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OF UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU MAKES FINAL REPORT ON 1920 COUNT TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON] AT 1,356,621 Nearly One Hundred and Six Million People Certified to—Show* Big Gain—Number in Each State —Idaho Near Half Million. WASHINGTON.— Population of the United States on January 1, this year, as enumerated in the fourteenth cen sus, was 105,708,771, as announced this week by the census bureau for certification to congress as the basis for reapportionment of the members of the house of representatives from the various states. The population of continental Unit ed States as announced shows a gain of 25,663 over the preliminary figures announced October 7. These are the final population fig ures of the country and states, the statistics announced early in October having been the preliminary compila tions. The population of the states is as follows: Arizona, 333,903. Alabama. 2,348,174 Arkansas. 3,752,204. California, 3,426,861. Oregon, 783,389. Colorado, 939,629. Connecticut, 1,380,631. Delaware, 223,003. District of Columbia. 437,571. Florida, 968,480. Georgia, 2,895,832. Iowa, 2,404,021. Idaho, 431,866. Illinois, 6,485,280. Indiana, 2,930,390. Washington, 1,356.621. Montana, 548,889. i Kansas, 1,769,257. Kentucky, 2.416,630. ijouisiana. 1,798,509. Maine, 768,014. Maryland, 1.449,661. Massachusetts, 3,852,356. Michigan, 3,668,412. Minnesota. 2,387,125. Mississippi, 1,790,618. Missouri, 3,404,055. Montana, 548,889. Nebraska, 1,296,372. Nevada, 77,407. New Hampshire, 443,082. New Jersey, 3,155,900. New Mexico, 360,350. New York. 10,384,829. North Carolina. 2,559,123. North Dakota. 645,580. Ohio, 6,759,394. Oklahoma. 2,028,283. Oregon. 783,389. Pennsylvania, 8,720,017. Rhode Island, 604,397. South Carolina, 1,683,724. South Dakota, 636,547. Tennessee, 2,337,885. Texas. 4,663,228. Utah, 449,396. Vermont, 352,428. Virginia. 2,309,187. Washington, 1,356,621. West Virginia. 1,763,701. Wisconsin, 2,632,067. j ' I WILDLY CHEERED ; - GRECIAN KING IS Thousands Acclaim Ti^ Return Royal Procession—Go After Turks. In I ATHENS — King Constantine of (ireece, removed from the throne by action of the allied powers in 1917,; and called back by the recent plebecite j to resume his former status, arrived in Athens Sunday. He receled at the Place de la Concorde. Those who greeted the returning 1 monarclis included Queen Mother Olga 1 the regent, and Princess Anastasia, wife of Prince Christopher. ! HARDING ASKS COOLIDGE TO BE IN CABINET President - ! Ohio.—Vice elect Coolidge was recently invited liy President-elect Harding, to sit. in the cabinet consultation and take an ac- 1 MARION. tive part in shaping tlie policies of the coming administration. He will accept United States Has New Weapon. WASHINGTON. — Successful tests of a new machine gun firing half inch bullets and with at least double the range of the caliber .30 machine gun is announced, ventor of the Browning machine gun, ) used during the world war, collabor ; ated with war department experts m ] The pi'ssi John M. Browning, in development of the new gun tests demonstrated "unusual bilities," the announcement said was stated that the new weapon had j , a maximum rapid"./ of fire of 70« IK shots a minute. it ; American Shot in London. LONDON.— A sensational shooting tragedy In a residential flat in St. I James street, PIcadilly, was disclosed Monday when a dancer, Miss Sophie | Erica Taylor, age 29, and Georgia An- j gusta Kelly, 30, of Omaha, Neb., wen found shot. Kelly was dead and Miss ' Taylor died shortly afterward. Kelly served with the American air force during the war SMALLER ACREAGE IN WINTER WHEAT Reduction Also Noted in Rye Planting —Condition Better December 1. WASHINGTON.—Smaller acreages ; have been planted to winter wheat | and rye this fall, as compared with a year ago. the department of agri- j culture rejairts. The condition Dec ember 1 was better than on that date ! a year ago. but was not as good as the W-year average condition on that date. The department did not forecast production. This year's crop of win ter wheat amounted to 580.513,000 bushels and this fall's acreage reduc tion would amount to almost 18.500. 000 bushels in production based on the 10-year average yield. Kansas, the leading producer of winter wheat, has planted 2 per cent less area than last year; Ohio, 9 per cent; Indiana, 10 per cent; Illinois, 5 per cent, and Nebraska, 2 per cent. Texas has increased its acreage 40 per cent and Washington. 7 per cent. The acreage and condition of win ter wheat in the principal producing states follow: Illinois, 2,470,000 and 8(i. Missouri, 2,470,000 and 80. Missouri, 2,820,000 and 90. Nebraska. 3,301,000 and 90. Oklahoma, 3,100,000 and 80. Kansas, 10,343,000 and 89. Texas, 1,834,000 and 89. Washington. 1,107,000 and 97. BUILD WARSHIPS OR ENTER LEAGUE OF NATIONS Daniels Recommends Enlarged Navy if America Remains Independent. WASHINGTON.—Approval of an- i other three-year naval building pro gram. involving the construction of 88 vessels, if the United States does not enter the league of nations or a simi lar world organization, is given by Secretary Daniels In his annual re-1 port to President Wilson. BIG SEA TONNAGE FOR UNITED STATES BY 1922 Will Have More Than Other Nations, 1 Except Britain, Combined. ! WASHINGTON. — With completion j of the government ship building pro- ! gram by 1922, the United States prob- 1 ably will have as much ocean going - tonnage as all the other countries , combined, with the exception of Great ! Britain. Chairman Benson of the ship- j ping board, declares. LIVING COSTS COME DOWN j Wholesale Prices 24 Per cent Under Peak in May. WASHINGTON.—Wholesale of commodities were lower last month than at any time since the war. The wholesale scale dropped eight per cent more in November than in the preceding month and 24 per cent j below the peak of high prices last ' May, the labor bureau report says. 1 ! l>rlc ® s : in Made Episcopal Archdeason. COEUR D'ALENE.- The Rev. Jacob A. Hiatt, rector of St. Luke's Episco pal church, has been appointed by the Right Rev. Frank Hale Louret, Ijishop of Idaho, as archdeacon of northern Idaho, to take effect at once. The Rev. Mr. Hiatt will make Coeur I d'Alene his headquarters and will ; have charge of St. Luke's until a suc «essor can be obtained. to to to j ; ! i ■ it ■p 1 j I : - ; p'J j ! i ! I I ! i MILKMAN" IN ICELAND «4 I of j 1 1 iyp '/Æ t te 7 ! ■ 8 - ! 1 of Si, ) ; ] 3 j 3 i ■/ài a I m j | IK MB.. ww ««isihsm sw!**»*^ . . •a 11 v no milkmen in ice ■ ; it ; ? Ü+W I land, the dairymaids | island j custume Ireland dairymaid making lier rounds ' There are r< ui tlie far north to theit delivering l be milk The photograph shows an r on a pony. •told Ty Gohh is to lend Detroit Tigers next year. U. Little John Carver Goes Abroad I the of to I ing ; | j ! 4 ■ ^ /:<S :% / ; ✓ à V ft':-,. V 1 5 * ' 8 & 7 £* ■> a I £ • \ 55 ! :• t 7 . «s M ». A m % $ o- :; WM 9 <v i mm t v*$| f I t| One of the most prominent passengers on the first 100 per cent American liner, the Panhandle State, was little John Carver, eight years old, a direct descendant of the first governor of Massachusetts. John is going abroad to attend the Pilgrim's- tercentenary at Leyden, Holland. He Is shown In this photograph with his mother. NINE CENTERS TO i SYSTEM OF COOPERATIE MAR KETING WILL BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR. 1 TRY TO ELIMINATE MIDDLEMAN National Union of Farm Loan Associa tions Planned for Financing— Big Help to Farming Indus try—Dig Poindexter*. j ! 1 - , ! LOUIS.—Preliminary j ments for launching a national sys tern of cooperative markets and fin ST. arrange ancial instiutions designed to rehabili täte the farming industry in this coun try were completed here Saturday at tlie concluding session of the agricul ! tural conference inaugurated by the national board of farm organizations. The conference indorsed a plan to establish nine grain handling centers and will seek the united support of all farmers' cooperative grain marketing organizations in carrying out the pro ject, which is designed to eliminate the middlemen and end speculation. These terminals are to he located in Kansas City, Chicago, Omaha, Sioux tCity, Oklahoma City. Minne apolis, Seattle, Buffalo and St. Louis. Big Convention January 4. Representatives of agricultural in terests in the territory continguous to these points will meet January 4 to arrange for a convention, at which the grain marketing organizations in the various sections will be invited to send delegates to arrange for j financing tlie project. ; Tlie financial system advocated by ! the delegates provides for a national union of farm loan associations. The resolution covering the project ■stated 4000 larm loan bodies at pres ent have no opportunity of getting i proper representation at Washington and charged that the policy of the federal farm loan board had been to discourage attempts by ttie associa tions to form state federations. Resolutions were adopted protest ■ ing against the amendments which, it was stated, have been made to the federal farm loan act in the last two years' without giving an opportunity for consultation between law-makers and associations. Protest Poindexter Bill. Another resolution protested against the Poindexter anti-strike bill ; passed by the senate, recognizes the harmful ! strikes, tlie resolution stated, but con siders that under i stances united means of workers. ! I "in these unsettled times •eniove the cause of rather than make felony," the resolution said. Federal control of the packing iu I dustry and passage of the ! Kendrick hill i other resolution. just The conference •ffeet certain irciiro protest is the only sell-preservation for the congress j should seek U i strikes strikes a I Kenyon were advocated in an Three masked rob ■ntered the rooms of a jewelry concern on the eighth floor of an of fice building in the heart of tlie Fifth avenue shopping distrie shot and killed Edwin A. Andrews member of the firm, bound Thugs Kill and Steal. YORK NEW tiers recently, a and sagged throe other men and escaped with jewels valued at $100,000. In Church. Mrs. Carr Why did you put 11 cents in tlie coili>ctlon box? Mr. Carr—War tax. tlie minister I •told an amusing story.—Judge. I HUNDREDS KILLED MANY VICTIMS BURIED IN RUINS IN REGIONS IN ARGENTINA. HOT WATER RISES IN PLAGES Big Geyser Forms Pool in Which Two Persons Are Drowned—Rescue Work Risky—Roads Are Badly Broken. i t IIL'ENOS AIRES, Dee. 18. Earth quakc shocks which, on Friday after noon. destroyed several towns along the Argentine slope of the Andes mountains were the most severe ex perienced in tliis country since 1869, when hall tile city of Mendoza was laid in ruins. Reports from the area where the shock was the heaviest in dicated great loss of life and property, upward of 150 bodies having already been taken from the wreck of build ings. Hundreds Are Victims. At Tresportenas more than 10b perished and at Costa de Araujo 84 killed and 80 seriously injured, it is feared that more victims still are burled under the ruins in each town. At Tresportenas, Lavalie and La Central not a house was left stand ing and those not destroyed were left in badly damaged condition. No estimate of the total number of per sons injured lias yet been made. Minor shocks continue throughout tlie district, oue particularly strong tremor being felt yesterday after noon at 5:30 o'clock in the towns of San Martin and itivadavia. The peo ple are reported panic stricken. The city of Meuozu was shaken, but did not suffer any extensive damage. Hot Geysers Spring Forth. 4 ; .. .. 1 In the town ot Costa de Araujo tlie seismic convulsions opened great crevices, out of which hot is water The water from one of •eached a height of j about 15 feet and formed a pool in which two persons were drowned. A ! '. Red Cross ambulance lias reached the spouting, these geysers village and set to work to rescue ! any sufferers who may be alive in 1 < the ruins. More than 3«,e«0 persons inhabit little towns alung the eastern Andean slope and as re.ports add to the long list of casualties apprehen- ! sion is felt that the final figures will be very high. Rescue I ; parties have been seut from Mendosa, but details from the scene of the disaster art meager, as telephone wires are badly disorganized. Tlie earth movement ami telegraph ' during tremor was from the northwest the southeast and a number of small shocks followed the principal sion. which lasted 3« seconds the tn i •OIK IIS I a Japan's Census Is 77.005,000. TOKYO. Japan s population, as re vealed by tin census recently pleted, is more than 1,000,000 the estimate. corn under The total number af persons in the empire is 77,«05.0«0, of which 55, 96«, 000 are in Japan and 17. 284,««« in Korea. of Soviet Envoy Ordered Deported. WASHINGTON. Ludwig ('. A. K. deportation Martens, unrecog nized soviet ambassador to the (lull ed States, was ordered reeently by Wllsoti of tlie labor de of a Secretary part nient. Lots of Coal Mined. WASHINGTON.—More than 12.«««. ««« tons of bituminous eoul I produced in the United States during I the week ended November 13 U. S. AMBASSADOR SNUBS GERMAN ENVOY Nations Still at War and Refusal is Based on Technical Relationship. PARIS.—Hugh ('. Wallace, the American ambassador, the other night refused fo^meet Wilhelm Mayer von Kaufbeuren, the German ambassador, because the United States still is technically at war with Germany. The incident occurred at an offi cial dinner to the diplomatic corps given by Raoul Peret, president of the chamber of deputies, and his wife. Ambassador Wallace, formerly of Ta coma, Wash., dean of the diplomatic corps, and Mrs. Wallace, were guests of honor. Pierre De Fouquieres of the for eign office, approached Ambassador Wallace before the dinner and said. "The German ambassador desires to be presented to you.'' "Can't you forget it?" inquired Mr. Wallace, who knows M. Fouquieres very well. "He is standing just behind me," replied M. Fouquieres. "He was very persistent, I did not wish to em barrass you." "Tell him," said Mr. Wallace, "that I refuse to meet him." The German ambassador was stand ing so near that he heard Mr. Wal lace's reply and M. Fouquifres re peated the response to him. THREE MILLION ITALIANS WOULD COME TO AMERICA Lines of Farm Labor Applicants at Ticket Offices Are Blocks Long. MILAN, Dec. 10.—Three million Ital ians are awaiting vises and transpor tation to America, United States con sulates throughout the country are overwhelmed with work and the long lines of those desiring to .purchase steamer tickets stretch for blocks out side the principal agencies on days when steerage and third class tickets are put on sale. In relation to the population the greatest number of these are from Sicily. The consulate at Palermo Is handling several hundred applications daily. Many more would apply but for a ruling that steamer reservations must be made before vises will be granted. The great bulk of the Italian emigration is from the south. 1919 Minerals Worth $18.374,315. Idaho produced $18,374,315 worth of minerals in 1919, compared with $36,522,168 in 1918, according to ad vance figures of C. N. Gerry of the United States geological survey. Many producers are scarcely over heard of. They are small operators, usually leasers. There were 210 producers in the state, of which 38 were in Shoshone county. Idaho county is one of many small oper ators. its total number of producers almost as many as Shoshone county, but Shoshone county's total production was 1,308,063 tons of ore terated and its value was $15,909,815, i while Idaho county only produced 1084 tons, valued at $13,859. Benewah county had one property t lint produced 116 ounces in gold. Bonner county had two properties that produced 176 tons of ore; Boun dary county had one property that produced 44,549 tons; Clearwater county hud seven properties that pro duced 568 ounces of gold and 138 ounces in silver; I^atah county had three properties that produced 38 tons of ore, and the rest of the pro duction was in south Idaho. Shoshone county produced nearly 90 per cent of the total tonnage of the state and more than 80 per cent of the total value of the state's prod uct. was Total gold -produced in the state was 34,502 ounces; silver, 5,579,056 ; ounces; copper, 3,122,763 pounds; lead 1 182,341.898 pounds; slnz 15,994,229 p OUIlc ] s |_ Believe it, or Not. j ! '. STOCKTON. Cal. Htolen and and with many improvements, cost ing $20«, is the luck that befell ! l)UKiuess 1 mi,n liere ' Two ri P s in thB 1 < ' ano,,y top v '" r, ' r ' aU ' he ' 1 - " ^ w ™o ! -To have a car returned fully repaired a I tometer put on the radiator cap. four ; brand new tires with two extras in the tire land tlie car had been washed and polished. were found together carrier. Wilson Buys Future Home. WASHINGTON. President Wilson — Purchase if tlie former homo for ' here of Henry P. noimced. Fairbanks is nn The price paid is reported to have been in tlie neighborhood of $15«.«««. The house i brick and limestone. is of colonial It is surrounded of nearly half a square. I It.' grounds Shipbuilders Make Record. WASHINGTON, builders broke the record American ship world's pre-war « launchings during the last fls"sl year. American ships built and documented during the year aggro third gated 3,880,639 more than England. gross tons. Butte Miners' Pay to Be Cut. Mont. BUTTE. miners and all and around of the Hull $1 a day. effective announced. I Ittsie crafts I wages •ill plow'd In other mines "ill lie reduced January 2«, It Is «I ii ii ' dlslric I U. 9. Legation Is Robbed. WARSAW. The American legation was reeently robbed of approx imately $5000 documents, broken open. and several valuable and safes were • 'bests is II IMPORTANT HEMISPHERES TO LAST I news boiled r an alysis. OF both d 0Wn ARRANGED FOR QUICK^READNt Brief Notes Covering Hap peni Th.s Country and Abroad Th Are of Legitimate Intereit" to Ail the People, Phone Companies Profit WASHINGTON.— The 65 t ephone companies of the n tel ' States operated at a profit of », t lte< 913 during September f "' 525 .' Millions of Caribou P aM . Herds containing millions bou arc completing their crossing on the Yukon rivi in their migration south. of cari annual 10,000 Idle In Vancouver B c VANCOUVER. B. C.-More th. 10,000 men, 50 per cent of whom the badge of service in France unemployed in Vancouver. Four More Taken in League. GENEVA.—The league of nation! increased its membership to 46 sta ü recently by the admission of R u i ga J Finland, Luxemburg and Costa R| (a ' Children Die in Fire, PHOENIX, Ariz.— 1 Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zelhkoff of Glendale, Ariz., were recently burna to death when their home troyed. "ear are MU was deg. Cut Lumber Water Rate,. PORTLAND, Ore. — Lumber from Portland to the Atlantic have been reduced from $25 to $22# by -the steamer lines operating in tk coast-to-coast service. rates roast St. Paul Fire Loss $150,000 ST. PAUL.—Fire recently destroyed the Traveler building. a six-ston structure in the downtown district with a loss estimated at $150,000. Several printing firms suffered total losses. Killed In Filipino Riot. MANILA.—Eleven men, four Amer icans and seven Filipinos, were killed here recently during a riot within the walled city between enlisted men of the Philippine constabulary and the Manila police. Great Falls Water Plant Read,. GREAT FALLS, Mont.—Water bn been turned into the last unit of tk Great Falls $500,000 system and into the new 1,000,000-gallon si The system is the largest municlpi! water plant in the state. Earthquake in Atlantic. WASHINGTON. — Somewhere, per haps leagues deep beneath the rolling blue of the Atlantic and forever hid den from the eyes of man, the earth'! crust was torn and twisted recentlj by a titanic convulsion. Surrenders 30,000 Guns. Germany has surrendered 30,006 guns and destroyed 28,000; surren dered 65,000 machine guns and dev troyed 50,000; surrendered 97,000 nu chine gun tubes and destroyed 52,000; surrendered 2,500,000 rifles and del troyed 2,520,000. dk] NOTED PERSONS GREAT FALLS, Mont. —Form« United States Senator Paris Gib»« founder of the city of Great Falls MANAGUA, Nicaragua.—Jose Est* ban Gonzalez, coalition candidate for the presidency, and former "coffee king." LOS ANGELES.—John C. ("Flap jack ") Jone, a picturesque figure of tlie early west, aged 75 years, was called "Flapjack" because, lie was only six feet four inches t»H | he weighed only 100 pounds. THIRTEEN DROWNED IN OHIO lie a while Sinkt Launch Carrying Worshippers Near Kentucky Shore. AUGUSTA, Ky.—Thirteen per 80 " were drowned in Ute Ohio river wb«* tlie United States steam launch if* 1, leak and sank garet sprung u miles below Augusta Saturday. Charge B. C. Banker With Theft John StunW VANCOUVER, B. Bancroft, formerly assistant ina-naR® of the Granville street branch ot the Merchants' Bank of Uuniidii, lui* t""'" Magistrate by committed for trial Shaw in police court on theft, of $45,000 in Victory the bank, making false conspiracy. ui charge» bonds fr<® entries 691-116 On Civil Service R« 11 * WASHINGTON.—Ono person «ut every 159 In the entire country " the government civil service l>u> r last July 31, the civil service mission declares. CO* Lots of Corn. Montana Raises Montana's corn crop tld» tlie largest In the history. 3,75». Bushels having been raised. V.-- An old baeholor says the 1 t way to destroy weeds Is to tn» widow.