, 1920-12-23
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Four persons were blown up and in
stantly killed when a charge of pow
der exploded on a dredger scow in Will
lapa harbor, neal South Bend, Wash.
Sixty thousand applications for tick
cts for the California-Oh i State foot
ball game at Pasadena Jan. / have
been received by the Tournament of
Roses Association. This is approx
mately $4,000 more applications than
seats, and the association Is experience
ing difficulties in making equitable al
lotments of tickets.
By a vote of 100 to 1O5, the House
has decided to give encouragement to
California grape growers by develop
ing, through experiments by the agri-
cultural department, new uses for
wine grapes. Purchase of n plot of
land near Fresno and Oakville, where
the experimental work now Is being
done, was authorized.
Negotiations of postal treaties pro
vidlng for reciprocal domestic postage
rates on letters, postal cards and
printed matter between the United
States and the countries of South and
Central America, Mexico and Spain
was announced at the conclusion of Il
meeting of the governing board of the
advisory committee on international
parcel post.
Blinded by red pepper hurled into
his eyes, Richard Il. Hoegllng, wealthy
business man of Los Angeles, Cal,
was robbed of a diamond stickpin, a
diamond ring, a watch and 5000 by a
pretty girl bandit. She jumped on the
running board of his automobile and
pressed n revolver against his side,
compelling him to stop, he said. After
throwing the pepper into his eyes she
robbed him.
Pearls and diamonds valued at S3O,-
coo are in the hands of the Los Ange-
les, Calf, police as a result of n search
of a safety deposit box maintained in
the name of Mrs. Frances Matthews,
under arrest there and suspected of
being n of the cleverest shoplifters
and pickpockets that ever operated In
the West. These gems were in addi-
ton TO jewelry, clothing and other ar
ticles valued at about $4,000 which
were seized when detectives raided the
palatial Matthews home.
WASHINGTON
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has brought suit in the District
of Columbia Supreme Court for an in
junction restraining the secretaries of
state, wal and navy from interfering
with the proposed connection of the
company's cable with the new cable
line from Barbados, where is con-
meets with n British cable to South
America.
Nearly one-half of the nations rec
ord breaking overseas commerce in the
past fiscal year was carried in Amerl-
can ships, Secretary Alexander shows
in his annual report. The overseas
trade reached the unprecedented total
of S11, T5.424,0O and S5,071, 100000 of
It was carried in American-owned yes
sells as against S36S, $4,000 carried in
American bottoms the year before the
war.
Edward David Rice, 70, of Edward
r. Rice & Co. and u prominent Bos-
ton clubman, has been arrested on an
Indictment charging him with the
larceny of 100000 from two Boston
banks. Rice was alleged to have OBJ
tanned S150.000 from the National
Shawmut bank. and the same amount
from the New England Trust Company
under false representations.
resolution NaAFnstInW Nha DroaI
dent to open negotiations with Great
Britain and Japan for an agreement
to reduce naval building program so
per cent for the next five years has
been introduced In the Senate by Sen
ntor Borah, Republican, Idaho. When
Senator Borah offered his resolution,
Secretary Daniels was before the
House naval committee strongly OPP
posing such n proposal.
Peter J. Doollng, son of Congress
man Peter Doollng of New York city.
was killed by the accidental discharge
OF n rifle that was being shifted In
an automobile near Fresno. Calf, ac-
cording to n verdict OF n coroner's
jury. DoolIng was driving an automo-
bile on the last lap OF a trip from New
York to San Francisco with Hugo
Engle and Joseph @. Farrell.
Senate and House leaders have prac-
tically agreed at a conference on n
program for the enactment of an
emergency tariff measure to serve as
an embargo on the importation of
wheat, cotton, wool, beans, potatoes
and livestock and meats.
Joseph Tumulty, secretary to Pres
ldent Wilson, has ~nnnounced that he
had declined the appointment as n
chief Justice OF the Court OF Custom
Appeals, which had beer offered him
by the President. and that he would
begin the practice OF law in Washing