Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-08-11
WASHINGTON

IHE SHOSHONE Jul
WASHINGTON
Use OF United States marines to
Dust the Mutual oil Company from
the Teapot naval reserve in Wyoming
was declared at the White House to
have been lawful and .elficien.7
A final vote on the tariff before
September / is hoped for by ReDubli-
can and Democratic leaders under the
operation of an unanimous consent
agreement entered into by the senate
The per cent limitation immigra-
ton law has proved an effectual bar
against any overwhelming movement
of immigrants from southern and east
ern European countries to the United
States, Secretary of Labor Davis an
nounced in making public survey of
immigration figures for the fiscal year
| just closed The figures made public
show that northern and southern
European countries had fallen far
short Of filling their quotas, while the
southern and eastern countries of
Europe were sending just as many to
America as would be accepted.
AS first step in plans for the in
ternational conference on oil pollution
of navigable waters, the state depart
ment announces that a commission
representing seven departments and
agencies of the federal government
has been selected to present to the
conference the views of the United
States.
Production of cottonseed oil during
the three months period ending June
30 totaled S7,147, $50 pounds, the CEN
sus bureau of the department of COM
merce announced. Factory production
of fats and oils, exclusive of the re-
fined oils and derivatives, totaled
S25, 195, S91 pounds during the period.
Production of refined oil other than
cottonseed during the three months
period was as follows: Cocoanut, 29,-
926,14S punds; peanut, 6,779,611
pounds soya bean, 56,263 pounds and
corn, 19,9S6064 pounds.
Nearly billion dollar oversubscrip-
ton to the treasury's new issue of
Az per cent short-term notes is an
nounced by Secretary Mellon. Sub
scriptions for the issue, which was for
about $500, 900, he stated, aggre-
gated over $1,000, 100000, all of the
federal reserve districts reporting ov-
er subscriptions Of their quotas.
Proposals of southeastern railways
to alter rates on apples coming from
the Pacific coast to Virginia, Georgia
and the CaroAinas were held unjusti-
fled by the interstate commerce com
mission. Acting on the complaint of
the Virginia corporation commission,
the Richmond, Va, Chamber of Com
merce and western apple shippers, the
commission ordered set aside certain
proposed schedules which would have
increased the apple rate to the terri
tory named by amounts ranging be-
tween 9 and % cents the 100 pounds.
Rates on sugar were declared too
high to be reasonable in certain sec
tions of the United States in a report
to the interstate commerce commits
sion by the commerce examiner as
signed to hear complaints.
FOREIGN
Suaton, China, has been devastat
ed by violent typhoon. The death
roll is estimated at over four thou
sand.
The strike which has tied up Phil
ippine shipping for some time contin-
ues, with both sides standing pat. The
officers and crews who walked out on
the local vessels still are determined
that their wage demands shall be met.
A general stampede to the Cold |
Bay, Alaska, oil fields since the an
nouncement that large interests have
planned to drill there forecasts the |
springing up of mushroom city. |
Coast merchants are preparing to take |
in stocks by way of Kodiak island. |
Discovery of an uplift formation along |
the Eagle river north of Anchorage |
has revived interest in the oil posi-
bilities of this field.
Decisive steps will be taken at once 1
to apply remedies demanded by the
Cuban governments financial situa-
ton, it was stated by Carlos NJ. de
secretary Of state, who
the present status Of af-
fairs as full Of dangerous possibili-
ties"
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell, inven-
tor of the telephone, died at his No
via Scotia home last week.
The British note on the inter-allied