The Dolores star., 1923-01-19
CONDENSED RE ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. DOING S. ACHIEVE
MENTc. SUFFERiNGS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

hc hsl VI MISSING tue NpNlilL
liver bridge disaster was reduced to
nineteen when IL was definitely learned
that Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Hanna of Ba-
ker, Ore, who were believed to have
been lost, were safe and en- route to
California
Fire damaged heavily the publish
Ing plant of the Nevada State Journal
at Reno, New. The loss was estimated
at $4,000. The flames started in the
basement of the building. The Journal
Will be published in the plant OF the
Reno Evening Ga cite Company.
The West FO:k logging camp, four
miles from Morton, Lewis county,
Wash, was wrecked by cloudburst.
according TO word received in Seattle
a five-foot wall of water poured down
1ilton river, wrecking or overturnin:;
nearly every building in the camp.
Fire, at first believed to have been
caused by a short circuit of wires, re-
suited in Il damage of $l.0O0,0O0 to
the Big creek system sub-plant of the
Southern California Edison Company
at Eagle Rock, near Los Angeles. fol-
lowing the ignition of 5000 gallons
of oil.
Flood conditions throughout the
Willamette and Hood river valleys,
Oregon, which turned most streams
into great torrents are reported much
improved. Almost everywhere the
waters have begun to recede and rail
roads, public service corporations,
highway bodies and residents have be-
gun to repair the immense damage
done
Ira Colver Sparks of Peru, Ind,
carpenter and former lumber jack,
figured out what he thought was 4
new stowawuy scheme-one that
would get him to the Orient at an cX-
penSe of only IA few dollars. But the
scheme didn't work, and Sparks is in
the hospital at Honolulu and due to
be returned to San Francisco us soon
as he is able to leave.
Production Of coal in the Kansas
field will not exceed 100000 tens for
1922, as compared to 100000 tons in
1921, and as high as 100000 tons in
previous years, according to an AN
nOuncement by james Sherwood, state
mine Inspector. The falling off in pro-
duction is accounted for by the five
months coal strike and shortage of
coal cars.
San Francisco police were notified
that Joseph Riordan had given himself
up to Los Angeles authorities for the
shooting of Frank Thompson, II bridge
contractor of San Francisco, fifteen
years ago. Thompson recovered. 1t is
charged that Riordan and Frank Cor
man attempted to hold up Thompson,
who resisted and was shot. German
was captured and sentenced to life
Imprisonment. Riordan will be brought
to San Francisco for trial on charge
of attempted murder, police said
WASHINGTON
The drive for official American rep
resentation on reparatiOns commission
was formally launched in the Senate
with the administrations attitude un-
disclosed but with Il declaration of
war from the Republican ''irreconcila-
bles."
President Harding is convinced, 1t
was disclosed at the White House.
that there can be no settlement of the
S11 O0O, 100000 of war debts to the
laid down by Congress-payment or
principal within twenty-five years
with interest at Az per cent.
At the first joint meeting of the
British and american debt commission,
Stanley baldwin, chancellor of the ex-
chequer and one of the British com
mssioners, declared Great Britain in
tended to repay every cent of its debt
to the United States, but desired fund
ing arrangements which would dis
turb trade relations as little as posi-
BILE.
AS result of the Senate's recon-
mendation that American troops be
recalled from the Rhine, President
Harding will decide this week, after
consultation with Secretary of State
Hughes and Secretary of War Weeks
whether to take that step or retain the
American force at CoblenZ while
longer About LOO American soldiers
have been retained on the Rhine by
the Harding administration for diplO-
matte reasons which have not been dis
closed.
The first step toward enactment of
agricultural relief legislation was TAX
en- by the Senate banking and currency
committee when it reported favOrably
the Capper farm credits bill and rec
commended an extension of the War FL
nance Corporation for nine months
after June 80 next.
A partial program of farm credits
legislation was agreed on by the Sen
ate bunking committee, which decided
to report the Capper bill substantial
ly rs drawn. and then proceed with
consideration OF the Eenroot-
"" N addition.