The Holly chieftain., 1921-11-10

SAAAA JuuiClhl CIRCUIT, 70 succeed tne
late Judge Hook.
Rafael Olquin, 100 years old, was
found dead In his bed ut his residence
at Sandoval. N. N. He had not been III
and had led an active life despite his
age. He is survived by six sons and
four daughters.
The Chicago thenter, seating 5000
persons, said to be the largest motion
picture theater In the world, has been
formally opened. A line OF persons
six abreast and three blocks long, walt
Ing for admittance, necessitated the
calling Of municipal police The thea
ter cost $4,OOO.0OO.
The Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Company has asked tile Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
to extend $s.178000 Of Its per cent
first mortgage bonds for forty years
at 5h per cent, and for approval of an-
agreement extending the lien OF the
first mortgage to cover the extended
bonds.
Sheriff's deputies on guard In store
at Council Bluffs engaged In gun
battle with gang Of robbers, who
broke into the place. One robber was
killed. Sheriff w. A. Groneweg iden-
titled him as james Blankenship, %
years old. The dead man figured In
the Omaha court house riots two years
ago and was indicted for arson in that
connection, but was never prosecuted.
The memory Of the late Franklin X
Lane. for nearly eight years secretary
of the interior, Is to be perpetuated
thru one of the loftiest peaks In the
Tatoosh range within Mount Rainier
National park. The department Of the
interior has announced that the geo.
graphic hoard had decided TO name the
peak Mde.at Lane. II has an altitude
of 5000 feet, rising one-third of n mile
northwest Of Cliff lake. in Pierce
county, Washington.
William Egan, a member of the
Democratic city committee and recog-
nized as a "pOwer' in local and state
Democratic affairs, was shot and
killed while standing in the doorway
OF his saloon at ST. Louis by unidenti-
fled assailants, who fired at him from
curtained automobile while passing
Il don't know who shot me, and 4
wouldn't tell II did. I'm a good
sport" were Egan's dying words. Po-
lice claim gang feud is responsible
for Egan's death.
WARRINGTON
A bill appropriating $250,OOO to be
used in refunding losses by Liberty
Loan subscribers through failure of
five banks in which they had placed
partial payments has been passed by
the house and sent to the senate, The
banks were located In Pennsylvania,
California. Ohio. Minnesota and North
Dakota.
Returns from more than 600 mutual
savings banks for the year ended June
10 reveal unantlcipated conditions"
according to statement issued by
Comptroller Crissinger. '.Notwithstand
Ing unfavorable conditions he said,
these savings institutions gained both
in number OF depositors and volume
Of deposits"
Advances aggregating s553,75O to |
finance institutions for agricultural
and livestock purposes have been an
nounced by the war finance corpora
ton. Seventeen advances were made
TO institutions in Nevada, Iowa, Ne
braska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Texas and Georgia In amounts
ranging from $500 to $S5,OO0.
Selection of fourteen regional di-
rectors under the national employ.
ment conferences emergency relief
program has been announced by Sec
retary Hoover. The directors will act
as liaison officers between commit
tees. Those selected include Mortimer
Fleischbacker, San Francisco; Win
slow b. Aver, Portland, Ore, and
James S. Gibson. Seattle, Wash.
The bulk of the nations stockyards
are now under the control of the fed
eral government. Secretary of Arrl.
culture Wallace announced the names
of sixty-six stockyards in various parts
of the country that have been deter.
mined MS coming within his jurIsdIc.
tion under the recently enacted pack.
ers and st0ckyards act. The owners
have been formally notified and for.
NAL notices were posted in each Of the
yards Nov. /.
Supreme Court Justice Mullan of
New York signed an order forfeIting
the bond Of $1,000 given by Ludwig
Martens, former representative of sov.
fet Russia in this country, when he
svas arrested two years ago for con-
tempt for failure to turn over certain
records to legislative committee in
vestigating sedltious activities. Martens
was deported before his case was act
ed on by the courts.
President Harding nominated Mateo
Lujan OF Santa Fe. N. NJ. to be recelv-
er of public moneys at Clayton. n. NJ.