !i."i'.i..",oo for war liabilities.. liabili-ties.. Last yeir's figures were so0,(rf for ii'.ruial sorvlees and 1,-471.000 1,-471.000 for war liabilities. A reduction reduc-tion In force equal to two squam-oiis Is pro,oed. All letters and parcel post piniingofl coming "lit of Itussla are being held In Iterlln uutoinlio.l. The Ocnnan postal employee, following a physician's physi-cian's announcement that employees In the rte-.ul iKiHtofflc'R had been lllf'-eted from handling IlusMlan mall, rofunoil to handle such mall there until ti.tf mlnlHter of posts has given orders fof Its disinfection against tophus. |