The Dolores star., 1923-12-14
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 Il
gathering of foremost railroad officials
and engineers of the United States,
The locomotive attained n speed of 100
miles. In IL tug-Of-war test the elec-
tric locomotive outpulled the latest i'm
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 a 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 80 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 cap'as
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
19l counts, charging forgery, embezzle-
ment and grand larceny.
COntending that his salary of $500 a
month is inadequate to pay alimony of
$3.50 month, support his present wife
and child and lis aged mother and TO
maintain an establishment befitting Il
colonel of cavalry in the United Starcs
army in command of one of the largest
| posts in the country" Col. John J.
Boniface, commanding officer Of the
| Thirteenth cavalry, filed motion in
! Chancery Court at Little Rock, Ark.
| asking that the amount of aimony he
| is required to pay his former wife be
reduced.
Finance Minister Ernest Blythe. in
a speech in Dublin declared that sub
scriptiOns TO the Free State Loan have
| surpassed all expectations and have
definitely established the credit of the
Free State. He declared that it will be
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
| ''ur derground" route.
]. c. Walton, Ousted governor of
| Oklahoma, lost his last fight against
| the special state election of Oct =, au-
| thorizing the Legislature to meet with
| out the call of the governor, in the
| State Supreme Court. The court re-
| versed the order issuing 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 10 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 Coolidges refusal
to pardon Craig while granting him a
| 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 minority
] against the premier's proposal.