The Ordway new era., 1919-04-18
CONDENSED RECORD OF tn e
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
- HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
BAYINos, o o IN q .. ACHIEVE.
MENTs, suFFGRINos, hoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

William s. Rheem, president of the
Standard OIL company of California,
died suddenly at Santa Cruz, Cal.
Rheem, who was 81 years old, was
identified actively with the oil indus
try of the United States for more than
thirty years.
Property valued at $4,000 was de-
stroyed and bIooded livestock, includ-
Ing twenty span of horses and mules,
burned to death, when a big barn on
the Malcoma Moody ranch at TySh
Ridge, near The Dalles, Ore, was
burned.
Cattlemen, mining men and other
Americans operating In northern Mex
leo are preparing a protest to the
State Department against further
shipments of arms, ammunition and
horses through FL Paso to Mexico for
use of the Mexican federal army.
Charles Elmer Jenney, noted Cali
fornia poet and naturalist, died sud
denly at Colfax. Calf. Jenney was
the author of several volumes of po-
etry and was frequent contributor
to periodicals He was u recognized
authority on the natural history OF
California.
Fifty years ago, May 10th, the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad building toward
the Pacific coast and the Central Pa
clfic building toward the east met at
Promontory, near Ogden. On the day
the two great lines were united many
notable persons visited the spot and
the last spike driven in completion OF
the road was one OF gold.
A letter found In possession of Har-
ry NJ. Wicks of Portland, under arrest
at Spokane, on n charge Of dlsloyalty,
which refers to a meeting of the 20.
C. c." was published by the police
Tuesday These initials were signed
to threatening letters received by Gov
ernor Stephens of California shortly
before the executive mansion at Sac
ramento was damaged by an explO-
sion several months ago.
So long ms the railroads remain un-
der government control II is improb-
able that homeseekers' excursion rates
will be put into effect. according to II
letter Secretary of State C. L. Stew
art of Montana, has received from Ed
ward Chambers, director of traffic, un-
der the railroad administration. The
letter was In response to a memorial
of the Sixteenth Montana Assembly
asking that such rates be restored.
WASHINGTON
An appeal from three until recently
exiled Catholic bishops of Mexico to
the people of the United States and
Mexico to be patient and forebear-
ing the one with the other lest the
amity which just men desire to pre-
serve" should be disrupted by evil
forces, was made public in Washing
ton by the Mexican embassy.
The War Labor Board decided unan-
imously for the adoption of forty
eight hour week for the silk mills in
the metropolitan district or New York.
district. Nearly 10000 workers in 4s6
mills are affected. Representatives Of
the employees asked for establishment
of a forty -four-hour week. The mills
have been working fifty-two and fifty
four hours.
Out of a total of $50 Oregon draft
registrants reported to the office of
the adJutant general as deserters or
delinquents, 450 still are under inves-
tigation by Department of Justice OPP
eratives.
Winter wheat production this year
was forecast at S3T 100000 bushels by
the Department of Agriculture, bnsing
its estimate on the condition of the
crop April LIST, which was 99.S per
cent of a normal.
Approximately 1900 officers and
men will be engaged under Rear Ad-
mlral Strauss in the dangerous task of
removing the $1,000 mines which
American naval forces laid in the
North sea anti-submarine barrage.
Eighteen mine sweepers will be used
and attached to the fleet as tenders.
Recruiting for the navy during the
week ending April 3rd showed slight
increase over the week before, the
total enrolment being 1,245. The
Eastern Division again led with 66T
and the Central Division was second
with 245. Enrollments in the South
ern Division We're 244 and In the West
ern Division 50.
ENcilahges between the thlteu
States and Japanese governments re-
garding the recent clash at Tien Tsin,
China, between American soldiers and
Japanese, are expected to result short
Iy in a satisfactory understanding,
closing the Incident
Lieutenant Colonel Ansell, former
acting Judge advocate general and one
of the leaders in the controversy over
courts martial procedure, has been di-
rected by Secretary Baker to prepare
and submit n bill which In his opin-
ion would correct deficiencies in the
existing military justice system.