The Colorado statesman., 1919-06-28
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year will be less than 10,0OO,OOO pesos
and that the financial situation is i'm
proving daily. The government has
authorized expenditures of 7,45S,269
pesos for the War Department and H.
B40,1 pesos for military supplies.
Selection of jury to hear the evil
dence in the trial of William IL.
("Lone Star'D Dietz. former football
coach and Indian motion picture actor,
ON charges of false registration under
the draft law and Justification of his
draft QUESTIONABLE, has been started
In the United States District Court at
Spokane.
The federal government failed In a
decision filed in the United States Dis
trict Court in Los Angeles to set aside
mineral locations on 160 acres of rich
oil-bearing land In Kern county, filed
by l.. B. McMurtry for several individ-
ual Oil operators, and which the gov
ernment alleged were secured Illegally
and by fraud by McMurtry.
Manila is in the throes of street
car strike. Acting Governor Yeater re-
fused the request of labor organiza-
tions to remove the constabulary
guards, who are assisting the traction
company in maintaining service. Man
liza officials declare agitators are seek
ing to oust foreign capital because of
alleged opposition of labor.
Burlington passenger train No. 6,
from Lincoln to Chicago, ran five miles
without an engineer when Engineer
James Edgar Johnson of Lincoln fell
from the cab a mile east of Waverly
after being hit by a mail crane. The
train ran from Waverly to Greenwood
before the engineer was missed. Fire
man Karl J. Zimmerman stopped the
train at Greenwood and ran the engine
back to Waverly. There the engineer
was found dead beside the tracks.
Establishment of branch of the In
terror Department in some Western
state with several of the departments
bureaus removed there from Washing
ton, was proposed in bill introduced
by Representative Mays (Dem.) OF
Utah. His measure would appropriate
S1,OO0,000 for the branch headquarters
which would house the general land of,
flee, the geological survey, the bureau
of mines, the reclamation service, the
Indian bureau and the national park
and forest services.
WASHINGTON
As a result of successful operation
of the aerial mail service between Chi
cago and Cleveland, the Postoffice De-
partment, it was announced, is con-
sidering extension in the fall of the
service from Chicago to Omaha,
which would mean q total reduction in
train mail time between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts of approximately
twenty-four hours.
The United States food administra-
tion announced that the licenses of G.
II. Wayne of Reynold, ILL.,, had been re-
voked until further notice for violating
the section of the food control act,
which makes it unlawful to hoard
grain and certain other commodities.
Mr.. Wayne is alleged to have stored
grain for speculative purposes at a
time when corn shortage existed.
A forest fire near Canyon Ferry,
which burned out Helenas light and
power lines, leaving the city in dark
sleSS anu WllHOul SlTetl CiTS
hours, has been put under control.
Total casualties of the American ex-
peditionary forces reported to date was
announced by the War Department as
2S9016, including: Killed in action Gin
Guiding 3S1 lost at seal, 33,754. Died
of wounds, 1850. Died of disease, %,
S96. Died from accidents and other
A
Wounded in action, 210,9S4. Missing
in action (not including prisoners re-
leased or returned), 2,370.
An increase of approximately $780,
100000 in the $276,000,000 appropria-
ton for government shipbuilding car
ried in the sundry civil appropriation
bill, was urged by Chairman Hurley of
the shipping board, at the beginning of
hearings on the measure before the
Senate appropriations committee. Mr..
Hurley said If the increase were not
granted, the government would lose
heavily in disposing of ships now un-
der construction. Unemployment of
men in the shipyards also would result,
he said.
Without n record vote, the Senate
adopted committee amendments to the
army appropriation bill providing for
an average army of 100000 men for
the year beginning July l. The bill as
passed by the House provided for an
army of 100000 and Secretary Baker
had recommended that the total be
placed at 100000 officers and men.
A measure providing for indiscrlm-
mate search of private homes for in
toxicating liquor after prohibition goes
into effect was voted dcwn by the
House Judiciary Committee at Wash
ington.