, 1920-07-01
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THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
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Born n slave in 1918, Alec Taylor,
negro, died at Ardmore, Okla, at the
age of LOT.
A $650,0O0 parcel post building is to
be erected as a temporary relief from
the mail congestion in the pOstoffice
at Chicago. A %ten-year lease at $780,
900 term rental was made by the gov
eminent.
The proposed Hudson bay trade
route, designed to relieve traffic con-
gestiOn during the heavy annual
movement of grain from the West, has
been pronounced feasible by the spe-
cial Senate committee appointed to in
vestigate he project.
Fire at the New Idria quicksilver
mines in San Benito county, Calf,
which are said to produce nearly all of
the quicksilver supply in the United
States, destroyed the reduction plant,
machinery and several homes at Hal
lister, Calf. The loss Is estimated at
S1OO, 900.
The Ancient Arabic order, Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine. made a net gain OF
74,725 in membership in the past year,
according to the report submitted b.
n. ROwell, imperial recorder, at the
annual imperial reunion at Portland,
Ore. The 1921 convention will be held
at Atlantic City, N. j.
A letter mailed Jan 1, 1913, has been
returned to the writer, T.. S.. Heroder,
an attorney at Kansas City, after rest
ing nearly vel years In the mail
chute of the New York Life building.
There was q fire in the building the
last day of December, 1912, and the let
ter was dropped In the damaged mail
chute a day later. 1t was found when
the chute was repaired, and because
the address was illegible was returned
to Mr.. Heroder.
WASHINGTON
The population OF Continental
United States Is estimated at 105,0OO,-
900 by j. A. Hill, chief statistician of
the census bureau. His calculation is
based on the combined population of
ItfOOC ittCc diiu toWhS ~ Which, StdllS-
tics have been announced.
Philadelphia's population has been
announced by the census bureau as l..
S23. 1853. showing that the country's
third mos populOus city had main
tanned during the last ten years the
steady rate of growth 1t has had since
the first federal census in 1890.
Coal production statistics compiled
by the federal trade commission from
reports submitted by 1851 operators
for the month of March indicate an
increase in the profit per ton of IS
cents, or As per cent. The margin of
profit per ton In March, the commits
sion declared, was AZ cents against %
in February.
The National Woman's party will
call a convention of women voters to
decide upon an election policy. Alice
Paul. leader of the militant suffragists,
announced in Washington. The con-
vention will meet In one of three suf-
frage cities-Chicago, San Francisco
or Denver-and the call for 1t will be
issued shortly.
Tennessee may be the thirty-sixth
state to ratify the suffrage amendment
In spite of the clause in the constitu-
ton of the state providing that no Leg
islature shall act on an amendment to
the federal constitution unless elected
after the proposal of the amendment.
The present Legislature was elected
before the proposal of the amendment,
but 1t nevertheless has the "cIear pow
err to ratify the amendment" accord
ing to William 7. Frierson, acting at
torney general of the United States.
Plans for financing the wool grow
ers until a market for wool is estab-
lished have been worked out at con.
ferences between the growers and the
federal reserve board, was announced
by Il. II. Marshall of Salt Lake City,
secretary of the National Wool Grow
ers' Association. Under the plan, Mr.
Marshall said. "a wool grower may
ship his wool to one of the usual
points of distribution, obtaining from
the railroad a bill of lading for the
shipment: h grower may then draw
a draft against his bank for such an
amount as may be agreed upon by the
grower and the bank. secured by the
bill Of lading.
The billion dollar freight increase
asked for by the railroads of the coun
try Is approximately $3S6.OO0.0O0 more
than will be necessary to give the
per cent standard return guaranteed
l.. A.. or..~-NNl~u naf CItRE..a
ThOrne. representing shippers. esti
,.okod 40 tl,a 0anorof rata bao rtno 10