The Winslow mail., 1923-09-14
CONDENSED EcoRD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoINGs, ACHIEVE
MENTS, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

w 1IO 1I1GN
Advising farmers not to hold wheat
for another season, Frank w. Mondell,
director of the war finance corporation
in a conference at Spokane, Wash,
predicted wheat prices above 81 a
bushel in the not far distant future.
Frank A. Vanderlip and his associ-
ates in control of the Commonwealth
Trust Company of Los Angeles have
agreed to a merger with the Bank of
America, also of Los Angeles, it was
announced by Ora e. Monnette and J.
L. Williams, president and first vice
president of the latter organization.
The death of Herbert Jones, motion
picture writer and director, was due
to an overdose of a drug, the attend
ing physician said. Jones died in a
hospital several hours after he had
been found unconscious in his bed
room. The indications were the
physician said, that he took the drug
as sleeping potion.
Los Angeles harbor and other points
on the southern California coast felt
the effects of a terrific storm raging
far out at sea and believed by mari
ners to be partly caused by the ty-
phoons that followed the Nippon earth
quake and tidal waves. AS a result of
a heavy surge that swept into the har-
Dor and a strong current running up
the coast the Los Angeles harbOr has
suffered damage estimated at $4,000.
The Sacramento Bee and the Fresno
Bee, two newspapers published in
those cities by V. S. McClatchy and
Charles K. McClatchy, brothers, have
been purchased by the c. K. Company,
the stockholders of which are Charles
K. McClatchy, Ella K. McClatchy, his
wife, and Charles e. McClatchy, his
son. The price is reported to have
been in excess of $1,000,000 and the
company acquires all interest of V. s..
McClatchy.
WASHINGTON
Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy has been
selected to act as director general of
American relief in Japan.
Mrs. Florence King Harding has
ended her Washington residence, leav-
ing Washington a few days ago to
spend the next several weeks with rel
atives and friends in Marion. She
plans to close up the affairs Of the
late President, including the filing of
the will, but her plans for the future
still are indefinite.
Divers went to the bottom of the
ocean a few hundred yards off from
Avalon, Calf, in search of small,
black bag which holds some 100000
worth Of precious jewels belonging to
and Boston, accidentally dropped over
board from the yacht of j. Black, when
a chair on which the bag of jewels
had been laid was tipped over.
An appeal to the American people to
contribute to the relief of the people
of Japan was issued by President
Coolidge. The American Red Cross
was designated as the organization to
which relief contributions should be
transmitted. At the same time it was
made clear that such assistance as was
within the means of the executive
branch of the government would also
be rendered.
Naval foodstuffs stored on Mare IS
land near San Francisco, were shipped
to japan for the relief of earthquake
sufferers, in compliance with orders
received from Secretary of the Navy
DENLY.
Appropriation of S1O,O00,OOO for fed
eral work in enforcing prohibition next
year, an increase of 81, 100000 over last
wear, has been requested of the budget
bureau by Prohibition Commissioner
HAYNES. An increase of $500,000 addi-
tional for enforcing the narcotic drug
laws also was asked.
President Coolidge was advised by
Fred Starek, director of the war
finance corporation, that the corpora
ton, despite apprehensions by some
western cattlemen, had no intention Of
forcing liquidation of cattle loans. Mr..
Starek informed the President during
a conference that the policy of the
corporation was to deal literally with
the cattlemen to whom credit has been
extended and who must have longer
term loans than farmers who have a
yearly turnover. Cattlemen although
vet facing difficulties, in the opinion
of Mr.. Starek, must have a restoration
of confidence along with all those con-
cerned with the cattle industry.
Completion of machinery to carry
out an executive order signed by Pres
ident Harding, directing physical exam
ination of applications for civil service
positions in which physical qualifica-
tions are a factor, was announced by
the Civil Service Commission.
President Coolidge has definitely de-
ctded to call a conference of the gov
arnors of the several states to discuss
nrohihitiOn enforcement, it was an