The Colorado statesman., 1919-05-03
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PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
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WESTERN

WESTERN
Adolfo de Ia Huerta was successful
IN the election held to choose the gov
ernor of Sonora, Mexico, according to
an official telegram received late in
Aqua Prieta. The vote cast was ap-
proximately $4,000.
Fire, starting in the Portsmouth Ho-
| tel, Los Angeles, did damage there
and in adjacent buildings estimated
at $40, 900, and resulted in a number of
spectacular rescues by firemen and
policemen, but in no loss of life or
serious injuries.
r. l.. Francis, assistant purchasing
agent of the Federal Railroad Admin
istration, Southern Pacific lines, has
begun placing orders for railroad ties
to aggregate 20,000,00O feet among the
mills of the Northwest, it was an
nounced in Portland.
William Ranft of Los Angeles, won
the title of national singles handball
champion in Los Angeles, when he de-
feated Joe Lacey, 21-13,21-11, at the
Los Angeles Athletic Club. Lacey was
known as Southern California cham
pion, and this was his first defeat in
| q tournament.
Police Sergeant William Hackett,
mentioned frequently in connection
with the bribery trial of Mayor #. L.
Woodman of Los Angeles, now in prog
ress has been indicted by the county
I grand jury on charge of asking,
receiving and agreeing to receive
bride for the protection of vice.
William ]. Bryan is a candidate for
the office of moderator of the Pres
byterian Church of the United States,
according to an announcement re-
ceived from ]. B. Wootan of New York
publicity director for the Presbyterian
Church. The moderator, the an
nouncement said. is to be chosen dur
ing the sessions of the church's gen
eral assembly at st. Louis, May 10th
to 23rd.
The monetary loss in the great fire
at Yokohama is estimated at 10000
600 yen, or approximately S7,47OOOO
under the pre-war rate of exchange.
Thousands of people are homeless.
The loss of life was two killed and
thirty were injured. Sixty blocks in
the japanese quarters were burned,
including public buildings and houses.
1t was the most disastrous conflagra-
ton in the history of Yokohama.
Oregon and California liquor inter-
ests lost their fight in the Supreme
Court of Oregon to have the action
of the Legislature in approving the
national constitutional prohibition
amendment referred to the vote of the
people. The court sustained a demur-
rer by the attorney general to the
mandamus action brought by the
liquor interests to force him to draft
a ballot title for a referendum on the
prohibition amendment.
WASHINGTON
Reports on rehabilitation made pub
lie by the War Department show a
total of 1892 23 officers and men
released from the army to date, of
whom 99,295 were in the commissioned
grades. Orders have been issued for
rehabilitation of 1,975,0O0. Overseas
troops returned to the United States
TO date total 676,732. Enlistments now
have reached a total of 1873.
Unusual interest was manifested in
official circles as to the identity of
the governments friendly to Mexico"
that have requested the Mexican for
eign office to express an opinion on
the recognition of the Monroe doc
trine as announced in official dis
patches from Mexico City. m
An official report from the surgeon
| %hA ri
ment, gives the total number of deaths
reported in the army during the war
to date as 111,179. OF this total 56,639
or 81 per cent were from disease, 40
per cent in battle or from wounds re-
ceived in battle, and 6 per cent from
other injuries OF the deaths from
disease about 1900 have occurred
since hostilities ceased.
The government is about to start a
hreat roundup of draft deserters who
are to be tried and punished as fast
as apprehended. Final separation of
the sheep from the goats among all
these delinquents who, having failed
to report at camps in answer to their
calls under the draft, have been auto
matically classed as deserters, will be
completed by the provost marshal gen.
erals office within the next three
weeks.
The War Department announced
that contracts had been concluded for
the sale of surplus stocks of sodium
nitrate, sulphur and copper at current
market rates to number of dealers,
the sales to be over a period of time
GnG the stocks to be marketed by
these companies in such a way as not
to affect the market price or market
conditions.
Lieut.. Charles Moore of Cortland,