The Holly chieftain., 1922-04-13

| WGoI G6N
-Four babies, each weighing less than
one pound, were born to Mrs. c. Tabbi
at the Bakersfield, Calf, emergency
hospital. Mother and babies are rest
ing nicely.
The shipwrecked crew of the steam
schooner Fnirhaven, which sank off the
west coast of Mexico have arrived in
San Francisco on the /. steamer San
Juan. II consisted Of Capt. A. l.. Laur,
four other officers and twenty men.
| A vigorous man hunt is under way in
the hills of Marine county, California,
following the daring escape of four
prisoners from the state prison at San
Quentin, by means of forged passes
and the theft of the automobile of the
prison physician.
| While her husband, Homer Samuels,
placed the value of jewelry stolen from
Nine. Amelita Galli-Curci at Los An
geles at $45,O0O L. L. Behymer, under
whose direction she is appearing in
concerts in this section, said proper
figure would be nearer 100000"
Suit for damages, based on alleged
trespass of an eighth of an inch along
n distance of fourteen feet in the con-
struction Of n house, was smoothed out
in Judge Deasy's court at San Fran
cisco. The defendant agreed to. shave
off the offending fraction of an inch
and the litignnts left court.
| Tbrao .y,t0 ul-o r,op hold op5
robbed the cnshier of the Dairy Deliv-
cry Company at San Francisco of $9,-
321. The robbers, in an automobile,
crowded the machine of the dairy COM
pany to the curb and forced Charles e.
Benedict, the cashier, to hand over the
money which was being taken TO a
bank.
Organization of central body by
the representatives of eighteen wom-
ems auxiliaries of the order of B'nai
Birth was completed at meeting at
Sacramento in connection with the an
nual district convention of the B'nai
Birth, representing eight western
states and British Columbia. 1t will be
known as the Womens Central Com
mittee, Independent Order of B'nai
Birth.
WASHINGTON
The agricultural appropriation bill,
carrying $35, 600, but without the
item Of 100000 for free seeds, has
been reported. AS turned over to the
Senate them easure is $116,3OO larger
than as it passed the House.
Establishment of a privately owned
merchant marine through government
lid, as proposed by President Harding
and the shipping board, would necessi-
$52, 100000 monthly, Senate and House
committees considering the ship sub
sidy bill were told by Chairman Lasker
| Of the board.
An echo of the Washington arms
conference is heard in the action of
the Chinese government in abrogating
the Russo Chinese customs agreement
of 1881, reported to the Department of
Commerce by Minister Jacob G. Schur-
man at Peklng, and made public to-
gether with other tariff developments
in foreign countries.
| A government-owned and operated
corporation to be conducted under the
supervision of three directors appoint
ed by the President for development of
the nitrate and water power projects
at Muscle Shoals, Ala, was proposed
In congressional resolution made pub
lie by Senator Norris of Nebraska,
chairman of the Senate agricultural
committee
Disregarding the demands and insist
ent appeals of President Harding and
Secretary of the Navy DENLY, the
House appropriations committee in n
bill laid before the House recommend
ed slash of nearly $2O0,0OO,OOO in the
Navy Departments estimates for the
coming fiscal year and provided for a
reduction in the .navy's enlisted person
mel from 100000 to $1,000.
All hope of effecting early settle
ment Of the nationwide coal strike
operators and striking coal miners by
the House labor committee has been
definitely abandoned. Rejection of the
joint conference invitation by major
lty of the operators in the central COM
petitive field was announced by Chair
man Nolan of the congressional COM
| mittee.
| House and Senate differences on
the bill TO extend the time in which
the general public and the press may
use the federal owned radio have been
compromised by the conference COM
mittees of the two houses. Agreement
was reached to permi. public use of
the facilities to June 30, 1925.
A memorial to Rear Admiral Robert
e. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole,
was dedicated in Arlington National
cemetery when huge spheroId made
of white granite from his native state
| Of Maine was unveiled at his last rest.