The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-17
CONDENSED ACCORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. ooiNes, ACHIEVE
MENTs. suFFEaINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

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Alarmed by the long absence Of her
husband, Mrs. Iiiskis johnson ipsti-
tuted u search at their Hazel Dell
ranch near Castle Rock, WASH, and
found johnson had been gored to
death by bull.
Federal officials, assisted by Sheriff
| WI. Hoggatt of Cowlitz county,
! Wash, raided the ranch house Of Ja-
| cob Tulskus, two miles north Of kala-
ina, and interrupted meeting Of dele
gates of the Workers Party of Amer
lea.
Mrs. II. L. Britain, proprietor Of a
general store ut Soap lake, WASH, re-
Gently identified Cecile Lenighen. EN-
ployed by local hotel. as the son who
| was Kidnapped from her in the Blue
mountains. near Walla Walla, Wash.
sixteen years ago.
Marriages in Cook county, Illinois,
Increased nearly 1900 during the fis-
cal year ending July 81, while divorces
reached the total of one for less than
every four weddings. Marriage IL
censes issued totaled 39.5SS, while 10.-
046 divorces were granted.
William s. Hart. known. to movie
West" screen pictures, and his wife.
formerly Miss Winifred Westover,
have4 separated and divorce proceed
ings are In contemplation on the part
OF the wife. 1t has been reported.
w. r. Bean, who arrived at Pasade,
na, Calf, recently, from Carnegie,
Pa, shot and killed his wife, Aliene.
and then committed suicide, leaving
several notes Of explanation. The two
bodies were found in locked bath
room in the home of Mrs. Beams sis
ter.
Confronted by the first airplane
theft In this country's annals when ].
G. johnson discovered someone had
flown his plane away, officers at San
MatSo, Calf. resorted to the radio as
n means Of capturing the thief, broad
casting a description of the stolen
plane.
The American Bar Association con-
vention closed recently in San Fran
cisco with dinner at which John w.
Davis of West Virginia, former am
bassador to Great Britain, who was
elected president of the association,
was welcomed to his new office. Other
speakers were Chief Justice Taft, Lord
Thomas Shaw, NJ. Henri Aubepln and
]. B. NJ. Baxter, representing the Brit
ish, French and Canadian bars, and
Cornelius Cole, centenarian who once
represented California in the United
States Senate.
WASHINGTON
The State Department has just re-
celved word from Toxic that Japan
has just produced Its first automobile.
a three-wheeler, 1t was announced.
The following were nominated to be
postmasters in Colorado: Henry r..
PLAT, at Aguilar; Alma Geist, at Cad
doa, and James @. Wilson at Yampa.
Secretary Hoover few days ago
celebrated his 48th birthday. Com
merce Department officials declared
the only notice he took OF the annIver-
sary was to be "busier than ever"
George Currey, former governor of
New Mexico, was appointed by Presi-
dent Harding to be the American COM
missioner on the United States-M Mexico
international boundary commission.
Guy Marks Of Columbus, Ohio. was
killed and G. f. Martin of San An
tonic. Texas. was wounded by ban
dts near Mapimi, In the state Of Du-
range, Mexico, recently. according to
a dispatch to the State Department
from Consul Donaldson at Torreon.
The authorities were reported in pur-
suit of the bandits.
Formal announcement that recent
oil land decisions Of the Mexican Su-
preme Court do not. in the opinion of
officials at Washington, effectively
protect the rights Of American land
owners, was made recently in state
ment issued by the State Department.
The five court opinions upon which
some Mexican officials have based a
hope OF recognition Tor the ObregOn
regime, were said in a statement to
apparently establish precedent pro-
tecting improved oil lands from con-
fiscation without furnishing the same
guarantee for land in which mining
operations had not been actually be-
Indictments were returned recently
by the special grand jury investigating
alleged war frauds against Ernest q
Morse. former director OF sales of the
War Department; Everly NJ. Davis,
president of the p. N. Davis Chemical
Company of New York, and Alexander
w. Phillips, associated with Davis.
The three men, all Of whom live in
New York, were charged in the indict-
ment with having defrauded the gov
ernment out Of more than $1,000, 900.
The alleged fraud was in connection