The Dolores star., 1922-12-08
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
Ei0H COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
Oo,Sos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK The PROGRESS
OF The AGE.
WESTERN

WIS TE6N
Mrs Clara Phillips, convicted OF
murder in the second degree Tor kill
Ing Mrs Alberta Meadows with ham
mer. has been sentenced at Los An
geies to serve frum ten years TO life In
the state penltentIary al san Quentin
W. G. McAdoo Of Los Angeles, for
mer secretary Of the treasury, was ar
rested in Tulare county, Calf, and
cited to appear before Judge J. 5.
Clack Of Fresno to answer to charge
Of speeding at the rate of fifty-one
miles an hour
Twenty-siX forest supervisors from
Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South
Dakota, Michigan and Minnesota, will
meet in Denver Feb to ~ for dis
cussion OF timber sales and forest fire
protection, according TO Allan 5. Peck,
district forester Of the Denver division
Burned to death in d straw pile was
the fate which overlook Grover Red
ellis, 2-year-old son Uf John Redells OF
Hysham, near Billings, Mont The lit
tie fellow was with two brothers, aged
3 and 7, playing house In d nfteen-fUOt
tunnel they had made into the straw
Pile.
Members y. the Colorado River Com
mission, through Commissioner Delph
L. Carpenter of Colorado and Col. J.
e. Scrugham, Nevada commissioner,
paid high tribute at the final meet
Ing OF the commission ut Bishop Lodge
in Santa Fe, t. the work of Chairman
Herbert Hoover and Executive Secre-
tary Clarence e. StetsOn in bringing
about the final signing of the seven
state river compact
Secretary OF Commerce Herbert
Hoover, VINO directed the conference OF
the Colorado River Commission at
Bishops Lodge in Santa Re, which re-
suited in tie signing Of an Interstate
compac, governing the use for the ba-
sin OF the waters of the river, issued
the following statement after the ad-
journInent uf the sessions: The big
thing about the Colorado river com
pact is that it breaEs the blockade on
Development of the whole river; 1t al
lows us all to 80 ahead with river de-
velUpment and with flood protection
for the Imperial valley
WASHINGTON
There can be no question that the
Washington government Views the
present situation in the Near East with
its threat against world pease, as d
natural outgrOwth of the commercial
and economic rivalry among European
powers that has kept the region IN u
ferment for years.
Another move against the Ku Klux
Klan was made in the House when
Representative Hawes, Democrat, Mis-
souri,, introduced a bill to prevent the
khan from sending unsigned communI-
cations through the mail. Hawes led
the fight against the ku Klux Khan IN
Missouri during the last campaign.
Shocked Jeyond measure" he said,
over the manner in which the mldship-
men OF the United States Naval Acad-
emy conducted themselves in Phlladel-
phia after the Army-Nayy game there,
Secretary of the Navy DENLY ordered
an Investigation to determine the
source OF the liquor which he admit
ted flowed freely.
Federal tax collections during the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, fall off
almost 81 S1.40O,OOO,O0O, or 30 per cent,
as compared with the previous year,
according to the annual report OF the
Internal revenue bureau, Issued IN
Washington by Commissioner Blair.
Income and profits taxes collected dur
Ing the year showed u decrease of ST.
141.OOO.OOO, or 30 per cent.
A Senate debate on the recent utter
ances of former Premier Ciemenceau
OF France took sensational turn
when negro wearing the uniform of
the United States army Interrupted
from the gallery speech by Senator
Hitchcock Of Nebraska, ranking Demo
crat of the .Oreign relations commit
tee, regarding alleged atrocities by
black French troops In Germany.
Senator La Toilette, Republican,
Wisconsin, declared In statement In
Washington that reports emanating
from Phoenix, Ariz., concerning a tel
ephone conversation with Governor
Hunt, were absolutely without foun-
dation In fact and misleading In cv-
cry detail" He had made no mention
of "a third political party" in his con-
versation with the governor. Mr.. La
Toilette said.
Measures to relieve the financial
plight of farmers and curb profiteers,
particularly in food and clothing, were
discussed with President Harding by
Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana.
The visit Of the Indiana senator to the
White House followed a conference in
his office, ut which number of SEN
ators from western states talked over
a possible legislative program accepta-