Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-24

WESTERN
Four persons were blown up and in
stantly killed when : charge of pow
der exploded on dredger scow in VIII
lapa harbor, near South Bend, Wash.
Resisting capture at the hands of a
large posse, Frank Wagner. notorious
ly known as Dutch Frank, safecracker,
was killed at Columbia Beach, near
Astoria, Ore.
Nine officers and men flying from
San Pedro to San Diego in F-5-L sea-
plane No. IL were rescued from their
disabled plane by Il destroyer off Del
Mar. 25 miles north of San Diego.
Six nurses were seriously injured
and thlrty-nine others narrowly es-
caped death when fire of unknown
origin completely destroyed the nurses
home at the University of Nebraska
hospital nt Omaha.
Sixty thousand applications for tick
cts for the California-O Ohio State foot
ball game at Pasadena Jan. l have
been received by the Tournament of
Roses Association. This Is approx
mately 24,O0O more applications than
seats, and the association is experienc-
ing difficulties in making equitable al
lotments of tickets.
BY vote of 100 to 1O5, the House
has decided to give encouragement to
California grape growers by develop
ing. through experiments by the agri-
cultural department, new uses for
wine grapes. Purchase of n plot of
land near Fresno and Oakville, where
the experimental work now is being
done, was authorized.
The Southern Pacific Land Com
pany, as vendor, filed a deed at Fres-
no, Calf, transferring to the Pacific
OIL Company, as vendee, all its oil land
holdings In Kings, Tulare and Fresno
counties. The consideration was stated
20 be approximately $3,Sl0,900. The
transaction is part of the recently an
nounced plan of the Southern Pacific
Company to divest itself of its oil land
and oil holdings by transfer to II new
corporation organized In Delaware.
WASHINGTON
A tax of u of l per cent on all bank
deposits is proposed in bill intro
duced in the House by Representative
Treadway of Massachusetts.
Capt. William A Moffett, formerly
commandnnt of the Great Lakes train
ing station and later commander of
the battleship Mississippi of the Pa
clfic fleet, has been appointed director
of naval aviation, 1t has been an
nounced by Secretary Daniels. Cap
tain Moffett succeeds Capt. Thomas
Craven. who will be sent to sea, prob
ably In command of a battleship.
Authority was granted by the Inter
state Commerce Commission for per-
manent consolidation of the transpor-
tation business and properties of the
Adams, American, Wells Fargo & Co.
and Southern Express companies into
the American Railway Express Com
pany. The commission said that it
was their belief that the public would
best be served by one consolidated
company serving all lines with equal
rates
Recommendations that the states
assume part of the care of disabled
World War veterans and for consoli-
dalton of all federal agencies dealing
with ex-service men were made by
Director Cholmley-Jones of the bureau
of war risk insurance, In his annual
report
An example of the exploration and
research work which the United States
Department OF Agriculture Is doing in
its search for new plants available
for cultivation In this country is fur
nished by the recent 9,OO0-mile explor-
ing trip taken by DR.. Fl. l.. Shantz,
agricultural explorer, botanist of the
office of foreign seed and plant intro
duction. with the Smithsonian African
Exploration.
The Anti-Saloon League will ask
Attorney General Palmer to reconsider
home by Its manufacturer. even after
II has become Intoxicating by fermen-
tatIon, Is lawful, Wayne b. Wheeler,
general counsel for the League, has
announced Neither the letter nor the
implied purpose of the prohibition act
Justified such a ruling, Mr.. Wheeler
asserted
Senate and House leaders have prac-
dcally agreed at conference on n
program for the enactment of an
emergency tariff measure to serve as
an embargo on the importation of
wheat, cotton, wool, beans, potatoes
and livestock and meats.
Joseph Tumulty, secretary to Pres
ident Wilson, has announced that he
had declined the appointment as a
chief justice of the Court of Custom
Appeals, which had been offered him
Inv the President, and that he would