The Snowflake herald., 1922-02-24
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WESTERN

WESTERN
Fl. @. Twyman, formerly an instruc-
tor at the state training school for
boys, at Fort Worth, Texas, was found
guilty by a jury at Gainesville, Texas,
OF killing Dell Thames, boy inmate
at the institution. He was sentenced
to prison for ten years.
Harry Gardner Nicholas, managing
editor OF the Seattle POst-Intelligencer,
died suddenly while in his office at
Seattle. Mr.. Nicholas was in confer
ence with members of the staff when
he suddenly fell forward in his chair.
First aid was given as soon as physi-
clans could be rushed to the building,
but death had arrived before them.
Twelve members of the Mazamas,
PortIand's mountain climbing club,
were swept by a snow slide 300 feet
down the side of Mary'S peak, ten miles
west of Corvallis, recently. One wom-
an was hurt seriously and two men
were injured. The climbers, after
reaching the peak in a blizzard, were
sliding on the snow when the ava
Ianche gave way, carrying them down
with terrific speed and landing them
I'm q ravine buried in snow.
Three of the five persons arrested
In Mound Valley, Kan, in connection
with the kidnapping and robbery of H.
d. BowIes, Joplin, Mo-, motor driver,
pleaded guilty to highway robbery III
Circuit Court and were sentenced to
twenty-five years each in the peniten-
tiary. They were Mrs. James Kidd,
her son-in-law, Kenneth HOyt, and
CLYDE Booth. Mrs. Kidd, according to
police, said they planned to kill
BOwles, go to western Kansas and sell
his car. Hoyt and Booth denied they
intended to kill BOwles.
Chinese tongmen throughout the
West are reported under cover or on
their, guard as the result of an appar-
enG outbreak Of a tong war recently,
when two Chinese were killed and a
third wounded in Seattle, Wash, one
slain In Butte, Mont, and one shot
probably fatally in San Jose, Calf. In
every instance the shootings were car
ried out In Characteristic tong war
fashion. police reports indicated. In
Butte and in Seattle the Chinese, said
to have belonged to tongs, were shot
down on the street.
WASHINGTON
Approval of 154 advances for agri-
cultural and live stock purposes, ag-
gregating S4,021 900, distributed be-
tween twenty-seven states, has been
announced by the War Finance Cor
pOrati0n.
The green bug which was danger
ousIy abundant" in parts of the Mid
west last February, and the Hessian
fly, which threatened wheat in six
states, have been found by a survey
conducted by the Department of Agri-
culture TO be "very much reduced" this
year, w. r. Walton, entOmOligst in
charge of cereal and forage insects in
Vestigati0ns has stated. Results of
the survey, Mr.. Walton announced,
"show that in northern Texas and
southern Oklahoma this pest is almost
totally absent at present and no out
break Of it need be feared there by the
wheat growers in the near future.
Secretary Hughes has sailed from
New York to Bermuda, where he will
visit a daughter and incidentally recu-
perate from the strenuous work of the
arms conference.
Uncle Joe Cannon, oldest member of
the House, announced he would not be
a candidate for reelection as repre-
sentative from the Eighteenth Illinois
district. The former speaker an
nounced his intention to retire from
politics in an eleven-wOrd statement
which read: II am not candidate
for election to the Sixty-eighth Con-
gfess." The Illinois representative, one
of che most picturesque and widely
known figures in Congress, will be sc
years old next May Z.
Liquor imports during the past year
increased by nearly $1,500,O00 as COM
pared with 1920. while shipments of
soft drinks into the country fell off by
more than 100000 during the
same period, according to for
eIgn trade reports made public by the
Commerce Department. During 1921
the total of spirits, wines and malt
liquors imported aggregated $4,711 900
compared with S3,269,0OO in 1920, while
mineral waters and other beverages en-
tering the country amounted to $347,-
600 as against $4,000 in 1920.
The long controversy between the
United States and Japan relating to
the Pacific island Of Yap-the subject
of many notes and other diplomatic
exchanges-was formally and finally
ended. with the signature of treaty
by representatives of the two coun-
tries. The treaty which defines the
rights OF the United States in Yap and
other islands inundated to Japan I'M
der the treaty of Versailles was signed
by Secretary Hughes, for the United
States, and Baron Kijuro Shidehara
for Japan in the office of the former