The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-17
CONDENSED REC ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoiNes, ACHIEVE
MENTS. SuFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

The Interstate Commerce Commis.-
sion has authorized the North & South
hallway Company to build u S11,O00,-
OOO line from Niles City, Mont, to
llico. Wyo., and from Mills to Casper,
Wyo., reaching into the Teapot dome
oil section. The commission authorized
the company to acquire any lines now
being constructed over the proposed
routes.
The mystery which has surrounded
the death of ]. ]. Mcguire, the aged
blacksmith of Los Olives, near Santa
Barbara, Calf, who was killed by u
dynamite blast on the night of Dec
lG, has been solved according to an
announcement from the office of Dis
trict Attorney Clarence Ward as con-
fession by Harvey Stonebarger, one of
the men held on suspicion that he had
knowledge of the killing.
Six new Infections of the foot and
mouth disease were received In re-
ports In one day by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture from the branch
offices In the quarantined districts
Figures by the department show the
total number of livestock destroyed to
date in combating the epidemic is
49,601, consisting of 81 herds. The
total is made up OF 25,11O cattle, 9,54S
hogs, l4,G04 sheep and 239 goats.
The North Platte river, which last
September u swallowed and retained
the bodies of dozen or more victims
Of the Cole creek disaster to Burling-
ton passenger train No. 30, has given
up the body Of Charles Guenther,
prominent resident of Douglas. Re
ceding waters Of the recent flood in
the river left the body high and dry
on sandbar twenty miles below the
scene of the wreck, where it was
found by Robert Hintz, section fore
man for the Burlington.
WASHINGTON
Sumner Welles, American commits
sioner to the Dominican republic, has
been Instructed by President Coolidge
to offer the friendly assistance of the
United States for establishment OF
peace in Honduras.
The Johnson immigration bill was
passed by the House The measure
would practically bar japanese, would
fix quotas at 2 per cent, based on the
1890 census, and would provide for ex-
animation Of immigrants overseas.
Amendment to the election laws to
prohibit payment OF deficit for M.
tional political organizations or can
didates by groups or individuals
seeking to obligate political parties"
was proposed in resolution BY Seha.
tor Walsh, Democrat, Massachusetts.
The House irrigation committee de.
cided to take up for consideration the
secohd refusal by Governor Hunt ,of
Aftzohh to accept request to testify
IN repard to the proposed Boulder
canon dam. Governor Hunt was asked
to appear concerning charges by him
in telegram to Chairman Smith that
Secretary Work was using "his posi-
ton" to favor Colorado in the pro-
posed river development. He replied
that he could not spare the time to
come to Washington at present.
A bill designed to prevent a mo-
nopoly of radio ccnAmunicatIon was
passed by the Senate. It declares the
air to be the "aDalienable possession
of the people" land prohibits licenses
extending more than two years.
Burton X. Wheeler, United Sta,es
Senator from Montana, and promi-
nenty identified with the Senate
paughdrty investigating committee,
was Indicted by federal grand jury
at Great Falls, Mont. He is charged
with unlawfully receiving money as
Retainer fees to influence the Issuance
of oil and gas prospecting permits by
the commissioner of the general land
office and the secretary of the inte-
rlor.
Former Attorney General Harry NJ.
Daugherty was advised recently by
friends in Columbus, Ohio, that all of
his personal files for twenty years
back had been burglarlzed. The files
were removed to Daugherty's home In
Columbus from his law office when he
became attorney general In 1921. He
said that he did not know what had
been taken from the files and would
not be able to determine what was
missing until he had made a personal
investigation.
Senator, Hiram Johnson, California,
a candidate Tor the Republican presi-
dental nomination, declared IN a FORM
al statement that he is not quitting
what he is attempting to do polltl-
caily." That he defined as an effort
to rid the Republican party of "cor:
rupt and reactionary control" There
was no specific mention of his candl.
dacy In his statement.
Japan has lodged with the State De
partrnent bristltng protest against
proposals in Congress to apply furthe,
drastic restrictions to japanese immi