The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-12
a BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EioN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oolhes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN
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WESTERN
A young woman, garbed as man,
entered restaurant at st. Louis, lev
eled a revolver at the proprietor and
ordered him to hand over the contents
Of the cash drawer or get plugged
She got $27.
Alfred ~ Oehis, 26 years old, chief
petty officer Of the navy, died aboard
the q. 8. s. Idaho at San Diego, after
q quarrel with shipmate In which
Oelils was struck over the head with
q marlInspike and killed.
L. v. w. Brown, who was inducted
into office as nayor Of Riverside, CAL,
was instantly killed in an automobile
accident near Upland, eighteen miles
northwest of there one hour later. His
secretary, Miss Monica Eivarson of
Phoenix. Ariz, and the mayors sister,
also were in the accident, but escaped
injury.
Toy Hing Lip, counter" In Chi
Hese gambling house was shot and
killed at Helena, Mont, by Chung Hay,
a Chinese merchant. There were be-
tween fifteen and twenty Chinese in
the place at the time of thes hoOting,
the plate at the time Of the shooting,
bling game. There was S1,929 In mon
ey on the table. y
Preliminary work toward the re-
opening Of the Washoe Smelter Of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company at
Anaconda, Mont, has been started with
the addition Of 200 men to the work
Ing force. Fires have been started in
the reverberatories, and within ten
days the reduction of ores will be un-
ertaken. Normal operations will be-
sumed in from fifteen to twenty-five
days.
Dissatisfied with the food served to
tmenn recently at the evening meal a
number Of inmates of the Utah state
prison at Salt Lake staged a minia-
ture rebellion In the prison dining
room, overturning several tables load
ed with food and later yelling and
pounding ON their cell doors after they
had been locked up by Warden james
Devine. The menu consisted Of chill
beans and bread and tea, and the recall
citrants not only spoiled their own
meal, but caused many others to 60 to
bed hungry.
WASHINGTON
The national agricultural conference
suggested by President Harding has
been called by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace to begin in Washington,
Monday, Jan. %.
A total OF CASA civilian employees
have been dismissed from federal
service in the Panama canal zone since
March 2, Secretary Weeks announced
in Washington recently.
A Belgian passenger on the steamer
ICELAND, who had been deported from
New York, jumped overheard at sea
and was drowned, the steamers Of
ficers reported on her arrival at Ply
mouth, Eng.
A call for special grand Jury to
meet Jan. 2e to Investigate alleged
blue sky promotion schemes and causes
for business failures has been issued
by District Court judges at Lincoln,
Nebr.
The nautical school for the training
Of former service men for the Ameri-
can merchant marine, to be estab-
lished by the veterans bureau, will be
put ut some logical place" on the At
lantic coast, Director Forbes has an
nounced.
Indications that the turn Of the year
is being marked by striking i'm
provement in the business and eco
nomlc outlook" Of the country and the
world generally were discussed by
Comptroller Of the Currency Crissin-
ger In a forecast for 1922. There can
be no doubt, he said, that both the
political and economic index figures
are registering Improvement at this
time "when political and economic con-
ditions 30 intimately interact."
An appropriation for the enforce
ment Of prohibition during the next
fiscal year amounting to $1,000, 600,
perhaps slightly more. as compared
with the Treasury Departments re-
quest for an appropriation Of $1O,O0O,- !
600, will be recommended to the House
by Its appropriations committee. An
appropriation Of approximately $9,OO0,-
900, members Of the subcommittee
framing the treasury appropriations
bill hold, will permit rigid enforcement
of the national liquor laws.
The Southern tariff conference, rep.
resentlng sixty-four Southern indus.
tries, will meet in Washington Jan. 6
and 10, 1t was announced, to discuss
the associations attitude toward the
American valuation plan of the pend.
ing tax bill and to urge an Increase in
duties on farm products, especially
vegetables, oils, poultry, live stock,
wool, hides, sugar and rice.
More than 3,000,000 bushels Of corn
has been bought by the purchasing
commission for Russian relief and one
shipl0nd of 24O OO0 huaheIs loft Now