The Dolores star., 1921-12-16
GENERAL

Thirty five-cent breakfasts and dol
lar dinners on dining ears of the Chi
cago Great Western railroad have been
announced at Chicago. Travellers are
given n choice of eight menus mt the
new prices.
More than 1000 bales of long staple
cotton were destroyed by fire of unde-
termined origin In the warehouse of
the Greenwood Compress and Storage
Company at Greenwood. Mass. The
loss was estimated at S75O,OOO.
After sleeping continually for 1Ss
hours, Mrs. Harvey G. Johnson. SO
years old, was dead at her home in
Granville, New York. Her physician
declared she suffered from no disease.
She fell asleep Nov. % and never
awOke.
A charter was filed at the State De-
partment in Delaware for Great
Southern Steel Company, capitaliza-
ton one hundred and five million dol
lars The concern is authorized to
manufacture iron, steel, copper, coke,
lumber, etc, and to acquire lands con-
tanning the same. A state tax of S5,-
$50 was paid
Police records of New York COM
piled for the month of November
show that 1887 persons were arrest
ed in the month. The largest number
arrested during any month in 1927 was
1883, the record for April. Increases
were evident in the number of persons
arrested for drunkenness and vagran-
cy during the month just past
Requests of $4,000 in jewelry to
each of her children and grandchildren
amounting TO approximately 100000,
and the beStOwal of her two town
houses in New York City to her hus-
band, so long as he does not marry,
are the major items in the will of the
late Mrs. George ]. Could filed in Sur
rOgate's Court at Toms River, n. ].
Damages of S21 400 for the death of
Charles f. van de Water, congressman
elect of Long Beach, on Nov. 20, 1920,
against the owners of the truck into
which his automobile crashed, have
been entered by stipulation in the Los
Angeles Superior Court.
The annual Methodist conference in
session at Pine Bluff, Ark, adopted a
resolution urging Congress to pass the
proposed law forbidding operation of
trains and newspapers on Sunday and
requiring closing of all business and
amusements on Sunday.
DIR. Adolph Lorenz, famous Austrian
surgeon, has announced that in view
of the opposition to his professional
activities in this country from the
medical profession he would discon-
tinue further free clinics and return
to Vienna as soon as possible.
Davis Sandles, 2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John II. Sandles, who had
needle removed from his heart on Nov.
7, in what surgeons said was one of
the most remarkable operations ever
performed in the Northwest, died at
hospital in Minneapolis. The needle
pierced his heart when he fell on
sewing basket
Automobile thieves are reaping the
biggest harvest in history. Best esti-
mates show cars stolen this year in the
United States will number 10000, their
total value being SI0,0OO,00O Insur-
ance agents say depression impelled
many to abandon hish-priced cars and
collect insurance for theft"
One solid carload of liquor was
seized at Richmond, Va, by revenue
agents on the Atlantic coast line. The
liquor was shipped from Georgia and
was destined for New York. The reve-
nue. officers refuse to divulge names
until tho xun rrn Mt a ,o s.o.,.a.l