The Winslow mail., 1923-05-18
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE
WESTERN

WESTERN
V. Peter, fireman, third class, one
Of nine members Of the crew Of the
q. S. s. New York, scalded when the
battleship's starboard steam evapora-
tor exploded, died in Los Angeles.
All heat records for early May in
the weather records Of forty years
were broken recently at San Bernar-
dino Calf, when the temperature
reached 1O1 degrees. The tempera-
ture in Redlands was 90 degrees.
A large portion of the city Of Yer
non, adjoining the southeastern Sec
ton of Los Angeles, was threatened
with destruction when fire broke out
in the refinery Of the Gilmore OIL
Company recently. Vernon and Los
Angeles fire companies were prac-
tically helpless as the flames swept
through the Gilmore plant.
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, is quiet and
no further trouble is expected by Of
ficials, following the deportation into
Montana of twenty-eight alleged mem
bers of the Industrial Workers Of the
World. Patrols Of business men will
continue to meet every incoming
freight train and automobile stage, but
it is not expected that the state
troops will be requested.
John D. Fredericks, successful can
didate at the special election held in
Los Angeles last week to name sue
cessor to the late Congressman Henry
7. Osborne, did not spend cent in
his campaign, nor did any Of his
friends contribute to his "war chess"
according to Fredericks' statement Of
expenses, which was filed with the
secretary Of state at Sacramento.
Mayor-elect Frank D. Stringham
and the city cOuncil-elect of Berkeley,
Calf, promulgated a "help-wanted"
appeal of some note when they asked
for applications for the position Of
city manager. All applications are to
be sent to the mayor-elect The job
pays not more than $4,000. No quail
fications are necessary other than
ability to run a growing city Of more
than fifty thousand.
WASHINGTON
Conferences held by President Hard
ing with some Of his advisers recently
have resulted in a Encouragement of
the executives tentative speaking
engagements on his Western trip. The
rearranged list provides for address
es at st. Louis, Kansas City, Mo-;
Hutchinson, Kan. Denver, Salt Lake
City, Boise, Idaho Helena, Mont, and
Seattle, Wash, and for three address
es in California, probably one each at
San Francisco, Los Angeles and San
Diego.
The United States will wait "a
reasonable time" for the tottering
Picking government to effect the re-
lease of the Americans carried off by
Chinese brigands, but if they are not
speedily rescued then sterner meas
ures will be resorted to- it was
learned in Washington. Sterner meas
ures may mean the employment of
American troops now stationed IN
China-the doughboys of the Fif-
teenth United States Infantry, the
Marines OI IuS lSSdllOu quay VI
bluejackets from the Asiatic fleet.
The general strike called by the In
dustrial Workers Of the World April
% is about at an end in the Pacific
Coast States, according to reports re-
ceived. The lOggers and longshOre-
men in Washington voted to return to
work. At San Pedro, Calf, 1920
longshoremen went to work on fifty
steamers.
The force of modern slang has
caused the Indian office to change the
name of the Arizona reservation from
Moqui to Hopi. Moqui means dead
ones" in the Indian tongue, and so
much resentment aroused on the
reservation by the frequent appfica-
ton of this translation that an order
was issued today effecttng the
change. The new name means
people Of peace"
A winter wheat crop Of 578,2S7, 900
bushels or IA per cent less than the
1922 crop, has been forecast by the
Department of Agriculture The
forecast was based on the condition Of
winter wheat May 1, which was 80.1
per cent of a normal, and on the area
remaining May 1 to be harvested,
which was 39,760,0O0 acres or $685.
boo acres (14.3 per cent? less than
planted last autumn.
State Department advices from the
American legation at Picking said the
Picking authorities had ordered the
Chinese troops ITO desist from meas
ures against bandits" and adopt
pacific MEANS" which would insure
the liberation Of the captured Ameri-
cans without injury.
The American flag is too long IN
proportion to it's width to be artistic
and a reduction Of 12.1 per cent in