The Holly chieftain., 1922-04-27

WESTERN
Mrs. Esther Dudley has filed suit in
the District Court at Butte, Mont, ask
ing damages of $4,000 from Louis
Kaufman, prominent In business In
Butte. on the allegation that he forci-
bly, kissed her. The alleged Offense
took place Jan. 18, she charges.
As q protest against 10 per cent
wage cut union trades workmen, vari-
Ously estimated at from 200 to 1000,
are on strike In the San Francisco bay
district. The strike affected the Po-
tero and Alameda plants of the Bethle-
hem Ship Building Corporation and a
few machine shops and foundries
known as .outside shops"
Joseph Studer, formerly q physician
of Peoria, H., was sentenced in the
Superior Court at Los Angeles to serve
an indeterminate sentence of one to
ten years in San Quentin prison. The
sentence followed Studer's conviction
on charge Of manslaughter, based on
the death of his mother, Elizabeth Stu
der, last September.
One man is dead and two others
wounded, one possibly fatally, as the
result of raid at Inglewood. sub.
urb of Los Angeles, of the house OF
ar alleged bootlegger by band OF
masked men estimated to have mum
bered more than 100. The dead and
wounded are said by county officials
who are endeavoring to fix the respon.
sibility for the raid, to have been both
peace officers and members OF the
masked band.
]. Foster symes, United States dis.
trict attorney for Colorado, has been
nominated by President Harding to be
United States district Judge for the
Colorado district Mr.. Symes has been
prominent for long time in business
and political circles in Denver, ms well
as being active in clubs and social
life. Following announcement of Mr.
Symes nomination by President Hard
ing, the. United States district attor.
ney's office was flooded with calls Of
congratulations.
WASHINGTON
ReOpening of Greek banks, including
the National Bank Of Greece, has been
reported to the Commerce Department.
Closing of the banks was attributed to
forced loan by the government.
Levying of additional taxes probably
will be necessary to meet the deficit of
more than $3.50, 10000 forecast for the
fiscal year of 1923 by Secretary Mel
Ion, 1t was said at the treasury. High
officials Of the treasury, discussing the
expected deficit, said that no consider
alton had vet been given to meeting
the lack Of funds.
The recording Of accredited dele
gates and alternates had reached
above 1900 when the thirty-first con-
tinental congress OF the Daughters Of
the American Revolution convened in
Continental hall, thereby assuring,
general officers said, thel argest meet
Ing in the history Of the society. The
first session of the congress was Civ
en- over largely to the formalities of
the opening with the exception Of the
annual address Of Mrs. George May
nard Minor, president general.
| Allied governments to which the
United States government extended
loans during the World war have been
advised by the State Department that
the American debt refunding commits.
sion is prepared to begin negotiations
for conversion Of the various loans
amounting to $11, ,0OO, ,OOO, 900, into long.
time securities.
The gross wealth produced by farm
ers in 1921 had value of $12,36e. 600,
900, or about two-thirds of the aggre
gate value of the farm products OF
1920, and little more than one-half the
aggregate for 1919. the Department OF
Agriculture has estimated. During
the same period, 1919-21, production
of ten crops. which represent about 8;
per cent of the total crop acreage, fell
s per cent.
Contracts for the opening of the
naval oil reserves in Wyoming to pri
vate enterprise, and the operation ol
II
those already opened in California IL
n manner designed to assure the navy
permanent storage of fuel oil above
ground have been announced by Act
ing Secretary of the Interior Finney
with the Mammoth Oil Company ot
Delaware and the Pan-American Pc
troleum Company Of California.
| Senate Republicans meeting in par.
ty conference, voted 90 to in favor of
the passage of a soldiers bonus bill at
this session of Congress. The finance
majority was requested in formal res
olution TO report such measure
''wlthin n reasonable time" which was
construed by some leaders as three OF
four weeks
Half of the silver sold to Great Bri
tain and II third Of the silver dollars
melted up to supply the metal for rc
lieving coin femme in India durin,