The Ordway new era., 1919-08-22

The Senate hss ordered an invest
rstiop into alleged pronieeT1nz 10 coal
and into charges Of conspiracy 10 keep
10 prices.
The CsraBzs government will not
be- permitted 10 import further arms
sDd munitions from the United stsiss
for the present st Least.
Plans have been perfected for a
t11OGc0 motor speedNay at DslEOrth,
midway between Dallas and Fort
worth. Texas, and construction viii
start Immediately.
Five persons. a man. woman and
three children. were killed when
Michigan Central passenger train
struck the automobile In which they
we're riding near LsNtOTi, Mich.
appointment Of Joseph Y. Murphy,
now In charge Of the White House re-
cret service corps. as assistant chief "f
the United States secret service, has
been announced az the treasury. He
succeeds W. II. Moran, recently pro
NOTED 10 be- chief Of the sefyIce.
Tyenfy-0De foreigners. Including
Americans, spaBlsris. cubaDs and
citizens Of The Argentine republic.
have been expelled from Mexico re-
Gently by order Of the Csrranza CIV
srbinent officials, according 10 ~ Dia
Kspnnol. the spanish paper in Mexico
Clty. under date Of Aug g. fiscon-
duct eblie ln Mexico was given - the
rensOf fDr Tie 1epOrihtiODs.
4 congressional Investigation u the
charges u Glenn T.. Plumb. author of
iHbOrs plan for the naturalization ~
railroads, HAT Wall street has System
aticaliy pluHdsred practically Hil 'iie
roads Of the country was asked IN o
resolution introduced IN the House by
Representative Huddlest1.i, Alabama.
The resolution carries an apprOpria-
uon Of 10000 10 carry on the work.
WASHINGTON
The International Labor Conference
provided for In the peace treaty has
been called by President Wilson to
meet In Washington, October 10th.
Casualties were higher among Off
GERS Than among enlisted men; higher
among regular officers than among
emergency officers higher In the In
fnntry than In any other branch Of
the service. and higher among West
Point graduates than among other
regular officers. according to n War
Department statement Issued In Wash
ington.
The allied governments have in
formed the Austrian government that
II will be held responsible for Beln
Kun, the Hungarian communism leader,
and for his delivery for trial by AN al
He'd tribunal, according TO dispatch
from Innsbruck. Bella Kun, It is added.
VIII be tried for hanging and shooting
HuDgarinDs during his reign In Budn.
pest.
The Belgian government has under
taken n vast project for rcclniming the
devastated farm lands In the battle
zone. The farms will be tnken over
from their owners and worked under
the latest scientific principles and
then returned In fIrst.clnss condition
10 them. Owners are to be paid . per
cent Interest on the prewar valuation
of the property during operation by the
government.
II Is reported from Warsaw that i0.-
900 Polish Jews have asked permission
to no 10 America. II IN expected that
there will be a great number Of emil
grants leaving central Europe soon for
America.
number OF saloons which have
been closed since Los Angeles went dry
In April, 1918, are reported to be open
and selling 2.75 per cent beer, and
many of the soft drink places also
ARE disposlng OF the beverage. Under
nn opinion by the city attorney, saloon
licenses again Will be issued, The city
attorney bases hls action on the fn.
vornblc decision recently given by
United States Judge Bledsoe.
Request that the secretary of war
declare n surplus OF motor trucks nnd
automobiles held by the department in
this country and 10 sell them immcdi.
ntely ut reasonable prices. is nude In
n resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Goody Koontz, Republican, West
Virginia. The resolution specifically
calls upon the secretary for state
mcnt ns to why no surplus has been
declared heretofore and why the cars
"werc allowed TO stand out In the
weather"
Warning that there would be rsdi-
cui change In the policy OF the AmcrI-
can government regarding Mexico II
the Cnrranzn government continued to
fail to protect Americans In that coun-
try, was contained In n note sent to
the Mexican foreign office July % Just
/. given out.
President Wilson was asked In n
Good of the appropriation committee
TO report to the House what use was
made of the $1OO.OO0,000 fund appro-