, 1919-09-18
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WESTERN
The Minnesota House of Represen-
tatives shortly after the special session
opened ratified the federal woman suf-
frage amendment. The vote was 40 to
6. The Senate ratified the amendment,
60 TO 3.
Fire destroyed the Pacific Electric
Company's shop and caused n loss estl-
mated at S150,OOO at Los Angeles,
Calf. The cause of the fire is I'M
known. 1t was discovered by a watch
man.
American ~aviators are forbidden to
fly across the international boundary
into Mexico under II circumstances
by orders issued from he %headquur-
tiers of Mai. Gen. Joseph II. Dickman,
commanding the border district.
Establishment of a board of arbitra-
ton to pass on all disputes between
building contractors and employees has
been established by the San Francisco
building trade council and represen-
tatives of the employers, it was nm
nounced in San Francisco.
Joie Ray of Chicago bettered the
Canadian one-mile record in winning a
handicap race at the Canadian nation
al exhibition games. Rays time was
4:14 %, g 1-5 seconds faster than A. B..
Kiviat of New York in Il race at Mon
treal seven years ago.
In San Francisco Secretary of the
Nevy Josephus Daniels expressed him
self as opposed to the word 'gob"
with reference to the men of the avy
and he says If official edict can stop
the use of the word, it will soon be
relegated to the scrap heap.
Clinging to the pilot of a Chesa-
peake & Chicago passenger train en-
CINE, Frank j.. Long, telegraph oper-
ator at Maiden, Ind, reached out and
pulled n 4-year-old child to safety as
the train sped down the track. The
train rushed a hundred yards past t he
place where the child had bee play
ing before it could be stopped.
WASHINGTON
1t is understood that the appoint
, ment of Kijuro Shidehara as japanese
succeed Viscount Kikujiro Ishi will be
eazetted early this month.
A balance of S263, 100000 is due the
United States from France as a result
of cooperative war activities. 1t in
cludes railroad equipment bought by
the French since the armistice.
Kijuro Shidehara, vice secretary of
foreign affairs of II Japanese gov
eminent, has been formally gaZetted
rs Japanese ambassador to the United
States, according to embassy advices.
He will succeed Viscount Kikujiro
Ishii, retired, and il is understood his
post in the foreign office will be filled
by Masanae Hanihara, now Japanese
consul general at a Francisco.
General Pershing has arrived in the
national capital n notified the gov
eminent, formally and in person, thai
his task rs commander-in-chief of the
American eXpeditionary forces in Eu-
rope had beer successfully concluded.
He was welcomed by Vice President
Marshall, speaking for President VIII
son Secretary Baker, eneral March,
chief of staff, and II delegation of men
distinguished in public or private life
here.
Presentation to the United States of
the entire train in which General Per
.Shing maintained his headquarters in
1918 is being considered by the French
government, it has been learned in
Washington.
Preparing for the return of the rail
roads to private control, Director Gen
ernl Hines ordered all roads TO begin
I'm inventory of supplies on hand as
of Dec. 81, 1919, the date Indicated by
President Wilson in his address to
Congress as the termination of govern
ment supervision.
Bronze medals for all discharged
sailors, soldiers and marines, to be
known as "Victory medals" are pro-
posed in a resolution introduced by
Representative Pell, Republican, New
York. The Senate already has
passed a bill recommended by Secre-
tary Baker for the issue of merit
badges for efficient service. Payments
to discharged service men of all money
deducted from their pay for allotments
and bonuses amounted to $50 a month
for all time served exceeding sixty
days would be provided in n resolution
by Representative Mckenzie, Hepubli-
can, Illinois.
Total collections of internal revenue
from all sources for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1919, amounted to 49,
S39,950,6 GOO, an increase of $145, 100000
over 1918, Commissioner Roper esti-
mated. Income and excess profits tax
collections for 1919 amounted to ST.
596,00S, 700, a decrease of $243, 019,200
over 1918.