The Holly chieftain., 1923-12-20
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE
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season, the largest number since 1917,
according to report made public by
1ederal forest service officials. There
We're l73.257 acres burned over during
the season.
| Alexander Kels, Lodi butcher, who
shot aud killed un unidentified man
ana then burned the body In n hay
stack, Is sane, according to an an
nouncement by Warden ]. ]. Smith of
FOLSOM prison, where the condemned
man Is awaiting execution. Jan. 4.
Omer r. Woods was resentenced to
death for the murder of his wife in
their apartment home in Salt Lake
City in 1921 District Judge Ephraim
Hanson ruled out motion Tor new
trial and set Jan. 1S, 1924. as the ex-
ecution date. The condemned man ex-
ercised his right under Utah law and
chose to be shot instead of hanged.
Wage Increases for Portland, Ore,
longshoremen from so to 80 cents an
hour straight time and from $1.2o to
Sl.35 an hour overtime were an
nounced last week by the Portland Wa
terfront Employers Association and
the Portland Stevedorlng Company, eff
fective Jan. l. More than 1000 men
Will be affected by the advanced scale.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire which destroyed the
hangar of the United States aerial
mail service In Salt Lake City. Eight
nlnnpS q oh nfP
employees. several of whom were
burned slightly or overcome by smoke.
Service to and from Salt Lake will not
be affected. The origin of the fire
has not been determined.
Douglas B. Crane, capitalist of San
Francisco, paid $4,000 IN compromise
tax and an additional $4,000 to the
federal. internal revenue department at
San Francisco ,nfter having been in
dicted on charges of evasion and per-
jury in connection with the payment
of his income taxes between 1915 and
1920. In addition, Crane pleaded
guilty to the evasion charge In the
United States District Court and was
fined $500.
In Stockton, California, Arthur
G. Davis, arrested under the
name of George Long, was Identified,
according to the police, rs being want
ed for robbing the Homestead State
Bank at Homestead, Mont, and the
Sheridan State Bank Mt Sheridan,
Wyo. A man giving the name of Ell
mer Stevens, who was arrested with
Davis, Is said to have n criminal rec
ord Of nine years. Detectives said
Davis was member of gank that
made Its headquarters at Havre, Mont.
WASHINGTON
Announcement that Great Britain
had paid to the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York S92,OOO,OOO on interest
and principal on her $4,6OOOOO,OOO
debt to the United States was made
last week at the Treasury Department
OF the sum, S23,OO0OOQ was the first
payment on the principal, and 500 9OOO,-
600 the second semi-annual payment of
interest. The payment was principal
ly in government bonds.
There will be no rural mail deliver
les on Christmas day, the postoffice
department announced last week.
Representative Edward T. Taylor of
Colorado, has been placed on the APP
propriations committee, in the com
mittee assignments for the Sixty
Eighth Congress.
President Coolidge specifically rec
commended to Congress reduction of
more than 30O,00O,0O0 In the M
tional tax bill and Mt the same time
presented views in opposition to n
soldiers bonus. The executive, in n
message transmitting the annual bud
get, said frankly that "any program
Of new expenditure on lnrge scale
would make tax reduction impossible
for years to come"
The plea for amnesty which has
been presented repeatedly to three ma
tlonal administrations was granted fl
nally by President Coolidge in COM
muting the sentences of all remaining
imprisoned violatOrs of war laws. The
action of the President will bring
about the release before Christmas of
thirty-one men now serving in the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan, for
violation Of the espionage act.
City carriers will carry mail until
- noon and then stop for the day, re-
gardless Of whether they have com
pleted theiy rounds. according to or
ders of the postmaster general.
Opening of $4,000 acres of public
lands in Owhee county, Idaho, and j.
2S5 acres in five separate tracts in
Converse county, Wyoming, was an
nounced recently by the Interior De-
partment The land in Wyoming will
be available for homestead purposes
January ., while the date FOR filing on
the Idaho hands will be announced
later by the land office at Boise.