Gilpin observer., 1919-07-17
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WESTERN

wealthiest citizen of Mexico until his
large holdings in land and cattle were
swept out of his control by revolu-
tiOns, has arrived in Los Angeles to
live.
Three children named Fuller, the
eldest of whom was 10, were burned
to death twenty-five miles east of
Chehalis, Wash. Their grandmother,
Mrs. McClanahan, with whom they
were staying, also was badly burned.
Girl cadets at the Long Beach Poly
technic high school will be drilled with
rifles next year and will be taught to
shoot, according to Col Charles II.
Boice, U. S. A., who Is cOmmandant of
the Reserve Officers Training corps
unit at the school,
Mayor James Rolph of San Francis
co has appealed to President Wilson to
take some action to end the strike of
telephone workers The strike has
brought about serious labor situa
tion on the Pacific coast, the mayors
telegram said, and unions other than
the telephone employees are about to
become involved.
Seven persons are dead and four are
in hospital at Dubuque, Iowa, seri-
ously injured, the result of being
caught in flood waters during a ter
rifle storm. All the dead were drowned
and the injured were hurt by being
washed against trees and other OBJ
jects during the storm. Property dam
age is estimated at 100000
Chartering Seaplane at 81 min
ute for a flight to catch the steamer
kasima Maru, which he missed when.
the vessel sailed from Seattle for Ori-
entail ports, ]. ]. Mayer, Seattle Red
Cross worker, booked for Vladivostok,
succeeded in catching up with the ship
near Port Townsend, Wash, after
ty-five-minute flight.
Mrs. George Virgil and three Of her
children and minister named Ken
nedy, all of GAIA, Iowa, were killed
when an Illinois Central railroad train
struck the automobile in which they
were riding. The accident occurred
near GAIA. Mrs. Virgil's husband, who
was driving the car, escaped unin
5ured. Three other children of Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil were injured, two of
them seriously.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson signed the act
which provides for the return of tele
phone and telegraph lines to private
companies at the end of the month.
President Wilson has sent to the
Senate the nomination of Il. Percival
. oh, L..
to the new kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes. Other nomina-
tions were John b. Payne of Illinois to
be n member of the shipping board and
Robert Z. Steward, Deadwood, S. D., to
be assistant attorney general.
Results Of the railroad administra-
tions safety campaign, declared by
Director General Hines to be most
satisfactory" were made public in sta
tistics showing that in the first three
months of this year $50 fewer persons
were killed in accidents than in the
same period of 1918. The total num-
ber of accidents decreased 9,7OO.
Mexican bandits raided Villa Union,
Sinaloa, killing Gen. Juan Carrasco,
federal commander according to tele-
graphic advices received at Nogales.
The bandits carried off eleven Mexicon
girls, looted the stores and committed
other depredations.
clemency board, consisting os
Secretary Daniels, Rear Admiral
George II. Clark, judge advocate gen.
eral, and Commander Frank Il. Freyer,
assistant Judge advocate general, now
is engaged in reviewing court-martal
sentences imposed during the war,
many punishments involving prison
terms or fines being mtigated or set
aside by the reviewing board.
Germany increased her stock of gold
during the war but lost S122, 100000
between January 1st and May 7th of
this year according to information OBJ
tained by the Federal Reserve Board.
The loss was due to reparations made
Belgium and Rumania for gold stolen
from those countries and by shipments
to neutral countries for food. Begin
ming with S29s,000,000 in gold at the
outbreak of the war, the German
Reichsbank Increased its metal to
S5S0,000,000 at the end of 1918.
The daylight saving law was rescued
from repeal by President Wilson's ve-
TO of the agricultural appropriation
bill. The President also vetoed the
sundry civil appropriation bill because,
he said, by restricting funds 1t Grip
pied the work Of rehabilitating and re-
storing disabled soldiers and sailors to
civil life.
Now that the homeward troop move
ment is drawing to a close the War
Department Is getting ready to dis
inter and bring home the bodies of the
fallen American soldiers who sleep In
foreign graves.