Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-11


has been named by President Hard
ing az federal circuit Judge for the
eighth judicial circuit. 10 succeed the
late Judge Hook.
Rafael OlquiB, 100 years old. was
found dead In his bed at his residence
ut SsndOyal, y. 81. He had not been III
and had led an active life despite bis
age. He is survived by six sons and
four daughters
The Chicago ffeafer, seating 5000
persons, said 10 be the largest motion
picture tbeafer in the world. has been
formally opened. A line Of persons
six abreast and three blocks long wait
ing for sdmitiance. necessitated ihe
chilling Of municipal police The thea
ter cost Sl.O00,OOO
The Fort Worth & Denver RaiIway
Company has nsIed the Interstate
Commerce Commission for authority
90 extend ss.1TGO0O Of It's 6 per cent
nnst mortgage bonds for forty years
at ~ per cent, and for approval OF an
agreement extending the lien OF the
first mortgage 10 cover the extended
bonds.
Shen!fE deputies on guard In a store
az Council Bluffs engaged In gun
battle with a gnDg OF robbers. who
broke into the place one robber was
killed. Sheriff w. A Groneweg fden-
tilted him as james BnnkensIlp, -
years old. The dead man figured 10
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 1oftiest peaks in the
Tatoosh range within Mount Rainier
National park. The department Of the
interior has announced that the geo
graphic board had decided to name the
peak Mount Lane. 1t has an altitude
OF 6,000 feet, rising one-thlrd of mile
northwest OF Cliff lake. in Pierce
county, Washington.
William Egnn, a member of the
Democratic city committee and recog-
nized ms a power" In local and state
Democratic affairs was shot and
Killed while standing I'm the doorway
OF his saloon at st. Louis by unidenti-
fled nssailnnts, who fired at him from
curtalned automobile while passing
81 don't know who shof me, and
wouldn't tell II ! did. I'm good
sport" were Egan's dying words. Po-
lice claim gang feud is responsible
for Egan's death.
WASHINGTON
A bill appropriating S2J0,O0O to be
used in refunding losses by Liberty
Loan subscribers through failure of
five banks in which they had placed
partial payments has been pissed by
the house and sent to the senate The
banks were located in Pennsylvania,
California, Ohio, Minnesota and North
Dakota.
Returns from more than GOO mutual
savings banks for the year ended June
30 ''reveal unanticipated conditions"
according to a statement issued by
Comptroller Crissinger. "Notwlthstand
Ing unfayorable conditions he said,
these savings institutions gained both
In number of depositors and volume
OF deposits
Advances aggregating S553,750 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
Dakotn, Texas and Georgia In amounts
ranging from $500 to $4,000.
Selection of fourteen regional di-
rectors under the national employ
ment conferences emergency relief
program has been announced by Sec
retary Hoover. The directors viii act
as llaison 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 Agrl-
culture Wallace announced the names
OF sixty-sIx stockyards In various parts
of the country that have been deter
mined as coming within his jurisdic-
tlon under the recently enacted pack
ers and stoclyards act. The owners
have been formally notified and for
NAL notices were posted in each of the
yards Nov. J..
Supreme Court Justice Mulan OF
New York signed an order forfeitIng
the bond Of $1,000 given by Ludwig
Martens, former representative of Soy
lat Russia in this country, when he
was arrested two yenrs ago for con
tempt for failure TO turn over certain
records to n Legislative committee in
vestigatlng 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-