The Benson signal., 1919-09-13
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WESTERN
William Kunnecke, who was serving
life term in the state penitentiary at
Sioux Falls, S. D., on charge of MUIR
dering three persons, has escaped.
Six children belonging to two fami-
lies living in one house at Jenson,
Sask, were burned to death when the
house was destroyed by fire recently,
in the absence of their parents.
President Wilson will review the Pa
cific fleet at Seattle Sept. 13, accord
ing to kilograms from Secretary Tu-
multy received by chairmen of Seat
ties presidential and fleet welcome
committees.
May Mckee killed in the family
home yard a rattleSnake fOrty-fOur
inches long and six inches around the
body. The reptile had eleven rattles.
May is the brave daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. R. Mckee.
Nevy Josephus Daniels expressed him
self as opposed to the word "gob"
with reference to the men of the navy
and he says if official edict can stop
the use of the word, it will soon be
relegated to the scrap heap.
Eugene Scott, negro bell boy, was
shot and killed at Omaha in police
raid upon hotel. The officer in
charge of the raiders said he saw Scott
taking a pint of whisky to a woman
guest. The bell boy ran from the hotel
and was shot by one of the raiders.
Harry J. Hilles, one of the most ex-
tensive stock raisers in western Ne
braska, has purchased two airplanes,
one for his personal use in riding over
his ranches and another larger one for
the use of his family. Hiles owns one
ranch of 1000 acres and a number Of
smaller ones.
WASHINGTON
Kansas has $1,2OO,OOO worth of hard
surfaced roads under construction ac-
cording to statement made by M. w.
Watson, state highway engineer.
President Wilson has signed the bill
making permanent the rank of general
for John J. Pershing, commander Of
the American expeditiOnary forces.
President Wilson has left Washing
ton on his Western speaking tour in
behalf of the peace treaty, confident of
ultimate ratification of the instrument
by the Senate without amendments or
"destructice" reservations which would
require re-negotiation.
For completion of the Alaska rail-
road the House passed and sent to the
Senate bill authorizing an increase
of the limit of cost from $35, 100000 to
$52,000,O00. Republican Leader Mon
dell charged miserable mismanage-
work but admitted the increase was
primarily due to the higher labor and
material costs.
An termination of President Wilson's s
emergency funds put at his disposal by
Congress during the war has been sent
by the White House to the House com
mittee on appropriations. The item
ization was sent in response to reso-
luton introduced by Representative
Gould of New York. 1t covers expendi-
lures made from the Presidents secret
fund during the war and peace confer
ence.
The State Department received a
dispatch from the embassy at Mexico
City announcing that the Mexicans
who held up and robbed American sail
Ors from the monitor Cheyenne in the
Tampico district some weeks ago, had
been caught and are being held at
Tampico. Some of the personal be-
longings of the sailors were recovered
The American army airplane fired
upon by Mexicans was "at no time
over Mexican territory" the War De-
partment was informed by Major Gen
eral Dickman, commanding the South
ern Department. Mexican officials
claim the machine had crossed the in
ternational boundary line before the
Mexicans opened fire, wounding Capt.
D. w. NcNabb.
Four members of President Wilson's
cabinet-Secretaries Glass, Lane, Red
field and Houston-at meeting at the
White House, prepared list of names
from which the President will select
fifteen to represent the public at the
labor-industry conference here Oct. g.
The names will be submitted immedi-
ately to the President, it was said after
the meeting. Meanwhile they were
withheld.
Ninety-seven per cent of the over
seas forces and 70 per cent of those in
the United States on the day the armis
tice was signed have been demobilized,
the weekly War Department reports
show. Only 65,913 men remained in