The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-03
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so de at Los Angeles received
u ,tGnas pardons
he Japanese steamer Yogen Maru
stranded inside Grays harbor at
Jerdeen, Ore, according to n radio
fnessage received by the Federal Tele-
graph Company ut Portland.
AS a tribute to Lieut. Com. John
Philip Sousa, noted band leader, Mayor
James Rolph, Jr.. of San Francisco, is
sued proclamation setting aside Jan,
as "Sousa day" in San Francisco.
Thirty-fiye years ago on that date the
city welcomed Sousa while u leader of
the United States Marine Corps band.
AS the result of collision near Seat
tie during dense fog in Smiths Cove,
the steamer Astorian. a combination
freight and passenger vessel, sank
after the passengers had been trans
ferred 10 the tug Lillico No. 20, which
was towing barge containing fuel oil
for the steamship President Madison.
The Astorian rammed into the barge
towed by the tug
Despite the refusal of the federal
power commission to issue license
for development of a power project at
Diamond creek. on the Colorado river.
j. B. Grand of Phoenix has started ac-
tual construction work on the project,
it was announced by associates of Mr..
Grand. Under permit issued to him
by the state of Arizona, Grand was re-
quired to begin construction before
Dec. % of this year. h
Appearing before City Judge n. II.
Tanner at Salt Lake City, Hyrum
Dempsey, father of the world neavy-
weight champion, Jack Dempsey, en-
tered plea of guilty to possession
of liquor. The elder Dempsey was
taken into custody in cafe and re-
leased on bond of $780, The arresting
officer charged he had flask of
liquor and was mixing hlshballs. A
young woman member of the Dempsey
cafe party was also taken to polfce
headquarters, but she was released
and her name kept secret,
Eight pouches Of mail, consigned
San Francisco, were stolen and rifled
en- route, probably as they were being
transferred from a boat to Il wharf,
It was discovered by postal author-
ties when discarded portions of the
letters were found on the outskirts of
Sutro Forest and In the old Masonic
cemetery. The value of the stolen
mail has not been ascertained The
mail was placed aboard a steamer at
Vallejo, Calf, bound for San Fran
cisco, Dec. 81.
WASHINGTON
B. Ogden Chisholm of New York, n
retired banker and well known advo-
cate of prison reform, ANNOUNCED that
President Coolidge had appointed him
international prison commissioner to
succeed the late John Koren. Mr..
Chisholm Is known as an ardent advo-
cate of the international code of pro-
cedure in the handling of prisoners,
which he said he would try to have
adopted by the international prison
congress when 1t meets in London In
1925.
= More than 100000 square miles of
territory may be added to the United
States as the result of the nnvy's pro-
jected expedition into the Arctic Cir
Gle, 1t was declared at the navy de-
partment recently. This big expanse
of land, most OF 1t covered with Ice
is believed to be between Alaska
and the North Pole
A demand for reform" within the
ku Kluy Kan was made In Washing
ton by Z. Y. Clarke, formerly high in
the councils of the organization, and
was met by statement from Milton
Elfod, director of the department of
publication and education of the Klan,
that Clarke for months had been at
tempting to destroy" the order. Mr..
Clarke made known his position
through letter to President Coolidge,
offering to cooperate with the -execu-
tive in ending the activities of IAN
element which he said is converting
the khan into an organization far diff
ferent from that planned by its found
erS, and through announcement of his
intention to call the better element
either to take hold and remedy the
existing evils" or disband the organi-
Zation.
Deaths from diabetes showed n con.
siderable Increase last year, 1t was
shown by census breau statistics.
There were 17,1s2 deaths from dia-
betes in 1922, compared with 14,933 in,
tratlon area, comprising S5 per cent
uf the conntry's population. The death
.ate was 1874 per 100000 population
last year, compared with 1862 in 1921
Announcement of Christmas pardons
and combinations for eleven men
serving terms in federal penitentiar-
les was made by President Coolidge.