The Ordway new era., 1919-05-30

Charles B. Eggleston. 20 years old
for twenty-five years a member Of the
Chicago board Of trade and at one time
reputed to be the biggest cash grain
dealer in the middle West. died at his
home In Pasadena, Calf
A gigantic wolf pelt measuring elev'
en- feet from tip to tip is on exhibition
at Mccarthy, Alaska. The big wolf
was one of three killed when a party
of trappers attacked pack of wolves
in the woods near Mccarthy.
The Rev. J. Cronenberger. pastor OF
the First Christian church Mt Corval.
lis, Ore, was drowned while attempt
ing to swim across the willamette river
In celebration of his forty-fifth birth
day. The body has been recovered
When ordered to eat all the hash he
had baked for the crew of the barken-
tine Puako, the cook jumped over
board and was drowned, according TO
members of the crew who reached San
Francisco. The hash was sour, they
said.
The Iowa Federation of Labor con-
vention selected Fort Dodge for the
convention city in 1920. and reelected
Fred A. Caulfield of Cedar Rapids
president. Charles b. Cain Of Dubuque
was reelected vice president, and Earl
G. Wiley of Sioux City, secretary
treasurer.
James Tyren. former employe Of the
Sacramento city street department,
was hanged at Folsom state peniten-
tlary for the murder at the capital
May 10. 1918. Of his two children, Hoi-
land, u years old, and Alice, years
old. Before execution he asked TO be
buried beside his two children.
A resolution condemning Oregon as
one of the worst states In the union
with regard to the divorce evil and
providing for the appointment of
committee to investigate conditions
and instigate legislation to mitigate
the growing tendency to divorce. was
adopted at Portland by the thirty-first
diocesan convention OF the Episcopal
Church,
Thirty-seven days from the time her
keel was laid and twenty-seven days
since being launched, the steel steam
er City Of Eureka, $500 tons, built at
Portland by the Columbia River Ship
building Corporation, left on her build
ers' trial trip. The builders claim
worlds records both for the elapsed
time between the laying of the keel
and the launching and between the
launching and the completion of the
vessels equipment.
WASHINGTON
A national eight-hour working day
beginning January l, 1921, was pro-
posed in bill introduced by Senator
Moses, Republican of New Hampshire.
1t was explained that the application
of the measure would be similar to
that of the Adamson law to the rail-
roads.
The Importation OF German dyes will
be prohibited except to the extent that
they are needed In the United States.
the war trade board announced. To
determine the extent German dyes are
needed, the war trade board has ap-
pointed an advisory committee COM
posed of eight.
The woman suffrage amendment was
passed by the House of Representa-
than the necessary two-thlrds major
ity.
Maj. Gen. w. A. Holbrook was re-
lieved of command OF Camp Grant, ILL.,,
and ordered to report to General Per-
shing for duty In France. He was re-
lieved by Maj. Gen. George Bell, Jr.
Declaring that unregulated vivisec-
tion meant its extensive practice mere
ly to satisfy "wanton and Idle curios-
ends, Senator Myers of Montana an
nopnced that he intended to soon to in
troduce bill in the Senate narrowly
restricting its practice in the District
Of Columbia.
The Supreme Court was asked, in
memorandums filed by the Commercial
and the Commercial Pacific Cables
Companies, to decide upon their mer-
its the suits brought by the compan-
les TO enjoin the postmaster general
from seizing their properties under the
presidential proclamation of last No
vember. The companies requested
that the actions be not dismissed he
cause the cable properties have been
turned back to private control.
Only two definite bids were received
by the Navy Department for the con
struction of the remaining two of tn,
ten super dreadnaughts authorized b.
Congress in 1916. The Newport New.
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Compan.
offered to build one in forty-fiv,
months for S21 100000 and the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding Corporation one il
forty months for 500 $4,000
A resolution to create specla
house water power committee to han
die all water power development legis
lation has been adopted in the Hons,