The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-26

Fire, attributed to defective wiring
on the third floor of a building accu-
pied by the Combs Mercantile Com
pany at Wichita, Kan, caused a loss
estimated at about 100000 to stock
and property.
j. ID. Mizener, night city marshal
died ut Brookfield, Mo-. of bullet
wounds incurred in Il fight with auto
mobile thieves. The thieves abandoned
one automobile and escaped In the
marsllai's car.
Cutting two valuable spruce trees on
the property Of AIagnus Swenson, pres
itlent Of the Norwegian American
steamship line, to decorate for a
Christmas dance, cost members of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity of Madison,
Wis, $3.50. when settlement was made.
Emil Umann, assistant manager of
downtown tlieater In Kansas City,
was held up in the play house by two
armed men and robbed of $2,200 in
cash, part of the theater's payroll, he
reported to the police. In escaping,
one of the bandits dropped a satchel
containing $500.
Fifteen minutes after Henry L. Tien-
ken OF Dallas, S. d., and Miss Julia
Drumming of Omaha were married in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, the automobile
in which they were riding to Omaha,
plunged over an embankment, causing
injuries from which Tienken died. His
bride Suffered minor bruises.
l. Mont porrv fnr,,,or hup1yot ne T oval.
ton, Quincy and Greenville, Calf,
charged with embezzlement Of funds of
the proposed First National Bank of
Quincy, pleaded guilty in Superior
Court and was sentenced to from one
to ten years in San Quentin penite-
tiary He was arrested recently at
Terrell, Texas.
WASHINGTON
The House has passed a bill author
izing the President to turn over sur
plus army medical supplies not to ex-
ceed $4,OO0,O00 in value to the Amer
lean relief organizations at work in
Russia. The Senate passed u similar
measure.
The American government has noti-
fled Cuba that she may not negotiate
a loan Of $5,OO0,OOO in the United
States, but that the conclusion of the
further loan of $50,0O0,00O, suggested
by Cuba, will depend upon the ability
of the island authorities to reduce fur
ther the Cuban budget, 1t was said at
the State Department.
Figures on the cost of living in twen-
| ty-one cities issued by the bureau of
labor statistics, showed declines from
June, 1920 to December, 1921, ranging
from 1875 per cent at Los Angeles to
21.6 per cent at Cincinnati, while de-
clines from September, 1921, to Decem-
ber ranged from unchanged at Scran.
ton to 30 per cent at st. Louis.
The hope of the late Henry Stead
| Australian publisher and journalist
that each nation touching on the Pa.
cific ocean establish ministry OF
friendship" was conveyed to Secre.
tary Hughes by Alexander Hume Ford
| director of the Pan-Pacific Union. Mr.
Ford said the hope was expressed by
Mr.. Stead in his "last written message
/ just prior TO mis- deatn.
| Lew Wallace, Jr., of Crawfordville
Ind, was appointed by Secretary Mel
Ion to be director Of savings in the
Treasury Department. He is grand
son of the late General Lew Wallace
and himself served in the World Wal
as captain Of artillery.
President Harding by executive or
der has removed from civil service re
quirements the office Of deputy com
missioner of internal revenue, 1t wal
said at the treasury. There are fivs
deputy commissioners, each office pay
ing salary of $1,000 year.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon ap
peared before the House ways ant
means committee to urge favorable &C
ton on the resolution to amend tn,
constitution SO as to prohibit the issu
ance of tax exempt securities by state
city and county governments.
A tour unique in the history of tn,
! United States army will be undertak
en- in the course Of the next few day
when Capt. John T. Axton, chief o
chaplains, will visit many posts ant
hold conferences with chaplains of th'
regular army, the officers reserv,
corps and the National Guard. Th
itinerary Will cover approximate.
10000 miles.
A fight to repeal the Volstead ac
and permit the sale of 2.75 per cen
beer and light wines will be carried t,
the voters of Ohio this fall, under tn
terms OF the referendum law, accord
ing to Capt. William 81. Stayton, man
aging vice president Of the Nationa
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment.
American trade with Europe wa
greater by $775,OO0,0OO in 1921 thai
during the last prewar year, 1913, nc
cording to an estimate based on elevel
months statistics, made public by tn
Commerce Department