The Dolores star., 1921-08-05
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DolNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
William Butler, Paul Pritchett and
Jasper Trower We're killed at Mont
gomery, Mo-, when threshing ma
chine engine which they We're work
ing exploded. Four other men were
seriously injured.
Bandits broke into the Colonial Club
in San Francisco, lined up the guests
against the wall, took their money and
escaped. Police said the reports indi-
Gated the loot was approximately S1O-
GOO. The bandits victims were en-
gagged in card game, police said.
Tony Panker, who says he is a
Greek, is in q serious condition as the
result OF treatment received at the
hands OF mob at Bayard. Neb., which
placed n rope around his neck and tor
tured him with fire. Panker was &C
cused by 14-year-old girl of mistreat-
ing her.
Four bandits, believed to have been
intoxicated, broke into the home of
Minnie Proctor at Sioux City, Iowa,
robbed her of Sl60 and after binding
her TO the bed, set fire to her house
and drove off in a motor car, leaving
the victim to burn to death. Passing
motorists, who saw the house in
flames and heard the wOman's screams,
saved her from death.
Reports that J. Henry Albers, Port
land capitalist, convicted of violation
OF the espionage act, whose conviction
was set aside by the United States
supreme Court and new trial or
dered, was blind and had become para
lyzed on the left side, have been con-
hrmed by government physician, ac-
cording to announcement by the Unit
ed States district attorney in Portland,
Ore. The district attorney said he
would transmit the doctors request to
Attorney General Daugherty at Wash
lngton, ID. c., with request for post
ponement Of the retrial. Should AL
bers' disability prove permanent, said
the district attorney, dismissal Of the
charges would be asked.
WASHINGTON
The Senate adopted a resolution by
Senator Mccormick, Republican, Hi
hoist PioNltlHS lOI all OF
American occupation and adminstra-
ton of Haiti and Santo Domingo. A
special committee of five senator's will
conduct the inquiry.
Pricess Fatima, sultana of Afghanis-
tan, who has attracted unusual atten-
ton during her visit to this country
because of a white sapphire set in
trlt Si. IL. 90 ,.,-
the White House recently by President
Harding. The princess and her two
sons were dressed in native costume,
and were accompanied by an Ameri-
can naval officer detailed as an inter
prefer.
Alaskan mineral production for
1920, amounting to SOB ,303, 900, showed
an advance of more than S3,5OO,OO0,
as compared with 1919 according to n
summary issued by the Geological
Survey. The gain in 1920, II is said,
was due entirely to the increase in
the copper output, which advanced
from $S,TS3, 900 in 1919, TO SD 800, 900,
although only eight copper mines were
operated In Alaska in 1920, as against
eleven in 1919 Gold production, how.
ever, fell off by more than 81 600, 900
With full japanese participation in
the disarmament conference regarded
as finally assured, American Officials
in charge of the conference plans are
beginning to give earnest considera.
ton to the date of meeting as the next
step in the diplomatic preliminaries.
f. +. Bishop, president of the Ha.
waiian Sugar Planters Association
characterized as absolute falsehOods
the report of the legislative commit
tee of the American Federation of La.
Dor, made public at Washington, inso
far as 1t charged conspiracy on the
part of Hawaiian planters to provide
for admission of Chinese coolies into
the United States.
The Bergdoll investigation broke UT
in row while Representative Johnson
of Kentucky, Democratic member OF
the committee, was trying to reach q
brother Of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
who had called him a liar The Ken,
tuckinn made quick plunge toward
Charles A. Braun of Philadelphia, the
witness, but half dozen men, includ
ing members Of the committee, seized
him and kept him in a corner of the
room until Braun could be hurried
away by the sergeant-at-arms of the
House.
Secretary Mellon has offered for
subscription two new series of treas.
ury certificates, the combined offering
being for about s3O0,OO0,OOO. Both is.
sues are dated Aug /, one maturing
In six months with interest at 5A per
cent and the other maturing in one
year with interest at 5h per cent
With this issue the treasury, it was
believed, would be in position to
meet any demands on 1t by the war H.
nance corporation in connection with
settlements with the railroads under
h.