The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-10
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTs
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

railrOad SnOnS at COlfaX, CALI, ana
after firing several volieys at the win
dows, which were shattered, and at
the walls of the plant, withdrew ms
mysteriously as they had come. No
body was Injured.
Harold Anderson, HIias Eugene MIL
ton, charged with grand. larceny, es-
capped from the Silver Bow, Mont,
county jail by saving the bars on a
fourth floor window and lowering him
self to the ground by rope made of
blankets. Jack Brown, held on va
grancy charge. was caught by dep
uty as he was attempting to follow An
derson. NJ
Earl q. Patterson, teller in the Lum-
bermens Trust Bank at Portland, ar-
rested recently charged with embezzle-
ment Of $4,000, has made confess
sion, according to the police. admitting
shortages extending over period of
eighteen months and hud said -. G.
Osler, an automobile dealer, received
the proceeds" A warrant was Issued
for Osler.
Eight Of the sixty members of the
United States Naval Academy of 1851,
who have been attending reunion of
the class In Toxic, returned to this
country few days ago on the United
the Navy DENLY, Il member of the
class, and the rest of the party are ex-
pected to arrive on the transport Hen.
derson about Sept. 1.
But for her presence of mind. Mary
Miles Minter might have suffered Sc
rious disfigurements recently when
she was thrown into window in the
vestibule of her private railroad car
by the Jar Of switch engine. at Vic.
tor. Idaho. Throwing up her arms, the
petite blonde star escaped with se-
we're cut on her left arm and numer-
GUS scratches and brushes about her
Lody.
The public of the United States and
the world at large has been "deliber-
ately misinformed as to the results Of
prohibition In San Francisco" and
there has been a decided Increase In
the number of inmates In state cor
rective institutions since prohibition
began" the Grain Trade Association
of the San Francisco Chamber of Com.
merce said In resolutions made public
recently. The total monthly arrests
in the city for lntoxication have
steadily and rapidly increased since
the first month Of prohibition" the
resolution said. They continued that
not only has there been an increase
In the number of inmates In state
prisons, insane asylums and institu-
tions for the feeble-minded, but a
decided Increase in serious crime.
WASHINGTON
American citizens sending parcel
post packages to Mexico no longer
need worry about them being lost. Eff
fective July l. regular registered In
demnity will be paid by the Postoffice
Department for packages sent to the
Central American republic that disap-
pear while In transit. This notice was
sent to all postmasters by Third As
sistant Postmaster General Glover.
Representative Lemuel p. Padgett
of Tennessee died at his home In
Washington.
Robert b. Kerr has been nominated
to be postmaster at North Grosvenor
Dale, Colo.
Brig Gen. Oliver Lyman SpauldlnG,
former assistant secretary of the treas
ury and for many years prominent in
public affairs in Michigan, died recent
ly at his home In Washington, aged 80
years. General Spaulding served
throughout the Civil war with the
Twenty-thIrd Michigan infantry.
Retail food prices in fifteen out of
twenty-four representative cities in the
United States showed an increase dur
ing the month from June Is to July 15,
the Department of Labor's bureau Of
labor statistics announced. A 2 per
cent Increase was noted at Denver and
per cent increase at Salt Lake City.
American relief work In soviet Rus
sin Will continue for three or four
months at least, Secretary Hoover an
houhSCu upOH lib EctuEu lEOuu new
York, where he met with Col. william
N. Haskell. head Of the American re-
lief administration forces In Russia
former Governor Goodrich of Indiana
and other officials to decide the fu-
ture program for Russian relief.
Notification OF the decision of the
Supreme Court. ordering dissolution of
the Southern Pacific-C Central Pacific
combine would be of untold dlsadvan-
tage to the mountain and middle west
ern states," according TO letter from
Governor shoup Of Colorado, received
by Senator Phipps. Similar letters and
telegrams have been received by other
senator's from western and middle
western states urging that no action
be taken by amy federal agency to null
lily tho purpose Of the Supreme Court
decision.