The Tomahawk., 1924-01-10
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Washington

! Washington - Production Of meat
this year exceeded last years figures
by 1,500,000.000 pounds. according to
estimates made public by the Institute
OF American Meat Packers.
Washington - The cost Of living
was One-tifth less in September of this
year than it was in June. 1920, when
the highest point in living costs since
1913 was reached, bureau of labor sta
! tistics show.
Washington-A reciprocal copyright
arrangement has been agreed upon by
the United States and Canada Under
the arrangement, citizens of the Unit
ed States may obtain copyrights in
Canada under the Canadian copyright
act, which also becomes effective, and
at the same time all benefits of Amer
lean copyright laws are extended to
Canadian citizens.
Domestic
Chicago - Damage estimated at
$1,0OO000 vas done by fire at the
Whiting plant of the Standard Oil
company Of Indiana.
oht oIllLh, al NJ lESI 10
extinguish a gas well fire in the Alma,
Ark, field, by flooding the surface
opening of the we'll with live steam,
had failed to conquer the flames.
Chicago - Six families missed their
anticipated New Year dinners at home
when fire swept through an apart
ment building on the south side The
damage was estimated at $4,000.
Atlanta - Search for the four con-
victs who made a daring escape from
the federal penitentiary here had been
extended over a wide area but Off
Gals admitted they were on a "cold
trail"
New York - John d. Rockefeller,
Jr, has published his first book and
will receive royalties at the regular
rates. The volume, entitled "The
Personal Relation in Industry" has
been issued by Boni and Liveright.
Louisville - Taps have sounded for
Adrian r. Kendall of Shively, KY,
who was reputed to have fired the last
shot of the war between the states.
Mr.. Kendall, for 33 years an active
member of the Louisville bar, was
buried in the cemetery at Shively.
Baltimore - The sidswheel steamer
Emma Giles, with 80 passengers
aboard was rammed by the freight
steamship Steel Trader in a heavy
fog off Sandy Point, Chesapeake bay.
The passenger vessel was badly dam
aged, but no one was injured
Chester, Va. - Three distinct earth
quake shocks were felt here in the
Boyce section of Clarke county. near
here, according to reports. The re-
port said the houses were shaken,
dishes ratified and many residents were
badly frightened. No property damage
has been reported.
Tallahassee, Fla. - Leasing of con-
victs to private interests became I'M
lawful in Florida under provision of
the law enacted by the 1913 legisla-
ture, which also abolished the lash in
convict camps in this state Passage
Of the act was the outgrowth of leg
islative investigation of the death in
Dixie county lumber camp of Martin
Tabert
Effingham, III. - Christina Meeker,
aged IS, an employe Of glove fac
tory at Sigel, had her entire scalp
torn off when she was attempting to
replace belt which slipped from a
shaft. Her hair caught in the ma
chinery, removing the scalp from
above her eyes to the back of her
| nanly Che - to1
where the scalp was replaced. 1t is
thought she will recover.
New York-The Biddle family long
prominent in New York, has contrib
uted another member to the motion
picture industry. George Drexel Bid
die, son of Mr.. Craig Biddle, has be.
come second cameraman for w. D. De
Mile at the Long Island studio of the
Famous Players-Lasky corporation.
Young Biddle's older brother, Craig
Biddle. Jr., has been a movie actor in
California for some time.
Vaudeville, Lathe Laundry, shoe
shop bakery and printing office Of
the Chinchuba deaf institution at Chin
chuba, near here. were destroyed by
fire. Bucket brigades managed to pre-
vent the flames from spreading to the
dormitory. There was little excitement
among the 81 deaf and dumb children
in the dormitory when they were
aroused an hour before daylight and
all left the structure without injury.
Pawtucket, R. 1.-The old Slater
mill estate, including the first cotton
mill established in America, has been
purchased for $45,O 900 by the old Slater
Mill association, which will convert
the mill into textile museum. The
estate includes, in addition to the cot
ton mill established on the banks OF
the Pawtucket river in 1890 by Sam
uel Slater, four stores, a three story
brick mill more than 100 years old and
a structure formerly used as a brass
foundry.
Brookline, Mass. - George E. Henry
of Winchester, philanthropist and one
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