, 1919-07-03

western Newspaper Union news Bervtcs.
WESTERN
Formal announcement Of the candi-
dacy of General Aware Obregon for
the presidency of Mexico at the cleo
tion in 1920 was made public this
week.
Governor McKelvie tentatively de,
cided to call the Nebraska Legislature
In special session Monday, July 81, fol
the purpose of ratifying the woman
suffrage amendment to the constitu,
ton of the United States.
The 9,600-ton steel steamship Colo
RADIO Springs, a Victory Loan honor
ship named after Colorado Springs,
Colo, Is a reward for that city's over
subscription, was launched at the
Skinner & Eddy shipbuilding plant Mt
Seattle, Wash.
Announcement has been made by a
representative of a Boston firm that
he had purchased from one grower
his clip of 4 1000 pounds of wool for
son cents a pound, at Great Falls,
Mont, the highest price paid for wool
in that vicinity.
Crops on 700 acres of Yakima valley
land, most of it belonging to the Union
Orchards Company and planted to ap-
pies, were endangered when the con
crete standpipe by the Wenas dam was
blown up by dynamite. The %perpetrat-
or is not known. There has been high
feeling in regard to the water rights of
the Wenas valley for several years.
The Kansas winter wheat crop, now
being harvested, was estimated at $780,
MOO bushels in the monthly report
issued by ]. @. Mohler, secretary of
the State Board Of Horticulture. This
is an increase of more than 100000
bushels over Mothers May report and
it is approximately $4,000, 900 bushels
greater than the last federal monthly
report.
All of the expenditures Of the
United States for war propaganda
total less than German propagandists
spent in Mexico alone, George Creel,
manager of the committee on public
information, stated at San Francisco.
America expended $4.000.0O for its
propaganda, which, besides lining up
the nation itself, put America and
Americas aims before many foreign
countries in a true light.
Establishment of a branch of the In
terror Department in some Western
state with several of the departments
bureaus removed there from Washing
ton, was proposed in a bill introduced
by Representative Mays (Dem.) of
Utah. His measure would appropriate
100000 for the branch headquarters,
which would house the general land Of
of mines, the reclamation service, the
Indian bureau and the national park
and forest services.
WASHINGTON
peditionary forces reported to date was
announced by the War Department as
2S9,016, including: Killed in action Tin
Guiding 381 lost at seal, 33, Died
of wounds, 1850. Died of disease, 3D.
1906. Died from accidents and other
causes, 4,942. Total deaths, 1892.
Wounded in action, 210,9S4. Missing
In action (not including prisoners re-
leased or returned), 2,370.
The War Department announced
award of the distinguished service
cross by General Pershing to Capt. AL
bert f. Baxter, FairmOunt, Neb.
Corp. Thomas Stirling, Denver, Colo.
Privates Clifford G. Kidd and Fred s.
Smith, Denver, Colo, all members of
the A. e. #.
That the financial aid required from
European countries will not exceed ST.
500,00 900. was the view expressed by
Governor Harding of the federal re-
serve board. Governor Harding gave
this figure Is his personal estimate,
and 1t is just one-half the sum esti-
mated in a recent issue of the federal
reserve bulletin.
rehabilitation of the navy is pro-
ceeding rapidly and satisfactorily,
Secretary Daniels announced, with the
result that the total strength will
have been reduced to 100000 men by
the end of this week. More than 500
men a day are being released, the
secretary said, most Of them being
taken from the shore establishments.
Since the signing of the armistice
more than 265,000 men have been dis
charged from the navy or released to
inactive duty in the reserve force.
Evidence that Nikolai Lenine, pre-
mier of the Russian soviet republic, is
the master brain" directing radical
propaganda / n this country, was sub
mitted before the Lusk committee in
~vestigating alleged Bolshevism in New
York.
Repeal of the postal zone system
for newspapers and periodicals is pro-
posed in n bill by Representative
MondeIl of Wyoming, the Republican
leader. Under the Measure second
class mail would be at the flat rate in
force before the War eYpuue hill of