The Ordway new era., 1919-07-25
The LATEST IMPORTANT DIG
pATc1Es PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP pAaAoRAPha
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING TIE pRooaEeo o.
avGnrs IN ouR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN
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tscnLic LlSr scfifCl VIII BE- Gr1lle1 VIII
rifles nsIt year and will be taught u
shoot, according to Col Charles Fl
Boies. Z. s. A. who u eomTnandant Of
the Reserve Officers Training corp
unit at the school.
Henry NJ Garcia, prominent San
Jose business man, received probably
fatal injuries and Lieut. J. ". Stanley
Of Minneapolis, the pilot Of q pass@n-
ger-ezrryinz sirplane. was badly hurt
when their machine fell In the resi-
denoe section Of San jose, CALI
Ralph Il. Harris. alleged hank rob
Der arrested In Denver. who let him
self out Of the county jail at Los An
geles with a key said to have been
: stolen from a Jaiier, vas captured
again at Long Beach and pLaeed in Jail
after he had slashets parrolman with
Il razor
s. J. Taylor, a travelling salesman
Of Los Angeles. was severely injured
and Sgt Oscar Hottie WIS badly
bruised when the army airpIane which
Hottie was plotting fell several hun
crsd feet in East Bakersfield. The
plane struck the edge Of a house and
a tree. which broke the force Of the
fan.
JHd ". Tobias. said By the police
70 be a bandit was hearrbroken on his
deathbed when told he had shot his
b0yhOOd chuTn. Detective Frank 5iur-
ply, In a revolver duel Eiti detective
at Omaha. Tobias died In = feE hours.
Murphy was shot In the right chest.
He viii recover Murphy and Tobias
hadn't seen each other for several
years until they met at the hospital
WASHINGTON
In view Of The statement By Presl-
dent Wilson that the railroads would
be returned 10 theIr owners at the end
Of this year, Chairman Esch told the
House Interstate commerce committee
that II would be useless to consider
plans for flye-year extension of gov
ernmeni control
The daylight saving Law was rescued
from repeal by President Wilson's We
10 Of the agricultural appropriation
b1l. The President also vetoed the
sundry civil appropriation bill because,
he said, by restricting funds 1t Grip
pied the work Of rehabilltsting and re-
storing disabled soldiers and sailors to
civil life
Repeal Of the soda water tar has
been decided on by Republican leaders
Of the House. The decision will be re-
ferred 10 the Ways and Means Com
mittee, which will draft a repeal
measure. Some leaders predicted the
tar, which ievies an irnpost Of 10 per
cent on soft drinks and Ice cream,
would be repealed within month.
Germany Increased her stock Of gold
during the var but lost s122,0oO,ODo
between January LIST and May eth of
this year according to Information OBJ
tanned by the Federal Reserve Board
The loss WIS due to reparations made
Belgium and Rumania for gold stolen
from those countries and by shipments
to neutral countries for food. Begin
ming with s20s.0O0,0O0 In gold at the
outbreak OF the war. the German
Eeichsbank Increased its metal to
100000 at the end of 1913.
The British government has begun
the construction OF the largest dirigI-
BILE that has yet been undertaken, ac-
cordinR to word received by the air ex-
perts OF the American government.
TIE dlrlgible will cost 100000. 1t
wal carry an equipment OF six air
planes for 1t own protection. 1t will
have a capacity OF 100000 cubic feet
and Will be 100 feet long.
The railroads of the United States
hauled s,2769i9 troops on special and
regular trims for an average Of eGU
miles each In the first six months OF
1919. according to statistics made pub
lie by Director General Hines. In ad.
dltion, probably 100000 officers ana
men made railway trips while on fur
Tough and another million were trans
ported from camps to their homes at
ter discharge, making total OF 1850
900 military passengers accommodated
In addition TO the usual civilian travel
The military traffic In six months re
qulred 100000 train miles and ~
much of the equipment had to be sent
empty In one direction. This figure
should be doubled to express the ag
gregate transportation demand by the
military forces.
The recent decline In beef prices
due to the falling off of the European
demand for American meats, has 81
alarmed livestock and packing inter
ests OF The country that the govern
ment has decided to finance 'to lin
tied extent" the expectation of cattle
and cattle products.
Mexican bandits raided villa Union
SInaloa, killing Gen. Juan Carrasco
federal commander, according to tele
graphic advices received at Nogales
The bandits carried off eleven Mexicor
girls. looted the stores and committed
other depredatiOns.