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The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
EXPOSE FRAUD
 AT NAVY YARD p MEN JAILED FOR WHOLESALE THEFT FROM U. S. NAVAL
 BASE
BIG PLOT IS BARED
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY SOLD TO OUTSIDERS BY CHANGING
 ACQUISITIONS.

New York.-Details of an alleged navy base were revealed here with the arrest of twenty-two civilian employees.
 Twenty-three persons were indicted recently by federal grand jury after long investigation in which the Navy Intelligence Service Department of Justice. and New York police joined
 The men were arraigned before Fed eral Judge Gavin and held in 5000 bail each. None could furnish this amount and the court indicated it might reduce bail if an early date for trial could not be fixed at the next hearing Jan. 3.
 Although authorities at the Navy Department in Washington declared their reports of the thefts in Brooklyn indicated total of only S1,20O in rOlved, the indictments returned against the twenty-three persons ar- rested charge thefts totaling S2,100 under three headings, of $500, S6OO and S1.000.
 Navy intelligence officers under look to find out the cause for the dis crepancieS between the inventories and she stock supposed to be on hand, but he thieves were too cunning for the regular naval detective force. the mem- bers of which were apparently well known to those who were doing the stealing.
 William J. Burns, chief of the bu- reau of invest g;..ion of the depart ment of justice, was then asked for help and ordered Edward ]. Brennan, head of the bureaus New York office to assign operatives.
 Brennan consulted Police Commis- sioner Enright and borrowed the serv- ices of Detective Francis Trainor.
 Under the direction of federal agents Robert Walsh and Ralph Navarro and Lieutenant Trainor men were put into the warehouse as checkers, laborers. watchmen and bookkeepers. These de tectives found themselves watched narrowly until they took advantage of opportunities oDNlouSlN put III tHelI way of stealing small articles such as wrist watches and marine glasses. Not until they actually concealed these ar ticles and .,rctended to steal them were they able to get any evidence against the men now in custody.
 They then learned that government property was being stolen by the truck load including great boxes uf clothing. paint by the t-rrel, crates of class and cOmmerci,- alcohol by the gallon.
 The federal agents said the thefts were worked trough "doctored' req uisitions. For instance, when an in- voice was presented for shipment f 400 pieces of any article, the number was raised to 1,40O. The extra thous- and was sold to outside contractors and concerns by the fraud ring" it was alleged.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
IND0RSE MARKET PLAN
AGRICULTURAL BLOC HOPES FOR
 SPEEDY ACTION.
COOPERATIVE ACTION OF FARM. ERS' ASSOCIATIONS TERMED
 GREAT BENEFIT.

Washington.-Co-Operative market ing of farm crops received assurances of support from members of admins branches of the government, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Eugene Meyer, Jr, managing director of the War Finance Corporation, and Ralph c. Miller, member of the Federal Reserve Board, told delegates to the first na- donal council of farmers cooperative marketing associations that commodity associations had done more toward re- storing financial stability in the United States than any other factor, and Sen atOr Capper of Kansas, leader of the Senate farm bloc. declared the pros poets were growing better daily for action on rural credits legislation.
 Secretary Hoover said the farmer had every right to demand relief from the depression into which his indus try had fallen, because it had suffered more than any other. He expressed the opinion that the farmers greatest hope for relief lay ir cooperative mar ket;ng and he predicted that the senti ment of the country would guarantee them the constructive measures they needed. Lack of transportation facili- ties MT. Hoover said, has caused the farmer greater loss than high rates.
 Senator Capper declared the coop erative idea offers more encourage ment in pulling the farmer out of the hole in which he finds himself, due to financial and industrial conditions, than any other factor"
 MT. Meyer joined Mir. Hoover and Senator Capper in praising the work of the several hundred associations represented by the delegates from thirty-six states. MT. Meyer said he believed all credit facilities of the fed eral reserve board should be extended to farmers, and intimated that he thought the finance corporation should cease to exist after expiration of the present authorization from Congress, and that its financing of farmers should be taken over by local banks.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
SWAMP ROOT FOR
 KIDNEY AILMENTS

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 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y., for . sample bottle. When writing be sure aad mention this paper.-Advertisemen
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
IRISH EXECUTE
 SEVEN REBELS IRREGULARS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR INTERFERING
 WITH TRAINS. GIVEN DEATH PENALTY RUMOR SAYS EAMON DE VA. LIBRA HAS BEEN AR
 RESTED.

Dublin.-FOur railway men and three laborers were executed here for interfering with trains in County Xiii dare.
 The seven men executed were cap- tured Nov. 13 by Free State troops in house, the location of which was not learned With them a quantity of stolen goods, rifles and ammunition was found.
 The men were tried by military committee and sentenced to death on the charge of train wrecking.
 The men are reported to have been members of the Republican army.
 The official army report of the ex- cautions gives the names of the men as Stephen White and Patrick Bagnel of Kildare, laborers; Joseph Johnston and Patrick Mangan of Kildare, rail- way workers; James O'Connor of Ban sha. Tipperary, and Patrick Nolan of Rathbride, railway workers, and Brian Moore of Rathbride, laborer
 They were arrested. with others, at Rathbride, County Kildare, says the official report, which adds that they were found guilty by a military com mittee of possessing, without proper authority, ten rifles, POO rounds of am- munitiOn, four bombs with detonatOrs and one exploder.
 The executed men were part of a gang which was held responsible for troop train attacks, ambushes and lootings in the region of Kildare
 The Rev. Father Donnelly attended the executions and prayed with the men before they met death. The con- demned men had been allowed to com municate with relatives.
 Republican irregulars recently made attacks cn both Dublin and Cork. In Dublin they attempted to raid the home of the son of Lord Glenavy, president of the Senate. The house was set on fire, but not destroyed.
 The plant of the Dublin Independ- ent, a newspaper, was bombed during the night
 The Free State barracks were at tackled at Cork
 EamOnn de Valera is reported to have been deposed by the Republicans, who claim he is not sufficiently az gressive. A rumOr that De Valera had been arrested has been circulated here.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
OUTLAWS KILL
 FEDERAL GUARD
BANK GUARD KILLED AND S2OO,- 900 STOLEN FROM CEN-
 VER MINT.
U. s. MINT IS ROBBED
FIFTY EHP; DYES EXCHANGE SHOTS WITH BANDITS; ONE
 RoBBER WOUNDED.

Denver.-Four bandits held up fed eral reserve bank automobile in front of the United States mint here, and after terrific gun battle with mint employees, made their escape with S2OO,O0O in S5 bills.
 Charles T. Linton, federal reserve guard and widely known politician, was fatally wounded at the first on rush of the bandits. He died later at the county hospital.
 One of thu bandits was shot through the jaw, but was loaded into the ban dits' automobile by his companions and carried away.
 The bandits car sped away up West Coifax avenue amid hall of bullets, flew through teeming traffic and shot out past the state capitol building to- ward Aurora.
 The robbery was the most gigantic in Denver's history and one of the boldest crimes ever perpetrated in this country.
 With sawed-off shotguns, two of the bandits bombarded the front door of the mint as they leaped from their car.
 Fifty employees of the mint were summoned by an electric alarm bell, grasped shotguns and ran to give bat tie to the outlaws.
 Fusillades of shots ripped their way through buildings across from the mint and spat against the granite sides of the big government building, plung- ing the neighborhood into frenzy of excitement.
 The $2OO,OOO in eight boxes had just been loaded into the federal reserve truck when the bandit car drove up beside it and stopped.
 Three bandits leaped from the ma chine. One wore a handkerchief over his face. The others were unmasked. A fourth bandit remained at the wheel.
 As the bandits hit the ground, they began to shoot. Linton, standing near the rear of the truck, was plugged the abdomen, but managed to shoot first and hit one of the outlaws.
 Concealed behind the government car, which is enclosed and heavily wired, the bandits smashed open window, lifted out the bags and shifted them with almost incredible into their own car.
 Four federal reserve employees were assigned to the truck bearing the cash.
 Employees of the mint were handi- capped in battling the bandits by the fear that they might hit one of the government men.
 Robert J. Grant and federal reserve officials announced the government carried full insurance and will not lose anything by the robbery. The of ficials have numbers of all the bills and these have been sent to every bank in the country.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Herrin Witnesses oraanize.

Marion, u.-SwOrn to protect the lives of their members who have testi- fled for the prosecution at the trial of five men charged with murder in connection with the Herrin mine riots, a secret organization of farmers was reported to have been formed in Will namson and Johnson counties. For the life of every farmer taken as the result of his testimony in the trial we will exact a toll of ten lives of his attackers" was said to have been the words spread broadcast over the coun- tryside.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Mrs. Brunch Acquitted of Murder.

Mount Holly, N. Y.-Mrs. Doris Bru nen was acquitted and her brother, Harry c. Mohr. was found guilty Ot murder in the first degree in cOnnec ton with the staying of the formers husband, Honest" John T. Brunch circus owner. The jury recommended that Mohr be sentenced to life i'm prisonment at hard labor. Charles N. Powell, confessed slayer, said he shoi Brunch at his home in Rivedside, N. l., on March 10 at the instigation of Mrs. Brunch and MOhr.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Rewards for Capture of sandit..

Denver. - The city of Denver, through Mayor Dewey c. Bailey, of fered a reward of $10,0OO for the cap ture, dead or alive, of the bandits who held up messengers of the Federal Re serve bank in front of the mint and escaped with S2OO,OOO after killing Charles T. Linton, one of the guards. The city also offers $2.5OO for infOr- nation leading to the apprehension of any one of the gang. The Federal Re serve bank of Kansas City has of fered a reward of $1,00O.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Arbuckle Will Return to Screen.

Los Angeles, Calif-Will H. Hays, chairman of the motion picture indus tries, said here that Roscoe c. (Fatty) Arbuckle might have his chance to come back in the motion pictures. Joseph Schenck, producer, said: "Ros- COG will go to work for me. l am glad to help give him his chance" Jesse l.. Lasky, vice president of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, said: we are sure ArbuckIe will prove worthy of the trust"
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
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John D.

A sophomore, suspected of being radical, remarked while dining (''din- ing" is used euphemistically) at the cafeteria at the University of Chicago that it was funny having a bust of John D. Rockefeller, the worlds most famous dyspeptic. watch proceedings from mantel there. Maybe it's to pour oil on troubled waters" he said It is reported that the young upstart was ordered confined to his room pending arraignment on charge of reasOn-ChicagO American.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
I. w. w. Held in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles.-Fifty-one men arrest ed as members of the Industrial Work CTS of the World were arraig--e in the Police Court on misdemeanor charges of idleness and being absolute per sons. All but a few could not speak English, and whose cases were con tinued, pleaded not guilty and demand ed jury trials. Seven others were held for arraisnment in the Superior Court on felony Giarges of criminal syndicalisln. They were alleged to be leaders of the l. w. w. meetings.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
s7o.ooo Shortage in Chicago Bank.

ChicagO.-NatiOnal bank examiners have discovered shortage of SIO,0OC on the First National bank of Chicago the second largest banking institution in the city Seth Anderson, manager of the banks clearing department was arrested on q warrant obtained by +. E. Newhall, cashier of the bank Mir. Newhall said the shortage had been first discovered by the banks auditing department. The bank is full ly protected by insurance, he said.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Admit Wreckina Train.

St. Joseph, -4o.-Alvin Marion Clark of Easton, Mo, and William Kramer, no address, both 19 years old, were ar rested here ard confessed, according to the local police, to wrecking Bur lington passenger train No. 16, east of SaxtOn The train, St. Joseph to St. Louis, was derailed when a rail was removed and seven coaches and the engine left tho track. The boys planned to rush in after the derail- ment and rob the mail car, they said.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Unnamed Ship Is Found.

West Palm Beach, Fla.-LOcal GUS toms officials have a runaway sIOOp on their hands at Lake Worth The vessel, registering thirty-five tons, was brought into port by two negro fisher men, who reported they found it under full sail in the Gulf stream, fourteen miles off Jupiter. The vessel was un- manned, although a good supply of provisions was aboard and there was evidence that it had only recently been abandoned.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Abandon Hope for Flyers.

Nogales, Ariz-All hope of finding Col. Francis c. Marshall and Lieut.. C. L. Webber, missing aviators, or their bodies, virtually has been abandoned Dy flyers and officers at Camp Ste phen D. Little, from which the search s being conducted. Experienced fly CTS doubt strongly If the missing avia- iors flew as far south as the border pr over into Mexico. They hold that t is illogical to believe that there had been engine trouble.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Martial Law in Poland.

Warsaw.-Martial law became ef- fective in Warsaw by proclamation of the cabinet. Captain Niewadomski, the crazed artist who assassinated Presi- dent Narutowicz, has been held for trial by court-marhal. At his prelim- mary examination he declared he had acted on his owl initiative in shooting the president and that he had no ac- complices. The declaration of martial
 law has added to the sense of security felt by the Polish people. .saa n
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Claims Arms Conference Failed.

Wichita, Kan.-What he termed the failure of the disarmament conference held in Washington some time ago was stressed here by Josephus Dan- Iels, former secretary of the navy. Recent events" Mir. Daniels said, demonstrate that the disarmament conference failed in its purpose. Eng land and Japan. 1t would appear, got the best of the United States in the agreement to scrap capital ships, placing no restrictions upon construc- ton of light vessels and aircraft"
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Orders Liquor Taken Back.

elphia.-Declaring that United States prohibition agents violated the fOarth amendment of the constitution in making raids without proper search warrants, Judge Thompson, in the United States District Court, dismissed two liquor cases involving several hun dred thousand dollars. Liquor and wines valued at $9O0,OOO were ordered returned to the warehouse of J. L. Lipschutz, where it had been seized by dry agents.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Urge Water Project Undertaken.

New York.-Developmen of a water projected, designed to produce 1.2OO,- 900 horsepower by harnessing the sources of energy in Lake St. John and the Sagueny river in the province of Quebec has been undertaken by American and Canadian interests. The projects principal packers, 1t was said. are James B. Duke of New York, hold CT of large tobacco interests, and Sir William Price, head of Price Brothers. Ltd, a large Canadian print paper manufacturing firm. A corporation capitalized in Canada at S25,OOO,OOO has been formed
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Governors Farley Ends.

White Sulphur Springs, w. Va.-The fourteenth annual conference of gov ernors ended with a spirited discus sion of the Ku Klux Kan. Many of the executives then left for Washing ton to accept President Harding's in vitation to discuss prohibition enforce ment. An executive committee consist ing of Governors Cox of Massachu- sets, Hardee of Florida and McCray of Indiana, was elected; former Gov ernor Townsend of Delaware was re- elected treasurer. and Miles c. Riley of Madison, Wis, secretary.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Two Bank. Robbed in Los Angeles.

Two Banks Robbed fn Los AnoeIes.
 Los Angeles-Bandits obtained be- tween 5000 and $4,OOO in robberies at two banks in Los Angeles and Vi cinity, and missed $15,0OO at cafe teria when they became frightened by the screaming of girl employe. A single robber obtained $1,OOO at the Western State bank, in the western residential district of Los Angeles. At the Walnut State bank at Walnut Park, a suburb, three bandits held up two tellers and escaped with from $2OOO to $3,0OO.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Fined for Beatinu Child.

Quincy, nl.-Five dollars a lash for twenty lashes inflicted on her 5-year- old son, whose back and arms bore evi- dence of a beating, and three months in jail, was the penalty prescribed by County Judge Charles Nauert on Mrs. Jake Hunsaker, mother of the lad. So severely was the boy punished he was taken to a hospital for treatment T only wish," said the court, that the law permitted tying you to post and
 treating you the same as you did your little son." Ia
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Dump Carloads of Apples in River.

WashingtOn.-Ten thousand carloads of apples are to be dumped into the Columbia river by the farmers of Washington state, while consumers in Eastern cities are now paying 10 cents apiece for the same fruit, according to a telegram from John Quincy Adams, president of the Farmers Union of that state, which was read in the Sen ate by Senator Smith W. Brookhart, member of the progressive Republican group.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Girl Shot by Auto Bandits.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-One 19-year- old girl was shot and perhaps fatally wounded, two automobiles were riddled with bullets, and four others stolen, and a mad three-mile race ensued here as the result of the operations of two youthful bandits. The girl is Misa Roylance Fitzgerald of Draper, Utah. She was driving with Rodney Cushing. a friend, when they were ordered to halt by the bandits. Cushing put on speed; a dozen bullets were pumped into the back of the machine.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
I. M. W. Favor General Strike.

Chicago.-AgitatiOn for general strike of all workers in the principal industries of the United States to force the release of the siXty-fOur remaining war-opinion pri -Oners Is planned by the general defense committee of the Industrial Workers of the World, it was learned here. The new tactics were mapped out at special meeting of all delegates to the recent I. W. w.. convention here.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
First Successful Mint HoIdup.

WashingtOn.-The successful hOldup of the United States mint in Denver, and the loss of S2OO,00O in cash was said by officials here to be the first in cident of its kind in history. There have been cases of petty thefts from government hints, but never an organ lzed holdup on so grand and success ful a scale, according to mint authOri- fiQS
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Government Will Sue Aircraft Firm.

Washington.-The Department of Justice is preparing to file suit against the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corpor;.- tiOn for recovery of a war claim amounting to S3,6Ol,715, the House jul dietary committee was told by Assist ant Attorney General Seymour at the hearing on impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Ten Years for Stealing TIrteen Gents

Chicago-Stealing thirteen cents proved unlucky for William Horn and James Mathews, VI, must stay in the penitentiary for ten years. Both are hold-up robbers. They were convicted pf holding up Ruth Korbitz, 18 years pld, threatening her with death If she made an outcry, and stealing thirteen rents. all the money she had. The pair mad committed other robberies the mme night, but the Korblitz holdup was the only one that could be traced spmistakably to them.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Food Prices are Higher.

Washington.-Both retail and whole sale food prices increased per cent or more during November, according to figures made public here by the De partment of Labor. Notwithstanding the increase, the department said there was a decrease of 5 per cent for the year ending Nov. 15 in retail food prices, while wholesale food prices in creased about 11s per cent during the year.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Alaska.

The Sourdough limited rushes over railroad tracks in Alaska where trafac used to be by dog teams.
 The traveller half froze on his sled when the search was for gold.
 Now he rides in a steam-heated Pullman, prospecting for timber and crops. Not as much romance and ad- venture, but more comfort. The three never go together.
The Holbrook news., 1922-12-29
Out of Reach.

Boss" said the gang man, "Mur- phy just ruined whole keg of blast ing powder, sor."
 "He did, confound him. Tell him to come hereI'
 q would, sor, but he was settin' on it shmokin' when he sphoiled ut"