The Holly chieftain., 1921-11-24

Sixteen children were injured
when an Oregon Short Line freight
train, carrying beets, backed into n
motor bus conveying the children to
school at crossing at Tremonton.
Utah.
Steve Maslich, Austrian, must die for
the Staying of Marco Laus, fellow
countryman, near Salt Lake City, Aug
:, 1919, the State Supreme Court held
The decision of the lower court WAS af-
flrmed
Mary Williams, negro woman, said 10
be the Oldest negress in Texas, died at
San Antonio. aged 11a years. She had
lived In Texas forty years, coming
from Louisiana. where for many years
she was slave.
An attempt to rob the mail car on
train No. 40 OF the Atcheson, Topeka
Il Santa Fe railway while the train
was standing at the station ut Phoe-
nix, was frustrated when Herman In
derlied of Phoenix, mail clerk in
charge of the car, operpowered the
would-be robber.
Mexico will be represented by com
mission at the meeting of the League
of the Southwest nt Riverside, Calf,
IN December 1t was announced by Ar
mold Kruckman. secretary of the
league. He said he had received Il let
ter from Gen. Alvaro Obregon. presi-
dent of Mexico. to this effect.
Adolph Lunic, a grocerymln in Sioux
City, Iowa, was murdered in cold blood
in his store by negro bandit, who
fired three shots and escaped with n
bag containing $500, the receipts of The
days business. Mrs. Lunic, who had
come to the store to get the money,
{ was threatened by second negro, but
was not injured. She WAS the only wit
ness OF the crime.
WASHINGTON
Expenditure of $53e,o00 to provide a
channel forty feet deep and 1000 feet
wide through the bar outside OF San
Francisco harbor was recommended to
Congress by Major General Beach,
chief of army engineers. Additional
appropriations OF 100000 annually for
maintenance also WAS urged.
uSiS9htSS iihhe tu1 Iilt Jpu
tape of diplomacy-in one regard nj
least They will dispense with the "for-
NAL and official call" long n sacred in
stitution. Somebody figured out that
II all the diplomats and attaches and
advisors were all to call on one nnotli-
er In formal fashion 1t would use up
more than 10000 calling cards.
The new battleship Colorado,
launched last spring with Mrs. Max
Melville of Denver, daughter of Sena-
tor Nicholson, as Its sponsor, is doomed
to destruction II the American propos-
nj as outlined by Secretary Hughes In
his address at the opening of the dis
armament conference should be agreed
10 by the other powers.
Removal of a war savings stamp
from the certificate upon which it was
issued constitutes crime under the
rounterfeitlng laws, according to the
supreme court. The question arose In
the federal District Court at New York
where the government failed In its eff
fort to convict Paul Sacks of purchas.
ing certificates and removing the
stamps.
Machinlsts Mate Cotton was killed
and Lieuts. Steadha Aker and o. d.
spaulding were severely injured when
senplane No. 2,1O0, from the naval air
station. Pensacola, Fla, went into a
tall spin at an altitude of 1000 feet
and crashed off Barrancas Beach.
Construction of highways to the to-
tai value of $78,4OO,OOO, covering g..
26l miles and employing more than
10000 workers, is about to be under
tnken by thirty states as the direct
result Of the recent passage of the
federal highway act.
The proposals of the United States
for ten-year naval holiday will have
no effect on the present status of the
American naval building program,
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY said.
The present building program will con-
hnue until some definite agreement
has been reached and there will not
be even an effort to slow down or
rurtail the building operations pending
me rinal agreement on the matter, the
secretary said
The Australian government Is reduc-
ing Its expenditures for defense by np.
proxlmateiy $1,oJ0OOO. the acting min
ster OF defense announced in the
house Of representatives at Melbourne.
OF sl0s,21S, 1886 collected in regis.
ration fees from 9,245, 1876 passenger
tars and commercial vehicles, 2S,114|
trailers aud 177,234 motorcycles, as
well RS chauffeurs' licenses In the for
weight states md the District of Co
luinbia, Jan. 10 July /, 1921, accord
ing to the United States bureau of pub.
lie roads, the sum of sl01, ,793, ,416 or 81
per cent, is available for good roads.
Total revenue for the year 1920 In reg.
lstration fees was s1O2, 2,548o12.25. The
revenue for the first half Of this year.
therefore, exceeded the entire revenue
mn