The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-09-28
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS
a RESUME OF THE WEEKS
ooiNGs IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events of tho Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit of the
Busy Reader
WESTERN

un at 'NtOrd Saturday The
Jefferson carried 155 refugees re-
presenting thirteen nationalities.
The official navy probe Of the dis
aster at Point Arguello, California,
which disabled mine destroyers and
took the lives of twenty three men
was scheduled to open Monday under
full glare of publicity ordered by
Secretary of the Navy DENLY.
The battleship Texas, bound from
San Francisco to San Pedro colIided
with the steamer Steel Seafarer, of
the Isthmian line. IA miles north of
Point Arguello Wednesday according
TO word reaching San Pedro. The
collision occurred in the vicinity
where seven destroyers went on the
rocks last Saturday.
Frost cut a path thru eastern Mon
tana, Tuesday night. Temperatures
are reported low enough to do some
crop damage, Havre reported SO.
Southern Utah paid it's tribute to
the late president of the United Stat
es. Warren G. Harding, Tuesday with
impressive ceremonies, including lay
ing OF the Harding memorial golden
rail. The section of the track which
was replaced by a rail OF gold was
at the exact spot on which President
nardings car was stopped on his visit
to Zion National park in June. The
celebration held at that time was in
honor of the laying of the final rail
the road The golden rail was laid
of the Cedar City-to-Lund branch &C
as a lasting memorial from the
citizens of southern Utah to the dead
president who was their guest but
few weeks before
The only successful photographs of
the suns corona made in southern
California during the eclipse of the
sun Monday are believed to be ones
made by Professor James Worthing-
ton of London and DR.. Alfred E.
Burton, professor emeritus of as
tronomy in the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, near Santa Bar
bara. Professor Worthington stated
that four of the negatives developed
by him were almost perfect and |
would take rank with the best ever
made during a solar eclipse.
GENERAL
Theft of $4,000 worth of United
States treasury certificate from his |
desk was reported by Edward f. |
Moore, vice president of the Indiana
National bank at Indianapolis.
Martial law for the entire state OF
Oklahoma was proclaimed at mid
night Saturday by Governor J. c.
Walton. Calling the full force of
the approximately 5000 troops in the
oklahoma national guard to his COM
mand, the governor climaxed his
spectacular fight against the Ku
Klux Khan by declaring that any per-
sons who aid the organization in
out it's purposes" are
enemies of the sovereign state of
and shall be dealt with by
the military forces.
A resolution urging the state de-
partment to demand of the govern
ment the return Of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, American draft evader, to
the United States was adopted by the
department Of the American
Legion in convention at Hayes, Kan
sas, Tuesday.
Hopes of local business men for the
lifting of martial law in Tulsa coun-
ty were raised Tuesday when it was
learned that Governor ]. G. Walton
was on his way here to make sur
vey of conditions.
Dixon Anderson a IA year old stu
dent was arrested a Kansas City,
Thursday, charged with attempting
to blackmail three of Kansas City's
wealthiest residents. Anderson says
he wrote the letters in fun"
Six men including sheriff Whit
aker were under indictment at ANA
lilo, Texas, in connection with the
logging of f. T. Mcdonald.
Sale of about 17o ships designated
by the board of sur
Tey, may be undertaken soon by the
shipping board. The ships will be
disposed of for scrapping, it was in
Heated, and probably will be offered
n lots.
Indictment Of Wilson G. Harvey,
ormer governor of South Carolina |
mud president of the defunct En-
erprise bank of Charleston, for viola
ion of the state banking laws, was
by the Charleston !
.ounty grand jury in a special pre- !
sentiment Tuesday to the court of !
,eneral sessions.
The train crew OF the Tauton- I
BOSTON express were killed and 80
passengers injured when the train {
rashed near Readville, Mass. Mon
lay night.