Taiban Valley news., 1921-11-11
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARACRAP HIS
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

AhS pOuT VI yOuh5 ihAh WIN "
bullet wound in the head, which was
found in vacant lot in San Francisco,
was identified as that of the bandit
who held up the ferry postoffice, shot
and killed Frank B. Adams, an armed
guard, and escaped with valuable mail
matter
The Chicago theater, seating 5000
persons, said to be the largest motion
picture theater in the world, has been
formally opened. A line of persons
six abreast and three blocks long, wait
ing for admittance, necessitated the
calling Of municipal police The thea
ter cost $40O0,OO0
The Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Company has asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
to extend $S,176,000 of its per cent
first mortgage bonds for forty years
at 51s per cent, and for approval of an
agreement extending the lien of the
first mortgage to cover the extended
bonds.
Sheriff's deputies on guard in store
at Council Bluffs engaged in a gun
hattie with gang of robbers, who
broke into the place. One robber was
killed. Sheriff w. A. GrGaaweg iden-
titled him as JaRTes Blankenship, %
years Ga. The dead man figured in
the Omaha court house riots two years
ago and was indicted for arson in that
connection, but was never prosecuted.
District Attorney Mathew Brady has
under consideration request that he
recommend parole for Allen McDOn-
aid, convicted in connection with the
So-called Howard street gang cases"
a year ago, in San Francisco. McDon-
aid soon will be eligible to apply for
parole. Recently McDonalds mother
made her way to Frisco from Denver
walking part of the way and accept
ing free rides at times-and asked
Brady to parole her son.
Democratic city committee and recOg
nized as a ''pOwer" in local and state
Democratic affairs, was shot and
killed while standing In the doorway
of his saloon at st. Louis by unidenti-
fled assailants, who fired at him from
a curtained automobile while passing.
II don't know who shot me, and |
wouldn't tell IL l did. Tn a good
sport" were Egans dying words. Po-
lice claim gang feud is responsible
for Egans death.
WASHINGTON
Exports to Europe during September
fell off by about $31, 100000, as COM
pared with August while imports in
creased by approximately $4000,O0O
according to foreign trade figures is
sued by the Commerce Department
Imports from South America during
the month increased by about $6,000,-
900, while exports remained practical
ly unchanged.
There will be no delay in issuing
permits for the manufacture of real
beer and for its sale as medicine. In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Blair
stated that all brewers who have COM
piled with the law will be granted per-
mits readily. Brewers who have been
charged with violating the law, how
ever, may be delayed in getting per-
mits now, the commissioner said
President Harding nominated Mateo
LuJan of Santa Fe, N. NJ, to be receiv-
er of public moneys at Clayton, N. NJ.
The total public debt Sept. 30 stood
at S23,924, 10S, ,125.06, while Oct. 81 the
total was S23, 3,459, JAS, 1869, making a
decrease for the period of 1854, ,959,-
82S.47.
The bulk of the nations stockyards
are now under the control of the fed
eral government. Secretary OF Agri-
culture Wallace announced the names
of siXty-six stoclyards in various parts
of the country that have been deter
mined as coming within his jurisdic-
ton under the recently enacted pack
ers and stockyards act The owners
have been formally notified and for
NAL notices were posted in each of the
yards Nov. 1.
Decision Of many West Virginia
mine operators to refuse next spring
to re-enter into wage contracts with
their employees unions was announced
to the Senate committee investigating
conditions in the West Virginia fields.
The statement was made by Il. NJ
Merrell, Charleston operator, who
said that "a concerted move" was un-
der way to fight the closed union shop
when the time for renewal of wage
contracts arrived April l.
Members Of the clergy, the great
majority of them with war experience
and graduates Of army chaplain schools
at home or Ia France, are well repre-
sented in the officers corps of the
army. About 900 commissions as re-
serve army chaplains have been issued.
They include five majors, sixty cap
Iains and the remainder first lieu
BY denominations the distri-
button is as follows: Roman Catholic,
1876: Methodist. 115; Baptist, 81; Pres
,yterian, II; Episcopal, 81; Disciples
II Christ. 81; Congregational, %, and
'ther sects. II.