, 1919-05-08
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o o ! q 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union news Service.
WESTERN

WESTERN
Mrs. Anna Gould Hough, sister to
Jay Gould, the famous f~inancier, is
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
ly injured as the result of an explo-
sion following the attempt of Tom
Ballard, n farmer near Chelsea, Okla,
to kindle a fire with coal oil.
Mrs. Rosa Joseph, wealthy member
of a New York firm of linen import
ers, was robbed in Los Angeles of lin
ems valued at $4,000 and an automo-
bile, according to u report she made to
the police.
George Holmes, Francisco Villas
business agent on the border, was
found guilty in United States District
Court of the theft of u machine gun,
trench rifles, seven army rifles and
other equipment belonging to the
United States army on the border.
An injunction to prevent the Noun
tain States Telephone and Telegraph
Company from increasing its rates up
on authorization of Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson was filed in the United
States Court by the attorney general
of Utah on behalf of the public utili-
ties commission.
h will of James X. Lynch, gov
ernor of the Twelfth federal reserve
district bank, who died at his home
in Alameda and who left a fortune es-
tlmated at $1,000 was filed for pro-
bate in Oakland. The entire estate
went to the widow, the will stating
that Lynch had perfect confidence that
she would attend to the welfare of
their two children.
A judgment of $1,20O,OOO, the largest
ever given in the Los Angeles county
courts, was entered by agreement in
favor of the plaintiff in a suit brought
by Mrs. Maria Bastanchury against
the Murphy Oil Company and Edmund
A. Beech. Mrs. Bastanchury, as ad-
ministratrix of the estate of her hus-
band, alleged her husband leased 2,240
acres of land to S. J.. Murphy, who in
u organized the Murphy Oil Com
pany. The concern struck oil, but con-
cealed the fact from her husband, Mrs.
B%astanchury charged, and by misrepre-
sentation bought the land for S35 an
acre.
WASHINGTON
Two officers and fourteen men of
the crew of the naval tug Gypsum
Queen were drowned when that vessel
struck a rock and sank near Armen
Hght' OH the coast OF rance on April
CO. whie tes " prest aiter as
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sont,aoo IN 1sosWtha Ind,ana Mosso-
cb,sotts ond Iowa-oro 10 no nIocod
ont of commtss,on tba Navv Danart-
man+ o-nnornced and their nomas re-
assigned to new superdreadnoughts.
For historical n other reason, how
ever inc iourth snip, the famous Ore
son' "hich cireieu Sou'h america III
oruer 10 pe III the patue against Ger
Nera squauioh' WIN re.aih ner haLne'
anu VIII continue ser'ice with the ra-
eiie i'ee''
Italy has beer given a new loan of
S5O,OOO,OOO by the treasury to cover n
number of obligations incurred by the
italian government on contracts for
war materials n food stuffs from
American producers. The credit ex-
tension brought 1taly's total borrow
ings from the United States to $1,571,-
100000.
The amount Of nublic works con
.roo.s lot arr,,o Tho ,os+ mon,h hos
.hou~n = ,noraosa aooord,nr 20 ON
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announcement. ny oo "oo
assistant 10 the secretary Vi war, OIL
employment or ~charg soldiers.
Eighteen cities, said Colonel Woods,
have placed contracts totaling more