The Winslow mail., 1923-11-16
THE WORLD IN
PARAG R AP HIS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DOlNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

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Charles L. Fransham, a young man,
thought to be from Bozeman, Mont.
was ground to death underneath a
freight train at Shoshoni, Idaho.
Three bandits boarded a Pacific
Electric car at Pasadena and robbed
twenty-five passengers of money and
valuables. They dropped off the rear
step and disappeared.
Alberta was in the list of Canadian
provinces that has thrown prohibition
into the discard, having voted to per-
NIT the sale of liquors under control
and, regulation of the government and
to allow the sale and consumption of
beer on licensed premises and in the
home
For attacking a mad dog on a
crowded downtown street in Long
Beach, Calf, and choking it to death
with her bare hands, after it had BIT
ten several persons and was attempt
ing to bite others, Mrs. Grace w.
Newell has been awarded 1894 by the
city council for damages to her cloth
ing and for doctors bills Mrs New
ell asked the city to pay S12S in doc
tor bills and $106 for clothing dam
aged. The city auditor objected. but
members of the council held the
municipality was under moral obliga-
ton to the woman and overruled the
objection.
1t will take a miracle to prevent a
breakup of the German nation is the
opinion of Richard Won Bauer. editor
OF the Brethren Message of Duessel-
dorf, Germany. Mr.. Won Bauer, who
is in Walla Walla attending a conven-
ton of German Congregational church
es of the Northwest, expresses the
opinion that the country will be brok-
en- up in seven or eight small states
with communist Russia the leading
country of the continent He declares
that there is no danger of the return
OF the crown prince to the head of the
government. He also predicts that the
communists will yet rule France.
WASHINGTON
All phases of the cotton business
We're represented at Washington re-
Gently at hearings before the federal
trade commission on conditions and
practices.
Plans for standardizing lumber
sizes which their sponsors claim will
save the American lumber industry
and lumber consumers $250,OOO,OOO a
year were presented to Secretary
Hoover and the secretary called a
conference of lumber interests for
Dec. II to take action ON them.
Proposals for the new naval base at
Alameda, Calf, are regarded by Pres
ident Coolidge as likely to involve un-
warrented expenditures in view of the
defensive power of the present base
at Mare Island, and also is likely to
violate the spirit Of the naval defense
reduction policy embarked upon at the
arms conference.
Frederick N Littleton, former chief
field examiner for the United States
naturalization bureau at San Francis
co, who was acquitted by a jury in
Federal Court on a charge of fraud in
connection with naturalization cases,
will not be tried on five other indict-
ments against him for alleged similar
offenses, according to federal officials.
Fears for the safety of David LLOYD
George at the hands of a Hindu disci-
pie of Gandhi, anti-British leader of
the passive resistance movement in In
dia, prompted federal officials to bar
all visitors from the steamship Males
tic until the former premier was In his
cabin with his family and body-guard
it was learned after the vessel sailed
recently
All traffic on Market street. San
FranciSco'S busiest thoroughfare, was
blocked more than two hours during
the busiest rush period a few days ago
by fire which damaged four small
buildings on the north side of the
street between Kearney and Montgom-
cry streets to the extent of 100000.
Thousands of commuters had to walk
to the ferries or take streets on round
about lines.
The American Red Cross will spend
approximately $12,000,O0O in humani-
tartan service during the fiscal year
ending June, 1924. The budget for
carrying on the national and interna-
tional program specifically allots $5,-
543,077.S1 for the work of advancing
the welfare of people and communi-
ties through American Red Cross serv-
ice, says a statement from the inter
national headquarters.
The Senate investigation into the
United States Veterans Bureau cen
tered again recently on the sale of
S3,000,000 worth of supplies to the
Thompson Kelly Company of Boston
for 100000 during the administration
of Col Charles r. Forbes. Brigadier
General Charles e. Sawyer, personal
physician to President Harding, told
the Senate committee that President