The Dolores star., 1921-10-07
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The submarine R-6 attached to the
Pacific fleet sank in the outer harbor
at San Pedro. 1t is believed the disas-
ter was caused by water rushing into
the submarine through an open torpe-
do tube
A 5000 tombstone will be placed
on the grave of Jake l.. Hamon, Re
publican national committeeman killed
at Ardmore Okla, last Novemer, ac-
cording to Frank l.. ketch, admins
traitor for the Hamon estate, who let
the contract
Horace A. McLain, street car motor
man, is held in jail in Oakland by
police authorities who declared that
he made four attempts all within fif-
teen minutes, to end his life. First, it
is alleged, McLain attempted suicide
by inhaling gas: next by drinking poi
son; next he attempted TO slash his
throat with razor, and finally tried
to shoot himself with revolver.
Six named peaks in Montana have
elevations exceeding 1900 feet, and
several unnamed peaks rise to greater
heights, according to the United States
Geological Survey. All these peaks are
in the Beartooth national forest, in
Carbon county, in the south central
part Of the state. The highest of these
is Granite peak, 1850 feet; the next
highest is Mount Wood, 1880 feet.
The Independent Medical Associa-
ton, in convention at st. Louis, adopt
ed resolution favoring beer of 2A
per cent alcoholic content, and de-
nouncing the dry law. The resolution
asserted that the association was Con
vinced Of the necessity of properly
brewed lager beer in the treatment of
patients" and that beer of 2Z per
cent alcoholic content would be "ad-
mirably adapted as a substitute for
stronger alcoholic drinks now con-
sumed by our people in large quanti-
ties"
WASHINGTON
Former Judge George Van Fleet of
South Bend, Ind, who sponsored the
Harding cause In Indiana in the pre-
convention days, has been named by
President Harding for seven-year
term as member of the federal trade
commission. He succeeds John Gar
land Pollard Of Virginia, Wilson ap-
pointee.
Resolutions adopted recently by the
American Bar Association at Cincin-
natl condemning Judge Lands for ac-
cepting the position of baseball COM
missioner, while serving on the bench,
has been transmittt to Speaker Gil
lett, with request that they be laid
before the proper committee of the
House. There was no intimation, how
ever, as to what action, If any, would
be taken.
Tax dodgers are getting away with
more than 81 100000 every year
that ought to go into the United States
treasury. That's one reason treasury
officials and members of Congress ad-
mitted why the rest of the American
people are called on to bear such heavy
tax burdens. 1t is also the reason Con-
gress proposes certain changes In the
tax law, to plug tax leaks through
which millions of dollars yearly are
lost.
Indications of a break in the bust
ness depression were given by the re-
port of the car service division of the
American Railway Association. 1t
showed that during the week of Sept.
II there were S53,762 cars loaded with
revenue freight. This is the largest
number of cars loaded { iring any one
week since Dec. 4, 1920.
Hearty sympathy in the work of the
American committee for devastated
France was expressed by President
Harding in letter to Miss Ann Nor
gan, an official of the committee. who
wrote inviting him to attend a marine
band concert in New York to raise
funds for French rehabilitation. He
declined the invitation, explaining that
public affairs would not permit his at
tendance.
Retention of the corporation capital
stock tax and repeal of all OF the spe-
cial taxes such as those on brokers,
proprietOrs of theaters, circuses, auto
mobile bus lines, shooting galleries
and the like, is proposed in one of a
series of amendments to the Repub-
lican tax revision bill offered by Sem
ator Simmons of North Carolina, on
behalf of the Democratic members of
the finance committee.
Labor organizations in Great Brit
ain, France, Italy and Japan were
asked to join in worldwide demon
strations for disarmament" on Armis-
tice Day, when the armament confer
ence assemblies, In cablegrams sent out |
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Letters threatening the safety of
Miss Alice Robertson, congresswoman
of Oklahoma, were turned over to post
al authorities for investigation, it was