The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-09
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DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
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Mrs. Bertha Wilkes and her 15-year-
old daughter, Treva Pote, on trial Mt
Everett, WASH, charged with the
shooting of Gus DanielsOn, Nov. 8,
were acquitted by unanimous vote of
the jury. Two ballots were taken, one
on first degree murder and one on sec
ond degree murder.
SIX of the largest type submarines
stationed on the Pacific coast, the $50
to S-35, inclusive, have been rejected
by the Navy Department on account
of faulty cranksllafts, it was an
nounced at Los Angeles by Pacific
fleet officials, and will be sent to New
London, Conn, from Mare Island,
Calf.
Evidence in the form of seventy-five
gallons of mash and eight gallons of
District Court at Tacoma, Wash, by
Judge F. l.. Cushman on the ground
that the evidence, while obtained le-
gally by state officers under state
laws, was not taken by Il search war
rant, Us prescribed by federal laws.
Shot down while writing at desk
by Il mysterious assassin, William Des-
mond Taylor, widely known motion
picture producer and director, was
found dead in his luxurious bungalow
in the Westlake district of Los An
geles. Death was caused by bullet
wound in the back, just below the left
shoulder. according to the police.
Five children were Killed while play
ing in the yard of the school of Cruz
de Calves in Hermosillo, Mexico,
to extract the powder from bomb
left there at the time Francisco Villa,
with his forces, storlned the town, ac-
cording to dispatch received in San
Antonio, Texas, by the newspaper La
Prensa.
John Hill, beet field laborer of
Yakima, WASH, agreed to a suggestion
OF Superior Judge George b. Holden
that he submit to sterilization oper-
alton. Hill had entered plea of
guilty to charge of the theft of some
hams from Il store at Toppenish,
WASH, because. he said, he had been
unable to find work to support his
family.
Albert Hicks is in an Olympia hos
pital in Tacoma suffering from gun
shot wound in the arm, hanging by
the neck and blow on the head with.
a club. He was found hanging in his
cabin at logging camp with his toes
touching the floor. He told the hos
pital physicians he had heen attacked
by two neighbors who had forced him
to sign q statement that he had killed
horses and cows and had burned a
barn recently.
WASHINGTON
Growers of beet and cane sugar in
the United States have been offered
a cash allotment equal to four-tenths
of u cent per pound on their total 1921
sales by Cuban cane sugar growers In
return for support in the fight of the
Cuban sugar interests against imposi-
tiOn Of additional duty on sugar i'm
ports, according to Alfred Glover, who
said he was authorized to act for the
Cuban producers.
Payment of S2O9sO2 by Belgium as
a semi-annual installment of 5 per cent
interest on its obligation to this coun-
try of $S,0OO,0O0 for surplus war ma
terials has been received by the treas
ury. The principal is due Aug. 5.
Gov. n. E. Kendall of Iowa has re-
ceived IL telegram from w. S. Kenyon
stating that he will not resign his seat
in the United States Senate to accept
the appointment of circuit judge of the
Eighth district until the constitutional
question raised has been settled.
Public hearings by the Colorado
river commission will be resumed at
Phoenix, Ariz, beginning March 10, 1t
was announced in Washington by Sec
retary Hoover. Meetings of the COM
mission have been concluded and the
state representatives on the commits
sion are en- route to their homes.
Edward II. Shaughnessy OF Chicago,
second assistant postmaster general,
died at Walter Reed hospital from in
juries received in the Knickerbocker
theater disaster. Although Mr.. Shaugh-
nessys injuries were known to be of
a critical nature. his condition had
shown Improvement and his death was
unexpected.
Accompanied by Senator Wadswortll
of New York, George Eastman, presi-
dent of the Eastman Kodak Company
of Rochester, N. Y, handed back to
the War Department $1S2,772.6O as a
refund to the government on wartime
contracts. The action was voluntary
on the part of the company. Repre-
sentatives of the company, 1t was said,
asserted that it had made no profit on
Its contract. After receipt of the
check, General Pershing wrote let
ter to Mr.. Eastman, expressing his
'high apDreciatiOn Of this fine and M