The Tomahawk., 1924-08-28
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Washington-Ratific Of the
liquor treaty between Sweden and the
( United States were formally ex-
changed at the state department.
ashington-Desirabili Of amend
ments to the present coinage laws to
permit the use of token money in
place Of silver dollars was suggested
| by treasury officials in discussing the
campaign just launched to popularize
the old silver dollar.
! Washington - Changes in consular
assignments announced at the state
department included the transfer OF
Claude I. Dawson at Mexico City to
Stockholm, to be succeeded in the
Mexican capital by Alexander w. We'd
dell now at Calcutta.
| Washington - Director F. T. Hines
Of the Veterans Bureau approved an
order establishing approximately 30
claims and rating boards for veterans
| in the subdistrict offices. The action
Is part OF the directors decentraliza-
tion plan to bring compensation or
other relief into closer contact with
the board.
Washington-Reduc OF redis-
count rates was authorized for the
intermediate Credit banks by the
Federal Farm Loan board. The new
rate to financial institutions Is per
cent and to cooperative marketing
associations Az per cent. The rates
heretofore have ranged up to per
cent on some classes OF paper and to
5h per cent on others.
Washington - A juniper tree not
| less than 5000 years old has been
found in the Cache national forest in
northern Utah, near the Logan Can
! yon highway, and is being protected
! by u. S. forest service. Scientists
say 1t probably is the oldest juniper
tree in the world. 1t is AZ feet high
and measures 7 feet 6 inches in dia-
meter near the ground.
Domestic
New York-A special investigating
| committee of the "Scientific Ameri-
can" pronounced unfounded the cleo
| tronic reactions theory of the late DR..
Abrams, of San Francisco.
Chattanooga, Tenn. - Chattanooga
traffic officers are no respectors OF
persons Governor Austin Peavy Of
Tennessee was ordered to report in
police court for improperly parking
his automobile.
| hon fto hnI
up the Union Trust Company here,
forced A. z. Andross, cashier, to lie
on the floor, and escaped in a motor
car with between $4,000 and $4,000,
all the cash on hand.
Hoquiam. Wash.-Sparks from
dry kiln plant Of the National Lumber
and Planning Mill Company started a
, fire which destroyed the mill and g.
! 100000 feet of lumber. causing an
! estimated damage of $100O.000 and
throwing 500 men out of work.
Chicago-The plan Of the National
! Association of Credit Men to raise $5,-
100000 to be spent in fighting COM
mercial crime and fraud has been ap-
proved by the central division, the ad
ministrative committee and the ad-
visory council. The central division
embraces the territory from the Appa-
lachian to the Rocky mountains.
Richmond. Va. - Senator Carter
Glass of this state informed the Rich
mond Chamber Of Commerce, 1t was
announced, that he was retiring to
| his country home, near Lynchburg
for a rest upon the advice Of his ply
sician. Senator Glass had been men,
toned as one Of the Democratic
speakers to be heard in different
sections of the country during the
presidential campaign.
New York - Frederick w. Wander
bilt's yacht, Bedette. built in Copen-
hagen at a cost Of $450,O00 and with
fittings valued at $55U.000 and de-
scribed in yachting circles as the
finest ship Of its type ever to enter
New York harbor, arrived here and
| was placed under American registry.
| houses, including hotel and mo-
! tion picture theater, were destroyed
by fire which swept the business
section of Stamps. Ark, near here.
Plymouth, Vt.-In the simple sur
roundings of the modest little farm
house of his father where the most
of his youthful life was spent, and
where a year ago he took the oath OF
! office as President of the United
States, Calvin Coolidge received three
Of the worlds wizards Of industry and
invention. They were Henry Ford,
! Thomas A. Edison and Harvey Fire.
stone, all of whom arrived wearing
Coolidge badges which they had OBJ
tanned at Ludlow, Vermont. where
they were initiated during the early
hours of the morning into the Cool
idge home town club. President Cool