The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-14
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EloM COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oo,Nes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

II
of ground on the 2.4OO-foot level Of the
Colorado mine, near Butte, Mont
| Rulon c. James, 18 years old. pupil
ut the West Side High School, Salt
Lake City, was shot and killed instunt-
ly by one of supposed quartet of ban
dts during an attempted holdup of the
D. and d. drug store.
| After resigniIg the presidency Of the
Western League, A. II. Tearney of Chi
cago was unanimously reelected for
five years without any restrictions on
the conduct u the office, at special
meeting Of The club owners at the min
or league convention at Louisville, Ky.
| Five more deaths, bringing to ten
the toll incidental to the storm which
struck the Pacific coast recently are
reported at San Francisco. Two men
were drowned while attempting to
cross an Oregon stream, swollen by
the rains, in rowboat; another died
Of exposure In eastern Oregon, and
two died Of burns resulting from an
attempt to rekindle fire l.. a stove
with gasoline.
Arthur G. Burch, formerly of Evans
ton, ILL.,, has been given his freedom at
Los Angeles. after standing trial three
times for murder and once for insan-
ity. The juries on the murder charge
all disagreed and the alienists at the
| insanity hearing did likewise, but the
weight Of expressed belief Of the lat
ter was that Burch was sane, or harm
less If insane, 30 his freedom was re-
| stored to him.
More than thirty blocks of Astoria,
Ore, including part of the older resi-
dence district, most of the leading bus
Ines houses and banks were swept by
a fire. The fire got beyond control by
eating beneath the piling room upon
1 which the city had been built on the
bank of the Columbia river. Two
deaths were reported. Unofficial es-
Inmates placed the loss as high as S15,-
100000.
| The activities of Madame Gadski,
concert and opera singer, during the
recent war, were entirely honorable"
according to statement issued in San
Francisco by Seth Mlllington, COM
mander Of the American Legion, De-
partment Of California. "There is no
reason why ex-service men should take
offense at any proposed concert given
| by Madame Gadski," Commander NIL
lington stated.
WASHINGTON
Frederick H. Leach has been noml-
mated to be postmaster at Idaho
Springs, Colo. The following are new
postmasters In New Mexico: Maud w.
Lenfesty at Aztec, and James A. Ship
ley at Silver City. Harold T. Duffy
was nominated for postmaster at
Wheatland, Wyo.
Withdrawal from settlement OF land
in southwestern Colorado and south
eastern Utah on which are number of
| prehistoric towers erected by Indians
will be the effect of an order issued
by President Harding, according to the
Smithsonian Ilstitution, which said the
Presidents action was due to its eff
forts and those of the Interior Depart
ment.
| President Harding nominated Brig.
Gen. William Lassiter to be major
| general and Col. Edwin B. Winans to
be brigadier general.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has re-
signed the office Of provost Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania In order that
he might comply with the expressed
wishes of the administration" and re-
main as encouragement of the Phil
lppine islands, 1t was officially an
nounced recently by the War Depart
ment.
The American pension system cost
the public $255, POI ,882 during the fis-
cal year ended last June 30, according
to the annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions sent to President
Harding. OF this amount 1858 SO7 ,5SS
was paid out for pensions, the cost Of
maintenance Of the system being ST.
394, 4,O70.
Postmaster General Work has au.
thorized postmasters throughout the
United States to grant half holidays
to postal employees during the entire
year whenever possible without injury
to the service. This privilege is to be
granted wherever the employ6 by his
own efforts or through situation that
may exist on Saturday can finish his
work earlier than the required time.
Mexico City dispatches received at
Washington state that El Universal,
one of the leading newspapers of that
city, claims to have in its possession
the text Of a secret treaty, said to
have been entered into In May, 1917,
by Great Britain, France and the
United States whereby the latter is
guaranteed free hand in Mexican and
Central American affairs. the other
two signatorles undertaking not to rec
ognizc any government m the southern
republics Of North America not pre-.
viously recognized by the United