The Benson signal., 1919-06-14
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United Railways of San Francisco
dropped dead while delivering an ad-
dress at the ST. Francis hotel.
Meredith P. Snyder, banker and
three times mayor of Los Angeles, de-
feated f. T. WOodman, incumbent, for
mayor in the election in that city.
Announcement was made at Venice,
Calf, by Thomas H. Ince, motion pic
ture producer, that he offered $5O,OOO
as prize money for aviators who will
attempt a flight from there to Aus
tralia.
Five children of former President
james A. Garfield will share alike in
the distribution of the $4,000 estate
left by their mother, Lucretia r. Gar
field, who died several months ago at
Los Angeles.
California cotton growers will re-
ceiye approximately $2O,OOO,OOO for
this seasons crop, according to state
ments made by cotton-seed oil brok-
ers, who have completed surveys OF
the Imperial valley and Palo Verde
districts.
The State Board of Health has adj
ded "lethargic encephalitis" (sleeping
sickness) to the list of reportable NAL
aides in California. The first cases
appeared in California shortly after
March 21st, and ten were reported in
April, according to statistics collected
by the board.
August Taube was sentenced at Sac
ramento, in the Superior Court, to an
indeterminate term of one to five
years in San Quentin penitentiary for
failing to assist w. e. Bright, whom
he ran down with his automobile last
November. Bright died. Taube was
employed as mule buyer for the feder-
al government during the war.
Manufacture of leather out of fish
skins is the business of another new
Alaska industry with a plant in oper-
alton at Seward. Shark skins espe-
cially, it is said, produce fine leather
of dark hue, which takes a beautiful
finish Other parts of the fish caught
are used in the manufacture of such
by-products as oils, glue, gelatines and
fertilizer.
WASHINGTON
A further reduction of 1,149 names
in the list of missing in action has
been announced by the War Depart
ment, the total now being 3,113. Of
the, l, ,149 men, 387 were reported as
dead
There will be no training camps for
civilians and reserve officers during
the summer, the War Department ad-
yised Charles B. Pike, chairman of the
Military Training Camps Association,
giving lack of funds as the reason.
One woman was included in the list
of citations made public by the War
Department as the basis for awards
of the distinguished service cross. Miss
Jane Jeffrey, an English woman serv-
ing as an American Red Cross nurse,
was cited for extraordinary bravery
in action. While on duty in a hOSpi-
tai she was wounded by an exploding
aerial bomb, but refused to leave her
post, though suffering great pain.
Her devotion to the task of helping
others was inspiring to her associ-
ates."
Secretary Baker asked Congress fol-
legislative authority and an apprOpria-
tion of $1O,OOOOOO for the immediate
purchase of the Cape Cod canal. Ac-
tiOn by Congress was necessary he
said, so the canal might be acquired
without waiting the result of pending
condemnation proceedings.
With view to Quieting the unrest
in Europe by Fastening return to
normal economic conditions, financial
interests in New York, with the assis-
tance Of the Federal Reserve Board,
are considering formation of group eX-
port corporations for WOOL copper,
steel, tobacco and other American pro-
ducts, similar to that organized to
handle foreign sales of cotton.
Plans for the construction of more
than 1,5OO airplanes at a cost of $780,
100000, and the purchase from Great
Britain of one of the newest type
0lTlKIUl6S lOI USE DIS q luOuC1 lOI
ture dirigible construction are includ-
ed in the army program for aircraft
production outlined to the House Mill
tary Committee by Major General
Mencher, director of military aeronau-
tics. General Mencher asked an ap-
preparation of $3,375,0O0 for the devel
opment of lighter than air craft.
Secretary Baker told the House Mil
ltary Committee he had authorized the
sale Of $25,OOO,OOO worth of surplus
food stocks held by the army to the
Cooperative Purchase Society of Rus
sia. The society is composed of 90
100000 heads of families, the secre-
tary said, and will give in exchange
for the food raw materials badly
needed in the United States
AS reported out of the House Mill
tary Committee, the 1920 army bill
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