The Dolores star., 1923-12-28
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WESTERN
One of the largest auto theft rings
in the country is believed to have been
broken up hy the arrest in San Bcr-
nartiino Cal. of c. L. E"GerS. wanted
in Vcbiin, $. D.. for stealing autos.
E;.gers is being held at the Los An
:scIcs county Jail awaiting his re
rrovaI to South Dakota
Eleven members of the crew OF the
steam schooner &. \. Smith Of San
Francisco We're drowned as result of
The wreck Of the big ship near Coos
Bay, Ore. Captain Strcmburg and six
members Of his crew, including 4. I.e-
land, crippled wireless operator.
after ciinging to the wreck, put off in
one of the ships boats and were
picked up by the tug Oregon.
John Looney was granted an appeal
to the Circuit Court of Appeals on ha-
beas corpus writ by United States Dis
rrict Judge Orie l.. Phillips in Santa
Ee, n. NJ. The judge had denied the
writ, but counsel for Looney argued
that the rights Of defendant had been
badly trampled upon and that no evil
,Icnce had been introduced to show
that any automobile had been stolen.
Mrs. Adelaide MunoIa Hughes. wife
81 Rupert Hughes. author and film
director hanged herself while on
board steamer travelling down the
coast Of mdo-Chtna according to first
"details of her death received by the
husband in Los Angeles. That
Ms. Hughes was mentally de-
ranged, suffering from u terrible
cslrachc which Influenced her to
take her life. was the advice con
tanned in the cable dispatch. sent by
the Standard oil Company official mt
TTaiphong. the little oriental village IN
the French province. where the body
was removed from the boat.
WASHINGTON
Automatic train control devices MS
installed on the Rock Island Railroad
between Blue Island and Rock Island.
H., a distance of 100 miles. have
been approved by the Interstate Com
nerce Commission. Train control de-
vices are now being tested on num-
her of railroads, in accordance with
orders issued by the commission Sev-
eraI months ago.
uateIy 100000. were announced re-
Gently by the mixed claims commits
sion in favor of American claimants
against Germany for property losses
sustained during the war. The iar"-
est awards were to the Standard OIL
Company Of New York. 100000. and
the Remington Typewriter Company,
SG4,S0O. The Tahatinn Trading Com
pany was allowed Si,254.
Plans to aid wheat growers by
granting government loans which
would permit them TO purchase cattle
and diversity their farming. were
drafted into Il bill by several members
Of the Senate and House from the
northwest The bill would provide Il
S5a,0G00OO fund. TIE loans would be
for a five-year period at Il rate of in
tprest not To exceed 6 per cent and
WIN tILt idtIlt as Stthlllt.
larger acre yields and better prices
generally Of most of the important
farm products of the country, com
bined with an increase or about GOO
900 acres in the aggregate planted
area, lifted the total value of this
years crops $ST2. .S91 900 above last
year. Value Of this years crops was
placed at IS 322, ,695,OOO by the depart.
ment of agriculture in its final crop
report of the year. The values were
based on the farm price of the crops
Un Dec. l.
Soldiers bonus legislation received
"A setback with the refusal of the
House ways and means committee to
give it right of way over adrninstra-
tive provisions of the treasury's tax
hill. The committee declined, however.
to sidetrack it until decision is
reached as to what changes should be
made in tax rates The bonus was
given another jolt by Secretary Mel
Ion, who declared in letter to Rep
resentative Andrew, Republican, Mas.
ssichuseits, that If the compensation
measure vetoed by President Harding
were enacted the direct cost would
total $500, 526, ,444, and would average
S25GOU0 for the first four years
San Diego naval authorities con-
firmed report that Admiral Samuel
=. Robinson had disapprovod court
iiarfial findings holding Lieutenant
Commander ii. o. Rocsch guilty of
neglect in permitting the destroyer
Ais.lialaS To run nslore in tho IIando