The Dolores star., 1919-07-18


swept out of his control by revolu-
tions, has arrived in Los Angeles to
live.
Three children named Fuller, the
eldest of whom was Is, were burned
TO death twenty-five miles east of
Chehalts, Wash. Their grandmother,
Mrs. MCClanahan, with whom they
were staying, also was badly burned.
Girl cadets at the Long Beach Poly
technic high school will be drilled with
rifles next year and will be taught to
shoot, according to Col. Charles II.
Boice, U. S. A, who is commandant of
the Reserve Officers Training corps
unit at the school.
Mexican bandits raided Villa Union,
Sinaloa, killing Gen. Juan CIrraScO,
federal commander, according to tele-
graphic advices received at Nogales.
The bandits carried off eleven MeXicon
girls, looted the stores and committed
other depredationS
While thousands laughed at Charlie
Chaplin's antics on the movie screen
the king of mirth is bitterly mourning
ili' hNilIl VI MS lbI>l DOlll sun -lllt
babe born to Chaplin and his wife, Mil
dred Harris Chaplin. Death came to
the child seventy-twO hours after birth
at Los Angeles.
Mayor James Rolph of San Francis
co has appealed to President Wilson to
take some action TO end the strike of
telephone workers. The strike has
II H. Oh -.
tiOn on the Pacific coast, the mayors
telegram said, and unions other than
the telephone employees are about to
become involved
Chartering a Seaplane at 81 a min
ute for Il flight to catch the steamer
Kasima Maru, which he missed when
the vessel sailed from Seattle for Ori-
entail ports, J. ]. Mayer, Seattle Red
Cross worker, booked for VIadivostok,
succeeded in catching up with the ship
near Port Townsend, Wash, after a
-five-minute flight.
Seven persons are dead and four are
in ii hospital at Dubuque, Iowa, seri-
OuSly injured, the result of being
caught in flood waters during ter
rifle storm. All the dead were drowned
and the injured were hurt by being
washed against trees and other OBJ
jects during the storm. Property dam
age is estimated at 100000.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson signed the act
which provides for the return of tele-
phone and telegraph lines to private
companies at the end of the month.
Now that the homeward troop move
ment is drawing to a close the War
Department is getting ready to dis
inter and bring home the bodies of the
fallen American soldiers who sleep in
foreign graves.
Results of the railroad adminStra-
tiOn's safety campaign, declared by
Director General Hines to be most
satisfactory" We're made public in sta
tistics showing that in the first three
months of this year 569 fewer persons
were killed in accidents than in the
same period of 1918. The total num-
Der of accidents decreased 300.
Announcement has been made that
Frank l.. Polk, acting secretary of
state in Washington, had been asked
10 go to Paris to take the place of Sec
retary of State Lansing, as head of the
American peace mission, if Mr. Polks
health would permit.
A cIemency board, consisting oe
Secretary Daniels, Rear Admiral
George II. Clark, judge advocate gen.
.raI and Gamma N dor Erauk y Eraynr
assistant judge advocate general, now
is engaged in reviewing court-martal
sentences imposed during the war;
many punishments involving prison
terms or fines being mitigated or set
aside by the reviewing board
Germany increased her stock of gold
during the war but lost S122 OOO, ,OOC
between January 1st and May TIN OF
this year according to information OBJ.
tained by the Federal Reserve Board
The loss was due to reparations made
Belgium and Rumania for gold stolen
from those countries and by shipments
TO neutral countries for food Begin.
ming with $29S0OO,OOO in gold at tho
outbreak Of the war, the German
Reichsbank increased its metal to
S539,OO0,O00 at the end of 1918.
The daylight saving law was rescued
from repeal by President Wilson's We.
10 of the agricultural appropriation
bill. The President also vetoed the
sundry civil appropriation bill because
he said, by restricting funds it Grip.
pied the work Of rehabilitating and re.
storing disabled soldiers and sailors to
civil life.
Payments by the war risk bureau tc
soldiers and their dependents amount
ed to S3O,832,728 in June, 1862, ,32s
checks being mailed. Payments this
year have amounted to more than
s250.0o0.00O.