The Ordway new era., 1921-05-27
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THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
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PEOPLE.
WESTERN
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Patrick Hurley, "A, choked to death
in restaurant in San Francisco when
a 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,OOO-point match at 1S-2 billiards
from Edouard Horemans, Belgian
champion, at San Francisco. 1000 To
1852. He made a new grand average
record for the match and set mark
believed to be a new record for a 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. I 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 stove and
burned Mrs. Alfred LEcuyer's arm
when she replenished the fireboN 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
Spokane's residence district. Several
gallons of the fluid We're 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 ST,501.
compared with an increase of 1000 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 1,117 .136.
French-Canadians number 30T ,6S1, and
show a loss of 77,4O2 in the ten years,
while Canadians of other origin num-
ber S09,455 and show a loss of 10000.
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 ss3,0OO00O of some
peoples money waiting in the treasury
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 disposi-
tion of Upper Silesia has evoked
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 so
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 s1oo,6sO, ,427 of the
$220.2S6,765 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-
ton 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,
much larger number than indicated in
official reports. The situation has
served to strengthen the administra-
tiOn's determination not to deal with
the government at Moscow until the
status OF Americans in Russia is rem
edied, 1t 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 been
presented to the Senate and referred
to the territories committee. They pro-
posed that alien immigrants admitted
should not exceed % per cent of the
total insular population, restriction
designed, it was understood, to ex-
clude Japanese.
Establishment of noncotton zones in
pink boil worm infected areas in west
Texas and New Mexico was recon-
mended to Secretary Wallace by the
conference Of representatives. from the
cotton growing states, who met in
washington to devise the best meth
DDS Of stamping out the menace to the
cotton crop.
An army q 176.OOo men has been
deeided on BY fhe senate military II
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