The Colorado statesman., 1924-01-05
THE WORLD IN
PAR A G R A P H S
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DoINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

WESTERN
Fire of undetermined origin at
Medford, Ore, destroyed the Page the
alter, with an estimated loss of. $780,
600, caused the death of Amos III. VIII
lett, 80, prominent Medford business
man, and grave injuries to Roy Ell
liott, Medford fire chief.
William Wrigley, Jr., drove the first
rivet at the laying of the keel of the
Catalina, $1,0OOOOO vessel being
built at San Pedro, Calf, to operate
in the tourist trade between the main
land and Catalina island. The Cata-
lima is being constructed for the Wflm-
ington Transportation Company, which
Is controlled by Wrigley.
The coroner's jury at Santa Bar
bara, Calf, in the case of Mai. Geo.
w. Fishback and his Wife, who were
killed when their automobile was
struck by train a few days ago, re-
turned verdict that death was due
TO an unavoidable accident Major
Fishback was retired from the regu-
lar army and at one time was one of
the owners of the st. Louis Post-Dls-
patch.
Two loggers, Jack Baxter and ]. L.
Goeden, employees of the Herman
MarQuardt Lumber Company of Hot
Springs, Mont, were killed almost in
stantly when on an icy hill they lost
control of the truck, log laden, while
trying to shift gears. The men
jumped to the ground on the lower
EiHn Of 40 ff,t1n Nrrba
over. They were caught beneath p
900 feet of logs.
Three convicted oil land operators
received prison sentences in the Fed
eral District Court at Los Angeles
Martin J. Cullen and r. G. Dennison
we're given six years each in Mcneil
Island federal prison and Thomas V.
King two years. They were convicted
Of misuse of the mails in the sale of
reputed worthless oil lands in Ante
lope valley under the name of the
Great Angeles Oil and Land Corpora
tlon.
WASHINGTON
A formal call was issued at Wash
ington for the fifth annual convention
of the National League of Women
Voters, which is to meet in Buffalo,
April "a The convention signals the
opening of an intensive nationwide
campaign ito get out the vote" for the
1924 election. League officials expect
every state to be represented.
More than 100000 square miles of
territory may be added to the United
States as the result of the navy's pro-
jected expedition into the Arctic Cir
Gle, it was declared at the navy de-
partment recently. This big eXpanse
of land, most of it covered with ice
is believed to be between Alaska
and the North Pole.
Argument in favor of barring Japan
ese from the United States was made
at hearing before the House immi-
grafton committee by Representative
Miller, Republican, Washington, who
declared that the immigration laws
should place Japanese on the same
basis with Chinese Admission of Jap
anese, he said, is having the result on
the Pacific coast of increasing racial
friction which might lead to an "un-
pleasant situation of national scope"
Deaths from diabetes showed con-
siderable increase last year, it was
shown by census bureau statistics.
There were 1882 deaths from dia-
betes in 1922, compared with 1888 In
1921 and 14,062 in 1920, in the regis
tration area, comprising 80 per cent
of the country's population. The death
rate was 1874 per 100000 population
last wear, compared with 1852 in 1921
A demand for reform" within the
Ku Klux Klan was made in Washing
ton by e. Y. Clarke, formerly high in
the councils of the organization, ana
was met by a statement from Milton
Elrod. director of the department of
publication and education of the Khan,
that Clarke for months had been at
tempting to "destroy" the order Mr.
Clarke made known his position
through a letter to President Coolidge,
offering to cooperate with the eXecu-
tive in ending the activities of an
element" which he said is converting
the khan into an organization far dit
ferent from that planned by its fcund-
ers, and through announcement OF ms
intention to call "the better element
either to take hold and remedy the
existing evils" or disband the organi-
Zation.
Information so far received has not
convinced President Coolidge that
separate department of mines shouid
be created to take over the work now
done by the Department of the In
terior's Bureau of Mines and GeoIog-
lcal Survey. The President believes
however, that the work of the Bureau
of Mines should be extended and made
more efficient.
Seventy-five men have returned TO