The Tomahawk., 1924-01-17
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Fig Happenings Of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit OF
Busy Readers.
WASHINGTON

/ washington
Washington The United States
might find it advisable to put into law
a refusal to allow immigrants to enter
its territory from any country in
which young and able bodied men are
refused permission to emigrate, Secre-
! tary OF Labor J. J. Davis suggested in
letter to Representative ]. l.. Cable
(rep., Ohio).
Washington-A reciprocal copyright
arrangement has been .greed upon by
the United St.tes and Canada. Under
the arrangement, citizens of the Unit
ed States may obtain copyrights in
Canada unde: the Canadian copyright
act, which also becomes effective, and
at the same time all benefits Of Amer
lean copyright laws are extended to
Canadian citizens.
Observation-Disclosures for two air.
ship tenders fitted with mooring masts
to secure rigid airships of a type rep
resented by the Shenandoah have
practically been completed in connec-
ton with the plan for an Arctic expe-
dition by aircraft next summer, the
navy department has announced. The
plans for this type Of ship are the first
ever definitely made.
Washington-Wages OF farm labor
were higher last year than since 1920,
the department Of agriculture report
ed. The average rate, with board, was
$33.18, and without board, $46.91 a
month. The rates in 1914 were $2105
and $29.SS, respectively. Day wages
of harvest labor with board averaged
$2.45 last year. compared with $1.55
in 1914.
Domestic
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Governor Clifford
Pinchot Of Pennsylvania led band of
noted pilgrims to Theodore Roosevelt's
grave on the fifth anniversary Of his
death.
Santa Fee, N. MA jury acquitted
Carl Magee, Albuquerque editor,
charged with criminal libel of C. j.
Roberts, former state supreme court
Justice.
Cleveland - Close to 1875 persons,
many of them women and children,
were driven into snow covered streets
when fire destroyed a home and dam
aged two apartment houses.
Ocean Park, Calif.-Fire, said to
have originated in a small fish market
on the ocean front walk here virtually
wiped out the entire Ocean Park
amusement zone and caused damage
variously estimated at from $4,000 900
to 100000.
Houston, Texas ~ Two men are in
Houston hospsitsals seriously injured
as a result of a smashup in which
three cars figured in the first race at
the Gulf Coast speedway. The injured
are p. p. Stubblefield of Kansas sCity
and Rex Edmunds of Houston.
Baltimore - The sidewheel steamer
Emma Giles. with 35 passengers
aboard, was rammed by the freight
steamship Steel Trader in a heavy
fog off Sandy Point, Chesapeake bay.
The passenger vessel was badly dam
aged. bat no one was injured.
Chester, Va. - Three distinct earth.
quake shocks were felt here in the
Boyce section Of Clarke county, near
here. according to reports. The re-
port said the houses were shaken,
dishes ratified and many residents were
badly frightened. No property damage
has been reported.
! Vaudeville, LATHE Laundry, shoe
shop, bakery and printing office of
fthe Chinchuba deaf institution at Chin
chuba. near here. were destroyed by
fire. Bucket brigades managed to pre-
vent the flames from spreading to the
dormitory. There was little excitement
among the 81 deaf and dumb children
in the dormitory when they were
aroused an hour before daylight and
all left the structure without injury.
Lakehurst, N. J.-Preparations for
the fight Of the giant navy dirigible
Shenandoah to the polar regions are
being actively made at the naval air
station here. Commander Frank R.
McCrary. commandant of the air sta
doah, will select its crew for the North
Pole flight about May l.
Columbus, Ohio William H. Nc
Cannon, former chief justice of the
Cleveland municipal court, was pa
rolled from the Ohio penitentiary in
order that he may return to his home
in Cleveland to take the insulin treat
ment for diabetes. A sudden change
for worse in his condition prompted
hasty parole action by the board Of
clemency on recommendation of War
den p. E. Thomas.
st. Louisa spectacular business
district fire caused $1,500,O00 damage.
New York-A radio call for help
from the freight steamship Sorriso,
about 26O miles east Of Cape Hatteras,
picked up and relayed by the steam
ship Eastside, was received by naval