The Holly chieftain., 1922-05-04

WESTERN
thirty-sixth triennial conclave of the
grand encampment of knights Tenn
plar of the United States In 1925, win
ming at New Orleans after spirited
contest with Indianapolis.
Two unmasked bandits held up
Frank Webster, office manager, and
Wilma Meyer, cashier, of the Seattle
Star, as they descended from an auto
mobile with the newspapers weekly
pay roll fund, secured the entire fund
of $4,400 and escaped in waiting
automobile.
The fullest Investigation which
county officials promised would be
made Of the raid at Inglewood, sub
urb Of Los Angeles, when one man
was killed and two wounded, one pos
sibly fatally, was expected to center
about the inquest over the body of the
dead man.
The Invisible Empire has been rem
dered conspicuOusly visible" 1t was de-
clared at the district attorneys office
after preliminary inspection of arti-
cles seized when agents of the district
attorney and deputy sheriffs success
fully raided the Los Angeles office of
the Ku Klux Klan.
The coroner's jury which inquired in
to the facts surrounding the killing of
Constable n. B. Mesher, slain by an
other officer while the constable was
participating in raid of masked men,
returned verdict that Mosher came
to his death while member of
masked mob presumably instigated
and directed by members Of the Ku
Klux Klan.'
Many bequests to charity were made
by Christopher A. Buckley famous
blind boss Of San Francisco's early
days, whose will was on file for pro-
bate. The will, drawn March 13, about
a month before Buckley's death, dis
poses Of an estate valued at more than
$1,OOO,O0O. Charitable institutions for
Catholics and Protestants, whites and
Chinese, were remembered in eleven
bequests Of $500 each.
Once more the wheel of fate has
turned and Juanita Miller, daughter of
the late Joaquin Miller, eccentric "Poet
of the Sierras," has entered still an
other cycle Of her life. When two more
moons have come and gone, Juanita
admitted, she will lay away her we'd
ding gown Of burlap and, donning a
neat tailor suit, will HE herself to the
village court house and file suit for
divorce at Oakland, Calf.
WASHINGTON
Checked somewhat by failure to see
President Harding, the "children's cru
sade," which invaded the capitol thir-
ty-seven strong on behalf of la war
law violators now serving prison
terms, got little encouragement from
Attorney General Daugherty as to rec
ommendation for executive clemency.
Manufacturers are required to use
trade names and labels which will con-
vey to the purchasing public an accur-
ate description of the materials or In
gradients composing their products,
the Supreme Court decided in a case
brought by the Federal Trade Com
mission against the Winsted Hosiery
Company.
Plans for the erection in Washington
Of building to cost $1,000, 900 as the
home of the National Academy
of Sciences and the National Re-
search Council and a center for Amer
lean science in all its fields were an
nounced by DR.. G. L. Walc0tt, presl-
dent of the National Academy at the
opening session of its meeting in
Washington.
Another plea for immediate termi-
nation of the military occupation of
Haiti met with refusal at the State
Department. A committee Of lawyers
who brought to the department brief
declaring the occupation to be out of
harmony with American principles,
were plainly told by Secretary Hughes
that their arguments appeared to him
most inadequate and one-sided.
Large expenditures will be necessary
to bring the $500, 600 miles of rural
highways in the United States up to
thC otuhhuiu VA SAliSlChSy NOHunuIuDlt
to their extended use in motor trans
portation, In the opinion of the joint
congressional commission Of agricul-
tural inquiry, whose general conclu-
sions on the subject were announced
recently by Chairman Anderson.
August Probst, the Swiss waiter who
has charged that he was kidnapped"
because of his romantic interest in the
daughter of n wealthy member of the
fashionable Rolling Rock Country Club
near Pittsburgh, will be deported from
the United States under an order is
sued by Assistant Secretary Henning
Of the Labor Department.
The United States with adequate
military preparation and under strong
leadership" could have prevented the
occurrence of the World war, General
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