The Dolores star., 1921-05-27
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
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WESTERN
Patrick Hurley, "A. choked to death
in restaurant in San Francisco when
piece of steak which he was eating
became lodged in his throat.
William Beasley, charged with
breaking Jail at Rockport, Mo, who
was shot by Sheriff Fischer at Nebras-
ka City. Neb, while attempting TO
evade arrest. died in hospital at that
place.
Jake Schaefer of San Francisco won
4,0o0-point match at 49, billiards
from Edouard Horemans, Belgian
champion, at San Francisco, 1000 to
1850. He made new grand average
record for the match and set mark
believed TO be new record for high
total for three innings.
The sentence of Private William f.
McDuffy, who was found guilty by an
army courtnartial of the murder of
Private Oscar C. Mailman, on the
night of Sept last. has been com
muted by President Harding from
death by hanging to life imprisonment.
according to orders received from
Washington at Eighth corps area head
quarters in San Antonio, Texas.
Flames which shot from n stove and
burned Mrs. Alfred L'Ecuyer's arm
when she replenished the fireboX with
coal which had been stored in the
basement. resulted in the discovery of
oil seeping into the excavation beneath
the LEcuyer home in the heart of
Spokane's residence district Several
gallons of the fluid We're baled from
the basement in a day, according to
Mrs. L'Ecuyer's account, conveyed by
neighbors.
The number of Canadians resident
in the United States during the last
ten years has decreased by S7.501,
compared with an increase of 2T,OOo in
the previous decade, according to sta
tistics just given out by the United
States census bureau The report
gives the total number of Canadians
in the United States as LII, ,136.
French-C Canadians number 3OT .6Sl, and
show loss of 77,402 in the ten years.
while Canadians of other origin num-
Der SO0,455 and show loss of 10099.
WASHINGTON
The Senate bill authorizing presi-
Dental control over cable landings was
ordered favorably reported without
amendments by the House commerce
committee.
Uncle Sam has sS3,OOO,OOO of some
ranr1a'c in, bn ,,.,.
for them to come and get it, according
TO the latest official figures of out
standing temporary Liberty bonds
Poland's request for American sup
port in the settlement of the DISPOSE
tion of Upper Silesia has evoked a
formal answer from Secretary Hughes
that the American representatives
abroad would take no part in the dis.
cussions concerning the Silesian ques.
ton. Poland was informed further in
the reply delivered to Prince LubO.
mirski, the Polish minister. that $50
far as at present may be seen," the
American representatives on the su,
preme council, the council of ambas
sadors and the reparations commission
would not so much as express an opin.
ion as to the settlement.
Allowing but S1OO6sO,427 of the
s220,2s6,765 estimated by department
heads as necessary in deficiency ap
preparations to run the government for
the year ending July l, the house ap
preparations committee completed the
second and final deficiency appropria
tion bill for the fiscal year 1921.
Appeals to the state department by
persons having friends or relatives
detained in Russia show 100 Ameri
cans are held by soviet authorities, q
much larger number than indicated in
official reports. The situation has
served to strengthen the administra
tons determination not to deal witt
the government at Moscow until the
status of Americans in Russia is rem
edied, it was said in Washington.
Resolutions of the Hawaiian Legis
lature requesting legislation by Con
gress to permit immigration of suffi
cient persons to remedy an acute la
Dor shortage" in the islands have beer
presented to the Senate and referred
to the territories committee They pro
posed that alien immigrants admitted
should not exceed 25 per cent of tn,
total insular population, restriction
designed, it was understood, to ex
clude japanese.
Establishment of noncotton zones il
pink boil worm infected areas in ives
Texas and New Mexico was recom
mended to Secretary Wallace by tn,
conference of representatives from tn,
cotton growing states, who met il
Washington to devise the best meth
DDS Of stamping out the menace to til,
cotton crop.
An nrrnr Of 11s 600 MAI, has L..