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Assessed valuation Of all real and
personal property in Missouri has been
returned by the State Board of Equali-
zation at 1921, ,2O5, 1892, an increase of
20 per cent over the assessed valua-
tiOnS last year.
Licensed aviators of any nationality
may compete in the proposed transpa-
cific airplane flight for which Thomas
H. Ince has offered prize of $780,
600, according to rules governing the
contest made public at Los Angeles.
The Mexico City newspapers esti-
mate that the governments deficit this
year will be less than 100000 pesos
and that the financial situation is i'm
proving daily. The government has
authorized expenditures of 7,458, ,269
pesos for the War Department and H.
34O,10 pesos for military supplies.
Administration forces on the Senate
Military Affairs Committee planned to
conduct a vigorous fight for an army
OF 100000, as asked by Secretary Ba-
ker They will urge rejection of
tentative figure of 100000 adopted by
a subcommittee on the army apprOpri-
alton bill, which was to report the
measure to the full committee.
Manila is in the throes of a 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
lila officials declare agitators are seek
ing to GUST foreign capital because of
alleged opposition of labor.
Greeting his wife with smile and
a pleasant good morning." Thomas
Edwards Of Portland, Ore, shot and
killed her without any warning while
she sat at the breakfast table. Ed
wards rushed from his house, went to
the home of neighbor, telephOned to
a brother that he had murdered his
wife and was about to take his own
life and then killed himself.
Congressional leaders are deter
mined to rid the country Of alien
"Reds'' and to bar Americas doors
against more coming in. Funds to
carry out the work are set aside in
the sundry civil bill, which was ex-
pected to pass the House and the Sem
ate before July LIST. This bill grants
$1,5OOOO0 for crime detection, $780,
600 of which is specifically designated
to finance the anarchist hunt and
100000 for deportation of "undeSir-
able aliens"
WASHINGTON
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of AL
aska received a cable stating the epi-
demic of influenza at Bristol bay and
other western Alaska points, has been
suppressed. A government expedition
is now on it's way from the states to
fight the epidemic.
Enactment of legislation designed to
give the interstate commerce commits
sion broader regulatory powers over
railroad and wire systems when those
properties are returned to private con-
troll has been recommended by the
house interstate commerce committee.
The recommendation was contained in
the committees report on the bill for
immediate return of the telegraph and
telephone companies to their owners.
Substantial reductions in demurrage
charges have been announced by Direc-
tor General Hines. For OBTAINING cars,
either loaded or empty, the charge will
be So per day for the first four days
and $5 per day for each succeeding
day.
The work of transferring the many
thousand motor trucks, automobiles,
ambulances and motor cycles that
were bought by the War Department
for war purposes is proceeding as rap
idly as the nature of the task will per-
NIT. The greater part Of these motor
vehicles have been distributed to the
various government departments.
More than 10000 trucks, cars and
other vehicles have been disposed of.
Continued high records in exports
in May gave the United States a for
eign trade credit of $3,5O5, 100000 for
the first eleven months of the fiscal
year, $141, 100000 greater than the
previous record in 1917. In eleven
months this country has sent abroad
$6,3O8,OO0,000 worth of goods and has
received $2,8O3, 100000 worth from for
eign countries. May imports were the
largest in the history of the nations
foreign trade, amounting to $329,OOO,-
900. Exports totaled $6O6,OOO,OOO.
The United States food administra-
tion announced that the licenses of G.
Fl. 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 Helena's light and
pOuaI. limos tho citu in do