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L. ]. Caulie, Frank Williams and
Thomas Cline were arrested at Los
Angeles charged with counterfeiting,
and $50 spurious silver dollars and Il
counterfeiting outfit We're seized by
the local police. A spurious coin, of
fered to plain clothes man for chang
ing, led to the arrests.
Police at Fort Worth, Texas, were
notified by authorities mt Leayenworth,
Kan, that, through an examination of
finger print records, man who was
mysteriously slain near there about
two weeks ago has been identified as
William b. Brousefield, an 1. w. w.
organizer of San Diego, Calf.
C. Frederick Kohl, San. Francisco
capitalist and clubman, was found dead
in his room at Del Monte Lodge, at
Del Monte, Cal, with revolver in
his hand. He had been in i'll health
for years as the result Of being shot in
the chest several years ago by do
nestle, believed to have been insane.
Emery Rogers, former lieutenant in
The aviation corps and an instructor mt
various Eastern flying fields, was In
jured fatally in crash at a field near
Los Angeles maintained by CONNER
cial flying company he organized.
Spectators said his monoplane was
about forty feet up and travelling rap
idly when Rodgers attempted turn.
The plane crashed sidewise.
w. II. Hollis, a resident of Fort
Worth, Texas, was taken three miles
west of town by masked men and
whipped, he informed the police. He
said the men took him to the county
Jail following the whipping and re-
leased him. Police say Hollis told them
that he was informed by the masked
men that he was whipped because he
possessed quantity of liquor
William Bouck of Sedro Woolley,
WASH, former master of the Washing
ton State Grange; G. r. Cottrell, ].
II. Wrage and H. A. Briggs, all of
Washington state, were expelled from
the National Grange at its convention
at Portland, Ore, and forever barred
from re-entering the order. Bouck
and his associates were accused of
radical and disloyal actions.
WASHINGTON
A deficiency appropriation bill car
rying approximately s104,000,O00, or
SS6,O00,000 less than the $4,000, 900
requested by various government de-
partments, was reported by the House
opprnrriatinps rnmrniftao Tho NAVY
asked for $27, 100000 and was granted
nothing, while the veterans bureau.
which requested $121, 100000. was al
lotted $85,O00,0O0.
p. Values of the merchandise exported
during October fell to fractional parts
of the totals for the same month last
year, while decided drops in imports
We're noted by the commerce depart
ment in its monthly summary. Exports
TO Europe aggregated 100000, 900 COM
pared with S423,O0O,O0O in October
last year, while imports amounted to
$67, 100000 against SSS.O0O,OOO. Dur
ing the ten months ended with Octo-
her exports to Europe were $2,O56, ,0OO-
900 against $3,720,0O0,0OO the CORE
Epohuiir VI lp-O, W
aggregated $500, 100000 compared with
S1,O7S,OO0,OO0.
A positive order was issued by the
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
quiring railroads to put the approxi-
mately 16 per cent decrease in hay
and grain rates into effect on or be-
fore next Dec. 27.
Conservative estimates of motor
vehicle production for 1921 forecast a
total of 100000 passenger cars and
trucks This compares with 1928, 900
for 1920. 1nasmuch as 1t was predict
ed that 1921 would be million car
year." this output is highly gratifying
10 the industry, for it demonstrates
conclusiyely that the sale of motor
vehicles is established on solid foun-
dations regardless of general Industrial
conditions.
Fifteen ships of the old navy will be
put on the auction block soon, is was
announced by the Navy Department.
Among them are the cruiser Brooklyn,
flagship Of Rear Admiral Schley dur
ing the battle of Santiago. Others are
''N VI lllt
Maine which replaced the battleship
of that name destroyed at Havana, the
battleshlp Missouri, launched in 1901.
the cruiser Memphis, now n wreck on
the San Dominican coast, and the tor
pedo boat Dale, recently known as the
Oriole.
Postmasters have been asked by
Postmaster General Hays to lend a
hand for the first time in attempts to
locate missing people. While they must
not interfere with private affairs or
act as collection agents, postmasters
were instructed to investigate each
case reported to them and when con.
vlnced of its genuiDeness to make in
quiries of other postmasters.
The Supreme Court has refused to
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