The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-02
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EieN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DolNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE

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WESTERN
A column Of steam issuing from era
ter rock on Mount Hood in Oregon
had doubled In size since 1t first was
observed, and is about 200 feet high.
Word Of the phenomenon was received
from Government camp. close to the
mountain. No rumblings or other evil
dences OF volcanic activity We're OBJ
served.
Fire of undetermined origin partly
destroyed the Turner building, one of
the older business structures at Mus
kogee, Okla. causing damage esti-
mated at $250,OO0 The Melton hotel
occupied large part of the building
The clothing stock of Max Davidson.
which is valued at $15O.O0O. was de.
stroyed.
Two women, giving their names as
Fay Foster and Marian Leonzal, were
taken from the blind baggage of the
Northern Pacific's eastbound North
Coast Limited at Forsyth, Mont, md
are being held in the Rosebud county
Jail, pending advices from Seattle,
where 1t is said they are wanted in
connection with big jewelry robbery.
Military authorities at Nebraska
City. Neb., have put into force martial
law proclaimed by Governor McKelvie.
in the -Four Mile precinct. The proc
lamation followed a request from Ne
braska City authorities for aid in re-
storing order following recent clashes
between sympathizers with striking
packing house workers and alleged
strikebreakers.
r. w. Kammann of Sioux City, Iowa,
identified John Berkam" as his son,
Morris H. Kammann, at the city jail
in Salt Lake City. The older Kam-
mann said that his son mysteriously
disappeared from home recently. The
son appeared at Salt Lake City
newspaper office stating that he be-
lieved that his name was "John Berk-
am" but that he had lost his memory
regarding his past life.
WASHINGTON
Official police records placed the
known dead ih the Knickerbocker the
ater disaster at 107. Elimination of
duplicated names brought the final to-
tai down from the unofficial peak of
112. The list of injured stood at 1874
and of these fourteen are recorded as
seriously injured"
Miss Garland johnson of Bridge
port, w. Va, has just been awarded
$4,000 university scholarship for hav-
ing written the best essay on Good
Roads and Highway Transport" The
contest was conducted by the good
roads and highway transport education
committee of Washington, ID. c., and
the contest was open to all high school
pupils.
There is no parallel in the records
of the bureau of markets and crop
estimates to the fall of $21.22, or so
per cent In the average value an acre
of the ten crops constituting nine
tenths of all crop production, which
occurred In the two years from 1919
to 1921, it was announced by the De-
partment Of Agriculture. The decline
was found by the department to have
been from 1854 In 1919 to $14.52 in
1921.
President Harding will go before
Congress within few days with
plan for the establishment of an Amer.
lean merchant marine subsidy, 1t was
stated at the White House by Chair
man Lasker of the United States ship
ping board. Lasker conferred with the
President more than an hour concern
Ing various plans for ship subsidy
and submitted the plans agreed upon
by the shipping board after consulta.
tion with various shipping interests.
Censorship or control by the federal
government over the motion picture In
dustry was urged upon Senate ju-
dietary subcommittee by Rev. William
8. Chase, Brooklyn pastor. who
brought into the discussion the name
of Postmaster General Hays. The
hearing was on resolution introduced
by Senator Myers, Democrat, Mon.
tana, proposing an investigation of the
motion picture industry based on
charges that 1t has entered politics and
has passed within the control of Lasky,
Fox, Zukor, Laemmle and Loew, and
that its Influence is to be exerted to
obtain the repeal of censorship laws
already enacted and prevent enact
ment Of further legislation to super
wise the pictures.
Exports of manufactures fell off by
$1,000, 100000, shipments out of the
country of raw materials dropped by
nearly $1,000, ,00O, 900, and foodstuffs ex.