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Show WASHINSVvis , Admlnistrntion olHcers of the twi, Ih(,were wenmed for their mg for tho "utmost economy" itt v. bL ? mple fr tV states and munldpallties wh-, omtmK debts he described , C '-"8im,Iea in Am?rUa ,0' jion 6l..nvel tt total o( ?2:;7.XX,(K)() in nua oiitstiin(Jj.g r.f the close of the v! -year 4ne,.-?o, !Wurd;n to a aunmmry of reratlna! Issued hj JLn- . Af!r .ve!'-r's spena'on, recniftln-j V'' nHvy' lindor '""d61 VHblisliad be resumed. Sisty.flve tlieusmd :',on Wi" 1,nve tl ealist or ivenllst In Uia coming .ve,r In order to keep the nvy up to, tlie 80,0(K) men witl.orized under the navnl fiM.riiriution till.' f '. i. ' . j A Complete History of What Has j Been Happening Throughout ' the World ' J WESTERN j The blU authorizing Secretary Full 1 tn 'nvet!t9 surrey and reniwt U I confess on the Columbia Imsin ln-l-! ration j.roject In ishinst.m state 1,1,8 the Ri-uate. The measure uutliorL-ed an appropriation of $100 m) t finance the work and called for lb? report to be made not later than January 1, 1024, The OalirornliHSbTte Federation of Labor has Invoked the injunction I ajrnliwt the ntnv minimum wajie law '- reducing the wa?e of minors had Wo. men ; workers from ?10 to $15 ir week. Superior Judge Walter I'crry Jolmwn issued the Injunction against the state industrial welfare commission., Senator Cursum.- Kepublkan, New -Mexiw., has been directed by the senate sen-ate reclamation and Irrigation com-; com-; .mittee to report favorably to the sen-ate sen-ate the horse bill; authorising the , -ale of surplus power developed under too Salt river reclamation project in Arizona. The measure would author-. author-. t?e to? secreary of tha Interior whenever when-ever surplus power Is created to en ter into contacts not exceeding flftv , ywirs.iu duration for lt sale. Senator Kcndrlck of AVyoming has introduced a bill amending the jll leasing law by providing that roval-t.es roval-t.es may be paid to the f-tates quarterly quar-terly Instead of annually. The senator-suggest tills change because of the desire of Wyoming State university univer-sity to raise funds' for new construction construc-tion work. irun?ir and undernourishment undoubtedly un-doubtedly will prevail In many dis-trict'i dis-trict'i in Russia after tho coming bar- vest,' but actual famine is now on the (wane and soon' will have vanished, ; except in isolated districts, according to re;orts which have readied the American relief administration Irt Moscow from Its workers in the field. j Appointmout of a Joint eongresslon-, eongresslon-, al committee to Investigate the praeti-i praeti-i cability of cn'tit'ng a government farm 'Jnsurtince bureau would be authorized under terms of a resolution introduced intro-duced by Senator McNary. Oregon. The Insurance bureau would protect farm rrs against crop losses, fires and other, hazards, McNary explained. ITerr A. H. O. Fokker, designer an, builder of the monoplane used extensively exten-sively by (iermany in the World war for pursu't and combat duty, is cooperating coop-erating with American naval designees design-ees in experiments looking to the le-. le-. voiopment of a new torpedo plane, the j navy department announces. i FOREIGN Hcncral Luis Tcrrnzas, former Chihuahua Chi-huahua cnttl-i' kin;.',' and (he Mexir'ari government have agreed definitely uy-the uy-the transfer of his vast efitiitk',' approximately ap-proximately C,.(K).(()0 acres, lor which tlie government Is to pay l.'i,C(KI,(K0 pesos, a litt'e more thn $i',,(m,m tin-der tin-der the pics nt rate of exchange. Tlie roneral will receive in cash 1"J per cent of tl'.e purchase price, while th remainder will be paid for with pa ; e- Issued by the Mexican govern mrnt. Maria il l Phar Moreno, the lR-ycar old dattuhter of the edit r of ths Herald' of Mexico City, who was murdered mur-dered a few wet ks ago by Deputy l.iorica. sh t and killed thd tdayvr of her father as he was lenUng bis home on Tcnnlu street. , Twentythree persons were kiiletl end thirty injured wlien an express rain collided with n mail train in the vicinity of Tnlenoia. Kntiro fnmlli s are repovtcd to have been wiped out as ti e trains were crowd; d with holiday holi-day f'dks. 'n "'' rilse mother and three daughters were killed, while in uuoshi-r a father and baby were ti e nuly ones who scnpeit out of a fani- 1--f -oO-,t. , . The st;:te department sinounce, that a tentative progn in for evaciia-l evaciia-l n of Snntii Dom'ng- by Amerlern n.i'l'ary forces had be n agreed upon w'th a group of Dominlc-ui h-adors, who have be m in Wash'ioit.m s 'me r.i' iitha en tlioir own In'th.tlve in eon-'(icn"'o eon-'(icn"'o wlfh d. p.artv.ici't ofl'i' lals. The oro:.Tam !H be carried our, the s'ate. no" t Mil. "i s soon i'S It can be n- crtr'incd win tlier it m ets with tin-approval tin-approval of a majority of the Dominican Domin-ican pntplc." Chile bag accepted the Pcruvi-.r projiosal tlntt, in case no plebiscite is it. Id in Tnenu-Arica and t'ltiie and k'cu carnot decided the sovereignty "f ti e province by direct negotiat'ou, 'le'ih cmintriis v.iil request an cxer se'of toe "good offices" of the United Unit-ed States. Utah auto' licenses have brought In 'V...1'1'!1116 of over, $C()0,000 this year. The radiophone craz? Is undergoln," the Bame - changes In - pu1IIe opinion that wireless craae. underwent, accorC-ing accorC-ing to professionals. Dealers report , - that the peak 'of the radiophone craze has ptissed. Where, thr e months ago , dealers were unable to fill orders for radio supplies and parts, they are now soliciting trade. Construction charges en government irrigation projects would be extended to be paid In forty annual pavments dating from time of public notice with credits for past payments on the for-ty-yetir-plan, undsT a bill introduced by Senator Dorah (Ilep.), ida,U)i nnj i referred to the senate irrigation committee. com-mittee. , ' A' report on state tax Wesm-.nts, issued by tho census bureau showed that in If )2o the highest tax per cr.p-ita, cr.p-ita, on real and personal property combin,Ml, f 18.47, was levied in Neva-!!. Neva-!!. California was the only state which levied no general property tax that year, the report showed, derivt-ing derivt-ing all revenues from special taxes and other sources. The highest per capita cap-ita levy of special taxes in WHO, $G.0f!, was report 'd by IUiode Island. Approxlinntely"Ti00((K0f()X) will be ppent for good road construction throughout the country durln? the fiscal fis-cal year, which began July 1. This will he brought about by the continu--. at,on of ft'd1'V "Id roads under re-tent re-tent authorization of an appropriation appropria-tion of almost fifty million dollars for distribution nmonc the several states. . Under the conditions of the aid each ! rtate must match the tm nllnteditj The apiKirtlonment to be made to the ' various western states for the fiscal year, which began July 1 is approximately approxi-mately ns follows: Arizona $ 702.181 California I . 1,041. ."m .Colorado . 8!4,117 ; Idaho . ,- Cl,(if)t ?lowa : l,401.01.- Kansas : ; , 1,401 .niM Minnesota , l,4ir.,7.".t Montana . 1 ,0.'S1 ,2.17 Ntbraska 1.0.ll.1;.'(r Nevada !-. VM,02j New Mexico 70.'!,21d Oregon ; 7s,i iil j Texas 2.0.10.111 j Utah.. ; oda.cr.Ht Wyoming - 62.1,078 j GENERAL j "Uncle Johnny" Shell, of Kenincky, ! who claimed to be I'll years of ago, is dead of the lnfirnvties of age. If i his claim was corrct, ho was the, oldest man In the world, lie left v- i rr 200 descendants. His oldest dau; It-! ter Is ftO and h's youngest son Is fli years of age. He was twice married. ! Ills first wife died nine years aco j after they had lived tog ther forj eighty-five years. Ills second .wife ( died two years ago nt the age of "3. j Tlrin?'ng the 'im'ssagc that Fran.-e j will pay her debts, but ndding that "a J iot depends c.i f rrii."n. ," .""can N. TV ' mentier, official representative of thei Frrneh government, a rived on tlie f steamer La Savele on his way to' Washington ns an adviser at ti e com-ir-n session of the Interallied debt f mdlng comnii slon. Constantinople harem attendants hav;- cone on a striko for more money and shorter hours. Many-of the capital's cap-ital's finest harems have been left unguarded un-guarded and their owners are try'nr-distractedly try'nr-distractedly to find sniiable substl-tut substl-tut s for the -trilcers. Numbers of Utisslan refiu'ecs have volun'cced their saniees, but It was found they were not fitted for the job. AMlbur Clcn Vollvn, raier of '.U v,! I'!.. ha ordered a supply of blanket-with blanket-with which fo cover knit ker dad hl'-iag hl'-iag girls vh!!e they pass through tv villa jre. |