The Holly chieftain., 1922-10-05
BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EleN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oo.Nes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
City Paymaster F. P. Schooley and
| Robert Armstrong of the city hall staff
of Vancouver, L. c.. We're held up and
robbed OF $4,000 by two automobile
bandits. The robbers escaped, max
| ing Il sensational dash through the
business district The men had just
left the city hall when the bandits as
| saulted them and snntched bag con-
| tanning the money.
No more may the sweet coed steal
silently away, and in some quiet nook
| sOlace her harassed nerves with cig-
arctic. The mo smoking" rule for CO.
eds at the University of California
must be obeyed, so Miss Beatrice
| Ward, chairman Of the student affairs
committee, has asked the sorority
! presidents to see to 1t that there are
no violations of the edict.
Victor Cusson, IS years old, of Day
| ton, Ohio, and William Crowell, As.
| Spanish war veterans, inmates of the
National Soldiers Home at Sawtelle,
near Los Angeles. quarreled over a
| hat, according to officials of the lnsti-
tuition. Cusson died from knife
was brought to the county jail at Los
Angeles pending an inquest over Gus
sons body.
Five unidentified men seized w. w.
Glenn Of Sacramento. in Centra Costa
county, near Berkeley, Calf, plunged
him first feet downward and then
head downward into barrel of melt
ed tar, and left him In that condition.
Glenn experienced some difficulty in
extricating himself. A passing motor
ist brought him to Berkeley. He said
he could not account for the attack on
him.
Five sheep herders are in the Reno.
New, Jail under indictment of fed
eral grand jury charged with the theft
of sheep from the ldaho-Nevada Live
Stock Company, which is under SUBJ
sidy Of the War Finance Corporation.
A Department of Justice operative in
San Francisco said the men ure al
legged to have stolen sheep valued In
excess Of 100000 In the last few
years. The company has sheep In Ne.
vada, Idaho and Utah.
WASHINGTON
British Ambassador Geddes was
among Secretary Hughes callers on
the latter's first day back ut his desk
In the State Department after nm abb
sence in Brazil Of several weeks. While
no statement as to the nature of the
conference was Forthcoming, either ut
the embassy or the department, there
were indications that the Near Eastern
situation was among the subjects dis
cussed.
Survey Of the coal situation was
said at the White House to have con.
vinced President Harding that al.
though shortage during the winter
is Inevitable as result of the miners
strike, the situation would not be par
ticularly acute. The President and his
cabinet had before them at recent
meeting a report from the Geological
Survey which showed that effective
steps have been taken to prevent q
fuel famine.
Two New Yorkers have annual in.
comes of more than $5,O0O,00O each.
Two Michigan citizens. Henry Ford
probably being one of them, also are
in the $5,O0O,000 class. These figures,
though the names of individuals with
the fancy incomes are a secret, are re-
vealed by Internal Revenue Collector
Blair in his annual report for 1920.
The cabinet recently decided to re-
strict prohibition enforcement opera
tions within the three-mile limit Mt
sea except in cases where ships beyond
that limit are in communication with
shore through their own crews and
small boats. Prohibition enforcement
officials, 1t was said authOritatively.
would be cautioned to observe this de-
cision.
Coal-carrying railroads have .been
Spens to make every effort to break
all records for coal shipments during
the month of October. The current
output of coal and its movements, Mr..
Spens pointed out in a letter to presi-
dents of the railroads concerned, are
adequate for current needs of consum-
ers, but do not permit laying up of
reserves against possible cold snap
early In the winter.
A pension pay envelope increase
from $50 to $72 month for Civil and
Mexican war veterans. possibly rs n
Christmas gift from Uncle Sam, is
planned by Republican leaders In Con-
gress. A bill providing pension in
crease already has passed the Senate
and Senator Bursum, Republican, New
Mexico. Its author, says he has been
promised by House Republican lead.
ers that it will be passed by the House