The St. Johns herald., 1921-07-14

 state prohibition director, has been sentenced to one year in the county jail; F. Ray Groves, his brother, and former secretary of the Democratic state central committee, was fined $2,- 800, and George c. Groves, another brother, was fined $500 in the United States District Court of Los Angeles, following their pleas of guilty to con- spiracy to violate the prohibition enforcement law.
 Gov. Charles R. Nabey of Utah, who has returned to Salt Lake from a trip to San Juan county, where he held a 'poW-wow" with Indians relative to clashes between Flutes and white set tiers recently, said the Indian spokes- men had agreed to observe the white mems laws, and would surrender for trial two members of the tribe, who were recently arrested and who es- capped from jail while being held on charges involving attacks on settlers.
 Two men have been arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with the death in San Francisco of Linn Lip Chung, Chinaman, from a beating received after he had acci- dentally jostled against a party of men and women in a downtown street, the police declared. The attack on Linn Lip Chung occurred after he had apologized and turned away from the party, the police said. He died at a hospital of fractured skull and other injuries.
 Four hundred men will enjoy months free vacation, all expenses paid, as guests of Uncle Sam, at Fort Logan, Aug. to 30. Men between the oges of 16 and 35 years, from Colo rado and various parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahpma, will comprise the citizens military training camp, which will be established at Fort Lo- gan during August, under command of Col Paul A. Wolf, commanding of ficer of the Ninth infantry, who is at present in charge of the reserve off cers' training camp at Fort Logan. WASHINGTON
 A billion dollar cut in government expenditures during the year begin ing July 1 is the hope of the Harding administration. Congress has appro- priated about $4,OO0O00,O0O for the year beginning July 1. By putting the new federal budget into operation i'm mediately instead of waiting a year as originally planned, President Hard ing and Charles G. Dawes, budget di- rector, hope to make a 25 per cent saving.
 Official American participation in the Rio de Janeiro in 1922 in celebration of International exposition, to be held at the centennial of Brazilian independ- ence has been recommended to Con- gress by President Harding and Sec retary Hughes. A message by the sec retary of state, transmitted by the President with his indorsement, said the American ambassador at Rio de Janeiro had been advised that Japan and Belgium had intimated their in- tention of participating and that Great Britain and other European gov srnments undoubtedly would take part also.
 Giving assurance to businessmen of the country that there will be no de- lay in the enactment of a revised tax law at this session of Congress Repre- sentative Fordney of Michigan, chair man of the House ways and means committed has announced that hear lngs would be begun by the committee soon after the middle of July.
 Representative Hardy of Colorado has introduced a bill to postpone the in- crease in the rates of postage, effec- tive July 1, 1921, on publications en- tered as second-clasS matter under clause 4 of subdivision B of section l101 of the revenue act of 1917. The pill provides for an investigation of postal costs and postal rates on pub ications entered as second class mat ter.
 Instructions have been sent to all federal prohibition directors to rein state all reliable and trustworthy en- forcement agents, it has been an nounced by the prohibition bureau. Be cause of lack of funds about 700 agents were laid off in May, but with the deficiency appropriation of S2OO,- poo made available by Congress, it was explained that the bureau would be able to fill out its force.