, 1919-06-05
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. o I N G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs. sUFFERiNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newpal
WESTERN

WESTERN
Elizabeth Benton Fremont, 40 years
old, and the only daughter of the late
Gen. john G. Fremont, the ~''pathfind-
err" died ut her home, Los Angeles,
after an Illness of nearly a year.
House members from Washington,
Oregon and California have formed an
organization with Representative Kahn
of California as chairman to push
enactment of any legislation benefit
ing the Pacific coast.
The territorial Legislature has
passed a law forbidding the sale of
liquors within Yukon territory after
Sept, l next A plebiscite on the flu
ture liquor policy, to be held early next
year, has been provided for.
Boyd Traitors skull was fractured
and both legs and an arm severed
when he was run Owe by n street car
in Portland. Traylor attempted to
board a moving car and fell under the
trucks. He was a former service man.
American and Mexican army Off
GERS met on the polo field for the first
time at a military festival staged by
the Eighth Cavalry, Col. G. L. Lang
horne, commanding, at Preside, Tex
as, east of Ell Paso, Texas. The score
was 4 to 4.
The Yukon Legislature has passed
an act extending the franchise to
women in all territorial elections on
full equality with men and has asked
the Canadian federal government to
grant similar rights to women in all
future federal elections.
Governor Hobby of Texas declined
TO authorize the passage of Mexican
troops through Texas, without guaran-
tees of protection to Americans, and
so notified the State Department. 1t
was pointed out by an official
of the State Department that
Angeles brought brains and abil-
ity to the anti-Carranza move
ment," which is now considered
the most serious the present Mexican
government has had to face.
WASHINGTON
England's bill for transporting 1,000,-
900 American soldiers across the At
lantic in British ships is approximate
ly $50, 100000.
James l.. Slayden of San Antonio,
Tex, was. reelected president of the
American Peace Society ut its annual
meeting in Washington. Resolutions
were adopted indorsing the league of
nations.
Manufacturers used during April 49,
100000 pounds of wool, an increase of
80 per cent over March. The increased
consumption indicates "a rapid return
to normal conditions" the bureau of
markets declared in a statement in
Washington.
Guarded night and day and far out
of human reach on a pedestal at the
Interior Department exposition at
Washington, is a tiny vial. 1t con-
tains a specimen of the deadliest poi
son ever known. 1t is "Lewisite," pro-
duct of an American scientist. Ten
airplanes carrying "Lewisite" would
have wiped out every vestige of life
human, animal and vegetable-in
Berlin. A single days output would
snuff out 4,OOO,OO0 lives on Manhattan
island.
George Creel, through the Treasury
Department, has asked Congress fol
$50, 900 for closing accounts of the com.
mite on public information.
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department at "ason, onna
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ihiantrS were a""i'i"s eae'a'ioh'
Registered bonds of farm loan bank:
were held by 1,102 individuals and in
stitutions of whom 1,O5O each had les.
than S25.O 900 worth, according to tn,
latest tabulation by the United State.
Farm Loan BOARD Only tbree holder,