The Benson signal., 1919-05-17
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The first carload of wheat from I'M
perial Valley of the 1919 crop was
shipped by F. T. Anderson from Braw-
| ley, Calf. Four hundred carloads will
follow within a few days.
John Greber, a farmer living near
| White Deer, Texas, shot and killed his
mother and younger sister, wounded,
probably fatally, an older sister, and
then shot himself. He is expected to
die. The cause of the tragedy is un-
| known.
A trans-Pacific flight is being urged
| by army and navy aviators. According
to reach Honolulu after stops on
mid-Pacific island. From there there
would be plenty of South Sea islands
available for service stations in the
flight to the Asiatic shore.
Patrol of national forests by army
airplanes to give early warning of for
est fires, will begin June 1, with the
inauguration Of two patrol routes from
March field, near Riverside, Calf, ac-
cording to announcement by the forest
service of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Chief Of Police Ralph Gibbons was
shot and fatally wounded at The Dal-
les, Ore, by Edward Primrose, when
the officer sought to arrest him for
completely in the robbery of a Wash
ougal, Wash, bank. Gibbons was shot
twice through the body and died an
hour later.
Making one of the largest hauls of
contraband drugs known to this state,
two customs officials raided the place
of Go Sam, securing fifteen cans Of
opium and other drugs, valued at
about $4,000, at Stockton, Calf. Sew
eral arrests were made in connection
with the raid, it was announced.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo has purchased the
thirty-acre tract on Mission Ridge,
Santa Barbara, owned by George M.
Williams, for 100000, according to re-
liable information. 1t is reported with
out confirmation, however, that Nc
Adoo bought the property as summer
home for President Wilson.
Many thousands of dollars worth of
| personal belongings and irreplaceable
keepsakes of officers now stationed at
Douglas, Ariz., and not few who are
with the army in France, were burned
when the clothing storehouse at the
Quartermaster department, United
States army, burned, with an estimated
loss of 100000. Army property valued
at $5OO,OOO was endangered.
WASHINGTON
A nonstop flight from Macon, Ca,
to Washington, $50 miles, was made in
six hours and fifteen minutes by a
Martin bombing plane, carrying bale
of cotton.
Demobilization of the war army has
passed the 100000 mark, General
March, chief of staff, has announced,
and the number of troops returned
from France now exceeds 100000.
May day enlistments in the United
| States school garden army brought
the total number of children enrolled
to nearly 100000, including members
in the United States, Hawaii and the
Philippines.
Commissioner Hywel Davies has
been assigned by the Department Of
Labor to attempt settlement of strike
of 1000 miners at Park City, Utah,
who have quit work, demanding a six
hour day with wages of $3.50.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, who is
| expected to head the Senate interstate
commerce committee in the next Con-
gress, announced on his return to
| Washington that he planned to have
early consideration given to the rail-
road problem.
Col. Arthur Woods has warned en-
ployers to hire as many extra men
now as possible to protect themselves
| against a coming tremendous labor
shortage. American labor, he declared,
will be short 100000 men and women
this year, due largely to the fact that
immigration has been vastly reduced.
President Wilson, in an executive
order cabled from Paris, has directed
the Civil Service Commission to ex-
empt soldiers, sailors and marines
from physical requirements for any
civil service position upon certifica-
tion by the Federal Board of Voca-
tional Education that the applicant
has been specially trained and quail
fled for the position.
Fifteen million Americans bought
Victory Liberty notes in the campaign
which has just closed, according to es-
Inmates received by the treasury from
federal reserve banks. This compares
with about 21, 100000 purchasers in the
Fourth Loan, 100000 in the Third,
100000 in the Second, and 100000
in the First. The treasury announced
that the official total would probably
not be known before May 26. The to-
ta1 aS cOmDi1od still stood at 60 $40