Gilpin observer., 1920-11-11

Western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN
Feminism captured the city of YOn-
Gala, Ore, ut election. An entire mu-
nicipal ticket of women was chosen,
men opponents being defeated for all
offices.
The task of defending Mrs. Louise
Peete, accused of the murder of Jacob
G. Denton, has devOlved on the public
defender Of Los Angeles. Lack of
funds has forced Mrs. Peete to call on
Walton Wood to come to her rescue
and provide her defense.
One man, name unknown, who was
member of the crew, is missing, fol-
lowing fire which burned the steam
er Gold White, lying at her wharf near
Petaluma, Calf. Other members of
the crew reached safety by leaping
overheard. The loss was placed at
$25O,OOO.
For the first time in more than five
years, the international bridges be-
tween El PasO, Texas, and Juarez,
Mexico, are unguarded by United
States troops. The removal of the
troops, it was explained at military
headquarters, is due to the restoration
Of peaceful conditions in Mexico which
make their presence no longer neces-
sary.
After a thrilling journey from Price
to Salt Lake City over the Wasatch
mountains at the rate of 165 miles an
hour in the smallest monoplane yet
made, L. q. Whitmore of Price, Utah,
riding with Pilot McBeth, crashed at
the Salt Lake City air mail landing
field. Whitmore sustained bad pune
ture Of the chin and a badly sprained
back, but his injuries are In no way
considered fatal.
The Kansas Supreme Court In q
sweeping decision upheld the anti-cig-
arctic law, which fOrbids not only the
smoking Of cigarettes but the posses
sion Of cigarette or even cigarette pa
pers. The courts decision was based
on verdcts handed down by courts in
Illinois and Tennessee. The point
raised in the appeal was that the
state did not have authority to forbid
possession of cigarettes when it per-
mitted the sale of tobacco In other
FORMS
WASHINGTON
Commander ]. Terhune, naval gov
ernOr of Samoa, shot and killed him
self, said dispatch received at the
Navy Department.
United States secret service men
have taken up the task of guarding the
President-elect. The force under Miles
c. McCahill went to Marion from Co
lumbus, Ohio, and assumed the duty of
protecting the newly elected executive
from cranks, dangerous and otherwise,
according to reports.
Work on regulations to govern the
installation of automatic control de-
vices on the railroads as required by
law has been begun by the Interstate
Commerce Commission In cooperation
with the American Railway Associa-
ton. A plan Is being worked out by
which the devices will be tried out ex-
haustiveiy on one railroad before the
orders for their installation on the
other lines are drafted, railroad Of
fcials Mt Washington said.
Distribution of medals awarded to
officers and enlisted men of the navy
and marine corps for distinguished
wartime service took place Armistice
day.
Selection of Abraham l. Elkus of
New York, former ambassador to Tur-
key, as the American member of the
commission which Is to decide the flu
ture status of the Aland Islands was
announced at the State Department.
The day of business and Industrial
adjustment is ut hand with no prospect
of financial panic, according to the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
In the monthly report of its committee
on statistics, the chamber takes a gen
orally hopeful view Of the business sit
uatiOn and declares the time has
passed for consideration of heroic
measures to stabilize prices.
The right of the secretary OF interl-
or to exercise equitable Jurisdiction in
deciding controversies over public
lands was upheld by the District of
Columbia Court of Appeals. The de-
cision reversed the decree of the Dis
rict Supreme Court in granting man.
damus against Secretary Payne to COM
pei him to grant n patent to William
f. Olson for coal lands in Utah.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, was
awarded Victory Loan medal by the
Treasury Department at Washington
for patriotic service in behalf of the
Liberty loans. The medal was made
from metal of captured German can.
non.
Secretary Houston announced ut
Washington n new offering of treas.
ury certificates Of indebtedness for