The Holly chieftain., 1922-11-02
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CON 3ENsep FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

WESTERN
One fireman was killed and several
others were injured by a falling wall
when the Washington High School at
Portland was destroyed by fire. The
building was valued at S500,0O0.
NJ. G. Craig, former general passen-
ger agent of the Louisville Nashville
railroad, shot himself while seated on
the rail of the Puget Sound passenger
steamer BremertOn, according TO Of
ficers of the steamer. The body top
pied into Puget sound and was not re-
covered.
Miss Blanche Adella Hawkins, uni
versity student at Berkeley, Calf,
holds the distinction of being the first
person in the United States to be
granted u license for teaching whist
ling in the public schools. She be
lieves whistling real musical ac-
complishmert.
Charged with grand larceny for the
alleged defrauding of Seattle investors
of thousands of dollars through prom
ises of returns from secret process
for the transmutution of common lead
into silver, Frank Anderson, vice pres
ident of the Aero Metal Company, and
f. NJ. Vogelson, secretary, were ar
rested few days ago.
Madame" Edith Mazda Lassing,
charged with having advocated over
THROW of "capitalistlc" government and
civil marriage, was sentenced by Judge
Benjamin f. Bledsoe of the United
States District Court at Los Angeles to
serve two years In the state reforma-
tory for women at Leeds, No., after II
jury found her guilty Of sending inde-
cent matter through the mails.
Edward Larke. attendant at an auto
mobile park, in Los Angeles, shot and
killed one of three men who, he as
serted, had held him up and robbed
him of $50. In the dead mans pockets
were papers which, police said, indi-
Gated he was James A. Lotus, about
25, son of John L. Lotus of Steuben-
Vile, Ohio. He also had passport for
Australia.
The first stamp of the new 5-cent
OCuiiAS lhC llhcueSS VI
former President Roosevelt, was pre-
sented to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt re-
Gently, and the issue placed on sale at
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Roosevelt's home;
at New York City, his birthplace, and
at the Washington Phllateiic agency.
Five stamps each from the first sheet
will be given to Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., assistant secretary of the navy,
and Mrs. Alice Longworth, son and
daughter of the former president. Ex-
cept at the three offices named, the
stamps will not be placed on sale else
where until the present supply of s.
cent stamps is exhausted.
WASHINGTON
Eight hundred thousand barrels of
fine old whisky remains in bond guard
ed by the government.
Enactment Of legislation adjusting
the overtime pay Of postOffice clerks
and other pOstOffice employees WIS
urged by Postmaster General Work In
communications to Senator Townsend,
Michigan, and Representative Steener-
son, Minnesota, chairman of the Sen
ate and House committees on post
offices and post roads. respectively.
Expenditures totaling more than
$750,OOO for the immediate relief of the
refugees in the near east were author
lied by the American Red Cross
A campaign to discourage the use of
small-sized Christmas cards and envel-
opes has been inaugurated by the Post
office Department. Small sized cards
and envelopes, 1t is declared, are re-
sponsible for incalculable delay during
the Christmas rush of postal business.
Because of their miniature size they
cannot be run through the cancellinC
machines, making 1t necessary to do
this work by hand, as well us reuuir-
Ing extra handling in facing and dis
tributiOn.
Tentative plans for an attempted
flight of army airplanes around the
world have been under confederation
for some months by air service Off
clals, but the project has not as vet
passed the preliminary survey stage,
Valuable data on available routes in
both. directions has been obtained,
however. and ultimately It Is hoped to
send considerable aerial squadron
on the voyage. The project will not
be laid before Secretary Weeks for ap-
proval, 1t was said, until 1t takes
much more definite form.
The Association Against the Prohi.
bition Amendment announced, in
statement by G. G. Hinckley, secre-
tary, that It would support 249 candi-
dates for the Senate and House who
stood for modification of the Vol
stead act to permit the manufacture
and sale of light wines and beer. In
premliniary statement ten days ago
the association listed 2O2 candidates.
The resignation Of William r. Day
as associate Justice Of the Supreme