Gilpin observer., 1919-05-08
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTe
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Webtefn NoW0p4l
WESTERN

six years was staged ut Matamoras,
Mexico, opposite Brownsville, Texas,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Anna Gould Hough, sister to
Jay Gould, the famous financier, is
dead at her home in Los Angeles. She
was nearly 80 years old and the last of
the original Gould family.
Mrs. Rosa Joseph, wealthy member
of IA New York firm of linen import
ers, was robbed in Los Angeles Of lin
ems valued at $4,000 and an automo.
bile, according to report she made to
the police.
Five thousand workers at the Los
Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company at San Pedro, near Los An
geles, are on strike and work at the
plant is at standstill. Three thou
sand went out following the walkout
of 1000 men at the plant.
Gov. William ID. Stephens of Cali
fornia issued a proclamation calling
a special election for July l, at which
the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for the issuance of
$400OOO00 bonds for state highway
construction will be submitted to the
voters.
Mrs Margaret Young Taylor, widow
by plural marriage, of the late Pfesi-
dent John Taylor of the Mormon
Church, died at Salt Lake City Satur
day. She was said to have been the
last surviving "widow" of the Mormon
president. Seven children and thirty
three grandchildren survive.
Governor Ben w. Olcott telegraphed
to Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt, informing him that the state
of Oregon is ready to take care of the
battleship Oregon, as suggested by the
Navy Department, and would relieve
the government Of expense if the ia
nous old warrior should be turned Ov-
er to the state.
Two masked men robbed the Clarke
County bank at Washougal, Wash, of
$1,000 in currency and silver and es-
capped In an automobile Both men
entered the bank and one forced the
cashier and two young woman assist
ants to hold up their hands, while the
other took the money from the open
safe.
More than one million barrels OF
flour were purchased by the United
States government through the Food
Administration Grain Corporation at
Portland. The purchases were made
from millers of the Pacific Northwest
Deliveries of the flour are to be ex-
tended over two months, and the flour
Is for export to Europe. Shipment will
be made from Portland and Puget
Sound points. Exact figures as to the
amount purchased were not available,
but 1t Is said to be between 1000, 600
and 1,250,OOO barrels.
WASHINGTON
Il. l.. Francis, assistant purchasing
agent of the Federal Railroad Admin
istration, Southern Pacific lines, has
begun placing orders for railroad ties
to aggregate 20,OOO,OOO feet among the
mills of the Northwest, it was an
nounced In Portland.
Three of the four battleships which
helped destroy the Spanish fleet off
Santiago In 1S9S-the Indiana, Massa-
chusetts and IOwa-are to be placed
out OF commission, the Navy Depart
ment announced, and their names re-
assigned to new superdreadnoughts
May day enlistments in the United
States school garden army brought
the total number of children enrolled
to nearly 100000, including members
in the United States, Hawaii and the
Philippines
The conscience" fund of the treas.
sry department has been augmented
by $43. Washington contributed S18
Newport, II. l., 81; New York, 81
Charleroi, Pa, 49, and the largest
sum, $50, came in an envelope with
an illegible postmark In the same
mail with the conscience money
George Cooksey, private secretary to
Secretary Glass, received II letter
from n woman In Idaho, announcing
that she had recently become the
mother Of triplets, and asking If the
government did not provide bounty
for such an achievement"
The public debt Of the United States
government reported by the Treasury
is 24,S24, ,345,OOO.
julius Klein of California. chief OF
the Latin-American division of the Bu
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. has been appointed American
commercial attache at Buenos Aires tt
succeed Robert 8. Barrett, resigned
Charles A. Mcqueen, assistant chief OF
the Latin-American division, has beer
appointed to succeed Mr. Klein.
Brig Gen. Herbert NJ Lord, arm,
Liberty Loan officer. and his assistant
Capt. Robert w. Daniel, have beer
awarded Treasury Department medali
for distinguished service In behslf o.
the various Liberty Loans