The Holbrook news., 1921-03-25

WESTERN
 Four indictments charging misapprO- priation of a total of $255,0 900 have been served on persons figuring in the
 collapse of the bond house of Morris Brothers, Incorporated, of Portland, Ore.
 Because the verses of George Red man of San Francisco aroused naught but laughter and ridicule, he drank poison and leaped into the Pacific ocean, the San Francisco police de- clared.
 The body of Woo Cow, Chinese, bearing nine bullet wounds and numer- Ous knife cuts, was found beside road three miles east of Guadalupe, according to advices received at the sheriff's office in Santa Barbara, Calf. Woo was believed by officers to have been a tong war victim.
 The Nevada State Assembly at Car son City adopted concurrent resolu- tiOn providing for the removal of Dis trict Judge Frank P. Langan for al- legged failure to render decisions with in the legally specified time and to de mand periodical returns in banking receivership case.
 George S. Alderman, a travelling salesman, died at a hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, as result of a knife wound inflicted on him by Francisco Sanchez, a Mexican. The Mexican, who is thought have been crazy, walked up to Alderman on the street and plunged his knife into Ackerman's left eye.
 The First State and Savings Bank of Klamath Falls, Ore, is doing busi- ness as usual again, after having closed its doors on Jan. 12. The re opening, which was declared to have saved over half the sheepmen and cat tlemen of Klamath county from ruin, was preceded by a civic celebration, second only to that of Armistice day.
 Indications are that all but two of the commercial coal mines of Wash ington would be closed when a wage reduction, approximating 20 per cent will be put into effect by operators. About 2,500 miners will leave their jobs, according to the present outlook. About 2,O00 will stay in the mines that are scheduled to remain open at the old scale.
 The Utah Association of Life Under writers has filed a protest with the State Insurance Commission at Salt Lake against the relicensing of the Mountain States Life Insurance Con- pany of Denver. The association al- leges that the company is doing busi- ness in violation of the statutes of Utah, which prohibit discriminations, rebates and stock schemes.
 WASHINGTON
 After a conference with President Harding, Representative Mondell, | House Republican leader, in outlining the probable program and policy of | the new Congress, declared revenue re- vision legislation should be considered | ahead of any temporary, or stop-gap | tariff. He held that the enactment. of | a temporary tariff law would require | as much time as would be necessary | for a permanent tariff.
 The first consignment of German su- gar beet seed to be received since the outbreak of the World was reached | Galveston, Tex, aboard the American steamship Westland from Hamburg and Bremen. The Westland also brought hops, toys, skulls and tusks, together with 800 rolls of print paper.
 April Il was selected for the special session of the Sixty-seventh Congress, &I,r rfe- l administration. The announcement was received with general satisfaction by Senate leaders. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader, mo- tified the Senate of the Presidents de- cision.
 The special session of the Senate, which convened March to confirm important appointments, adjourned sine die without receiving nominations for diplomatic posts or for member ship on the shipping board. The delay ; in shipping board selections was at tributed to a technicality of th9 mer- cnant marine act, requiring all seven members of the new board must be l named before any could assume his du- ( ties. President Harding is understood { to have been prepared to nominate ( two or three, but was rot ready for aIl {
 A recess appointment as commis- siOner of the general land office has been given by President Harding to { S. Spry, former governor of { Utah. Edward c. Finney of Kansas was given a recess appointment by | President Harding as first assistant ( secretary of the interior
 In the first open airplane design S to be conducted by the g Navy Department five designs for a new type of naval plane have been ac- ] cepted on preliminary examination out T of forty designs submitted by thirty S and individuals. s
 Secretary of War Weeks has an that Col. J. Mahew Vain I wright of New York will be named as t assistant secretary of war. Colonel !" is a New York National e Guard officer and served as inspector c general on the staff of Major General V O'Ryan of the Twenty-seventh division tc turing the World war
 Thirty-five Indians, some in tribal ] 1-1 VII 4