, 1921-09-08
NEWS TO Date
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
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WESTERN

WESTERN
Albert G. Baker, Justice Of the Ari-
zonn Supreme Court, died at Los An
geles, according to advices received.
Mrs. BESSIE Keyes, charged with i'm
plicntion In the killing OF the 5-months-
old daughter OF w. I. Aven, WINS mr.
rested Mt Wylie, Texas, n taken to
Waco.
While tapping n keg OF hear beer at
Dubuque. Iowa. William Trainor had
his right arm broken in two places
when the key exploded, blowing out
the head.
III. Il. Grimes. ticket agent mt Suisun,
Calf, was shot and killed by a rob
Der who held up the railway ticket Of
flee Mt Suisun and escaped with 800,
according to reports.
All records for sales OF individual
rams ut local auction were equnlled at
Salt Lake City when Monarch, a show
winning RambouIllet ram, owned by
the Butterfield Livestock Company OF
Weiser, Idaho, was SOLE to Billiard
Brothers Of Woodland, Calif., for 3d.
900.
Hams G~eorgeson of Niagara, Grand
Fork county, vas elected president of
the North Dakota Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton Mt Fargo. N. D.. by the state
executive committee to succeed Usher
L. Burdick, who resigned because of
work in connection with the Grain
Growers, Inc.
Two bandits broke through u screen
door In the rear of the ~Chicago-Lake
State bank In an outlying residence
district In Minneapolis, Mimi. lined UP
five men and two women employees
and escaped with about $4,000 In cash.
II was the second robbery OF the bank
In two years.
The CARRIER State Bank of CARRIER,
Okla, was robbed by two unmasked
men,. who escaped with $500. The
men held up Glenn II. Courier. cashier,
and his father, locked both men In the
vault and sped away In a motor car.
Courier released his father and him
self by an inside combination.
An unidentified Chinese was shot TO
death in his cabin ut Nina, IT'S miles
southeast Of Reno, New, by two CHI
nese who drove from Reno in a taxi
cab. Hughie Sing of Carson City and
Lee John Of San Francisco, both said
TO be Hop Sing tongmen, were arrest
ed in Reno and are charged with the
murder.
According to u tabulnted statement
by the Texas State Highway Depart
ment. $50 new rond projects have been
completed involving LOCI miles ut a
total cost OF 1890. 314.20 on which ST.
312.25S.S5 state aid and 81, T9i.33514
federal aid was paid. OF these roads.
32.4 miles were paved with concrete.
1923 miles with hituminous materials
and 607 miles with gravel.
WASHINGTON
Amusement-loving Amerlca spent
nearly 81, 900, 1000 during the fiscal
year 1927 for theatrical entertainment.
according to statistics made public hy
Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair.
The 10 per cent tax collection ON the
aters and places of amusement during
h fiscal year just closed amounted
to $50, T2o,905, Blair announced.
Col. Thomas W. Miller, alien proper
ty custodian, has recommended to
President Harding that the property
seized by the United States from Ger
many during the val be used to pay
the claims of American citizens for in
Juries and damages incurred before
the entry of this country into the war.
A replica of the President OF the
United States In personal appearance
Is Capt. A. r. Johnson. commanding
the ocean steamship City OF st. Louis,
plying between Savannah and Boston.
In citizens attire Captain Johnson re-
sembles more closely President Hard
Ing than when the skipper Is wearing
the steamship uniform. Captain John
son is about the age OF the President
and Is u Republican.
A new basis Of taxation to take the
place OF the House venue measure
and practically all present tax laws
was proposed by Senator Smoot, Re
publican, Utah. who announced he was
preparing II bill embodylng the plan,
which he estimated would Yield $685.
100000 this year. He added that he
would take the question up with the
Senate finance committee when II be-
gins consideration OF revenue ques,
lions,
A pigeon which carried n message
from Mayor Thompson OF Chicago to
President Harding In sixteen hours nc
tual flying time for the Clay mile.
broke a worlds record, the Depart
ment OF Agriculture announced. Tn,
bird was "A product of the govern
ment's loft Mt Beltsville, Md.
White House.
Charles w. Pugsley Of Nebraska hnl
been selected by President Harding
for appointment MS assistant secre
tary OF agriculture to succeed DIR. lei
NOR n Roll whose r~pqtgnntion affpc