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PASSES DIVIDE
New York. Oct. 23.—Doctor Ly
man Abbott for years the editor of
the Outlook magazine, and before
that, successor to Henry Ward Beech
er in his great Brooklyn pulpit, post
ed away yesterday. His death was
due to bronchitis. Dr. Abbott has
been in public eye for nearly half
a century and has been one of the
most influential men of his times.
It was he. who secured the services
of President Rocieveh as a contribu
tor to the Outlook and thereby gave
that magazine a great prestige af
ter Roosevelt had left Wa«hingtnn.
Dr. Abbott was a proline writer and
publisher. He was TO years of age.
at the time of his death.
LONDON" AND HACK
I.V A SINGLE DAY
Mount demons, Oct. 23.—The
t'me is near whe-i It will be possible
for a New York business man to |
start from home, at six o'clock In the
morniug. arrive in London for lunch,
tr-usact his business there and re
turn home before dark. This is the
rosy picture whi:u Brigadier tleatral
•Mitchell, the assistun. chief of tno
l/nited States army air service paint
ed for the puMi*; yesterdUy.
t.O.Ul'KRS Ol'T FOR DILL
OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, Oct. 23.—President Gom
pers of the American Federation of
Labor, has indicated iu a letter to
the stale labor leaders of Washing
ton that his choice for Senator, from
that state is Dill; and he urges labor
to support him against Poindexter.
Washington, Oct. 23.—President
(iompers in an issued statement urg
es Union men to disregard party
lines and vote only for the meu who
are friendly to organized labor.
MRS. LLOYD GEORGE MOVES
FROM 10, DOWNING STREET
Loudon. Oct. 23.—Mrs. David i
Lloyd lleorge. who has occupied the
official residence o» the British pre
mier. at No. 10 Downing street
since the appointment of her hus
band as premier of Britain, moved!
out of Downing street and took a
town residence for three months.
RECENT ARRIVAL HERE
COMMITS SUICIDE
Seattle. Oct. 23.—Charles Anders
Johnson, aged 35, who came to Se
attle three days ago, committed sui
cide by shooting.
NEXT FRIDAY IS NAVY DAY
Washington, Oct. 23.—Next Fri
day is Navy Day, and as usual, will
be celebrated throughout the coun
try.
FORD ENTERS
RIO FIELD
rort Wayne. Oct. 23.—Henry Ford |
is planning to enter "he radio field!
on a big scale. Henry has In mind j
the establishment of four hundred |
rudio stations throughout the Unit
ed States. His idea is to communi
cate with people through these sta
t'ons without recourse to newspa
ftrs, on political and business a»at
ura.
SENATOR WAI.SH SEES
DEMOCRATIC GAINS J
Washington. Oct. 24.—Senator
Walsh of Massachusetts has baen
making a four of the west. On his
return the eastern Senator predict
ed that great gains would be made
by the Democrats In the coming elec
tion in the west. The senate and
house will have added a number of
new members by the Democrats west
of the Mississippi river. Senator
Wajsh ia the Chairman of the Demo
cratic Senatorial Campaign Coinmlt
KRAID CASES
UNDERGOING LIQUIDATION
Canton. O.. Oct. 23.—In a politi
cal address in this city. Attorney
General Daugherty stated that four
hundred war fraud cases are now
undergoing liquidation. These cas
es involve billions of dollars.
TO ADJOURN CONGRESS
FROM MAR. 4, TO DEC. IDSW
Washington, Oct. 23.—Republican
leaders "of the Senate and House
claim they have the approval of
President Harding for a plan to ad
journ both branches of Cong.css
from March 4 until December 1S23.
AUSTRIA'S RECORD
TAX BUDGET
Vienna, Oct. 23.—Austria has sub
mitted her new tax budget to the
League of Nations for approval. The
new taxation amounts to four tril
lion-crowns and Is proposed as a fi
nancial reform measure whlcb the
government has worked out.
TWO ARE KILLED
RESISTING A R It EST
Oakland, %al„t Oct. 23.—William
McMahon, and Henry Shafer, both
of Sari" Francisco, were killed while
resisting arrest on the charge of
robbery.
SUPREME COURT
TAKES S WEEKS RECESS
Washington. Oct. 24.—The Su
preme Court of the United States has
taken a ree«ss for th-ee weeks.
Spend What You Don't
Most people figure out their expenses an<l then try to save what
they don't spend. A better system is to lay aside a certain sum
each month, say ten or twenty per cent, of your salary, and then
apfnd what you don't n*ie. Once having estaSlished the system,
stick to it.
Andrew Carnegie said: "The best way to accumulate money
is to resolutely save and bank a fixed portion of your Income, no
matter how small the amount."
SKAGWAY, ALASKA
inifi
TAKES HIGH TOLL
New York, Oct. 23.—A Lexington
avenue apartmeiit fire, supposed to
be of incendiary origin, took a toll
of fourteen lives In this city yester
day.
LABOR SHORTAGE
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Washington, Oct. 24.—The De-|
partment of Labor ha sbeen making
a canvas of the labor situation thru
out the country, and Its Hndings are
of Interest to all laborers and em
ployers. The findings of the depart
ment shows thr.t there is an actual
shortage of skilled and unskilled la
bor throughout the country. This
condition is general.
ASK POSTPONEMENT
ACCOUNT ELECTION
Farls, Oct. 23.—Foreign Minister
Curion has asked Premier Poincare
to consent to the postponement of
the Near East peace conference, on
iccouut of the British election. The
conference had been set for Novem
ber 13, at Lausanne.
THOMAS DOLAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Seattle, Oct. 24.—Thomas Dolan,
sue of the survivors of the Henry
Stanley expedition, which went into
\fricu to loc.ita Livingston, commlt
:ed suicide in this city yesterday.
SENATOR NORRIS NOT TO RUN
Wespoint. Neb., Oct. 2 4.—Senator
S'orris has announced that be will
[iot stand for a reelection to the U. S
lenate.
DR. SUZZALLO SAYS
HOLDS ON TO HOME TIES
"Recome high-minded, not high
browed. have a soul behind your
head, don't become too independent,
Jou't let go of your family connec
:ion—the student who won't write
home once a week hasn't a broad
enough soul to be in the University,"
Iheso were some of the many gems
of advice President Henry Suzzullo
of the University of Washington gave
to entering freshmen at the first as
sembly of the year.
Dr. Suziallo told the new students
that the freshmen were divided into
two classes—these that grow and
those that swell. College life was
compared to a sea with ebb and flow
tides. "Those that swell go out on
the tide," he declared, "while those
that grow weather the changing
tides and reach their port in safety."
"The reputation of the Washingtin
man as a worker dsponds upon us,"
said the president. "We must main
tain a high degree -of interest, sk ill
and conscientious ability."
The students applauded when the
1921 crew was lauded as the great
est atheletes and scholars at the Uni
versity.
NATIVE BATTLE REPORTED
AT CHAMPAIGN LANDING
Meagre reports were brought over
from Whitehorse last evening of a
pitched battle which was said to
have taken place between natives at
Champaign Landing.
The report received In WhttJhorse
which was lacking In detail, eaid
that either one or two native women
had been killed in a row, which Is
said to have been superinduced by
hootch. The report stated that a
number of shots were exchanged oe
tween the warring factions.
A detail of R. C. M police were
despatched to the scene to lnvesti
[ sate.
BONAR M 111
HELM OF STATE
Lonodn, Oct. 24.—Andrew Bonar
Law took tlie helm of state for the
British people last night when he ac
cepted the seals of office as Premier
of Great Britain from the king. The
ceremony took placo at Buckingham
palace and Law formally "kissed the
hands'' of his sovereign.
Law accepted from the king the
task of forming a new cabinet, and
advised his majesty to dissolve par
liament on Thursday.
Among the first acts of the new
premier was a confe-ence with Will
iam T. Cosgrove, the head of the
Irish Provincial government. The
two discussed Irish affairs as to their
progress and what measures should
be tr.ken to furthor them.
TEN' COMMANDMENTS IK)
NOT APPLY TO WOMEN
London, Oct. 24.—Ambassador
Harvey in a speech in London Is re
ported to have stated that the ten
commandments do not apply to wo
men, and therefore the command
ments must He revised to meet the
modern conditions. The address,
which Harvey is reported to have
given was made before the Author's
club.
DELAYS APPOINTMENT OF
FEDERAL RESERVE HEAD
Washington, Oct. 24.—Indications
came from the White House today,
thct President Raiding would not
appoint a new governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Board until after the
coming fall elections.
BONAR LAW HEADS UNIONISTS
London, Oct. 23.—Andrew Bonar
Law, who has been asked by the
King to form a new cabinet, has
been elected* leader of the Unionist
party. The election took place
noon today. As leader "of the Union
ist party, Law is given the power to
accept the King's mandate to be
come premier. It is expected that
parliament will be dissolved on
Thursday of this week.
MAYOR EDWIN BROWN
BARRED FROM JURY
Seattle. Oct. 24.—Mayor Brown of
this city was barred from the grand
jury room today by states attorney
Reville. His Honor insisted that he
had important testimony to present
to the grand jury, but the attorney
was obdurate in his decision notxto
let him in.
MOSCOW DELIGHTS IN LLOYD
GEORGE'S RESIGNATION
Moscow, Oct. 24.—The announce
ment of the resignation of Lloyd
George as premier of Britain was
received with acclamation in the cap
ital of Sovietdom.
U. S. TO PLAN WORLD FLIGHT
Washington, Oct. 24.—The United
States Army airplane service is plan
ning to attempt an all-round-the
world flight. Tenative plans have
been made for this proposed flight,
and those plans include one route
from the Paclfle, via Alaska, Siberia,
and home via Iceland and Ireland.
HERRIN GRAND JURY RESUMES
Marlon, Oct. 24.—The Herrin
grand jury resumed Its sessions for
tha investigation of the murders at
Herrin, 111. The resumption was
made late this afternoon and forty
eight indictments were returned for
murder.' This makes a total of 434
indictments returned. The grand
jury adjourned.
JUD6E UPHOLDS LfQR
RESTRICTION ON SHIPS
New York, Oct.'23.—Judge Hand,
before whom the prohibition en
forcement act on snips was brought,
upheld Attorney P.eneral Daugher
ty's order forbidding all ships from
bringing liquor into American ports.
The case was brought up by the
White Star, Cunard and Anchor
lineB, and they sought au injunction
against the enforcement of the de
cree. The steamship companies,
which sought the injunction will
carry the case to the United States
Supreme Court.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 23.—Chairman
Lasker of the United States Shipping
Board, in an address at a banquet in
this city on Saturday, told Attorney
General Daugherty and the other
banqueters, that the recent ruling
of the Attorney General, that all
ships entering Ameiican waters mu?t
be dry, was the greatest blow that,
could have been struck the American
Merchant Marine.
GOMI'ERS CALLS DAUGHERTY
RHETORICAL LIAR
Washington, Oct. 23.—President
Gompers declares that Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty indulged "in rhetor
ical exaggeration of falsehood" in
his address at Canton, Ohio.
FEARS AMERICA
IS GEIIIG m
New York, Oct. 24.—Secretary of
War Weeks is fearful that the Unit
ed States is drifting back into its
pre-war state of carelessness. In a
speech which he delivered in this
city he expressed the fear of "drift
ing back to its shortsighted careless
attitude of the early days of the Eu
ropean war toward the vitally im
portant matter of preparedness."
The Secretary was making a speech
before the army ordinance associa
tion.
UNITED STATES CALLS
CENTRAL AM. CONFERENCE
Washington, Oct. 24.—The United
States has invited the governments
of Guatemala, Nicaraugua, Hondur
as, San Salvador and Costa Rica to
send plenipotentiaries to a confer
ence to be held at Washington in De
cember for a discussion of the treas
urers looking to the well being of
Centra] America.
RUSSIANS LOSE TWO CRUISERS
Riga, Oct. 23.—The Russian arm
ored cruisers, Rossiya and Gromboi,
were lost in a storm in the Baltic.
DUE IKES
GLIDING RECORD
New Haven, Eng., Oct. 23.—G. K.
Olley, in a gliding competition with
a biplane, broke the world's record
for gliding with a passenger. The
competition took place at Itford Hill
on Saturday. Olley remained in the
air forty-nine minutes.
KREAR CALLS ON
MELLON FOR EXPLANATION"
Washington, Oct. 23.—Represen
tative Frear ot Wisconsin, In a let
ter, calls on Sec-etary of the Treas
ury Mellon to tell the country, "just
what amount of extortionate profits
and surplus you believe should be
properly amassed ' by corporations
before the twenty-five per on1, sur
plus tax should bo iirsessed.
TO INVESTIGATE
JAP IMMIGRATION
Seattle, Oct. 2 !.—The problems of
Japanese immigration as it is af
fected on the west coast will be in
vestigated here in the next few days
by a party of the Department of La
bor officials headed by James J. Da
vis. the Secretary of Labor.
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