The Ocala banner., 1922-03-17

Palm Beach gave the Legion dele
gats and other visitors a fine pro-
gramEe of entertainment.
Arthur E. Donegan, former presi- /
lent of the First National Bank at
st. Cloud and the Citizens Bank of /
charged in four indict-
ments with Incorporating about
two hundred thousand dollars, is on
trial in Tampa
Deputy Sheriff Wilbur Cooper, who
is held, with Charles Cause, in the |
county jail in Pinellas county on a
murder charge in connection with the
killing of a negro, Sheldon Gibson,
early Sunday morning in Tarpon
Springs.
Annie Clifton, reputed to be Cher |
okee Indian between 100 and 200 |
years old, is being cared for at the
GENERAL NEWS
Macn, Ga, is carrying on compaignJ
for the determination of rats, which,
it is estimated cost the city half
billion dollars per year, besides
spreading the infection of various
diseases.
An inexperienced electrician was
employed to electrocute a prisoner in
Arkansas, who was convicted of muir
der. Eleven times did the executions
ers endeavor to snuff the prisoners
life out and it was not until the
twelfth that they succeeded. The sight
was so revolving that those who wit
messed the affair had to leave the
death cell.
Dutch are assisting the British III
South Africa whre a rebellion has
broken out.
President Harding has expressed
approval of the letter of Secretary
Hughes to Senator Underwood on the
four-porew treaty.
That's fine l am glad he did it."
the president said when told by
newspaper men the substance of the
iaftpr as carriod IN, pox.,c l;aooto1.o.
from Washington.
The lumber market is not specu-
lative but it is making steady pro-
gress. Sales are slowly but surely in
creasing and production is keeping
pace. Building all over the country is
showing decided increase in volume.
The building permits for January,
1922, were 1876 per cent above the
average for January for the years 1921
to 1922 inclusive.
Secretary Mellon has made a Wig
orous attack on the bonus bill."
Seven were killed and sixteen in.
jured when railroad coach crashed
through a trestle near Atlanta Sun
day morning.
John Duval Dodge was arrested at
Kalamazoo, Mich, on March 13
charged with driving an automobile
while intoxicated, Illegally transport
ing liquor and seriously injuring
young woman. He was released on a |
$1,000 cash bond and his trial set for
next Tuesday.
A floating saloon to be stationed |
beyond the 3-mile limit is planned |
despite the announcement that a sail |
ing permit will not be given to the
vessel
Wholesale arrests of members of |
an international drug ring operating
in the United States and Canada may
be made in an effort to solve the mys-
terious murders of Dixie Dixon and
Waddell, show girls, alleged
victims of the gang.
Miss Dixon was found dying in |
taxieab. Drugs had been forced upon
her. She expired later This occurred |
Jan. 81, a few days after Miss Waddell |
had been taken from Boston train,
dying from drug poisoning Since then
a double barreled' investigation has
been in progress but no arrests have
been made.
Republican leaders are confronted |
with the possibility that they might /
be unable to bring about vote in the
house on the compromise soldiers
bonus bill under suspension of the
rules next Monday.