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Mrs. Anna Gould Hough. sister to
Jay Gould, the famous financier. II
dead at her home In Los Angeles. She
was nearly 90 years old and the last Of
the original Gould family.
Ten persons are dead and one fatal
" injured a. the result Of an explo-
sion following the attempt Of Tom
Ballard, . farmer near Chelsea, Okla,
to kindle q fire with coal oil.
Mrs. Rosa Joseph, wealthy member
Of q New York firm Of linen import
err, was robbed In Los Angeles Of lin
ems valued at $4,000 and an automo-
bile. according to report she made to
the police.
Five thousand workers at the Los
Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company at San Pedro, near Los An
geles, are on strike and work at the
plant 10 at Q standstlll. Three thou
sand went out following the walkOut
Of 1900 men at the plant.
George Holmes, Francisco Villas
business agent on the border. was
found guilty In United States District
Court Of the theft Of machine gun.
trench rifles, seven army rifles and
other equipment belonging to the
United States army on the border.
Mrs. Margaret Young Taylor, widow
by plural marriage, Of the late Presi-
dent John Taylor Of the Mormon
Church. died At Salt Lake City Satur-
day. She was said TO have been the
last surviving "widOw" Of the Mormon
president. Seven children aud thirty
three grandchildren survive.
Governor Ben W. Olcott telegraphed
to Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt. informing him that the state
Of Oregon Is ready to take care Of the
battleship Oregon, as suggested by the
Navy Department, and would relieve
the government Of expense II the ia
nous old warrior should be turned Ov.
er to the state.
The will Of James X. Lynch, gov.
ern0r Of the Twelfth federal reserve
district bank, who died At his home
In Alameda and who left fortune es-
timatsd at 100000. was filed for pro-
bate in OAKLAND. The sntils estate
went to the widow, the will stating
that Lynch had perfect confidence that
she would attend to the welfare Of
their two children.
More than one million barrels OF
flour were purchased by the United
States government through the Food
Administration Grain Corporation at
Portland The purchases were made
from millers Of the Pacific Northwest.
Deliveries Of the flour are to be Ok.
tended over two months, and the flour
10 for export to Europe. shipment will
b~ made from Portland aud Puget
Sound points. Exact figures ~ to the
amount purchased were not available.
hut II Ia said to be between l,OOO,OOO
and l.2jO.O0O barrels.
WARRINGTON
Il. l.. Francis. assistant purchasing
agent Of the Federal Railroad Admin.
istratiOn. Southern Pacific lines, has
begun placing orders for railroad ties
to aggregate 2O.OOOO0O feet among the
mills Of the Northwest. II was an.
nOunced In Portland.
The public debt Of the United States
government reported by the Treasury
10 e2l,SsAvSsa.O0O.
Three Of the four battlsslips which,
helped destroy the Spanish fleet off
Santiago In 1886-ths Indiana, Massa.
chusetts and lOwA-sre to be placed
out Of commission. the Navy Depart.
ment announced. aud their names re-.
assigned to new superdrcadnOu nOughts.
For historical and other reason.
Eighty.six thousand checks, repre-.
senting payment for practically aii
awards made to date have been mnile,i
by the bureau Of war risk insurance To
beneficiaries Of men who died In the
military or naval service. II wns nm.
nouncsd. Since October. 1917. more
than l5.OOO.OOO checks have been sent
10 dependents.
Prediction Of the Department OF Az.
rIculturc for II wheat crop this ycnr
even larger than the record breaking
crop of 1914 was repeated by the
United States Chamber of Commerce
In q report based IN statistics obtained
from all sections Of the country. The
r~i,ort stated that an acreage never
before equalied had been planted and
n yield Of 0O.NOOON0 bushels was
forecast.
Julius Klein Of California. chief Of
the Latin. American division Of the Bu.
r~au of Foreign and Domestic Com.
mercs. has been appointed American
commercial attache at Bueuos Airs to
succeed Robert \. Barr~tt. resigned.
Charles A. Mcqueen. assistant chief Of
the 1.atin.American division. has been
appointed TO succ~cd Mr.. Klein.
irig. Oen. Herbert ~. Lord. army
Liberty Loan officer. and his assistant,
Capt. Robert W. Daniel. have been
awarded Treasury Department medals