The Ordway new era., 1919-08-08
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN
President Wilson will review the
Pacific fleet at San Francisco Septem-
Der End or 3rd. according to Secretary
Tumulty.
The '.shimmy" and "cheek to cheek"
dances henceforth will not be tolerated
In select Los Angeles clubs. These
dances are unrefined according to an
sdict issued by the Los Angeles Ath-
letic Club and must not be attempted.
Forty yillistas were killed, eleven
taken prisoner and many wounded in
battle between Carranza cavalry and
villistas under command of Pancho
villa near Las Vegas, on the state line
between Durango and Chihuahua, Mex
leo, in recent fighting.
The Mexican railways and the Pan
American railway have turned back TO
separate management. Information
from reliable sources Is to the effect
that the government probably will re-
turn the systems to the private own
ers within u month.
All esthte NHiueu ut S-o,ooO III ieui
and personal property in Multnomah
county, Oregon, was left by George
Primrose, the comedian, who died at
San Diego, Calf Viola Primrose, his
widow, and Albert, brother were
named as beneficiaries under the will,
filed for probate.
Roy Emerson of Creston, Iowa, re
Gently convicted of numbering his
mother, escaped from guards who were
taking him to the Rlnggold county jail
AT Mount Ayr. and committed suicide
by hanging himself under highway
bridge two miles northeast of Keller
ton. He used his belt and a piece of
barbed wire.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Paddock Hotel at Beatrice, Neb.,
causing loss estimated Mt 100000.
All the guests escaped uninjured.
boy was injured when struck by fall
Ing brick. Firemen with the aid of
citizens, after hard fight, were able
to conflne the fire to the hotel, which
was the largest In southeastern Ne
braska.
WASHINGTON
After nearly two hours debate and
while the temperature In the chamber
was lowering around the 100 mark. the
House voted to repeal the 10 per cent
tax on ice cream and soda water.
Amended to provide $14.OOO.0O0 In
stead of $6.OOO.OO0 for the rehabilita-
tion of wounded soldiers, sailors and
marines, the sundry civil appropriation
oh hxy ha
dent, was passed by the House before
its recess.
After brief debate the Senate adopt
ed a resolution by Senator Poindexter
of Washington. authorizing the federal
trade commission to investigate recent
increases In the market price Of fuel
oil In the United States, and especially
On the Pacific coast.
Counterfeiting has been resumed to
such IAN unusual degree in the last
few months" that the secret service,
handicapped by lack of money, is find
ing 1t difficult to combat 1t, Chief w.
H Moran reported to Congress, in ask
ing 1925, 600 In addition to $275,OOO re-
Gently voted for the operations of his
bureau during the next year.
A rechecking by the War Depart
ment of the figures up to recently
shows the total number of Americans
captured by the enemy In France was
4,4sO, of whom 318 were officers.
A new credit of 1857 ,549. 900 for France
was established by the treasury,
making total of S3,01O.O28,S00 nd-
vanced to that country and total of
se,615, ,4O0,927 advanced to the allies.
Wage demands to cover an IS per
cent increase in the cost of living have
been presented to ,he railroad admin
istration by representatives of 100000
conductors, brakemen, trainmen and
railway shopmen, according to an
nouncements made in Washington by
officials of the four big railroad bro
therhoods and allied unions.
Universal military and naval train
ing is provided in bills introduced in
Congress by Senator Chamberlain,
Oregon, and Representative Kahn,
California, chairman of the House mil
itary affairs committee. The bills pro-
vide that every male citizen between
the ages of IS and 20 must take six
months training (eIther in the army or
navy unless he has been In the serv-
ice six months or is physically unfit.
The Senate has decided to have the
proposal for repeal of the daylight saw
ing law again run the gauntlet of Pres
ident Wilson's veto. BY vote of Il
to II the Senate passed and sent to the
President the separate House bill re-
pealing the daylight saving measure.
Reduction in rank of discharge of
more than 1900 officers of the marine
.orps has been announced by Major