The Colorado statesman., 1921-05-21
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIoN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
western ssv1.pu Union No., Service
wEsTERN

Patrick Hurley, A, choked 10 death
in restaurant in San Francisco when
a piece Of steak which he was eating
became lodged in his throat.
Jake Schaefer of San Francisco won
4,0O0point match at 1872 billiards
from Edouard Horemsns, Belgian
champion, at San Francisco, 1000 to
1852. He made a new grand average
record for the match and set mark
believed to be new record for q high
total for three innings.
Joseph Alexander is being held at
San Antonio, Texas, on charge OF al
legged attempt to smuggle ammunition
and firearms into Mexico following
the seizure of 10000 rounds Of ammu-
milton and 1900 pistols, said to be
the largest amount of seized ammuni-
tion to come into the hands Of the de-
partment of justice.
Rev. Guy Kyle was sentenced to
eighteen years imprisonment and
fined $1,000 in Federal Court at st.
Louis when he pleaded guilty of rob
bing the mails of S1S9,000. Loren
Williamson, partner in garage bust
ness at Mount Vernon, ILL.,, was found
guilty by jury previously and given
the same sentence.
The board OF bishops Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church discussed at
Portland, Ore, session courses of
study for Methodist ministers. Twen-
ty-two bishops from all parts of the
United States attended the meeting.
The problem of finding enough men
to fill up the ranks Of the ministry is
on the program. Washington, ID. c.,
was selected as the next meeting place
and October 26th was fixed as the
date.
The number of Canadians resident
in the United States during the last
ten years has decreased by S7,501,
compared with an increase OF 21,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, 1856
French Canadians number 30T ,6S1, and
show a loss of n, 7,402 in the ten years,
while Canadians of other origin num-
ber sO9,455 and show loss of 10,099.
WASHINGTON
Chief Justice White of the United
States supreme court is recovering
from a minor operation. The an
nouncement followed the non-appear-
ance of the chief justice in the su-
preme court.
The export trade of the big packers
slumped S526,000,000 during the last
year, Thomas L. Wilson of Wilson *
Co told the House agriculture commit
tee in opposing packer control legisla-
ton. Meat producers, he declared, re-
ceive 81 cents of each dollar the pack
ers receive for meat and the decrease
in exports resulted in n loss to the
livestock raisers of $450,000,0O0. "In
the year 1920 there was exported from
the United States 1,200,000,000 fewer
pounds of meat products than during
the previous year." he said. at was
this decrease that caused the lower
prices to the producer"
The Senate bill authorizing presi
dental control over cable landings was
ordered favorably reported without
committee.
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
standing temporary Liberty bonds.
Allowing but $10O,6sO,427 of the
S220, ,2S6,765 estimated by department
heads as necessary in deficiency ap
preparations TO run the government fol
the year ending July l, the house ap
preparations committee completed the
second and final deficiency appropria
ton bill for the fiscal year 1921.
Resolutions of the Hawaiian Legis-
lature requesting legislation by Con
gress to permit immigration of suffi-
cient persons to remedy an acute Ia
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
ods of stamping out the menace to the
cotton crop.
An army of 175,000 men has been
decided on by the senate military af
fairs subcommittee considering the