The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-06
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoiNGs, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERines, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

ooo worth OF motion picture films were
destroyed by fire that started in u
cutting room of the William Fox stu
dos in Hollywood The women were
Misses Catherine Vose and Josephine
Rompagne.
Hermnn L. Roth, Hollywood attor-
ney, recently convicted of having al
tempted to extort money from Arthur
III. Sawyer, business manager for the
film actress, Barbara La Marr, was
sentenced by Judge Russ Avery of
Los Angeles to from one to five years
in San Quentin prison
Declaration that he and his asso-
ciates "are going to resist the gov
ernments effort to enjoin us from
proceeding with the work at Diamond
Greek" was made by James b. Grand
In statement made In Phoenix,
Ariz., when informed that he had
been made defendant in suit to
halt construction of the Diamond
Creek dam on the Colorado river.
Forty-nine Hindus were locked in Il
Pullman ut the railroad station at
Calexico, Calf. The Hindus arrived
in bond from Hong Kong, billed to
Mexico, but immigration officials ut
Mexicali, just across the border from
Calexico, refused admission to them,
although their passports bear the visa
Of the Mexican consul in Hong Kong.
There Is no room for them in Mexico,
it was explained
Twenty-elght thousand dollars in
currency was scattered along the right
of way of the Southern Pacific COM
pany for 125 miles when the sack con-
talnIng the payroll of the Nevada Con-
solldated Copper Company at Ely,
New, was thrown from the train at
CObre, junction point. The sack
bounced back under the car and was
torn open. The loss was not discov-
cred until the train reached Carlin.
WASHINGTON
The Senate by vote of &C to 1,
adopted the Wheeler resolution order
ing sweeping Investigation into the
official conduct of Attorney General
Daugherty. The only vote against
the resolution was cast by Senator
David Elkins, Republican, West vlr-
gilia.
New terms and conditions under
which the government would dispose
OF. Its entire merchant fleet, compris-
ing 1885 vessels of various types were
announced recently by the shipping
board In general advertisement call
ing for bids. Records show that only
quarter of the whole tonnage now is
in operation, the remainder comprising
the "laid up fleet.
The Longworth compromise income
tax schedule has been approved by
the House. 1t provides for a maxi
mum surtax of 371a per cent on in
comes over 100000 and reduces the
normal tax on small incomes from 4
per cent to 2 per cent Another pro-
vision. previously voted into the
revenue bill reduces by one-fourth all
income taxes payable through this
resolution.
A foreign trade balance for Janu-
ary favorable to the United States of
$101 1881, ,558 was shown in figures
made public by the Department of
Commerce. Exports continued larger
to Europe than to any other group of
countries, although imports from
Europe advanced sharply over Janu.
ary year ago.
Estimates that 25,OOO Indians may
upon application. become American
citizens, without sacrificing any OF
their tribal rights. were made by the
Indian office in Il report on the Sny,
der bill, recently reported favorably
by the House committee on Indian af.
fairs. Two-thirds of the country's In.
dian population now enjoy American
citizenship.
Two major amendments were incor.
porated in the revenue bill by the
House amid storms of debate involv.
ing a series of personal exchanges
threats Of Republican organization
leaders to vote against the passage OF
the entire bill, und warning from
Representative Mills, Republican, New
York, of the possibility of a presiden'
tial veto. The session ended in row
over reduction of the automobile
taxes.
Speaking before the California
Academy of Science at San Francisco
Capt. T. J. J. See, professor of mathe.
MATES, U. s. ~, and government as,
tronomer at Mare Island, announced
the result of n series of tests by pro
II inent Investigators, which, he said
shows the complete collapse of tho
Einstein theory of relativity. The
Investigators, on the results of whose
researches Captain See bases his con
clusion that the Einstein theory is IN
utter fallacy, include Prof, Charles
Lane Poor of Columbia University
New York, and himself.