The Winslow mail., 1923-12-14


his son was murdered in IAN atrocious
plot"
GENERAL
What is believed to be new world
speed record for an electrically pro-
PEELED railway locomotive was estab-
lished at Erie, Pa, in the plant of the
General Electric Company before
gathering of foremost railroad officials
and engineers of the United States.
The locomotive attained speed of 105
miles. In a tug-of-war test the cleo
tric locomotive outpulled the latest inn
proved type of steam locomotive.
AS far as meats are concerned,
prices have receded from the war peak
until they are now back to 1913 levels
and in come cases cheaper than they
were ten years ago, according to sur
vey Of the American Institute of Meat
Packers, made public in Chicago. Pork
loins, source of pork chops and roasts,
much in demand, were wholesaling
through November at or below the lev
els for the same month in 1913 and the
quotations have dropped SO per cent
since September.
Gov. Warren T. McCray was formal
ly arrested at indianapolis on the in
dictments returned last week by the
Marion county grand jury. The capias
was served on McCray by George Sni-
der, sheriff of Marion county, and
Claude Worley, special investigator for
the Marion County Criminal Court
McCray was released Immediately on
$4,000 bond McCray was indicted on
191 counts, charging forgery, embezzle-
ment and grand larceny.
Contending that his salary of $3.50 a
month is inadequate to pay alimony Of
$3.50 a month, support his present wife
and child and his aged mother and to
maintain an establishment befitting a
colonel of cavalry in the United States
army in command of one of the largest
posts in the country" Col. John j.
Boniface, commanding officer of the
Thirteenth cavalry filed a motion in
Chancery Court at Little Rock Ark,
asking that the amount of alimony he
is required to pay his former wife be
reduced.
Finance Minister Ernest Blythe, in
a speech in Dublin dclared that sub
ScriptionS to the Free State Loan have
surpassed all expectations and have
definitely established the credit of the
t. \ l.
a long time before there is occasion to
ask another loan.
Scores of aliens are transported
from Canada across the st. Clair
river in launches and row boats, under
cover of darkness, and taken by motor
to Detroit United States immigration
officials state at Sarnia, Ont. They
asserted that more than 500 foreigners
were at Wallaceburg, Ont, awaiting
transportation across the border by the
underground" route.
]. c. Walton, ousted governor of
Oklahoma, lost his last fight against
the special state election of Oct. 2, au-
thorizing the Legislature to meet with
State Supreme Court. The court re-
versed the order issuing a temporary
injunction in the District Court in
Oklahoma City against certification of
the election returns. The decision held
that the Supreme Court or no other
court of equity had jurisdiction TO In
terfere with the election.
Without cOndOning the offense, Pres
ident Coolidge remitted the siXty-day
Jail sentence imposed on Charles L.
Craig, comptroller of New York City,
by Federal Judge Mayer for contempt
of court President COolidge's refusal
to pardon Craig while granting him
remission of sentence is final.
All the results in the 252 polls re-
ported in the election TO decide
whether the British people are to give
Stanley Baldwin the mandate to carry
out policy of limited protection in
this country show decided majority