The Holly chieftain., 1924-02-21
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a permanent commercial exhibit is
% be installed in San Francisco by the
japanese government. The exhibit.
will be worth in the neighborhood of
| 100000.
Three dead and one dangerously
Wounded is the toll of the battle which
occurred in the heart of Salt Lake
city's business section, when the
police attempted to arrest William
Lee, alleged cafe bandit.
The national elimination balloon
will he held at San Antonio, Texas,
April %, 1t was announced in Wash
ington by b. Russell Shaw, vice
chairman of the contest committee of
The National Aeronautlc Association.
Approximately 200 special deputy
city marshals to guard oil wells in
he Huntington Beach oil field, near
Los Angeles, have been appointed,
bringing the total number of appoint
nents to 400, according to advices
received in Los Angeles.
A cablegram from President Ebert
Of Germany expressing regret at the
'deplorable misinterpretation" of the
German embassy flag incident and ex-
tending to the American people deep
sympathy on the death of former
President Wilson was made public by
Mai. Gen. Henry 7. Allen, chairman
of the american committee for re-
lief of German children.
Mexicali, the Mexican town facing
tional boundary, within the last few
days has been made the clearing house
for opium by the issuance of special
licenses to two opium smoking dens
and narcotic supply houses there, ac-
cording to information sent to the
State Department at Washington by
American Consul Won Strub at Mexi-
cali.
A party of officers and men Of the
United States navy arrived in Seattle
en- route to Alaska to prepare for the
flight of the dirigible Shenandoah over
polar regions next summer. The adj
vance party left for Nenana or Fair
banks, in the interior of Alaska. From
Nenana, its chief, Lieut.. b. H. Wyatt,
accompanied by two men, will fly by
airplane to Nome, several hundred
miles.
The steamer Columbia in the Nc
Cormick Steamship Company's SER
vice, ran aground on the north side of
l Coos bay jetty, near Mansfield, Ore,
while en- route for Portland from San
Francisco. There were thirty pas
sengers aboard and n crew of thirty
seven, including officers. Although
1t was believed the vessel will be a
total loss all passengers We're re-
moved in safety.
WASHINGTON
ed to President Coolidge that strict
er enforcement Of prohibition already
has inspired more wholesome re-
srect for law and order"
The Senate after seven hours of
acrid debate, confirmed the nomina.
ton of Atlee Pomerene, Democrat, OF
Ohio. to be President Coolidge's speci-
al oil lease prosecutor, by vote of
IS to IS.
President Coolidge has instructed
Secretary of the Navy DENLY to cease
preparations for the North polar
flight of the dirigible Shenandoah. Op.
position to the required expenditure OF
S350,000 prompted the order.
|
idge, Secretary. of the Treasury Mel
Ion accepted the resignation of Louis
A. Hill as director of the bureau OF
engraving and printing, and named
Maj. Wallace w. Kirby of the army
engineer corps as acting director.
An operation described as success
full was performed upon Senator
Frank L. Greene, of Vermont, whI
was wounded in the head by Il pistol
bullet during a battle between alleged
bootleggers and prohibition agents
and police almost within the shadow
of the capitol.
Diplomatic relations between the
United States and the government OF
IliNS pCSh StNcISu ny lIt
State Department. The step was tax
en- because of the failure of three pol
itical factions In Honduras to reach IN
agreement under which constitutional
government can be restored by peace
full means.
| ]. Leo Stack, Denver oil man, who
has contractural rights in claims II
Teapot dome, told the Senate oil com
mittee today that he became con
vinced soon after Harry f. Sinclair
got the lease that there had been
bad faith. fraud and secret dealings
in the matter. Stack said information
had come to him that Sinclair, Robert
w. Stewart of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, and II. M. Black
mer of the Midwest Refining Com
| hopy Standard ntl sIhciIiory- bo