The Tomahawk., 1920-03-11
WASHINGTON

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President Wilson signed the railroad
bill and the roads were returned to
their owners last Sunday at midnight.
If such is the wish of the nearest OF
kin, bodies of American soldiers over
seas will not be disturbed in any way,
whenever practicable, Secretary n. ID.
Baker said.
The secretary of the interior has
ordered the opening to homestead en-
try of more than 100000 acres in wes-
tern Oregon, a portion of which is
adapted to cultivation.
A prospective shortage of fuel for
oil burning naval craft prompted Sec
rotary Daniels to issue call for con-
ference with representatives OF the
War Commerce and Interior depart
ments to discuss the situation.
Ripe olives, which have caused
many deaths recently from poisoning,
may be eaten With IMMUNITY withi1 a
few months as result of changes in
preserving methods and abandonment
of glass containers. DR.. Carl Alsberg
of the federal bureau Of chemistry
said.
Drastic reduction Of permanent off,
GERS of the army from their temper
airy ranks to regular army grades
effective March Is, has been ordered
by General March, chief Of staff. or
approximately 5000 officers now hold
ing temporary rank higher than the1r
permanent appointments, about 1000
probably will be returned to their reg
ular status.
Augustus Morrill,, formerly Ameri-
can consul at ManzanillO, Mex, was
killed by Mexican bandits February
rs. Mr.. Morrill, was SO years old. The
present consul at Manzanillo, in re-
porting the killing to the State depart
ment, said Morrill, was attacked while
on his way to the Hacienda Ell Balloon,
three miles from Colima, where he 1iv-
ed, and that in a fusillade of pistol
shots received two wounds.
Foreign
Several hundred anarchists attempt
ed to capture the labor exchange at
Milan, but we're dispersed by the pol
ice.
An embargo against trading in
stocks, bonds or other securities from
countries outside Canada has been
proclaimed at Toronto.
Decision has been reached that the
former crown prince of Germany must
pay taxes upon the basis of an annual
income of 100000 forms.
Ranks of the striking colored main
~ nj nf
ma canal administration we're swelled
to Is 900 by sympathizers.
Dc"ss~ dock workers, in sympathy
with striking Dutch workers, refused
to unload Dutch ships or handle Dutch
goods in the harbor of Copenhagen.
Representative of Finland, Letvia
and Rumania have arrived at Warsaw,
to discuss peace conditions to be sub
mitted to the bolshevik government of
Russia.
The French chamber of deputies
passed a bill providing for an inter-al-
lied colonial exhibition in Paris in
1915. The senate already has passed
the measure.
A sapphire eight. inches long and
weighing more than five pounds is re.
ported to have been found at Mogok,
India, by Burmese. Its value is esti'
mated at between LBS, 900 and L5O,.
900.
All Germans who believe their
names to be on the list of men whose
extradition is demanded by the Allies
are called to make known their places
of residence or whereabouts by the at
torney general of Germany.
To safeguard the industrial regions
of west Germany, President Ebert has
issued decree proclaiming sentence
of death for arson, using explosives,
or flooding and damaging property, a
Berlin wireless message says.
One hundred and twenty vessels, in.
GLIDING eight battleships and mum.
Der of cruisers, will be handed over to
the Allies at once by the German gov.
eminent under the terms of the treaty
of Versailles, according to an an
nouncement made at meeting of the
Association of German Fisherman at
Hamburg. These vessels, the announce
ment said, would be manned by OFF,
GERS of the German mercantile ma
rine.
Domestic
The former German steamship Mas.
sasin sank at its pier at Brooklyn.
Aerial mail service lis saving the
people more than 100000 a year," AS
sistant Postmaster General Praeger de.
clared.
Esther, four months old, daughter of
Peter Woprzal of Milwaukee, choked
to death when milk from a nursing
bottle flooded the throat.
Fuel needs of the United States
must be supplied before coal can be ex'
ported under rules announced by the
commission appointed to supervise
transshipment of coal at tide-water
points.
Five young people of Wilson and
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