The Colorado statesman., 1922-12-02
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPH HIS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
Do,NGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted OF
murder in the second degree for kill
Ing Mrs. Alberta Meadows with ham,
mer, has been sentenced at Los An
geles to serve from ten years to life in
the state penltentiary at 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 ]. s.
Clack of Fresno to answer TO a 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. 8 TO 10 for n dis
cussion of timber sales and forest fire
protection, according to Allan $. Peck,
district forester of the Denver division.
Burned to death in IA straw pile was
the fate which overlook Grover Red
ellis, 2-year-old son of John Redells Of
Hysham, near Billings, Mont. The lit
tie fellow was with two brothers, aged
8 and 7, playing house in fifteen-foot
tunnel they had made into the straw
pile.
Members OF the Colorado River Com
mission, through Commissioner DELPHI
Il. Carpenter of Colorado and Col. J.
Q. Scrugham, Nevada commissioner,
paid a high tribute at the final meet
ing of the commission at Bishop Lodge
In Santa Fe, to the work Of Chairman
Herbert Hoover and Executive Secre-
tary Clarence q. Stetson in bringing
about the final signing of the seven
state river compact.
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover, who directed the conference of
the Colorado River Commission ut
Bishops Lodge in Santa Fe, which re-
suited in the signing of an Interstate
compact governing the use for the ba-
sin of the waters of the river, issued
the following statement after the ad-
journment of the sessions: THE big
thing about the Colorado river com
pact is that it breaks the blockade on
development of the whole river; 1t al
lows us all to 60 ahead with river de-
velopment and with flood protection
for the Imperial valley"
WASHINGTON
Washington government views the
present situation in the Near East with
its threat against world pease, as u
natural outgrowth of the commercial
and economic rivalry among European
powers that has kept the region in
ferment for years
Another move against the Ku Klux
Klan was made in the House when
Representative Hawes, Democrat, Mis-
souri,, introduced bill to prevent the
khan from sending unsigned communi
cations through the mail. Hawes led
the fight against the Ku KluX Klan In
Missouri during the last campaign.
Shocked beyond measure" he said,
over the manner in which the midship-
men of the United States Naval Acad-
envy conducted themselves in Philadel-
phla after the ArmyNavy 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 ,400,000,000, or 80 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 a decrease Of ST.
141,OOO,O00, or 35 per cent.
A Senate debate on the recent utter
ances of former Premier Clemenceau
nf took a tinnOl tnrp
when II negro wearing the uniform of
the United States army interrupted
from the gallery II 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 a statement In
Washington that reports emanating
from Phoenix, AriZ., concerning a tel
ephone conversation with Governor
Hunt, were absolutely without foun-
dalton in fact" and misleading In ev-
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 profteers,
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 conference IN |
his office, al which II number of SEN
ators from western states talked over |
n possible Legislative program accepta-
BILE to the West This program was re-
duced to definite form at the confer
ence, which was attended by nearly |