The Colorado statesman., 1919-04-12
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A tornado swept the western part Of
Omaha last week.
Three mines Of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company were closed tenn
porarily. They are the Silver Bow, in
West Gray Rock and the Alex Scott
shaft of the West Colusa. Between
400 and 500 men are affected.
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.
The heart of Ranger, Texas, built
overnight when the oil boom started
there a year ago, was destroyed by
fire, but the loss will not exceed $780,
600, because all the buildings were of
frame. Work of replacement was be-
gun at once.
While Frances II. Gray, Chicago
heiress, is reported to have been Sc
cretly taken to n sanitarium In Cali
fornia for observation as to her men
tai condition, Jose Cardenas, the bus
boy with whom she attempted to elope,
was taken to jail in Pasadena.
CARR VI by wind of exceptional vio-
lence, salt storm swept from Great
Salt Lake to Ogden, distance of
more than ten miles, leaving a white
coating of salt on the paving, side
walks, buildings and automobiles. Au-
tomobile wind shields were crusted
by the spray.
DR.. f. A. Brewster of Beaver City,
Nebr, is going to make his long pro
fessional calls in the future by air
plane. The plane, it was learned, al
ready has been ordered from a New
York airplane corporation. 1t will b"
piloted by Wade Stevens, a former
lieutenant and instructor in the avia-
ton branch of the United States army.
WASHINGTON
Additional credits of $S5,000,000 in
favor of France and $23,0O0,0O0 in ia
vor of Italy, were announced by the
Treasury Department. This brought
Frances total up to S2,702, AT 800 ami
Italy's to $1,521, 800, 900, and the Crane
total of the allies to S9,00S, 800, 340.75.
The Philippine Mission which was
given President Wilson's assurance
that he was in sympathy with the
movement to obtain independence for
the islands government, in cable
gram to the President expressed the
gratitude of the Filipino people for
"all you have done and are doing in
their behalf and for your efforts to
secure for them and for the rest of
mankind the blessings Of liberty, JUS
tice and democracy"
Although 1873 cases of lethargic en-
cephalitis, or sleeping Sickness" with
fourteen deaths, were reported to the
United States public health service up
to March 20, officials of the bureau
still are undecided whether the disease
of the type prevalent in Europe has
reached the United States. In state
ment the bureau said it was impossi-
BILE to say whether the figures gave
true picture of the prevalence of the
disease, inasmuch as the ailment is not
generally reportable to the health of
ficers.
under treatment at army hospitals in
this country on March 81, according to
statistics published by the war depart
ment. OF the total 3S,214 were men
from overseas.
Assistant Secretary Crowell has
given notice that contractors desiring
to adjust cancelled war contracts
through the machinery set up by the
War Department for that purpose,
must present their claims before May
Is next.
The war trade board has announced
that goods of enemy origin owned by
American citizens and stored in Hol-
land or one of the Scandinavian coun-
tries prior to April 6, 1917, now may
be imported into the United States pro-
vided the commodities are not on the
list of restricted imports.
The special clemency board appoint
ed to review all cases of soldiers re-
manning in confinement has considered
17,6S3 cases, or approximately one
third of the cases calling for Its action,
the war department announced. The
board has recommended clemency In
1921 cases, reducing the average SEN
tence from seven years and four
months to one year and nine months.
Charges of gross carelessness and
negligence In preventing and control
ling the spread Of typhoid and para
typhoid fevers in the army are made
against many medical officers serving
with the forces overseas in a circular
published by the chief surgeon of the
American Expeditionary Forces.
Recent activities on the part of
brigands in Haiti has led the navy de-
partment TO reinforce the brigade of
marines on duty in that republic 1t
was learned in Washington. Four