The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-10-26
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pany to avoid effect Of supreme court
unmerger decision, asks interstate
commerce commission to grant it tenn
porary control Of Central Pacific rail.
way.
Washington - President Harding's
coal commission, appointed to ferret
out the facts about the coal industry.
has began its work here.
Washington-The Department OF
Justice has refused to permit an oper-
alton on the brain Of Roy Gardner,
notorious bandit, who is confined in
the Federal penitentiary in Leaven-
worth.
MISUNDERSTANDING ]. A.
Frear of Wisconsin, who will fight for
publicity of income tax returns at next
session of congress, writes Secretary
A. w. Mellon asking If government
has investigated Standard OILS recent
400 per cent stock dividend declared
with view to discovering if action was
not taken to escape federal tax.
Washington-Associ Opposed
to Prohibition announces plan for &C.
tive campaign to elect to congress
act to permit wine and beer, indorse
2O2 republican and democratic candi.
dates in IS states; will increase wet
list later.
Washington-Henry Woodhouse of
Aero club, tells justice department he
will submit evidence of fraud in gov
eminent aircraft cases.
Washington - Secretary Herbert
Hoover, president of the American
Child Hygiene association, declares in
FAINT mortality decreased q per cent
in four years.
Washington-Secreta of War ].
w. Weeks renews Alabama Power
company lease of government electric
generating plant at Muscle Shoals.
Washington-Preside and congress
due for a clash if efforts are made to
enact public building and other pork
barrel legislation.
Washington-Cordell Hull, national
democratic chairman, says republicans
deserted party in tax legislation.
Washington-Japan's ratification of
Washington arms conference treaty is
on the way here. Apprehension over
the long delay by France and Italy
giving rise to suggestions that arms
and four power treaties be rewritten
to include only the United States,
Great Britain and Japan.
Washington-Govern is going
slow in formulating regulations to
carry out Daugherty ruling barring
from United States ports and waters
foreign ships carrying liquor; treasury
officials say ships violating rule will
not be seized but liquors will be, and
other penalties may be imposed.
Domestic
Fresno, Calif.-Ralph De Palma, au-
tomobile race pilot, was sentenced to
10 days in jail and fined 500 for speed.
ing.
San Francisco-With colors flying,
the liner City of Honolulu, burned last
Thursday, sank in $500 fathoms OF
water, after the coast guard cutter
Shawnee poured 81 shots into the
hulk.
Chicago-Municipal Judge Haas SEN
fenced II gamblers, several of whom
were not citizens and three of whom
admitted they never had gone to
school, to attend night school for one
month.
Chicago-With the country divided
into nine districts for radio broadcast
ing, the national radio chamber of
commerce has been organized here.
Boston-A superior court jury,
which had been told that only by ex.
aiming quart of whisky and another
of gin at leisure could they determine
whether the liquor was Intoxicating,
returned the bottle almost empty with
sealed verdict of not guilty.
New York-Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, the
former Margaret Rutherford, step
daughter of the late William X. Van
derbilt, and Sir Paul Dukes, British
war hero, were married in Nyack, N.
Y, it became known here.
New York-The reaction in bond
prices which has taken place since the
first part of September has been very
moderate, ranging from fractional
loss in some securities to as high as
five points in others. Nevertheless,
the market averages have been con-
siderably reduced, with the smallest
reduction in industrial bonds.
New York-A 900 per cent stock di.
vidend is proposed by directors OF the
Ohio Oil company, Standard OH sub
sidiary, in letter to the stockholders,
calling a meeting for November "a to
vote on the plan to increase the CAPT.
tai stock of the company from $12,-
100000 to $6O,O0O,00O and authorize
the distribution of the increase as a
stock dividend.
Chicago-Counsel for the railway
shopmen said they would ask for
jury trial in the proceedings for per-
manent injunction against the shop
crafts.