The Ordway new era., 1919-12-05
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
sHowINo THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN

The body of Otis Mcclure, who was
being sought after the bodies OF his
wife and two daughters were found
murdered, was found today, hanging In
u boathouse near Blaine, Wash.
An American negro who deserted
recently from the Tenth United States
cavalry is reported to he the lender
of band of approximately 300 faqui
Indians who raidcd the eastern part
of the Moctezuma District in Novem-
ber.
Drastic and fnr-rcaching rules for
fuel conservation in Lincoln have been
issued by the fuel conservation com
mittee of the Commercial Club, adopt
ed with the sanction of the mayor
and members of the city council. who
will give their force If necessary.
Two masked bandits entered the of
flee of the American theater ut Butte
Mont, and after beating into nsensi-
bility Miss Emma Peterson, the cash
Ter, and John Kelly, the janitor, robbed
the safe of all its contents. 1t is es-
timated the robbers obtained 81 900.
More than 500 cases of smallpox In
mild form in Ontario have been re-
ported to the ministry of health.
About one-half of them are in Toronto.
All travellers into the United States
must show certificates that they have
been vaccnnted within one month.
Guarded by ten armed deputy sher-
iffs headed by Sheriff Rolph, Walter
Thomas Mills. lecturer and writer for
the NonpartIsan League, spoke at
HrnGgnr tn an
posed of sympathizers and about fifty
former soldiers. Mills eulogized the
American government and confined
his speech to Americunism and patriot
ism.
The bodies of n Mrs. Mcclure and
her two young daughters. 10 and II
years old, We're found in their home at
Blaine, twenty-five miles north of Bel
lingham, Wash. Mrs Mcclure and one
child appeared to have been slain with
an ax. The other child evidently was
stabbed to death. Officers are search
ing for the husband and father.
In what is said to be the first original
case in the history of the United States
I'm which n conviction has been oh
tained by finger print Identification
alone, Chet Moon, accused of the rob-
berry of the safe of the Treu meat mar
ket Mt Bisbee, Ariz, about three
months ago, was found guilty by
jury in superior court at Tombstone.
The verdict was rendered after ten
minutes deliberation.
WASHINGTON
A pardon signed by President VIII
son for Jesse Kohler, federal con-
vict, was received at Los Angeles.
When officials went to present it to
Kohler Mt the county hospital they
learned he had died eighteen days pre-
vious
The board of temperance. prohibi-
tion and public morals of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church announces that
1t contemplates no general campaign
against the use of tobacco, but would
confine its efforts to fight against
its use by minors.
A final study of the selective draft
records made public fixes the military
strength of the United States Mt 49,
100000 in potential military manpower
Registrations for the draft, between
the ages of 1S and 40, totalled 23,9OS,-
$40, almost so per cent of whom were
listed as physically fit for military
service"
Earnings of the federal farm loan
banks during the six months ending
Nov. 1 We're $685. 033, according to fig
ures made public by the farm loan
board. This was gain of more than
earnings and an increase of approxi-
mately S650,0OO over profits of the
banks for the corresponding six months
year ago.
Documentary proof that Venustinno
Carrnnza knew of the plan of San
Diego and that Carranza's generals
knew of raids planned across the
United States border and participated
in them even while Carranza's recog-
milton by the United States was being
thrashed out In Washington, is now
in the hands of the American state
department at Washington.
Navy department officials expressed
surprise at the action of the supreme
council in allocating one German bat
tleship and destroyer TO each of the
allies and associated powers for ex-
perimental purposes. The United
States had not asked for any of the
German vessels and said they would
he of little use to this country, even
for experimental work, as it is as
serted there was little the American
navy can learn from the German YES
seis.