, 1922-12-28

French ship, had reported all ON board
saved.
GENERAL
a slight earthquake shock was felt
in A%Iissoula, Mont, recently. Residents
were awakened, pictures shaken from
walls and dishes ratified. No damage
was reported.
Four persons were instantly killed
and another was slight injured at
Port Arthur, Texas, when a street car
struck the truck in which they were
riding. All of the party were EN- route
to their work.
Between 0 and 700 persons, COM
prising the spectators in two moving
picture theaters, were forced to run for
safety when fire destroyed the Repub.
lie and damaged the Garden theaters
in Annapolis, Md.
Twenty-Five civilian employees of the
Brooklyn naval base were arrested by
Department of Justice agents from
New York city in connection with
grand jury indictments charging more
than $~1,000,000 worth of goods have
been stolen from the base since the
war. Goods stolen from the naval
base included clothing, oil and other
materials, according to the federal
agents.
The Transportation Brotherhoods
National Bank, the sixth of Its kind in
America, opened for business In Min
neapolis recently with initial deposits
of more than $4,000 during the first
hour of business. The bank is CAPT.
talized at 5000 00, and will be oper-
ated on a plan similar to the Engineers
| Cooperative Bank of Cleveland. The
stock Is held by members of the four
transportation brotherhoods of ths
Northwest.
the U. s. forest service, "a large part
of the danger to the national forests
from man-cnused fires is due to the
seasonal influx of tourists, campers
hunters, and fishermen, and other Wis
itors from the cities and from distant
parts of the country. A national cam
paign of public education on the sub.
ject of forest fires is demanded II the
ask of protection of the vast area of
the national forests, from Maine and
Florida to California and Washington
is to be successfully performed.
Twenty-three of the twenty-seven
persons who have been missing since
the tug Reliance struck on the rocks
off Lizard island, near Sault Ste Ma.
RE, Ont, have been saved, according
TO reports from the tug Grey, which
reached the week. Earlier reports
said that all hope for the lives of
twenty-seven vanished with the find
ing of two overturned lifebouts known
to have carried the party.
Soldiers bonus and highway i'm.
provement recount for approximately
50 per cent of the $3T6.6S5, 1l5.12 au-
SO per cent Of the $376,6s5.12 au.
thorized Indebtedness OF thirteen Mid
die West and Northwest states, nc
cording to reports of state treasurers
from the various states. OF this
amount $751;, 1915 is represented In
bonds or certificates of Indebtedness
already issued. Voters OF Illinois.
Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio have
authorized the payment Of SPOT .705.0OO
to veterans OF the world war, a por-
ton OF which already has been dis.
tributed. Illinois, Michigan and Mis-
souri, have provided for n system OF
good highways representing an ex-
penditure OF S1l5.oo0,o0o
May Walker ollie Homestead, n Hol.
stein COW owned by the Minnesota
Holsteln Company at Austin. Mimi.
has broken the world record for a
years production OF butter, her figure
for 1896 days being 1,2l7.27 pounds OF
butter fat, the equivalent OF 1915
pounds OF butter. according to A. l..
Eberhart, president Of n company
and manager OF "a packing plant in
Omaha.
Ismet Pashn has announced that
the American colleges and institutions