Williams news., 1922-06-16

Cwestern Newspaper Union News Service.)
 WESTERN
 Judge Richard A. Ballinger, who secretary of the interior during Presi- dent Taft's administration, died recent ly in Seattle after an illness of two days.
 crowd estimated by newspaper men at approximately 5000 persons, watched at distance the initiation Of a class of Ku KIux Klansmen estimat- ed at from 500 to 800, twelve miles south of Sacramento, Calif., near Franklin.
 Sharp attacks on the proposed sol o1iers' bonus from the bankers view point, and advice to bankers not to en- ter the bond business, were features of speeches delivered before the eight eenth annual convention of the Idaho State Bankers Association, meeting at Hayden Lake.
 Tomorrow at sunrise Nick Oblisalo is to be executed at the Utah staSe prison for alleged participation in the murder of Marco Laus, miner, stabbed to death and robbed in a lone lay ravine near the penitentfary, Aug. 8, 1919 Oblizalo, by choice, will be shot instead of hanged.
 George Von Elm of Salt Lake City retained his title of amateur golf cham pion of the Pacific Northwest by de feating Bon Stein of Seattle, 1 up, in their match of thirty-six holes at the Cofwood links at Vancouver, B. c. Von Elm was 4 down at the end of the eighteenth hole, but gained steadily on the Seattle player and was all square yx-if tnin at rte hole second round.
 A five million dollar merger of tuna and sardine packing interests of south ern California to be known as Van Camp Sea Food Company, Incorpor- ated, has just been made public. Firms included in the merger are Van Camp Sea Food Company, White Star Can ming Company, International Packing Corporation, Nielsen & IIittle Canning Co.,, Ltd, four of the largest fish pack ing plants of Los Angeles harbor, and two in San Diego, with several others acquired by association and purchase. WASHINGTON
 A most gratifying note has been received from the German government concerning the appointment of mixed claims commission to adjust the diff ferences between the United States and Berlin in private war claims, it has been announced.
 Federal control of the air to prevent radio congestion and to encourage the maximum of radio use and efficiency was proposed in a bill introduced in the House by Representative White, Republican, Maine. The bill sets up about twenty different classes of sta wit iat oil tionS.
 Government seizure and operation of coal mines was predicted by several senators during a discussion in the Senate on the coal strike situation. Senator Lenroot, Wisconsin, demanded that the government take over suffi- cient mines to supply coal that may be needed if thes trike is not settled promptly.
 Reports from the bituminous coal fields still operating in spite of the general mine strike shows a general and notable increase in production, the Geological Survey reported.
 A resolution approving the holding of an international exposition at Phil adelphia in 1926 in celebration of the 15Oth anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence was passed by the House and sent to the Senate.
 More women will seek high political offices in elections this fall than ever before in the history of the country, a survey made by the National Wom- ans party shows. Already reports have been received that four women are candidates for the Senate, twenty for the House and two for governors of states.
 If the railroad unions strike they will be liable under the provisions of the Sherman antitrust act for conspir- acy in restraint of trade by reason of the decision of the United States Su- preme Court in the Coronado case, Jackson H. Ralston, counsel for the American Federation of Labor, admit ted in Washington recently.
 Within one month of the end of the fiscal year 1922, the governments or dinary receipts were $1 ,245,O0U,O00 un- der those for the same period last year, according to treasury officials. Total ordinary receipts for eleven months were $3,626, 6,OOO,OOO. In the same period last year they -7ere $4,- S69, 100000. The loss is attributed al- most entirely to shrinkage in income taxes.
 A bill designating the daisy as the national flower of the United States