The Benson signal., 1919-04-05


e. FL. Hunter, bookkeeper, and M. II.
Pharmer, assistant cashier, in the
washroom after Pharmer had opened
the vault, secured $4,000 and made
their getaway.
Charged with having fled with sew
eral thousand dollars Of the stockhold-
ers money after destroying the books
Of the company, d. III. Kicker presi-
dent of the Associated Swine Breeders,
Inc, is being sought by the police au-
thorities of San Francisco.
Quarantine because of influenza
against ,Skagway and all ports south of
Skagway or elsewhere on the Alaskan
coast has been established by Gov
No one will be allowed to leave Skag-
way southbound until after five days
detention in quarantine at their own
expense
The dead bodies of Vera May Nell
son, stenOgrapher, and YOshiO Ho-
sada, 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
crime has been found by the police.
Liberty bonds owned by national
banks cannot be deducted from the val
nation of the banks capital stocks
when valuation is fixed for state taxa
tion purposes, the Supreme Court of
Nebraska held in passing On,a test case
appealed from Aurora, Neb. The gov
ernment, which intervened in the case,
will carry the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States
A bill providing for the regulation
by public school authorities of all1pri-
vate, parOchial and denominational
schools in Nebraska was passed blythe
Senate of the State Legislature. The
measure, which already has passed
the House, will empower public school
superintendents to inspect such insti-
tutions and report to the proper of
ficers the use OF any text books sub
versive of American institutions"
WASHINGTON
George Fort, assistant treasurer of
the United States, died at his home in
Washington of heart failure. He hal
recovered recently from am attack of
influenza.
Five hundred dangerous enemy
aliens, including convicted criminals,
spies and agents, will be turned free
upon the conclusion of peace unless
the next Congress Immediately passes
legislation providing the necessary ma
chinery for their deportation. This fact
was revealed in statement by AttOr-
ney General Palmers in which he dis
closed the number of persons now in
termed in detention camps as 1000.
Unusual growth of trade between
the United States and Oceania was
shown in report in the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. In the
first eight months of the fiscal year
Oceania took $135, $3.50, 769 worth of ex-
ports from this country, as compared
with $S3,9O68O6 in the same period
last year, and sold the United States
goods valued at $139, ,602, an in
crease of $62,OOOOOO over last year.
Increased use by American farmers
of tractors was shown in reports from
manufacturers, estimating that ap-
proximately 315,00O of the machines
will be produced this year. This is
more than double the number laanu
factured last year.
FOrty-SiX per cent Of the commits
stoned officers who were on the army
lists Nov. II, 1918, had been discharged
on March 20 last. A statistical report
prepared by the general staff showed
that of the 188,434 officers on duty
when the armistice was signed, 102, ,473
were in service on March 90 The
greatest reduction was in the chemical
warfare service, 83 per cent Of its COM
missioned personnel having been re-
leased.
Three weeks before the Victory Loan
compaign is to open the first subscrip-
tion has been received To the navy
goes the honor of firing the first
shot" Secretary Daniels, just before
he sailed for Europe, sent check for
$4,000 to Rear Admiral Z. ]. COwie, in
charge of the navy's subscriptions, and
at the same time called on the men
who made the sea safe during the war
10 continue the splendid record of pre-
yious loans.
Gen. Pershing has arranged to pur-
@:lase from the Young Mems Christian
Association nearly million dollars
worth of textbooks covering practical
ly every phase of general and tech
nical education from elementary
schools to post graduate courses in
the great French and British univer-
sites.
France has been given credit of
S1OO,OOO,O00 by the treasury, and
Greece was given $3,85S,OO0 additional
This made total credits to France ST.
617, AT, 900, to Greece $43,412,0OO and