The Colorado statesman., 1919-07-19

Girl cadets at the Long Beach Poly
technic high school will be drilled with
rifles next year and will be taught 10
shoot, according to Col Charles ii.
Boice, U. S. A, who is commandant or
the Reserve Officers Training corps
unit at the school.
Ralph B. Harris, alleged bank rob-
Der arrested In Denver, who let him
self out of the county Jail at Los An
geles with key said to have been
stolen from jailer, was captured
again at Long Beach and placed in jail
after he had slashed patrolman with
razor.
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 n serious labor situa-
ton 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 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 a 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, ]. J. Mayer, Seattle Red
Cross worker, booked for Vladivostok,
succeeded in catching up with the ship
near Port Townsend, Wash, after-a
thirty-five-minute flight
Mrs. George Virgil and three of her
children and a 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. Vlrgil's husband, who
was driving the car, escaped unin-
jured Three other children of Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil were injured, two of
them seriously. r~-r '
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.
Ship deliveries in June totaled 11S,
Of 57S,5 ,5S3 deadweight tons, an increase
of JOG per cent over deliveries during
June, 1918, according to an announce
ment by the shipping board. Ships
launched numbered ninety-seyen, of
5O4, 200 dead weight tons, an increase
of III per cent over the same month
last year.
Germany increased her stock of gold
during the war but lost $122,0OO,OOO
between January list and May 7th of
this year according to information OBJ
tanned 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, 100000 in gold at the
outbreak of the war, the German
Reichsbank increased its metal to
$539, 100000 at the end of 1913.
President Wilson has sent to the
Senate the nomination of X. Percival
Dodge of Massachusetts to be minister
to the new kingdom of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes. Other nomina-
tions were John b. Payne of Illinois to
be a member of the shipping board and
Robert 2. Steward, Deadwood, S. d., to
be assistant attorney general.
The British government has begun
the construction of the largest dirigi-
BILE that has yet been undertaken, ac-
cording to word received by the air e1-
perts of the American government.
The dirigible will cost S9,OOO,OOO. 1t
will carry an equipment of six air
planes for it own protection. 1t will
have a capacity of 10,000,000 cubic feet
and will be LOO feet long.
Murderers of number of American
citizens in Mexico have been appre-
hended and executed by the Mexican
government, which through expendi-
ture of two-thirds of the republics rev.
enues in the work of pacification is
slowly restoring order, it was said by
Ygnacia Bonillas, Mexican ambassador
to the United States, who has just re-
turned to Washington from Mexico
City.
In view of the statement by Presl-
dent Wilson that the railroads would
be returned to their owners at the end
of this year, Chairman Esch told the
House interstate commerce committee
that it would be useless to consider
plans for a five-year extension of gov
control.
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 |