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WESTERN
The strike of miners in the TOnopah,
New, district, which tied up operations
for six weeks, has been settled salts
factorily, according to reports.
J. +. Canfels, farmer near Had
den, Kan, is dead of injuries suffered
when II bull gored him. The bull
charged him and he threw Il bucket
over his horns, but the bull felled him
with his front feet and then gored
repeatedly.
Thousands of British subjects will
immigrate into Mexico about the mid
die of October, according to Excelsior,
newspaper of Mexico City. The
colonists will settle in Durango and
Chihuahua. Arrangements for their
passage into Mexico are to be made
by Gen. L. Gritchley Of the British
army
The king and queen of Belgium will
visit San Francisco Oct. 10, going from
there to the Yosemite valley and
thence to Los Angeles, Senator Phelan
of California announced. after con-
ference with Assistant Secretary of
State Long. Senator Phean said it was
thought that only one day would be
spent at San Francisco.
Harry S. New Jr., slayer of his
sweetheart, Freda Lesser, will go to
trial in the superior court ut Los An
geleS Dec. 10th, instead of Oct 9th
The continuance was granted by Su-
PeriOr Judge Craig when LecoInpte
Davis explained additional time was
necessary for the defense to prepare
~ case and for the taking of import
ant depositions in the East.
Plans are being made at Los An
geles by local motion picture pro-
ducer to make moving pictures of
scenes in the Bible from cover to cover
The Bible will be filmed in 100 reels,
two to be shown at time 1t is ex-
pected the work will require two
years, and that in some scenes the
largest number of persons ever appear
ing in a motion picture, will be as
sembled
Mrs. Jack Powers, bride Of but one
month, ended her life by drinking
poison at her home at Frederick, Okla
homa, following her discovery of let
ter in her husbands pocket from
Aoi hNi sNNttiCait, WIN htu lOl lltuEu
of his marriage. Mrs. Powers met her
husband as he came home from work,
told him what she had just done and
died in his arms in few minutes. \
note written before the deed said she
did not wish to stand in the way of his
happiness
WASHINGTON
The Senate has passed bill placing
punishment of $1,000 and imprison-
ment for five years for transporting
stolen automobiles in Interstate COM
merce.
The state of New Mexico has asked
the Supreme Court of the United
States to determine the boundary line
between Colorado and New Mexico
concerning which there has been II dis
pute for many years.
A resolution favoring an nternation-
al union of all Latin-American repub-
lies for maintenance of the integrity
and sovereignty of each nation has
been adopted unanimously by the CO.
lombian Senate, according to n dis
patch to the State Department.
With disposition Of the peace treaty
expected by Nov l. congressional
leaders are discussing the prospects
of closing the extraordinary session,
which began May 10, so as to have u
months rest before the regular De-
cember session begins.
Favorable report was unanimously
ordered by the Senate irrigation COM
mittee upon the bill by Senator Jones
of Washington to appropriate $780,
100000 for the completion of reclama-
tion projects now under way as well as
for the construction of such new ones
as the reclamation service may think
feasible.
The number of women employed by
railroads In heavy work while the
war was on and when men could not
be obtained is being reduced steadily,
Director General Hines announced
Women employed In all occupations on
federal controlled roads July |, were
40 per cent fewer than on April /, but
those working in round houses had
been reduced 23.6 per cent and in shop
work is per cent. The total number
of women working on railroads July
was S2,294, most of them In clerical
positions.
The sentence of twenty-five years
meted out by n court-martial to Capt.
David A. Henkes of the 16Sth infantry,
who on May 26, 1917, sought to resign
from the army rather than oppose his
fathers kinfolk in Germany, has been
committed by President Wilson to not
more than five years. It IL announced
at the War Department.
Investigation of wholesale and retail
prices of sugar by the federal trade
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