The Benson signal., 1919-11-29
AN EP|TOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o N q 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERIN0s, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.

AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN
Henny Leonard of New York, light
weight champion of the world,
knocked out Jimmy Duffy of Lockport,
N. Y, at Tulsa, Okla, in the second
round
Sixty thousand dollars year for the
next five years was allotted by the Ma
tiOnal Women's Christian Temperance
Union in convention at st. Louis to
be used for the purpose of worldwide
prohibition.
Charles M. Belshaw of San Francis
co, former state senator, Mrs. BelshaW
and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sherwood OF
Spokane, Wash, were killed when an
automobile in which they were riding
rolled over a high cliff at Half Moon
bay, thirty miles south of San Fran
cisco.
Ninety airplanes with pilots and OBJ
servers for each will be used for forest
protection purposes during the coming
year in Oregon, Washington, Califor-
MIA, Colorado, Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming, according to decision
reached by the committee of the West
ern forestry conservation service.
One billion feet of timber killed by
1,445 fires is the estimate given for
Montana's tremendous forest fire loss
es for the season just closed. Half of
the fires were started by human
agency and were preventable. The
fires burned over $4,000 acres of land
and were suppressed at a cost of ST.
100000, according to figures compiled
by the forestry office at Missoula.
Harry ROyse, who was Methodist
clergyman in the Middle West for ten
years, and whose father was a we'll
known Nebraska minister, is under
sentence to serve one to fourteen
years in San Quentin for burglary
He pleaded guilty to stealing type
writer's worth $647 from a Los An
geles typewriter company and also ad-
mitted he had taught his 16-year-old
nephew, Kenneth MOffitt, to assist in
rObbing hotel rooms.
WASHINGTON
Settlement of the controversy over
disposition of the German liner Imper-
ator was indicated by shipping board
officials, who intimated the ship would
be rendered Immediately to Great
Britain.
While arguments on the validity of
the wartime prohibition act will be
heard by the Supreme Court this week
a decision is not expected before Dec.
q recess.
That it is the speed of heavy loads,
rather than the weight of the load it
self, that ruins pavements is the con-
clusion reached by government author
tiles who are investigating various
phases of the automobile transporta
tion problem.
The United States aerial mail car
ried 1926, 72O letters in September, it's
best month. This announcement was
made by Otto Praeger, second assist
ant postmaster general, through the
New York superintendent of the SER
vice. During September 172 trips were
made out of ia attempted. The to-
tai mileage was 56,744, and only four
teen forced landings were reported,
with no serious accidents.
Heavy losses in men and mounts
have been suffered by the Yaqui In
dians in severe fighting with Mexican
federal troops that has been in pro-
gress near San Javier and Sayopa, in
Sonora, according to reports received
in Nogales, AriZ.
J. Hardacker, British cOusul at Pue-
bla, MeXica, was saved from kidnap-
ing by Federico COrdOva, the bandit
who kidnapped William o. Jenkins, the
American consular agent at Puebla, it
was learned at Washington in advices
from Mexico City
Legislation authorizing creation of
an equipment trust to reimburse the
government for $4OO,OOO,OOO spent for
locomotives and cars during federal
passed by the House and sent to the
President for approval.
Earnings of the federal farm loan
hanks during the six months ending
Nov. 1 were $S5S,03 according to fig
ures made public by the farm loan
Goard This was gain of more than
s25O,000 over the previous half year
earnings and an increase of approx
mately $65O,O00 over profits of the
banks for the corresponding six months
year ago.
Excise taxes paid by manufacturers
on the sale of cars and motorcycles for
the fiscal year ended June 80 totaled
S17,915,51081, according to a report
made public by the internal revenue
collector. Commercial car taxes for
the same period and the revenue de-
rived from taxes on tires, parts and ac-