The Holly chieftain., 1923-03-01
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. poIMas. ACHIEVE.
MENTs. suFFERINes. HOPES
4 ANDFEARs OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

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Governor Moore of Idaho vetoed the
statewide direct primary bill. for the
passage OF which Senator William f.
Borah made spectacular campaign
last fall.
George w. West and his mechanic
Shy Thomas. were injured seriously.
perhaps fatally, in the second lap Of
the first 25-mile race ut the state
fair grounds at Phoenix, Ariz., when
their car left the track and turned
over several times.
big Tim" Murphy, who has flouted
the law for many months, and who ap-
peared to be more powerful than the
United States government, Is finally
In the actual hands Of federal Off
cials. Incessant clamor Of bondsmen
who stood to lose s1S0,0OO, led him TO
surrender. He had been "hiding out"
In Chicago for four days.
The state Of Utah has received sew
eral million dollars worth Of detrimen-
tai advertising through the arrest of
smokers, declared Lester Freed, prom
lnent business man, who acted as
chairman of the downtown mass meet
ing Of the Freeman's League Of Utah.
In Salt Lake City, in protest of the an
ti-cigarette and other so-called freak
measures.
Los Angeles police recently stated
that they had received additional in
formation which supported their the
ory that Earle Remington, slain in his
own doorway, Feb. 15, was the victim
Of bootleggers' war. They said they
were searching for former employe
Of the electrical engineer reported abb
sent from his home and business since
three days before Remington was
killed.
Wage schedules for skilled building
trades in Spokane will be increased
from so cents to $1.0O day, effective
April /, according to announcements
by officials Of the unions concerned.
Lathers and painters Will receive IN
increase of 80 cents day and hod-
carriers, plasterers, carpenters, brick
layers and plumbers will each receive
a $1-a-day Increase, according to the
union officials.
WASHINGTON
The Supreme Court held that a high
caste Hindu Is not free white per-
son." within the meaning of the natur-
alization law, and therefore is not en-
titled IN citizpnahin
The British debt funding arrange
ment Is one step nearer completion,
congressional approval of the act rati-
flying the recently negotiated settle
ment with Great Britain having been
completed.
A universal calamity resulting
from q worldwide shortage Of textile
fabrics is threatened by the rapid
spread Of the boil weevil In the south
ern cotton fields, President Harding
declared recently.
William Gibbs McAdoo. former Sec
retary Of the treasury, director gener-
al Of railroads, and potential candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency In 1924. came out
recently with vigorous declaration In
favor Of not only "living wage" for
American labor, but Saving wage"
Mrs. Harding, wife Of the President,
has made such progress in her recu-
peration from the severe illness Of last
year that she recently received infor-
mally at tea group of more than
thirty women In her private drawing
room at the White House. The guests,
with one or two exceptions. were
newspaper or magazine writer's.
The controversy over the Ku Klux
Khan was brought into the United
States Senate with the filing Of pro-
ceedings contesting the right Of Earle
B. Mayfield to become senator from
Texas The contest was brought by
George e. B. Peddy. Republican and
independent Democratic" candidate
for senator in the election last Nove,n-
ber.
Continental American membership In
the international court set up by the
league Of nations was proposed by
President Harding. In message to
the Senate, asking that 1t advise and
consent to such step, the President
declared participation in the tribunal
offered an opportunity through which
the United States could demonstrate
Its willingness to aid in preserving
world stability without in any manner
assuming "any legal relation to the
league"
Associate Justice Edward 7. Sanford
Of Tennessee took the judicial oath
upon the reconvening of the Supreme
Court after three weeks recess.
Chief Justice Taft administered the
oath Immediately after the court met,
the new Justice wearing his judicial
robes, repeating 1t after him while the
court, bar and audience stood.
The nomination Of Senator Poindex-
ter, Republican, Washington, to be am
bassador to Peru, was sent by Presi-
dent Harding to the Senate, which
uuirkly confirmed II nv unonimous