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Automobile bandits stepped into the
Iowa State Bank In Des Moines. locked
r. II. Hunter, bookkeeper. and ii. X.
Pharmer assistant cashier, In the
Mushroom after Pharmer had opened
the vault. secured $4,000 and made
their getaway.
Charged with having fled with sew
eral thousand dollars Of the st0ckhold-
srs' money after destroying the books
OF the company, d. II. Kicker. presi-
dent OF the Associated Swine Breeders.
Inc. Ii being sought by the police au
thorities Of San Francisco.
Quarantine because OF influenza
against Skagway and all ports south Of
Skagway or elsewhere on the Alaskan
coast has been established by Gov
srnor Mackenzie OF Yukon territory.
No one will be allowed to leave Skag-
way southbound until after five days
detention In quarantine at their own
expense.
The dead bodies OF Vera May Mel
son. a stenographer. and YoshIo Ho-
sada. . Japanese. were found In Sun
Francisco restaurant In the woman's
apartments The deaths were caused
BY bullet wounds. According to the
police Hosada shot the woman and
then killed himself. No motive for the
crime has been found by the police.
Liberty bonds owned by national
banks cannot be deducted from the val
uation OF the banks capital stocks
when valuation is fixed for state taxa
tlon purposes, the Supreme Court of
Nebraska held in passing on test case
appealed from Aurora, Neb. The gov
ernment. which interviewed In the case,
will carry the ease to the Supreme
Court Of the United States
A bin providing for the regulation
by public school authorities Of all pri-
vate, paroehial and deDominational
schools In Nebraska was passed by the
Senate OF the State Legislature The
measure. which already has passed
the House, will empower public school
superintendent 10 inspect such insti-
tutions and report TO the proper of
ficers the use Of any text books sub
versiye of American institutions"
WASHINGTON
George Fort, assistant treasurer of
the United States, died at his home In
Washington OF heart failure. He had
recovered recently from all attack of
Influenza.
Five hundred dangerous enemy
aliens, including convicted criminals,
spies and agents, will be turned free
upon the conclusion of peace unless
the next Congress Immediately passes
legislation providing the necessary ma
chlnery for their deportation This fact
was revealed in a statement by Attor-
ney General Palmer, In which he dis
closed the number OF persons now In
termed in detention camps as 1900
Unusual growth OF trade between
the United States and 0ceana was
shown In u report In the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce. In the
first eight months of the fiscal year
oceanln took Sl35. $50, 789 worth Of ex-
ports from this country, as compared
with ss3D06. SOC In the same period
last year, and sold the United States
goods valued al sl39.s7l .G02. nm in.
crease OF sde, e,ooo,0o over last year.
Increased use by American farmers
OF tractors was shown In reports from
manufacturers. estimating that ap-
proximately $4,000 OF the machines
will be produced this year. This is
more than double the number manu-
factured last year.
Forty-six per cent of the commits
stoned officers who were on the army
lists Nov. IL. 1918. had been discharged
on March 20 last. A statistical report
prepared by the general staff showed
that of the 1sS.434 officers on duty
when the armistice was signed. 1O2, ,473
were In service on March 20. The
greatest reduction was In the chemical
warfare service. 81 per cent of It's com.
missioned personnel having been re-
leased
Three weeks before the Victory Loan
compaign Is to open the first subscrip-
ton has been received To the navy
goes the honor OF firing the first
shot Secretary Daniels. Just before
he sailed for Europe. sent check for
5000 to Rear Admiral T. ]. Cowie, in
charge OF the navy's subscriptions, and
81 the same time called on the men
who made the sea safe during the war
10 continue the splendid record Of pre-
vIous loans.
Gen. Pershing has arranged 10 pur-
chase from the Young Mems Christian
Association nearly million dollars
worth Of textbooks covering practical
ly every phase Of general and tech.
nical education from elementary
schools to post graduate courses In
the great French and British univer-
Sifiea