The Tomahawk., 1923-07-12
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Washington

Washington-Federal reserve board
announced withdrawal of privilege ex-
tended to member banks during credit
emergency Of 1921 to act as agents in
rediscounting for nonmember banks
MISUNDERSTANDING discov-
cries Of earnest Babylonian period de-
scribed in report of H. w. Blundell
expedition to Mesopotamia.
Observation-Disclosures Alvin Owsley,
national commander Of American LIE.
gion, urges deportation Of any men
seeking to destroy the government of
the United States and immediate &C.
ton to Americanize aliens in this
country.
Washington-The government took
a hand in the New England telephone
strike when the department of labor
ordered Anna Weinstock, a commits
sioner Of Cancellation, to Boston to
attempt to bring about a settlement.
Washington-A turtle left in the
Tonga islands by Captain James Cook,
the English mariner, in 1878. was
found there last month by Captain E..
T. Pollock, governor of American Sa.
moa.
Northumberland B. Winston, a
Chicago lawyer, is understood to be
under serious consideration for ap-
pointment as assistant secretary Of
the treasury to succeed Edward Gilt.
ford, whose resignation will become
effective within a few weeks.
Neutrality-suspicious. the protests Of
the railroads the interstate commerce
commission ordered the abolition of
the assigned car rule" under which
railroads have insured supply of coal
for their own use in emergencies. Ac-
ton is expected to result in more
regular employment apd in stabiliza-
ton Of production.
interchangeable of a spe-
cial monthly reporting service in the
leading dairying states to enable
dairymen to plan their operations in
the light Of future prospects as indi-
Gated by available statistics on cur
rent milk production, prices, stocks
and changes in dairy herds has been
announced by the department of agri-
culture.
Washington-The passing Of the
last Of the soldier guards who were
on duty at the Ford theater when
President Lincoln was shot was re-
ported to the pension bureau in a
cablegram from the American consul
late at Hull, England. The message
notified the bureau to discontinue "be-
cause of death" the pension Of Will
liam Hall, Civil war veteran. Hall
served in Company H, Twelfth ILL
nois cavalry. He returned to Eng
land, his birthplace, after the war.
Domestic
New Orleans-General Andrew B.
Booth, aged 80, adjutant general and
chief of staff Of the United Confed.
Grated veterans, is dead.
Denver-Funeral services for Thorn
as French and Thomas F. Dawson,
both of Denver, victims Of an automo-
bile accident in Bear Creek canyon,
were held here. President Harding
sent a floral offering to each.
Catanla, Italy-The crater Of Mount
Etna still is rumbling and putting but
the streams of lava are rapidly de-
creasing in volume and speed. The
situation in the afflicted district grad
ually Is becoming normal. The peo-
pie have resumed their ordinary work
and many are engaged in refitting
their dismantled houses.
st. Louis, Motive armed and
masked men held up the office of the
United Railway company here and es-
capped with probably $4,000. About
a dozen employees were in the office
and two employees fired at the bandits
as they escaped in an automobile.
Mandan, N. D.-George Defender.
famous Indian cowpuncher Of Fort
Yates, won the "bulldogging" contest
of the annual Roundup here, bringing
his plunging steer to the ground III
81 seconds. Nearly $4,000 people
were present in the stands, on the
first day Of the annual celebration.
Boston-Telephone operators went
on strike in all the New England
states except Connecticut. The strike
was called by one union for shorter
hours and higher wages. Members
of a rival union remained at work.
Members OF the rival unions, emerg-
ing from mass meetings in Boston,
threatened to clash physically. Extra
details of police kept 5000 girls on
the move.
Paris-The French avitor who
hope to fly over the north pole, &C.
cording to Excelsior, is Lieutenant De
Payer. The officer plans to make his
trial base at Virvin bay, Spitzbergen,
which is 720 miles from the pole. 1t
is hoped that the expedition, which
will employ two planes, will be able
to start next summer.
Scranton-A demand for 20 pei
cent increase in the contract wage
scale with an increase Of a dollar
dow for oil man maid nv the day was