The Benson signal., 1920-04-03
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
western Newspaper Union News Service.


WESTERN
Police Chief Eberstein of Omaha has
published warnings that fifty gallons
of "perfumers alcohol stolen from
wholesale drug house is poisonous. He
feared thirsty persons might buy it.
James Ayres and Charles OFF, for
mer world war veterans, were drowned
In the Mississippi river at Keokuk,
Iowa, when the canoe in which they
were riding turned over in a severe
wind storm.
Four persons, Mr. and Mrs. e. NJ.
Parr and their two sons, Harold, Il,
and Earl, 4, were killed when their
home at Bingham, Utah, was destroyed
by a snowslde All the bodies have
been recovered.
Tommy Milton, driving fifty miles on
the one and one-fourth mile Los An
geles speedway in 26 minutes and
1920 seconds won the third and final
heat and prize of $1,000 in series
of races His average for the fifty
miles was Ills miles an hour.
Three persons were instantly killed
and four so severely injured that they
died a short time later when the
nOrthbOund Texas special struck an
automobile near Luxello, twenty-five
mile north of San Antonio on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railway.
The Nebraska Constitutional Con-
venton fixed September 21st as the
date for special election at which
voters are to ratify or reject the pro-
posed new constitution. The question
of electing Supreme Court judges by
districts will be on a separate ballot.
More than two million sheep and cat
tie will Craze on the national forest
ranges of the Rocky Mountain region
this summer These stock will turn
off a gross revenue in beef and mutton
to their owners next fall of over $21,-
est Service officials.
A signed statement that he has evi-
dence that Ambrose Bierce, noted sat
irist, who disappeared in 1915, was put
to death by Villista firing squad near
the village Of IcamOli, on the trail to
IMOuLGItv, WdS liIC OuIl II Oh
cisco Bulletin by James Ell. Wilkins,
special writer, who has returned from
Mexico, in search for evidence re-
garding Bierce's fate.
WASHINGTON
The Senate has confirmed the nom
ination of Bainbridge Colby as secre-
tary of state.
Award of distinguished service
crosses to Maj. Gen. John l.. Hines
and Lieut. Col Theodore Roosevelt
has been announced at the War De-
partment
An immediate investigation of the
high price of gasoline and other oils
by the Federal Trade Commission is
provided in a resolution favorably re-
ported by the House Judiciary Com
mittee.
& st. Louis railway, at recent meet
ing, voted not to accept the six months
government guarantee of the standard
return under the new railroad law, 1T
has been learned at Washington. The
directors decided they did not need
governmental aid.
With view to protecting the ma
tions gold reserve from depletion.
Representative McFadden, Republican,
Of PENNSYLVANIA, has introduced bill
proposing an excise tax of $40 an
ounce ON gold used for jeWelry and
other manufacturing, the tax to be
paid to producers for new production.
The Mexican government soon will
resume payment of interest on it's for
eign debt, the Mexican embassy at
Washington has been advised by the
Mexico City foreign office. This in
tention of the government was en-
bodied in a decree recently issued by
the Department of Finance. Interest
payments have not been made since
1914
Secretary Houston awarded the con-
tract for construction of BrOadview
hospital, Cook county, Illinois, a prof
ect bitterly fought over in Congress,
to the Shank Company, Chicago, for
s3,OOO,OOO, or 100000 below the limii
of cost. Under the contract the gov
ernment becomes owner of the entire
project covering 320 acres and an un
completed main hospital building,
which was started by Edward Hines.
Work must he completed by July Is.