Arizona state miner., 1919-10-31
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WESTERN

WESTERN
american soldiers won the war,
was the declaration made by King AL
bert of the Belgians, in accepting the
honorary office of state commander OF
the Missouri branch of the American
Legion at st. Louis.
Ramon Vega of Francisco Villas reb-
ell forces, who has been operating in
the state of Chihuahua, has Surren-
dered himself and his forces to Gen.
Rodrigo Quevedo at Casas Grande, Chi
huahua, according to advices received
by Andres G. Garcia, Mexican consul
general at Ell Paso.
While attempting to regain his seat
in his airplane after performing a
series of daring feats in midair, Capt.
Charles TheOdorel of Dallas, became
exhausted, lost his grip on the rope to
which he was clinging below the land
ing gear of his machine and fell 800
feet to his death at Dallas, Texas.
Thousands of people witnessed his ex-
hibition and his fall.
Following the withdrawal from Pres
ident Carranza of Mexico of his extra
ordinary war powers by the Mexican
House of Deputies, President Carran-
"a has placed himself at the disposal
of the high judiciary committee of the
Mexican Congress ''for judgment on his
record according to a message re-
ceived by Ell Nacional, Spanish Ian
guage newspaper published at Ell Paso.
j. T. Mccoy, prominent and
and wealthy oil man of Oil City, Pa,
was killed at Tulsa when he was
struck by an automobile. Mccoy, who
was 73 years old, was the father-in-
law of Frank A. Gillespie of Tulsa,
rated as the wealthiest oil operator in
Oklahoma. Mccoy had come to Tulsa
to attend family reunion. The acci-
dent was unavoidable,
Sale has been announced in San
Francisco of the historic Richmond
and Eureka silver and lead mines of
Eureka, New, which were opened in
1869 and were said to have yielded
more than $32,OOO,000 prior to 1910.
John W. Mackay of Comstock fame
was one of the investors in the mines
at a time when they paid dividends
of So a share monthly. The sale price
was given as $9,5O0,000 The Rich
mond-Eureka Mining Company of
Maine was the seller and the E. A.
Hotter and H P. Henderson syndicate
of New York city the purchaser.
WASHINGTON
The American army transport Great
Northern sailed from ValdivOStOk with
100 officers and 400 enlisted men re-
turning to the United States.
Denial of seat in the House of Rep
resentatives to Victor Berger, Milwau-
kee Socialist, who is under conviction
for violation of the espionage law, was
recommended by a special house COM
mittee. Representative Rodenburg,
Illinois, filed a minority report recon-
mending delay.
"It is practically assured that legis-
lation will be enacted at this session
relieving miners of all assessment
work for the year 1919" This state
ment was made by Ravenel Macbeth,
Western mining promoter, who is in
Washington working for this legisla-
tiOn.
Count V. Macchi di Cellere, Italian
ambassador to the United States since
1913, died in the emergency hospital
at Washington just as he was about to
undergo an operation.
Advised that the Navy Department
has in reserve 100000 pounds of su-
gar, Secretary Daniels intimated that
he would release One-third of the stock
or 100000 pounds for public use to
relieve the situation resulting from a
nationwide shortage of the commodity.
Chairman Payne of the shipping
board advised Senator Capper, Repub-
lican, Kansas, that the board had de-
cided to reduce freight rates on dressed
meat to Europe 81 per hundred-weight
or from $3.50 to $3.50 per hundred.
When the new rates, which apply to
continental Europe are to become eff
fective was not stated.
Cash aggregating about $95,OOO,OOO
was contributed by the American Red
Cross for relief work in France alone
and about $75,OOOOOO was contributed
for similar work in twenty other coun-
tries during the war period of twenty
months ending last Feb. %, according
to a report of the war activities of the
organization made public in Washing
ton.