, 1922-12-07
CONDENSED r C o OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD. "
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, N S, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN


". 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. S.
Clack OF Fresno to answer to u charge
OF speeding ut the rate of fifty-One
miles an hour.
Burned to death in a 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 Z, playing house In a fifteen-foot
tunnel they had made into the straw
pile.
Signing of the Colorado River treaty
allocating the waters of the Colorado
River among the seven states of Wyo-
ming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada and California, was
denounced by Director Mark Rose of
the Imperial Valley irrigation district
as the worst thing that could happen
to the Imperial Valley"
Members y. the Colorado River Com
mission, through Commissioners DELPHI
Il. Carpenter of Colorado and Col. J.
@. Scrugham, Nevada commissioner,
paid a high tribute at the final meet
ing of the commission at Bishop Lodge
in Santa Fe, tn 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 I'D
journment of the sessions: "The big
thing about the Colorado river com
pact is hat 1t breaks the blockade on
development of the whole river; 1t al
lows us all to go ahead with river de-
velopment and with flood protection
for the Imperial valley"
WASHINGTON
Representative James II. Mann of
Illinois died ut his home in Chicago a
few days ago of pneumonia.
There can be no question that the
Washington government views the
present situation In the Near East with
its threat against world pease, as II
natural outgrowth of the commercial
and economic rivalry among European
powers that has kept the region in u
ferment for years.
Former Representative B%artholdt of
Missouri called on President Harding
to urge that Congress make available
a credit of 100000 900 for Germany to
be used In the purchase by that coun-
try of goods in the United States.
There was no indication of how the
President received the proposal.
NJ. ]. Lawrence, until u year ago.
when his health failed, u prominent
publisher of farm papers, died ut his
residence In Washington. He founded
the Ohio Farmer about fifty years ago
and later developed the Michigan
Farmer and the Pennsylvania Farmer,
all three of which he sold about IL year
ago to Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
basL
Federal tax collections during the
fiscal year ended June 30. 1922. fall off
almost 81 400, 600. 900. 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 n profits taxes collected dur
Ing the year showed u decrease Of ST.
141 100000, or 30 per cent.
A Senate debate on the recent utter
nnces of former Premier Clemencenu
OF France took u sensational turn
when "a negro wearing the uniform OF
the United States army interrupted
from the gallery u speech by Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska. ranking Demo
crat of the soreign relations commit
tee. regarding alleged atrocities by
black French troops In Germany.
Senator La Toilette, Republican.
Wisconsin, declared In n statement in
Washington hat 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 IA third political party in his con
versation with the governor. MIR. La
Toilette said.
Another move against the Ku Klux
Khan was made In the House when
Representative Hawes, Democrat, Mis-
souri,, introduced u bill to prevent the
khan from sending unsigned communi-
cations through the mail. Hnwes led
the fight against the Ku Klux Khan IN
Missouri during the last campaign,
Twenty-six forest supervisors from
Colorado, Wyoming. Nebraska, South
Dakota. Michigan and Minnesota, will
meet In Denver Feb. o TO 10 for a dis
cusslon of timber snlea md foroot ftra