Gilpin observer., 1920-03-25

W o0 LINN
Fire Of unknown origin at Tacoma,
Wash, destroyed the grandstand oi
the Tacoma speedway, causing loss,
according to officials of the Speedway
Association, of S13O,0O0.
New deep water salmon banks have
been discovered off Cape Spencer,
ninety miles east of Juneau, at the en-
trance to Gross sound. Heavy hauls
of salmon have been made In the vi
cinity, 1t vas said
A little girl, Dollie De Petris, OF
Prescott, Ariz., was Interested to see
what would happen if she held n
lighted match at the opening OF 80
gallon gasoline container. At the hos
pital the doctor said he had succeeded
in saving her eyes.
Bank robbers burned their way
through the outer door of the vault in
the First National Bank at Crows
Landing, near Modesto, Calf, rifled
fifty safe deposit boxes and carried
away several thousand dollars worth
Of negotiable Liberty bonds. The ex-
act loss could not be estimated. No
attempt was made to secure an en-
trance to the money vault.
DIR. r. w. Clothier of the University
of Mississippi has been chosen presi-
dent of the New Mexico College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts by the
board of regents at a meeting at Las
Cruces N. NJ. He succeeds Dr. Aus
tin d. Grille, who resigned March l.
DR.. ClOthier is Il graduate Of the Kan
sas States Agricultural College. He has
also been connected with the Univer
sity Of Arizona, the University Of Cal
ifOrnia and Cornell
A young farmer named Swanson was
instantaneously killed and Lieut..
Frank Button fatally injured at the
town of Ogallala, Neb., when during
which Lieutenant Button was pilot
and Swanson passenger took a tail
spin and fell several hundred feet. The
machine was almost smashed to pieces,
and when the men were taken from
the wreckage Swanson was dead and
Button unconscious.
WASHINGTON
The population OF Hawaii is 249,-
992, the Census Bureau at Washing
ton announced this week. This is an
compared with 1910.
The Pacific and Atlantic fleets will
meet off the Pacific coast of Panama
next January in their first Joint man
suvers, designed to keep the navy ION
its toes" during peace time.
In the absence Of any authoritative
prediction OF what President Wilson
would do with the unratified treaty,
the impression gained in diplomatic
circles that the first step probably
would be a notification to the other
powers that the Senate had refused
ratification.
While President Wilson is meditat-
ing what course he will pursue as a
result of the failure of the Senate to
ratify the peace treaty he negotiated,
the Senate leaders are proceeding with
their plans to put through the Knox
ing the declaration Of war.
With view to protecting the ma
tion's gold reserve from depletion,
Representative McFadden. Republican,
Of Pennsylvania, has introduced a bill
proposing an excise tax of SO an
ounce on gold used for jewelry and
other manufacturing, the tax to be
paid to producers for new production.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has announced that 1t has re-
ceived acceptances from more than
500 railroad corporations declaring
their intention to operate under the
guarantee provisions OF the transporta-
ton act. Fewer than a dozen lines
have thus far refused the income
guarantee, and many of these. Off
sials said, were small corporations.
Decided decrease in exports is shown
By the February foreign trade state
ment issued by the Bureau OF Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. exports for
the month amounting to $845, 900, 600
the smallest monthly total since Octo-
Der, 1919. Imports also decreased
from $474,000,000 In January to S487,-
100000. Imports Of gold during Feb
uary were unusually small. amount
ing to S4,473,000 against exports of
Ss3.O00.O00.
Brig. Gen. w. V. Harts, former com
mander Of the Paris district Of the
American expedltionary forces, has
sailed from Antwerp for the United
States, having been ordered home by
Secretary Baker to testify before con
gresslonal committees investigat ating
charges Of cruelty at prison farms over
which he had command.
The House bill authorizing the
United States Grain Corporation to sell
5000, 900 barrels of soft wheat -four