, 1921-03-24
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EioN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoiNcs AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN
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priation of n total of $500 o have
been served on persons figuring In the
collapse of the bond house of Morris
Brothers. Incorporated. of Portland,
Ore.
The body of Woo Cow, Chinese,
bearing NM bullet wounds and numer-
u knife cuts, was found beside II
road three miles east of Guadalupe.
according to advices received ut the
sheriff's office In Santa Barbara, Calf.
Voc was believed by officers to have
been II tong war victim.
Governor Boyle has announced it
was his intention to sign the bill pro-
viding that all persons condemned to
death in Nevada should be executed
with lethal gas. He said he would
no sign Immediately in order TO al
low any persons who might object to
present their reasons.
George S. Alderman, a travelling
salesman, died Mt a hospital In Twin
Falls, Idaho, as a result of a knife
wound inflicted on him by Francisco
Sanchez, a Mexican. The Mexican.
who Is thought I have been crazy.
walked up to Ackerman on the street
and plunged his knife into Ackerman's
left eye.
h First State and Savings Bank
of Klamath Falls, Ore, is doing bust
ness as usual again, after having
closed its doors on Jan. II. The re-
opening. which was declared to have
saved over half the %sheepmen and cat
tiemen of klamath county from ruin,
was preceded by a civic celebration,
second only to hat of Armlstice day.
Richard Dunkle held three aces in
= poker game and thought that was
enough to win the pot. Ross Wicker
sham, however, laid down n pat flush
and raked In the winnings. Dunkle
was SO enraged. a, witness at Fremont.
Neb. testified at the trial of Dunkle
for the Staying of Wickersham, that
he started IN argument which resulted
in the fatal shooting of the winner.
The Utah Association of Life Under
writer's has filed a protest with the
State Insurance Commission at Salt
Lake against the relicensing of the
Mountain States Life Insurance Com
pany of Denver. The association al
leges that the company is doing bust
ness In violation of the statutes of
Utah, which prohibit determinations,
rebates and stock schemes.
WASHINGTON
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has suspended until July IA pro-
posed cancellation of rates ON grain
and grain products from shipping
points In Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming to Texas and
Louisiana gulf ports when routed by
n of Denver.
April IL was selected for the special
session of the Sixty-seventh Congress,
h first under President Harling's
administration. The announcement
was received with general satisfaction
by Senate leaders. Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, Republican leader, no.
titled the Senate of the Presidents de-
cision.
The ban prohibiting Withdrawals of
whisky from bonded warehouses, in so
far as It effects retail druggists, will
be lifted April 1, under an order Is
futh ny iIbiiiDitAbu commissioner
Kramer. Modification of the order
stopping Withdrawals was not ex-
tended to wholesale liquor dealers.
An urgent demand that the govern
ment of Panama Immediately settle its
boundary dispute with Costa Rica Is
made by the United States in n note
dispatched to Panama inc made pub
lie by the State Department. The
note insists that Panama abide by the
White.
The special session Of the Senate,
which convened March 4 to confirm
important appointments, adjourned
sine die without receiving nominations
for diplomatic posts or for member
ship on the shipping board. The delay
In shipping board selections was at
tributed TO n technlcallty of the mer-
cnant marine act, requiring all seven
members Of the new board must be
named before any could assume his dua
ties. President Harding Is understood
to have been prepared to nominate
two or three, but was not ready for all.
A recess appointment MS commits
sioner OF the general land office has
been given by President Harding to
william S. Spry, former governor of
Utah. Edward c. Finney of Kansas
wns given a recess appointment by
President Harding as first assistant
secretary OF the interior.
In the first open airplane design
competition to be conducted by the
Navy Department five designs for a
new type Of naval plane have been ac-
cepted on preliminary examination out
OF forty designs submitted by thirty
corporations and individuals.