, 1920-11-18
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WESTERN

WESTERN
The task of defending Mrs. Louise
Peete. accused of the murder of Jacob
q. Denton, has devolyed 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 a
member of the crew, is missing, fol-
lowing a 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
S250,000.
Carries Young, declared by Omaha,
Neb, physicians to be afflicted with
leprosy, has disappeared from Madison
county farm where he was placed by
the State Board of Health. Efforts to
find Young have been made without
avail. No guard to prevent Young's es-
capt was maintained.
The legal standing of 5000 indian
on the White Earth reservation in Min
nesota was determined when Judge
Page Morris, in United States District
Court at Fergus Falls, Mimi, approved
a blood status rolf prepared by n
commission authorized by Congress.
The action is expected to end much lit
igation pertaining to lands sold by the
Indians.
Following the effecting of a perma-
nent organization of the National Park
to-Park Highway Association on a new.
broad basis, Denver was designated as
the permanent headquarters of the or
ganization, and Salt Lake City was
chosen as the place for thetnext annual
convention. Eleven states are included
in the organization Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Montana, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mex
leo, Nevada and Utah.
WASHINGTON
Approval of a government loan to
the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific rail-
o Of $7,S62,OOO for improvements,
has been announced by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
TIL. internal ven bureau con-
hrmed reports that a crusade against
home brewing of alcoholic beverages is
planned by the governments prohibit
ton enforcement agencies.
John Burke, treasurer of the United
States, n former governor of North
Dakota, has submitted his resignation,
to become effective Jan. 1, when he
will become president of an automobile
body manufacturing company.
Home-brewing was brought actively
d the prohibition ban when 1t was
learned that enforcement officials had
ruled against the sale of hops and
malt to others than bakers and con-
fectioners. Great secrecy surrounded
the prohibition bureaus action.
The right of the secretary of interi-
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
trict Supreme Court in granting n man
damus against Secretary Payne to COM
pei him to grant a patent to william
Il. Olson for coal lands in Utah.
The Washington government has
been advised that the presidents of
Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador are
in conference at Amalpa, Honduras, to
consider boundary disputes and the
problems arising from use Of adjacent
territory of one as n base of revolution
airy operations by political refugees
from another.
President Wilson has directed Sec
retnry Colby OF the State Department
to visit Brazil and Uruguay in ac-
acknowledgement of the recent visits to
this country of the presidents of those
republics. The President also said he
would be gratified IL MFR. Colby took
the opportunity to visit Buenos Aires
in response to the recent invitation re-
ceived from the Argentine govern
ment.
Organized workers will strike in
stantly ut the first attempt OF any en-.
plOyer to cut wages In Il union shop
In violation of existing contracts, Vice
President James Duncan Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor warned upon
leaving the opening session OF the fed
eration's executive council Mt Wash
ington. The American Federation OF
LABOR VIII back them up" Vice Presi-
dent Mntthey Vol added.
Decision OF the War Department TO
authorize the maintenance Of only four
permanent cemeteries in France has
been announced. These will be Mt Su-
resnes, on the outskirts OF Paris; at
Bomagne, In the Argonne region at
Beileu wood, where American soldiers
49, - a.
first Important engagement, and at
Bony. in h department Of the Aisne,
which shall be known as "Flanders
field" A permanent cemetery also will
be established lei London for those
soldiers who died In Great Britain
while en- route to France.