, 1919-08-28

Western Newspaper Union News service.
WESTERN
Three auto bandits robbed the Ma
tional City Bank, Newton, Kan, of Il
sum placed by police at $4,000. The
bandits escaped.
John Carter, n farmer. recently
brought a large nuunoer of big cab
bages to the market ut Holdenville,
Okla, the largest of the bunch weigh
ing eighteen pounds. trimmed. Sew
eral others were almost as large.
Thirty passengers from u local film
studio were hurled from Il sightseeing
car that was hit by II Nannuys street
car near the Caheunga pass and Bur
bank road near Los Angeles. Twenty
six were injured, some being in a SER
Gus condition.
Disturbances approaching riots,
which began in connection with the
strike Of platform men of the Los An
geles Railway Company, continue.
About 500 strike sympathizers as
sembled on Central avenue, blocked the
passage of cars, jeered and stoned the
crews and had to be dispersed by the
police.
Representatives of the Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Association from
five states met at Dallas, Texas, and
fixed state quotas and dates for con-
ferences. The Texas quota is $780,
900. The conference will be held Sep
tember 18th, 18th and Goth the New
Mexico quota is $4,000. September
10th was set as the conference date.
After wounding and overpowering
two armed deputy sheriffs during a
fight in which he too was shot, o. w.
Langley, u farmer of Cortland, Neb.,
staggered into n general store at that
place and shot Justice of the Peace
Chris Pfeiffer through the heart.
Langley was saved from lynching only
through pIeadings of conservative citi-
Zens
John Krause, known as the Nebras-
ka potash king, died at n hospital ut
Alliance, Neb., as a result of shock
and burns sustained when he was
spattered with burning oil following an
explosion of gasoline. Krause, with
a brother, owner a 30,000-acre ranch in
northwest Nebraska containing many
of the largest potash-producing lakes
IN the state.
Following the arrival of seventy-five
Japanese picture brides" on the
steamer Tenyo Maru at San Francisco
it was announced by the immigration
authorities that over 400 of these
brides have been admitted at Pacific
coast points within the past year. In
dicatiye of their prosperity, many of
the Japanese bridegrooms met their
picture brides" with automobiles.
WASHINGTON
General Pershing will sail for home
on the first available transport sail
ing after August 31st, the commander
in chief of the A. E. f. cabled Secre-
tary Baker.
People ought to be satisfied with
present food prices; there isn't any
~profiteering in the retail meat and
grocery business, and want
to pay high prices" Thomas Dunn, n
st. Louis meat dealer, told the Senate
agriculture committee at the hearing
on legislation to control the packing
industry.
President Wilson has again vetoed
the bill repeating the daylight saving
law.
Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia has
formally resigned as ambassador to
Italy, it was said at the State Depart
ment. So far as could be learned his
successor has not beer selected.
Repeal of the daylight saving act has
been accomplished, the Senate voting
to sustain the House in passing the
repeal measure over President Will
sons veto. The vote was 81 to 10. The
repeal of the law becomes effective
after the clocks are turned back to
normal in October. 1t is N of the
very few measures which nave been
twice vetoed by a President and have
become laws in spite of the veto.
Completion of a twenty-four cylin-
der Liberty motor which has developed
6T3 horsepower in the initial tests were
announced by the War Department. 1t
was declared to compare favorably"
with foreign motors of the same pow
er. The new motor weighs only 1877
pounds per horsepower against 2.11 for
the Liberty twelve, and consumes 80
pounds of gas per horsepower hour
against 81 for the smaller model.
Steel helmets having been officially
adopted as part of the army's war
equipment, steps will be taken to in
sure a reserve supply Of the new type
designed in the A. E. f. British he'll
NETS now will be disposed of, except
for about 600.ee0, which will be kept
until production of the new model in
quantities is assured.
A resolution directing the Federal
Trade Commission to investigate the
hipb cost of shoes and determine the