The Dolores star., 1924-12-12
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Fifty aerial torpedoes have been
stolen from secret reserve ammunl-
ton magazines on Point Iona. near
San Diego, Calf. and United States
naval officers and police are worried
may be put
Idaho mining conditions were re-
viewed for the benefit OF the Pacific
Northwest mining mems convention at
Spokane, Wash, Dean Francis A.
Thompson of the school of mines. Uni
verslty OF Idaho. acting as chairman.
Despite ldaho's present record for
mineral production. he declared. its re
sources seem undiminished
Damages of $500 were awarded 20
Mrs. Edna Cummins by Circuit Court
jury AT McNrinnviIle, ore. in Mrs. Cum
Minis $50 600 libel action against elev-
en- members of the Newberg Ku klux
Klan. Mrs. Cummins alleged her char
acter had been injured by alleged
statements concerning her made by the
defend;m members of the Newberg
khan
Governor Elect Clarence J. Morley
of Colorado will urge the Colorado
Legislature, at its next session, to en-
act II law similar tn the anti-alien land
act of California, he told members Of
the luba city Woman's Club in an
address ut Yuba City, Calf. Hun
dreds of Japanese are coming into
Colorado. he said. and large colonies
already have been established within
the last year.
Simplicity viii mark the Inaugural
ton in Cheyenne, Jan. ;, of Wyoming's
new governor, Mrs. Nellie B. Ross,
elected Nov. I to succeed her husband.
the late William b. Ross. She will be
dressed in mourning for her husband,
IL Is understood, when she steps up to
take the gubernatOrial oath, which will
be administered the morning of Jan. .
by Chief Justice c. NJ Potter of the
Wyoming state Supreme Court. The
ceremony will be simple.
WASHINGTON
Several hundred vacancies in post
mastershipss which have occurred since
Congress adjourned were filled in
nominations sent to the Senate by
President Coolidge These included
Dwight X. Foster. Paonia, Colo, and
the following from Wyoming: Burton
r. Jones, Greybull; Maxwell l.. Jour
dan, Medicine Bow; John C. Bruce.
Lander, and John H. York, East Las
Vegas, \. NJ.
After financing its requirements for
more than two years with short-term
obligations, the treasury has turned to
an issue of l0ng-term bonds to obtain
cash to meet maturing Indebtedness
and carry the government through the
next three months. Announcement was
made in Washington that an issue of
twenty to thirty-year per cent bonds
will be offered Dec. 10, in the amount
Of S200.0OOOO0. The new securities,
the first longtime obligations put on
the market by the treasury since
October, 1922, will mature Dec. 10,
1854, but the right is reserved to call
them for retirement on and after Dec.
Is, 1914, on notice Of four months.
The postal service has grown stead
lily in the last year in keeping with the
cOuntry's business and has managed to
effect economies without impairing
efficiency. Postmaster General New
informs President Coolidge in his an
nual report. The postal revenues
Jumped 7.53 per cent over the pre-
yiOus year and mounted to S572. .94S.-
77s, an increase Of $4O,120,S53 over
1923. Audited expenditures to take
care of the growing business increased
only 5.4 per cent their total having
been $5s7, ,376,915.
Until Attorney General Stone gets a
certified copy of the decision of Fed
eral Judge Reeves in sustaining n de-
murrer to indictments against Walter
s. Dickey, owner Of the Kansns CITY
Journal-Post, and Ralph Ellis, his
general managing editor. who were
charged with violating publicity pro-
visions of the tax law, he will be IN
able to determine whether the govern
ment's appeal will go direct to the
United States Supreme Court, or
through the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. This announcement
was made in Washington by Mrs.
Mabel Willebrandt. assistant attorney
general, in charge of tax cases.
Years of prosperous and healthy
conditions such as succeeded the cleo
tion of 1896 were forecast for the
United States by Secretary Mellon in
the annual report of the treasury sent
to Congress-
Senator BOrah of Idaho became
chairman of the Senate foreign rela-
lions committee. succeeding the LATE