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Show NORTHWESL NOTES Indictment under 40 counts charging charg-ing him with defrauding the federal government nnd rclntlvcs of devensed members of the Thirteenth naval district dis-trict Is conducting funerals and shipping ship-ping bodies of Sailors, was returned by a federal grand Jury against 0. M. Huttcrworlh of Seattle, general mnn-iiger mnn-iiger of a largo undertaking firm. Members of tho detachment of Company Com-pany D, Twenty-third bilttnlloii, United States guards, who linvo been -stationed In Anncondn for tho past three month?, have left for Camp Lewis, where they expect to bo mustered out of the service. They entrained from Camp Hletiicnr Tho "Kmpty Stocking Club," nn organization or-ganization which hopes to uttaln n membership of 4,000, Was -formed nt Livingston, Mont. Tho organization Is for tho purposo of supplying tho needy with n good dinner Chrlstmns ovo nnd to umbo, them happy In other ways. Tub kiddles, too, will bo taken caro of. Ptttcr Hoffman of Livingston, Mont, has been given adjudgment for $10,S0O dnmnges ngnlnst B. H. Itoehl for pcr-Minnl pcr-Minnl Injuries sustained two years ago. It is tho largest verdict over awarded lu a personal Injury suit In this district. dis-trict. Tho evidence in tho case, as to which thero was llttlo dlsputo, showed that Mr. Iloeht scjtt nn employe from his garage with a enr to demonstrate to n prospective buyer. After driving nbout, tho chauffeur permitted tho daughter of tho prospective buyer, both belug with him In the car, to drlvo tho nuto. Sho lost control and ran tho car Into Hoffman, who wns stundlns neifr the curb, nnd crushed him bndly ngnlnst tho wall of n building. Mlko Holso of Missoula, Mont., did not linvo n cent lu ensh when ho met Pollco Judge Honncr on a drunkenness charge, but ho hnd $150 In thrift stamps stowed nway In his ragged coat. So the Judge took $5 worth und called It Bquare. "This Is where you get your Interest In n hurry, Mlko." Uncle Sam has mnde arrangements to give people ot Helena nnd vicinity who want tiiem Chrlstmns trees absolutely abso-lutely freo for tho cutting and dollvcry, which applicants must do themsolves under direction of n forest ranger, according ac-cording to an announcement by Chnrlos It. McIInrg, Jr., supervisor of tho Helena forest. According to annual custom Inaugurated hero by local for estry officials hovcral years ago, this free troo arrangement npplios to anyone any-one who wants u tree for his own homo use, and docs not lucludo dcnlors. Approximately 1.000 soldiers making up tho Forty-fourth regulnr Infantry regiment, urrlrod nt San Francisco this wetk from. Camp Lewis, where they hnd been sintlonod or more thnn' ft yenr. They went to tho Presidio, -whcro they will bo stnttoned until further fur-ther orders. Itobort T. l-'crgusson, whoso confession confes-sion aided the government In the Aiigol Island Immigration smuggling enses, was sentenced Suturdny nt Snn Frnn-"clseo Frnn-"clseo to a yenr In n Jail In tho United States district court, although there was put Into the records n letter from tho government Invostlgntor. A score of persons wero Inulcted In these cases which concerned tho Illegal Immigration Immigra-tion of Chinese. Tho Federated Shop Crafts association associa-tion of the Union Pacific system, formed In Snlt Iiko during tho pnst week, concluded Its orgnnlzntlon convention con-vention with the selection of Snlt Lnko for tho biennial meeting In October, 1020. Tho federation named tho following fol-lowing officers: Georgo A. Murphy of Cheyenne, president; P. M. Ucnch of Cheyenne, first vice president; 0. 0. Mitchell of Los Angeles, second vice president; J. I). Christie of Oinnha, third vlco presidents Anthony Johnson of Senttle, secretary-treasurer. All hope thnt the two missing French mine sweepers Cerlsoles and Inkerninn had escaped tho storm of November 1U, when they beenmo scp united from tho Selmstopol, u third vessel of the fleet, which was en route from Fort Wllllnni. Out, to France, was abandoned by Cnpt. M. Leclero, who Iiiik returned from nn exhaustive search of the north shore ot Lake Superior. Su-perior. Three days In a stalled automobile In tho mountains In tho grip of n bllz-wird. bllz-wird. with nothing to cnt and practically prac-tically no warmth, was tho experience of Col. nnd Mrs. L. A. Dorrlngton of llcno, Nov., who have Just returned from Mendocino county, Cnllforrila. Dorrlngton Is houd of the Indlnn serv lee for California and Nevada and his experiences on this trip have" forced him to tho use of crutches. Hecnuso of tho seriousness of the influenza in-fluenza situation nt Aberdeen, S. D., city authorities at a meeting decldod thnt all persons appearing on tho streets. In theatres, churches, schools and other public plnces, must wear musks. . . James Woodson, n negro, was tnken from Jull nt Green IUver, Wyo., by a mob of NX) men, mostly rn-"oa(1 cm-irloyes-. ond lynched. Tho negro shot and killed n railroad switchman and wounded another mnn. Churged with stealing two pouches of registered mall In Denver, Alfred Young, said by tho postofflco authorities authori-ties to bo nn ex-convlct, wns arrested hero today by William Mcllenry. Snn Francisco postal Inspector, who for-merly for-merly held a slmllur position In Denver. Den-ver. , Provost Marshal General Crowdei has Instructed draft boards to complete com-plete their work of classifying registrants regis-trants from 18 to 80 years ot ngo as quickly as posslblo nnd to classify noiu Whose questionnaire Is received nftei December 31. |