The Benson signal., 1920-01-10


WESTERN
Twenty-one alleged l. w. w. were
released and charges against them
under the state syndicalism law were
dismissed at Tacoma, Wash. in the
Superior Court Fifty remain in Jail
to be tried on the state charge.
James f. Armour, realty dealer
shot and killed his 14-year-old son,
James CochraRe Armour, while the
latter lay in bed on sleeping porch
at the Armour home in one of the best
residence districts in Pasadena, and
then shot and killed himself
State Land Commissioner w. A
MOeur anu W. j. KingS0ury, banker, OF
Tempe, Ariz., were slightly injured and
Samuel Barkley, "a Phoenix business
man, was seriously hurt when motor
truck cOllided with the automobile in
which they were riding from Tempe to
Phoenix
The raisin crop this year will net
growers about $33, 100000, which is
about double what it has been any pre-
vious year, President William Griffin
of the California Associated RaiSin
Company announced at Fresno, Calf.
For the first time in it's history, the
growers have sold thesentire crop.
J. A. PacOnd of Jackson, Tenn, was
killed and Harvard Russell of Marshall,
Va, seriously injured when the auto
mobile in which they were riding over
turned eighteen miles west Of NOgales.
PacOud and Russell were students al
the University of Arizona at Tucson
cident happened.
Pulling a stroke of fOrty-two to the
minute, a crew from the United States
cruiser Birmingham easily defeated a
crew from the scout cruiser Salem in
race of one and One-half miles for
twelve-oared cutters on San Diego bay.
1t is reported that more than $4,000
changed hands on the event. The time
was announced as IL minutes and 45
seconds.
Jackson Barnett, richest of Uncle
Sans Indian wards, can now buy an
automobile and employ chauffeur, in
addition to donating 100000 to the
Baptist Church Cato Sells of Wash
ingtOn, commissioner of Indian affairs,
arrived in Fort Worth, Texas from
Barnett's home at Henrietta and said
that he had authorized these eXpendi-
lures for the Indian.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Baker has asked the
House appropriations committee to in
clude $15O,OOO in the deficiency bill to
continue the council of national de-
fense until matters pending before the
body are settled.
Investigation of labor conditions Oh
islands of the Gulf will be made by a
committee Of the American Federation
of Labor and the widest possible pub
licity will be given it's findings, it was
announced at the federation headquar-
ters in Washington.
The report of traffic handled on the
western front during the war by the
signal corps made public at Washing
ton shows that 31O,665 enemy radio
messages were intercepted and 176,913
radio bearings taken on enemy sta
tions.
President Wilson has signed the Nc
Nary bill continuing the United States
sugar equalization board through 1920
1t was announced at the White House
that his signature had been attached
before midnight Dec 81
Out of a fund of $3O,O0O,OO0 avail
able for it's work this year, the Ameri-
can Red Cross has set aside $10,OO0,-
600 for European relief, $13,75O00O fol
use at home and $1,250O00 for complet-
ing it's program in Siberia.
The first move of the American gov
ernment to aid financially in the re-
construction of Europe came when the
war finance corporation announced it
had practically cOnSummated four
loans aggregating SIT 100000 to manu-
featuring exporters.
Until Congress passes legislation in
creasing the regular army to some fig
ure greater than the present author
lied strength, or specifically author
ICES promotion of veterans of the serv-
ice, most of whom have suffered re-
ductions to their prewar rank by the
War Departments system of demotion,
no promotions will be made or any
steps taken by Secretary of War Ba-
ker to readjust the present inequality
in rank in the army.
The Pacific Development Company
of New York, including some of the
principal banking institutions of that
city, has advanced a $5,OO0,00O loan to
China 1t has been learned that this
is only the first Of several other in
stallments that are to follow if condi-
tions in China appear to warrant it,
until a total Of $30O00,OOO is advanced.
While naval officers have been in
dignantly rejecting decorations con-
ferred upon them by Secretary Dan