The Benson signal., 1919-07-19

WGl0 EshN
Gen. Luis Terrazas, reputed the
wealthiest citizen of Mexico until his
large holdings in land and cattle were
swept out of his control by revolu-
tions, has arrived in Los Angeles to
live.
Three children named Fuller, the
eldest of whom was Is, were burned
to death twenty-five miles east of
Chehalis, Wash. Their grandmother,
a Mrs. McClanahan, with whom they
were staying, also was badly burned.
Girl cadets at the Long Beach Poly
technic high school will be drilled with
rifles next year and will be taught to
shoot, according to Col Charles IL.
Boice, U. S. A., who is commandant of
the Reserve Officers Training corps
unit at the school.
Sinaloa, killing Gen. Juan Cdrrasco,
federal commander, according to tele-
graphic advices received at Nogales.
The bandits carried off eleven MeXicon
girls, looted the stores and committed
other depredations.
While thousands laughed at Charlie
Chaplin'S antics on the movie screen,
the king of mirth is bitterly mourning
the death of his forst born son-the
babe born to Chaplin and his wife, Mil
dred Harris Chaplin. Death came to
the child seventytwo hours after birth
at Los Angeles.
Mayor James Rolph of San Francis
co has appealed to President Wilson to
take some action to end the strike of
telephone workers. The strike has
brought about a serious labor Situa-
tion on the Pacific coast, the mayors
telegram said, and unions other than
the telephone employees are about to
become involved
Chartering a seaplane at 81 min
ute for a flight to catch the steamer
Kasima Maru, which he missed when
the vessel sailed from Seattle for Ori-
entail ports, J. J. Mayer, Seattle Red
Cross worker, booked for VladivostOk,
succeeded in catching up with the ship
near Port Townsend, Wash, after a
thirty-five-minute flight.
Seven persons are dead and four are
ously injured, the result of being
caught in flood waters during ter
rifle storm. All the dead were drowned
and the injured were hurt by being
washed against trees and other OBJ
jects during the storm. Property dam
age is estimated at 100000.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson signed the act
which provides for the return of tele-
phone and telegraph lines to private
companies at the end of the month.
Now that the homeward troop move
ment is drawing to a close the War
Department is getting ready to dis
inter and bring home the bodies of the
fallen American soldiers who sleep in
foreign graves.
Results of the railroad adminiStra-
TONS safety campaign, declared by
Director General Hines to be "moSt
tistics showing that in the first three
months Of this year $50 fewer persons
were killed in accidents than in the
same period of 1918. The total num-
Der of accidents decreased 300.
Announcement has been made that
Frank L. Polk, acting secretary of
state in Washington, had been asked
to go to Paris to take the place of Sec
retary of State Lansing, as head of the
American peace mission, if Mr.. Polk's
health would permit.
Secretary Daniels, Rear Admiral
George r. Clark, judge advocate gen.
eral, and Commander Frank B. Freyer,
assistant judge advocate general, now
is engaged in reviewing court-martial
sentences imposed during the war,
many punishments involving prison
terms or fines being mitigated or set
aside by the reviewing board.
during the war but lost $122,OOO,OOO
between January LIST and May 7th OF
this year according to information OBJ
tanned by the Federal Reserve Board
The loss was due to reparations made
Belgium and Rumania for gold stolen
from those countries and by shipments
to neutral countries for food. Begin
ming with $29S,OOO,OOO in gold at the
outbreak of the war, the German
Reichsbank increased it's metal to
$3.50, 100000 at the end of 1913.
The daylight saving law was rescued
from repeal by President Wilson's We
to of the agricultural appropriation
bill. The President also vetoed the
sundry civil appropriation bill because,
he said, by restricting funds it Grip
pied the work of rehabilitating and re-
storing disabled soldiers and sailors to
civil life.
Payments by the war risk bureau to
soldiers and their dependents amount
ed to S3O.S32 726 in June, S62, ,322