Williams news., 1921-05-27

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.
 1 William Beasley, charged with breaking jail at RockpOrt, Mo-, who
 was shot by Sheriff Fischer at Nebras- l ka City. Neb., while attempting to 1 evade arrest, died in hospital at that | place.
 Jake Schaefer of San Francisco won a 4,0OO-point match at 1S.2 billiards from Edouard Horemans, Belgian champion, at San Francisco, 1000 to 2,352. He made a new grand average record for the match and set a mark
 believed to be a new record for high
 total for three innings.
 The sentence of Private William E.
 McDuffy. who was found guilty by an army courtmartial 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 a stove and burned Mrs. Alfred L'Ecuyer's arm when she repIenished the firebox with coal which had been stored in the basement, resulted in the discovery of oil seeping into the excavation beneath the L'Ecuyer home in the heart of Spokanes residence district. Several gallons of the fluid were baled from the basement in a day, according to Mrs. L'Ecuyers account, conveyed by neighborS
 The number of Canadians resident in the United States during the last ten years has decreased by S7,5O1 compared with an increase of 27,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 LILY, ,136. French-Canadans number 3O7 .6S1, and show a loss of TT, ,4O2 in the fen years, while Canadians of other origin num- Der SO9,455 and show a loss of 1O,O99. l WASHINGTON
 The Senate bill authorizing presi- dential control over cable landings was | ordered favorabTy reported without | by the House commerce | 
 Uncle Sam has $S3. 100000 of some peoples money waiting in the treasury for them to come and get it, according to the latest official figures of out temporary Liberty bonds.
 Poland's request for American SUD- port in the settlement of the dfSpoSi- ton of Upper Silesia has evoked q formal answer from Secretary Hughes that the American representatives abroad would take no part in the dis ,ussions concerning the SiIesian ques- ion. Poland was informed further in he reply delivered to Prince LIlbo- nirski, the Polish minister. that ESQ far as at present may be seen,'' the American representatives on the su- )reme council, the council of ambas- adors and the separations commission would not so much as express an opin- on as to the settlement
 Allowing but s1OO,6sO,427 of the '22O, ,2S6, 765 estimated by department heads as necessary in deficiency ap- to run the government for he year ending July l, the house ap- econd and final deficiency approprfa- ion bill for the fiscal year 1921. IT
 Appeals to the state department by
  letained in Russia show 100 Ameri- : ans are held by soviet authorities, much larger number than indicated in l fhcial reports. The situation has erved to strengthen the administra- ions determination not to deal with s he government at Moscow until the |; tatus of Americans in Russia is rem l died, it was said in Washington.
 Resolutions of the Hawaiian Legis- ature requesting legislation by Con ,ress to permit immigration of suffi- ient persons to remedy an acute la 'or shortage" in the islands have been C resented to the Senate and referred f 0 the territories committee. They pro 'oSed that alien immigrants admitted | mould not exceed 25 per cent of the \ ota1 insular population, a restriction I designed, it was understood, to ex- 2 Jude Japanese. It Establishment of noncotton zones in ink boil worm infected areas in west V 'exaS and New Mexico was recon ] 1ended to Secretary Wallace by the q onference of representatives from the O otton growing states, who met in \ Washington to devise the best meth E ds of stamping out the menace to the n otton crop.
 An army of 175,OOO men has been [ ecided on by the senate military af- " airs subcommittee considering the q rmy appropriation bill. The measure " s passed bV the hOuSe- nrOvided fOr e