Show TALES FOR READERS A RESUME OF THE WEEKS DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES important events of tho the last seven days daya reported by wire and prepared for the benefit oath of the a busy reader WESTERN EPI EPITOME I 1 after nearly ne arly three days daya had been consumed in selecting a jury nine men and three women were impanel ed at los angeles to hear evidence concerning the alleged plotting of three men to kidnap mary pickford screen star and hold her for lansom ansom i court adjourned until the testimony Is started burled buried for eighteen days beneath tons of debris the body of ricker 7 laughter daughter of mr and mrs morrill ricker of Nc lhart mont was recovered from the accumulation of muck that flooded the ravine below the he silver dyke mine on july when the dam broke after being weakened by earthquake shocks mrs may putnam christ 68 south dakota suffrage worker in 1912 a delegate to the democratic national convention Is dead at the home of her daughter at pasadena calif Turg ateo atee oregon and vicinity were covered with a sheet of water a toot foot deep which swept over the lowland washing out the tracks of the oregon washington railroad and navigation company to the aggregate of about one and a halt miles the greatest damage was lone done at nelson and weatherby no loss of life has been reported william D brown 99 year old california pioneer and said bald to be the oldest shriner in the world died at Bor berkely kely calif lie ho was born in charlottesville lottes ville va and would have reached his one hundredth birthday on december 4 of this year applicants tor for licenses ll consos to drive an automobiles to in california must submit evidence of their mental and physical fitness under the terms of the law passed by the last legislature which became effective july the now new automobile law also forbids the use of speed traps as a mean of determining the rate at which a machine to la traveling the trap used tor for many years was a method of timing the speed of a machine between two arbitrary points on the state highway GENERAL an important corps in now new yorks great white collar working army raised the standard of revolt the municipal engineers strong and representing the largest single aggregation of their profession in the world outside of military establishments completed an organization which has tor for its object improvement of a salary and conditions comparable with the dignity training and responsibility lity of the position mrs guinavere Gui nvere sinclair gould could the mystery woman who borsook a chorus position on broadway to live with the late george J gould for ten years prior to the death of life his wife astonished her friends by becoming the bride of george st john broderick Broder lck viscount dunsford Dun stord at new york ile he Is the oldest son and heir of the earl of middleton tax reduction to the amount of at a t least with exemption of all taxes on incomes of or less and elimination of the miscellaneous and inheritance taxes was urged at washington by senator copeland democrat new york lie he advocated reduction in surtaxes sur taxes to 10 per cent sixteen persons were injured none fifteen hundred prohibition agents will lose their jobs not later than october 15 in the biggest shake up tip in the enforcement set sei vice since the en of the act A vast majority of the forty eight state administrators will be among those to so go no more than will be appointed d to the now new force with which it to Is coped to make the nation completely complo tely dry hundreds were pale stricken and a whole north section of chicago was shaken when a gasoline barge of the texas company on which were 90 gallons exploded with a terrific and terrifying blast and a roar of games flames which leaped feet into the air the barge known as the reliable was wag moored at the time in the north branch of the river just off the oil companas comp anys north side bide plant and storage property another chinese revolt against ton fon eign domination similar to the boxer rising of twenty five years ago la is A a possible filble sible outcome of the present demonstrations but not im modia mediately tely probable H 0 W an englishman editor of the peking and times and the china year book sold said on his arrival in new york closeted Cloa eted in the shadowy death cell in the county jail at chicago cham acham a her ber he has occupied through three periods of terror of death russell T scott convicted slayer of joseph Moir er Is dally daily and for long periods undergoing tests by the defense hopes to convince a jury that scott has become instance since sentence of death was passed upon him and escape the rope via the same route taken by gene geary a notorious killer mayor rolph of san francisco conferred with president palmer of the fleet corporation on the purchase of the pact fl argen cargen c argentine tine braz braell it line and the pact pacific fie au australian ian line both of which are now operated out of west coast ports for the shipping board by swayne k ilont no decision was readied reached news of the death of Will willinia inra jennings bryan at dayton tenn came to with stunning suddenness and at a time when his name was blazing in headlines much as it did at the height of his political career twenty years ago his efforts at dayton where ne lie had fought with great spirit over the question of evolution had given friends here the impression that he was in vigorous health and it had been freely predicted that his voice would ring out when the next congress assembled in a movement to throw into senate and house debate the cause tor for which he had fought in tennessee the new chicago union station covering thirty five acres and used by tour four railroads has been formally opened six weeks after some of its facilities began to function ranking with the grand central and pennsylvania stations in new york as the largest railway depots in fin the country the station has accommodations fur for trains dally daily for passengers and tons of federal legislation abolishing all radio broadcasting of advertising will be sought at the next session of congress sol bloom of new york an bounced prior to sailing for a trip 0 o england and france FOREIGN edgar addison bancroft american ambassador to japan lied died at karul ambassador bancroft was tak on en ill at Karul Karu izawa a popular moun tain resort in central japan where he was spending ending Bp the summer about three weeks ago at first it was vias thought he was suffering from I 1 indigestion but his trouble later was diagnosed as a small duodenal ulcer the death to is announced of the noted painter leon augustin August ln one of frances foremost landscape artists and a member of the institute prediction that the he churches of the world including the church of rome would event itally work in inter denom union with one another was made by bishop william T manning M 0 of f the episcopal diocese of new york before he left montreal on hla his vacation A reuters Re utera canton dispatch says sas a russian general borodin has been appointed adviser to the canton government ern ment succeeding robert S norman an american mr norman is from oakland calif and was legal adviser to the late dr sun yat sen head of tho the canton government the budget tor for the fiscal year 1926 as submitted to the legislature at manila places the governments government s expenditure pend iture at while the income la Is estimated at leaving a surplus of approximately halt half a million the largest single item of expense Is for education amounting to approximately the second phase of the evacuation of the ruhr fulir which has been occupied by allied troops since january 11 1923 began with th the departure of 0 troops garrisoned at essen complete evacuation of the ruhr is to be con eluded by july 31 when the ruhr will be definitely handed back to the german authorities in accordance with the london agreement fifteen persons persona were killed and hundreds reported injured when the packed melbourne australia veranda of a moving picture theatre collapsed the spectators were watching a parade on bourke street the world federation of educational associations took initial steps at edenburgh scotland to put into operation the organizations plan tor for future world peace and understanding by adopting a series of resolutions recommending courses of study that ha t I 1 will present to students a full conception of internationalism |