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WESTERN
Feminism captured the city Of Yon.
Gala, Ore, at 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.
Mrs. Laura Barker, As years old,
mother Of seven children, was arrested
at Ogden, Utah, on complaint charg-
ing first degree murder In connection
with the death Of her husband, Charles
Lee Barker, a railroad employe. Bar
ker died last July. He Is said to have
been poisoned.
Reports were received at Southern
Pacific Railway offices at San Fran.
cisco that Pullman porter was killed
and two passengers injured in a col
lision Of two sections Of a Southern
Pacific train at Coram, northern Cali.
fornia. The train was en- route from
San Francisco to Portland, Ore.
For the first time ln more than five
years, the international bridges be.
tween Ell 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.
The Kansas Supreme Court in a
sweeping decision upheld the anti-clg.
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 verdlcts 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 II per.
mltted the sale of tobacco In other
forms.
WASHINGTON
Commander ]. Terhune. naval gov
ernor Of Samoa, shot and killed him.
self, said a dispatch received at the
Navy Department.
Selection of Abraham I. Elkus of
New York, former ambassador to Tur-
key, rs the American member Of the
commission which Is to decide the fu
ture status Of the Aland Islands was
announced at the State Department.
United States secret service men
have taken up the task Of guarding the
President.elcct. The force under Miles
c. McCahlll 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.
The day Of business and industrial
adjustment Is at 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 last yestige of government con.
troll over sugar has been removed
through signature by President Wilson
OF a proclamation providing for revo
cation Nov. Is of licenses held BY
wholesalers, reflners, exporters and
importers.
Washington.-President Wilson to-
day directed Secretary Daniels to
place battleship at the disposal of
President-elect Harding for his con.
templated visit to the Panama Canal
zone. The President also instructed
Mr.. Daniels to offer Mr.. Harding the
use of the presidential yacht May.
flower to convey him and the members
OF his party to Hampton Roads to 20
aboard the battleship.
Recruits for the regular army con.
tinue to flock In at record-breaking
rates, Adjutant General Harris offices
announced and 17,625 enllstments ac.
cepted during October broke all peace.
time records for the month A notable
matter In connection with the record,
it was said, was the fact that GG
per cent Of the months enlistments
were for the full three-year period
The total strength Of the army is now
20S,7S1 officers and men, of which
15S, ,486 are In the United States.
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 at
a new offering of treas.