, 1919-04-03

loNu Dtult IdDh Ill ICES hlolIeS, iOthct
e. ii. Hunter, bookkeeper, and NJ. r.
Pharmer, assistant cashier, in the
Mushroom after Pharmer had opened
the vault, secured $4,000 and made
their getaway.
The attempt to reopen the shipyard
and contract machine shops in the San
Francisco bay region after nearly two
months idleness because of strikes
involving 10000 machinists failed, ac-
cording to both sides. The machinists
struck to enforce a demand for a half
day holiday on Saturday.
The trial Of Frederic. T. WOodman,
mayor of Los Angeles, indicted on a
charge of asking, agreeing to recefve
n receiving a bride, is set for April
II. The early date was fixed at the
request of the mayors attorney, who
said he wanted the case settled before
the May municipal primaries.
En- route to Washington to discuss
independence for their archipelago,
members of the Philippine %independ-
ence commission arriving on an army
transport are spending n few days in
San Francisco comforting with local
business men regarding trad condi-
tons between San Francisco and the
Philippines.
The dead bodies of Vera May Nell
son, a stenographer, and Yoshio Ho-
sada, a Japanese, were found In a San
Francisco restaurant in the woman's
apartments. The deaths were caused
by bullet wounds. According to the
police Hosada shot the woman and
then killed himself. No motive for the
crime has been found by the police.
A bill providing for the regulation
by public school authorities of all pri-
vate, parochial and UNCONVENTIONAL
schools in Nebraska was passed by the
Senate of the State Legislature. The
measure, which already has passed
the House, will empower public school
superintendent to inspect such insti-
buttons and report to the proper of
ficers the use of any text books sub
versive of American Institutions"
Unless there is an Immediate reduc-
tion of approximately 20 per cent in
the cost of ne~cessaries of life all of
the mines and smelters in Utah will
close, according to the declarations of
a circular issued by metal mine Oper-
ators. of that state to merchants in
Utah's mining camps. The statement
is issued by a committee recently ap-
pointed by the operators and is based
on Investigations of living costs in
metal producing communities.
WASHINGTON
George Fort, assistant treasurer of
the United States, died at his home In
Washington of heart failure. He had
recovered recently from an attack of
influenza.
Army camps to be abandoned by the
War Department, including buildings,
railroad t~rackage, sewage systems and
other facilities, are to be sold to the
highest bidders, and April Is has been
fixed as the date for receiving bids.
The plan is to sell entire camps for
lump sums and big industrial concerns
are regarded as the most likely pur-
chasers.
Increased use by American farmers
of tractors vas shown in reports from
manufacturers, estimating that APP
proximately $4,000 of the machines
will be produced this veal. This is
more than double the number manu-
featured last year.
Unusual growth Of trade between
the United States and Oceania was
shown in a report in the bureau of
foreign and domestic In the
first eight months Of the fiscal year
Oceania TOOK $135.SS0 ,789 worth of ex-
ports from this country, as compared
with $50, 906,S06 in the same period
last year, and sold the United States
goods valued at $780, 81 500, an in.
crease of $62, 100000 over last year.
Forty-six per cent of the commits
stoned Officers who were on the army
lists Nov. IL, 1918, had been discharged
on March 20 last. A statistical report
prepared by the general staff showed
that of the 1SS,434 officers on duty
when the armistice was signed, 102,4Ts
were in service on March 20. The
greatest reduction was in the chemical
warfare service, SO per cent of its com
missioned personnel having been re
leased.
The first loans to railroads on Sc
curity of certificates of Indebtedness
issued by the railroad administration
were made today by the war finance
corporation, to an aggregate of abou
S5.7OO,OO0. The Chicago, Burlington 4
Quincy got about $4,O00,OO0; Western
Maryland. S931.0 and the Chesa
peake & Ohio 100000.
REIMBURSEMENT of s%hipbuildlng cost
to peace-time production is expecte,
by experts of the Shipping Board t.
establish a basic price in the neigh
borhood of $3.50 a tom for future con
tracts let to American yards.