The Benson signal., 1919-03-22

Prince Utah, baby elephant born in
captivity in Salt Lake City last April,
died there of unknown causes. 1t was
found by the keeper when he went to
feed the mother.
The bank of Pell, a small town near
Chehalis, Wash, was robbed by lone
man, who entered when Miss Baxter,
an employe, was alone in the place,
compelled her to show him where the
money was stored, and taking about
$500 left with it in an automobile.
A mass meeting of 1000 Hawaiian
Japanese, held in Honolulu, adopted,
a resolution to send Japanese dele
CATION to Paris to ask that an effort
be made to insert clause in the
peace treaty abolishing racial discrim-
inatiOn for the sake of humanity and
justice.
The Senate labor and capital COM
mittee reported favOrably the anti-in
junction bill introduced by Senator
Flaherty in the California Legislature.
The measure is practically the same
as the bill passed by the Legislature
.wo years ago and vetoed later by
Governor Stephens.
Private George Burnie, negro, who
was awarded the Croix de Guerre,
with palm for extraordinary heroism
while under fire in France, was shot
and killed in st. Louis by Holly Jones,
also a negro, eight minutes after ar
ri ic tn
caused the shooting
Director Sam Hughes, former Cana
dian minister of militia, gave notice in
the House of Commons that he would
introduce a resolution calling for in
vestigation of the heavy losses suf-
fered by Canadian troops overseas. Sir
Sam recently made charges that some
officers sacrificed their men for per-
sonal glory.
Unless prices of fOOdstuffs to con-
sumers materially decrease and at the
same time producers given opportun-
ity "to exist" the "red flag" soon
"will be flying over our public build
ings," according to testimony of S. S.
Knight, president of the Poultry Keep
erS' Association of Petaluma before
the joint special committee of the
State Legislature of California investi-
eating bread milk and egg prices. The
poultry men represented by Knight
ship more than 100000 eggs annual
ly, he said.
WASHINGTON
Americans have filed claims against
Germany and Austria-Hungary totaling
$750,O0O000 the State Department an
nounced in Washington.
Italy's loans from the United States
were increased to $1,421, 100000 by a
new credit of $16,50O,0OO. This made
total credits for all allies $685., ,157,-
600.
Plans Of the shipping board for the
establishment in the near future of
regular passenger and freight steam
ship service between the United States
and South and Central American coun-
tries through the use Of twenty-five
12,000-ton vessels, now under con-
struction, were disclosed by Chairman
Hurley in an address at a meeting at
the Pan-American Union of govern
ment officials interested in Latin
American trade.
Republican organization for the ma
jority control of the next House was
completed with Representative Frank
w. Mondell of Wyoming as floor lead
er.
Reduction of 80 per cent in the
force of the United States government
service, effective March %, was an
nounced by Director General Dens-
more
Winston Churchill has been men
toned in diplomatic circles as a posi-
BILE successor to the Earl of Redding
as British ambassador at Washington.
Churchill at present is air minister un-
der the war portfolio in the British
cabinet, and is considered foremost
among the younger statesmen of the
British empire.
Release of 10000 tons Of nitrate of
soda by the War Department to the
Department of Agriculture for use as
fertilizer. was announced in Washing
ton. The chemical was purchased for
use in making high explosive Shells
The Bureau of Markets announced that
an effort would be made to distribute
100000 tons this month from eighteen
cities where the nitrate is stored,
many urgent orders having been re-
ceived because of the mild weather.
Charles M. Galloway, member of the
Civil Service Commission, whose resig-
nation has been called for by Presi-
dent Wilson, announced that he would
resign within a few days. "At the
proper time," he added, II shall prob
ably make a statement of the real rea-
sons for the request for my resigna-
tiOn'
The Navy Department announces
that there were 1872 enlistments dur
ing the past week. Of these, 772 were
in tbo Eactnrn 990 in thn Central 1S2