Arizona state miner., 1919-09-19


WESTERN
The Minnesota House of Represent
tatives shortly after the special session
opened ratified the federal woman suf-
frage amendment. The vote was 120 to
6. The Senate ratified the amendment,
go to 5.
Fire destroyed the Pacific Electric
Company's shop and caused loss est1-
mated at $15O000 at Los Angeles,
Calf. The cause of the fire is un-
known. 1t was discovered by watch
man.
American aviatOrs are forbidden to
fly across the international boundary
into Mexico under any circumstances
by orders issued from the headquar-
ters of Maj Gen. Joseph T. Dickman,
commanding the border district.
Establishment of a board of arbitra-
ton to pass on all disputes between
building contractors and employees has
been established by the San Francisco
building trades council and represen-
tatives of the employers, it was an
nounced in San Francisco.
Joie Ray of Chicago bettered the
Canadian one-mile record in winning a
handicap race at the Canadian nation
al exhibition games. Rays time was
4 ID %, 6 1-5 seconds faster than A. 3.
Kiviat of New York in a race at Mon
treal seven years ago.
In San Francisco Secretary of the
self as opposed to the word "gOb"
with reference to the men of the navy
and he says if official edict can stop
the use of the word, it will soon be
relegated to the scrap heap.
Clinging to the pilot of a Chesa
peake & Chicago passenger train en-
gine, Frank J. Long, telegraph oper
ator at Maiden, Ind, reached out and
pulled a 4-year-old child to safety as
the train sped down the track. The
train rushed hundred yards past he
place where the child had been play
ing before it could be stopped
WASHINGTON
It is understood that the appoint
ment of Kijuro Shidehara as Japanese
ambassador to the United States to
succeed ViscOunt Kikujiro Ishi will be
gazetted early this month.
A balance of $263,OOOOOO is due the
United States from France as a result
of cooperative war activities. 1t in
cludes railroad equipment bought by
the French since the armiStice
Kijuro Shidehara, vice secretary of
foreign affairs of the Japanese gov
ernment, has been formally gazetted
as Japanese ambassador to the United
States, according to embassy advices.
He will succeed Viscount KikujirO
Ishii, retired, and it is understood his
post in the foreign office will be filled
by Masanae Hanihara, now Japanese
consul general at San Francisco.
General Pershing has arrived in the
national capital and notified the gov
ernment, formally and in person, that
his task as commander-in-chief of the
American eXpeditionary forces in Eu-
rope had been successfully concluded.
He was welcomed by Vice President
Marshall, speaking for President Will
son Secretary Baker, General March,
chief of staff, and a delegation of men
distinguished in public or private life
here.
Presentation to the United States of
the entire train in which General Per-
shing maintained his headquarters in
1918 is being considered by the French
government, it has been learned in
Washington.
Preparing for the return of the rail
roads to private control, Director Gen
eral Hines ordered all roads to begin
an inventory of supplies on hand as
of Dec 81, 1919, the date indicated by
President Wilson in his address to
Congress as the termination of govern
ment supervision.
Bronze medals for all discharged
sailors, soldiers and marines, to be
known as ''Victory medals" are pro-
posed in a resolution introduced by
Representative Pell, Republican, New
York The Senate already has
passed a bill recommended by Secre-
tary Baker for the issue of merit
badges for efficient service. Payments
to discharged service men of all money
deducted from their pay for allotments
and bonuses amounted to $50 a month
for all time served exceeding sixty
days would be provided in a resolution
by Representative Mckenzie Republi-
can. Illinois.