Taiban Valley news., 1921-05-20
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.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Branches of the knights, of the Ku
Klux Klan are being organized in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Mime
sofa and North and South Dakota.
Madge Anne Sawyer, accused of the
Staying. of her husband, was acquitted
by jury in less than one minute at
Seattle, Wash. 1t was her second trial,
the first having resulted In her con-
viction Of murder in the second de-
gree.
A new kind of "crop" was unearthed
near Idaho Falls, Idaho, when deputy
sheriffs dug twenty-four gallons of
''moonshine" out of plowed field
near the city. The fields owner pro-
tests ignorance and innocence Of how
1t was planted"
Clara Smith Hamon, acquitted of
the murder of Jake l.. Hamon, Okla
hOma oil king and Republican politi-
clan, has agreed to a $4,000 settlement
of her claim to share of lannon's $S,-
100000 estate, according to informa-
ton from authentic sources.
Sixteen hundred and fifty-one sem
Tors, comprising the largest class ever
graduated from any university in the
world, received their diplomas and
were awarded degrees and honors at
the annual commencement exercises
Of the University Of California in the
Greek theater in Oakland.
Production of an alleged German
made film in Los Angeles theater
was stopped by the management after
a. crowd, including about score Of
sailors, had attempted to force an en-
trance to the building, protesting
against the performance The sailors
were stopped by squad of police
Four thousands pounds of ammuni-
tion were seized and the engine crew
on the Mexican Central passenger train
which left Juarez was arrested near
chihuahua City, according to Rafael
ID. Davila, commander of customs
guards In Chihuahua. The ammunition,
Mr.. Davila said he had been privately
informed was intended for rebels in
central chihuahua. The ammunition
was hidden in the tender OF the engine
under the coal, he said.
WASHINGTON
The '-.>wnsend bill for the establish
ment u a post-road and interstate
highway system, and the creation of
a federal highway commission, has
been introduced in the Senate, and |
hearings on it are to be held soon. This |
measure differs from the original |
Townsend bill In several particulars,
and it recognizes the federal aid prin-
ciple, but with reservations.
The export trade of the big packers
slumped $526OO0000 during the last
year, Thomas e. Wilson of Wilson &
90. told the House agriculture commit
tee in opposing packer control legisla-
tion. Meat producers, he declared, re-
ceive 81 cents of each dollar the pack
ers receive for meat and the decrease
in exports resulted in a loss to the
livestock raisers of $45O0OO,O0O. 'In
the year 1920 there was exported from
the United States 1,200,0O0,0O0 fewer
pounds of meat products than during
the previous year." he said. 1T was
this decrease that caused the lower
prices to the producer"
Reform organizations of various
kinds have disclaimed the parentage
Of an anti-tobacco drive which got
some attention in Washington recent
Iy. There was question of just who
was sponsoring It, but news of the ar
rival Of the movement in the capital
caused much alarm In many quarters.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has granted the Butte, Anaconda
& Pacific Railway Company in Mon
ANA permission to increase its passen-
ger and excess baggage rates to the
evel In effect in Interstate commerce
.aTlffs to be filed upon five days no.
ice. The carrier is an electric road
ind on that account was omitted from
he last rate order issued by the com
mission.
William Fl. Stevenson, vice director |
# the experiment station of the Iowa I
State Agricultural College, has been /
lamed permanent delegation of the {
United States to the international In {
titute Of Agriculture at Rome, the De- 7
,artment of Agriculture announced.
The appointment fills the vacancy i
aused by the resignation of Dean Il. j
;. Hunt, president Of the California r
itate Agricultural College. I
The War Department Stacker lists as
ssued from time to time VIII be pub II
shed in the. Congressional Record. Re r
uest for such publication was made in {
he House by Representative Johnson, Il
republican, South Dakota, a former n
ervice man, and there was no objec- p
lon.
Tho national oooOronhfr hoard xotad