CONDENSATIONOF FRESH NEWS

THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS-PATCHER PUT INTO SHORT.

CRISP PARAORAPHS.

STORY oTThE WEEKSHOWING THE PROGRESS OP

EVENTS IN OUR OWN ANDFOREIGN LANDS.

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WESTKEHElbert W. BUncett. convicted of the

murder of Clyde Armour, was hangedlb tit JaJI yard at Santa F 4 Thecrime eu committed ixnid-er 23, WIG

Twe edldnncl boys held Up thehank of Waterloo. Neb, twenty mile*west of Omaha. i-»an<l and gaggedCashier W. T. Stratton, robbed thehank of SI/jOO and escaped in aa au-tomobile.

Alfonso G. Bernard, a United State*immigration officer stationed at Cato-po, aixty mile* from San Idego, Calif,van run down and killed by an auto-mobile when he attempted to halt themachine In a search for smugglers.

John Neff, IG-year-old son of Mr.and Mrs. Barter J. Neff, fell out of acherry tree at Medford. Ore, and wasImpaled upon the thinning shearswhich had dropped out of .his hand*,one blade driving Into bla cheat aadpiercing bis lung.

A force of government hunters un-der direction of J. s. I.tgon and In-cluding J. S. Lilly, noted lion hunter,lias completed a three weeks' drive Inthe Black range In western New Mex-ico. whereby they bagged fourteenbear, five linns and two gray wolves.This catch Is said to be the largestIn several years.

Gertrude Klstlrr. Li-year-old daugh-ter of Sedgwick Klstlrr of Lock Ilaven.I'a, a delegate to the Democratic na-tional convention, was drowned In theMerced River at Yosetnlte. Calif, and11. J. Pink of Ism Angeles, who wentto her rescue, slipped on a rock as heeutered the stream and fractured hisskull, death resulting Instantly.

Estimated crop production In Kan-sas for WSn us based upon the condi-tion on July l. according to the reportIssued by the Kansas office of the Bu-reau of Crop Estimates, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, shows winter wheat 110,U8,0n0 bushels: springwheat, 321,000 bushels; oats, 52,418,000bushels, and Imrlcy, 10,00ft bushels

The first reported fatalities in con-nection with the airplane patrol of gov-ernment forest reserves have been im-ported at Altiiras, Calif, when a plantpiloted by Wayman Hnney fell abon400 feet, killing Haney anti two passengers, Antonio Salcedo nnd HaroldRoliie. The Intter wns n civilian ohserver employed by the forest service.WASHINGTON

Guided entirely by radio compassnlgnats, navy seaplane F-5-L left Norfolk and flew ninety-five tulles on a"bee-line" to pick up the bnttleshlpOhio at sea, with no knowledge at thetime of taking the air of the vessel'slocation. The airplane then navigatedIta return to Norfolk entirely by radiocompass.

The first settlement with a railroadcompany of all claims arising out offederal operation has been announcedby the railroad administration, whichhas agreed to pay the Spokane, Port-land k Seattle railroad 81,000,000 Incash, the sum remaining after the bnlanclng of the ctnlms of the railway-company against the government andof the government against the railroadcomoanr.

foreignA hUt revoking tbs decree of ISBB

banishing the former Imperial familyfrom Brasil has passed first readingIn the Chamber of Deputies.

Turks are beginning ta realise thecritical sitaattoa created by the tri-umphant Greek advance Into Anatolia,and what they regard as a completerupture of peace negotiations.

Police Inspector Tuner of Barce-lona, Spain, waa killed In a saber duelwith Police Captain Toro, accordingto advice from that city. The quarrelarose over a question of service in thepolice force. It is said.

Dumb for three years as the resultof shell shock. Trooper W. Hart sud-denly recovered his speech In the ex-citement of n bowling match. He wasplaying with the Dnvisvllle millltaryteam at Nlagara-on-tbe-Lake, Dot.

President Wilson has scripted theinvitattoo of the League of Nations tocall a meeting of the assembly of theleague early In November. It was an-nounced In the House of Commons InLeuMtoo by Cedi M. Harmsworth. un-decaeoetary for foreign affairs.

The French Chamber of IVputie*voted an additional 20.000 francs ayear for cabinet ministers and 15,000francs for secretaries of state. In rec-ognition of the Increased cost of liv-ing. The vote, which was taken by theraising of hands, was almost unani-mous.

It Is announced that the Banks ofEngland. France. Spain and Portugalhave comhln-- ■ to run a private airservice for the carriage of securities,etc, between the four countries. Theservice has been started over theroute, being Ix>tnlon, Paris, Bordeaux,Madrid, Lisbon.

A dispatch to the Vossirhe Keftungfrom Tilsit says that after fightingthe Bolsbevista have broken throughthe Polish northern front and crossedthe Beresins river at three points. Thedispatch adds that panic has brokenout In Vllna, from which the Poliahoccupation authorities have fled.

Marie Anne' Bnude Gagnon, undersentence of death at Quebec for themurder hy cruelty and neglect of herstepdaughter, Aurora, gave birth totwins, a boy and a girl In the Jail In-firmary. The father, TelesphoreGagnon, la serving a life sentence InSt. Vincent de Paul penitentiary forcomplicity In the murder of hla daugh-ter.

GENUALThe estate left by Ohio C. Barber,

the late match manufacturer, waa ap-praised at 85.08L115. In an Inventoryfiled in Common Pleas Court al Akron.Ohio.

The Big Four Railroad Company auf-fered a loss estimated at between<IOO.OOO nnd $200,000 at Elkhart. Ind.when fourteen freight cars piled up ona curve. The cars contained coni at. 2merchandise. No one was lnj<i-ed.

Sam Cardlncllo, alleged ringleaderof a gang charged wlilt the iuur!e?of Arthur P. Bowman, a Chlmg*.saloonkeeper, has been sentenced toliang. Three other members of theband already have been sentenced todeath and a fourth found guilty andawaiting sentence.

In a pistol duel st Spartanburg, 8.C, William P. Cooper, a blacksmith,nnd Oscar Godfrey, a horse trader,killed each other. Each man emptiedthe alx cliniiilters of Ills weapon andwhen the police arrived Cooper wasdead and Godfrey, though dying, wasstill snapping hla empty gun at thsliody of the dead man.

Federal Inquiry Into recent eacapesof aliens from Fillls Island followedthe arrest nnd holding In $2,500 hall ofXavier F\ Destcfniio, male nurse at theEmigration station there. Sixteenaliens were reported to have escaped,

wn " denied hy SuperintendentBaker. Destefano was rharged withassisting lobn Tressey, an trlah stowsway, to escape, supplying him with arowboat he was said to have used Inflight to the mainland.

His Lack of Judgment."Bud Burkovcr haln't got no sense

worth mentioning." said a cltixen ofSandy Mu«h. "Tutlier evening he gotInfo a fuss with his wife, and I Yu*rattlin' or nut h--r didn't suit him. hebegan to yell and slash around withhis revolver. Tln-n he boolgod out ofthe door ami fired Ills gun In Ihe nlr.Prob'ly he flggered his wife wouldthink he'd shot himself, and lie sorry.But, about that time, Ilnmp Sackcrycame In at Ihe gate and, nacher'lyn'poslng Bud was shooting nt him.pulled his gun and let drive, and shotBud through the shoulder. If Bud Imdbad any sense he'd a-recollected .bata family row is like tin- feller said ofcharity—lt lieglns nt home, and ort tostay there."—Kansas City Star.

Jailed Love of Books.Lady Visitor—Wlmt brought you

here, my |»oor fellow?Poor F'ellow—Love for book*, mum."What! What sort of booksT’“Rich blokes' pocket hooks, mum.”

—London Answers.

Without Confirmation.Pete Johnson, carpenter on it*

farm, was on the meadows of ll»boken looking for gnme. He »aIWaround a half day and. flnd'ne n-ibIng. he started for him#,* mediae •

cow which he shot at and miss---! I'was tils last shot, so Pete was nut <4luck when he met a hoar, which i-hnsHhim a half mile to a friendly oak torThe hear and Pete circled the tr--** tintil both were becoming exhaustedThen Pete grabbed the bear's pn*-and held them around the tnv mullthe I-ear died of starvation. They lisdbear meat at the farm and the «kirof Bruno adorns the farm gntes. Now—The recent storm prevented u« fromverifying this Item. We hope It I*true.—Unidentified.

Pleasant Reminiscence.“I suppose that as an unlmtructffl

delegate you wen- the object of »<'«*

nattering attention.""I was," replied the delegate. “I

want to any It was one of those martwhere Ignorance Is bliss."

THE KEOTA NEWS.

ASTORIAI For Infant* and Children.

mothers Know ThatGenuine Castoria

H!U Thirty Years

BCABTORIA

.Food ForA JulyMorning l^§pKs

?yery morningwhen the though*of health enters into the meal timepreparation

Grape-NutsluS»p food needs noyet it has a most pleasing sweetness of wheat and malted barley^

“Theres a Reason"