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Ell SILL 10 De IN eruptlOn. frames anu
ashes are reported spouting from the
volcanoes crater, which can be seen
from a distance of thirty miles.
Henry ]. Orr, 19-year-old soldier in
the transport corps, confessed, the po-
lice said, that he killed his wife. Mar
garet, in New Haven, Conn.,, Septem-
ber 21st. Orr was ready to sail for the
Hawaiian islands from San Francisco
when he made the confession.
Organization of committe of 100
ito rid the community of radicals
has been completed at Tonopah, New.
This action followed the return to
work of miners of the Tonopah dis
trict who walked out after handbill
stating that strike would be called
the next day, had been circulated
among them. No disorders have been
reported.
Kansas wheat growers raised their
1919 wheat crop at an average loss of
43 cents an acre, J. &. Mohler, secre-
tary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, announced in a report compiled
from questonnaires returned by 2,O40
farmers on ,062 acres. The only
gain was in the western division,
where there was an average profit of
$1.S9 an acre.
That more than S1,00O,000 was
fraudulently obtained from the govern
ment on cost-plus shipbuilding CON
tracts by the Northwest Steel Com
pany of Portland was charged by
George L. Wheeler, special agent of
the Department of Justice, in an affi-
davit which he filed with United
States District Attorney Humph, eys
at Portland, Ore
The body of a man found recently
in haystack near Superior, Neb., was
identified to be that of Robert Schultz,
who disappeared from his home in
Grand Island last October according
TO report received from Superior.
His mother made the identification.
Authorities investigating the matter
are working on the theory that the
man was murdered.
More than $4,000 men are now un-
der arms against the Carranza gov
ernment in Mexico, according to a
statement just issued by revolutionary
headquarters. 1t is estimated this
number will exceed 100000 within two
weeks. These figures, it is contended,
are compiled from verified reports and
do not include unconfirmed rumors of
reflections from the federal ranks.
Members of the Marysville, Calf,
Carpenters Union voted to boycott
business men who participate or per-
init their employees to participate in
the movement to wear overalls as a
means of reducing clothing costs. The
action was taken, it was said, because
the movement tends to increase the
price of overalls and makes their pur.
chase prohibitive for mechanics and
artisans"
WASHINGTON.
The House bill appropriating $500,
100000 for deficiencies in government
operation of railroads and $9,OOO,OOt
for miscellaneous deficits has beer
passed by the Senate and sent to con
ference.
Attorney General Palmer has asked
Congress for $5OO.OOO for prosecuting
and detecting crime, in addition tt
100000 already appropriated for the
current year.
Suffragist leaders predict the ratifi
cation of the national amendment
within three months by at least two
and possibly all five of the states OF
Delaware, Louisiana, North Carolina
Connecticut and Vermont.
Collection of the nations taxes last
year cost the government So cents for
each 500 in revenue, according to a
statement by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue. Total collections for the
year were $3.50, 10000, and total ex-
penditures in collecting that amount
of $20,573, 900, the statement declared.
Judgments against the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad Company for approxi-
mately $75O,O0O, resulting from the
Black Tom explosion of war munitions
in the company's yards on New York
bay in 1916 will stand as a result Of
the refusal of the Supreme Court to
review appeals brought in thirteen
separate proceedings Sltteen bun
dred claims aggregating $11,622, 600
have been instituted as result Of
the explosion.
Reaching a complete agreement on
the army and navy pay bill, House
and Senate conferees decided on in
creases for officers. First lieutenants,
observation-disclosures and colonels in the
army, and lieutenants, junior grade,
commanders and captains in the navy
will receive an increase of 5000 annu-
ally; majors and lieutenant-command
ers, $S40; army captains and lieuten-
ants, senior grade in the navy, $72O
and second lieutenants and ensigns,
S420 The increase will be retroactive
until January 1st last, and will remain
in effect until June 80, 1922.