Mendocino Coast Beacon from Mendocino, California • 2

KEEPING B3YS HAPPY WHILE HARKING TIME CJL! MILKS ITEMS III BRIEF Paragraphs of Interest to Readers of Golden State milk ana cocoanut on as mint 'it provides that any milk product contain'ig foreign shU be labeled plainly as imitation milk. The Boggs bill, authorizing the Board of Control to obtain rights of way necessary for the construction of a cutoff in the San Joaquin river between a point where it Joins the Stock-ton channel and its junction with the Calaveras passed the Assembly. Both Democrats and Republicans were charged with abandoning national party principles In the Assembly yesterday when M. B. Browne, Democrat, made an unsuccessful attempt to have withdrawn from committee a resolution calling upon the federal gov-rument to place sufficient tariff on tungsten to protect the domestic Industry.

Brownes motion to withdraw as lost, 29 io 28. Feather River canyon, bad received formal notification that the name of the highway has been 'officially changed to that of Pershing motor transport route." With four sons-in-law acting as pallbearers, the funeral of John C. Coleman, pioneer Nevada county mining man, director of the Firemans Fund Insurance Company and the California Street Railway Company, who died at the age of 95, took place in San Francisco last week. Eleven women are to serve on the faculty of the University of Californias summer session in Los, Angeles. They will teach in a wide range of de partments, and come from various sec tions of the country to 'participate in thp summer session opening June 30 at the state normal school.

if ff Col. P. M. Wlee, whose command, the famous Fifth marines, turned what locked like a cure vjctory for the Hun Into a rout at Chateau Thierry. ASSEMBLY PASSES VARIOUS BILLS Assembly Committee Busy on General Appropriation Bill Beet planting la progressing: rapidly in Orange county.

D. M. Llnnard, the Pasadena hotel man, has taken out a life insurance policy for $1,000,000. More than $200,000 worth of villa kites at Catalina Island have been disposed of recently. Ranchers of the district north of Visalia: have organized the Kings river farm bureau.

A meeting was recently held at Ar-buckle to formulate plans for a building and loan 4 JThe Riverside Vineyard Company has tom up the grapevines on its 1000-acre vineyard, dear Wine A project tot a permanent tractor school at the citrus experiment station, Riverside, is being A three-day convention of the California Women's Clubs, northern was held at Chico 1 last week. A large number of smudge pots went up in -smoke at Ppmona last week when fire broke out 'on the Fred J. Smith ranch. The work of paving the route of the Auburn-Nevada City state highway lateral through the Grass Valley town-site is to be taken up at once. Earl Cooper, well known auto racer of Sacrameqto, has entered the 50-mlle Liberty sweepstakes, which will be run at the Indianapolis speedway on May 81st.

Officers of the Saratoga Improvement Association announce the postponement of the twentieth annual Saratoga blossom- festival to Saturday, April 5. are being prepared for a new Church building to be erected at Long Beach for the First Christian church of that city. The cost is estimated at $125,000. The skeleton of what is believed to have been a prehistoric man has been unearthed at Los Angeles by Philip Sepulveda while grading a road down to the beach at Whites Point fc has asked the Railroad Commission for 1 i TAKE PHOT- GRAPHS OF GRAVES OF YAfIKS Pictures Sent With War Record to Relatives by the Red Mementoes upon which many tears are destined to fall In the years to come are the photographs of American soldiers graves In Europe that are being taken and sent to the next of kin by rhe Red Cross. Beautifully mounted In a cardboard folding frame stamped with the seal of the United States In gold and containing data concerning the dead hero, they will be treusured In thousands of homes.

Most of. them will be merely pictures of the simple wooden cross lettered with the soldiers name, which marks every grave where It was possible to Identify the body. These little tokens will probably be the last and only mementoes of near, and dear who died in the war abroad For a feeling Is growing that instead, of attempting to return the bodies of soldiers, ns the army officials promised at firpt, they, who died and were hurled In. foreign lands should be allowed to rest there as a tremendous and lasting symbol of this union of -blood and t0" reat alliance that fought vct9ry- i t0 defend- The themselves A soldiers last privilege, said a. generul of the army, Is to He where fell, belonging to the soil he died this year, Eind the Unsuccessful Bel- shevlk revolt in Seattle a few weeks ago.

of the men are held by the San Francisco police and nine by the Oakland Authorities. To the arrest of Pavel Melincoff, who, according to the police, is the American representative of Trotzky and they came here from the Northwest a short time ago with letters of recommenda- a V0e Mn rom internationally known an- the Senate turned down the antl-in- archists, the greatest Importance is Junction bill. The refusal to pass the attached. most Important measure on the labor While Melincoff was languishing in program by such a decisive and unex- the city prison yesterday, notice that pected margin astonished the labor a presidential warrant for his'arrest lobby, flabbergasted the politicians and had been Issued In 'Washington, D. bewildered the Senate Itself.

was received by Captain of Police Assemblyman Polsleys biU to permit John J. OMeara, together with a re-elementary schools located more than quest that If the local authorities release him later the warrant be served five miles from the nearest high school to establish high school classes passed the Assembly yesterday. Among the Assembly bills passed were the following and he be held under $10,000 cash baIL; vldual gifts of the organization during At the same time came word that the last two months of the fighting Philadelphia and Seattle detectives totaled over 89.000.000. and immigration officials are rushing I When the armistice was signed the Mrs. Saylor Authorizing the use of to San Francisco to qu elf ion the pris-1 work did not cease.

Rather it has Increased until today the personnel lm emergency, offered particularly for the relief of the situation at Oakland ere Knights ot Columbus and Other War Service Organiza-tions on Job. 1 a As the big American army In Franc awaits the welcome order to embark on Its homeward Journey the problem of morale 'grows apace. To VeP the-boys in even a semblance of content- mpnt while "marking time either In thf army of occupation in Germany or In camps throughout France Is the present big undertaking of al war serv-, Ice organizations. It Is now, 'as never before since America entered the war, that ery effort Is f)elngput' forth by -those who have been charged with the duty. of disbursing the big fund of' Amelcan dollars contributed by the home folk, The Knights of Columbus, like all other organizations, is using every man and every dollar to its fullest, capacity.

In many sections of the country little Is known of the activity of the K. of. C. In This has-been due largely to the fact that more-attention has been paid to actual en- deavor than to telling about it Briefly, the advent of the Knights of-Columbus into the big things of this war was almbst accidental, yet In actual result, its endeavors have borne fruit consistent- with long preparation. A group of men was sent with the pioneer troops to France.

Chaplains-were furnished. Of the work of these men much has been said and written. Many of them have been mentioned in official orders for bravery, several were severely wounded, and some have been decora tgd. As the American public responded with generous enthusiasm to the general call for funds to provide comfort for men overseas, theK. of (X.

work was broadened. Everywhere, at the very front line trenches, secretaries were present to supply absolutely free, chocolate, cigarettes, hot refreshment and moral encouragement The lndi- France is inadequate to meet the demand upon its HAS LOTS 0E MEDALS. Won by Him In the Course of an Athletic. Career. If John Holloway.

Knights of Colum- bus general secretary at Fort had been ordered overseas for service, It would have required an additional vessel to transport his athletic medals and trophies. Mr. nollo-uay has a collection of more than a thousand of thfrn, won during a strenuous career of 14 years as an amateur 8thlete. He signaled his entry Into the athletic world In Ireland, at the age of when he broke the world pole-vaulting record. He continued to break records and win meets In Ireland and England until -1902, when, shortly before coming to the United States, he entered a big meet at Birkenhead Park, England, and won nine-firsts out of nine events entered.

Arriving In America, he affiliated himself with the Irlsh-American club-of New York. Iq the Olympic games 1904 Holloway lost the all-around athletic fhamplonshlp of. the world on' points, but won more events than his successful opponent. In 1906, representing the St Louis Athletic club, voft the American all-around championship. Before coming to Fort Riley, Mr.

Holloway was a K. of C. director at Camp Bowie and Tallferro He Is a district" superintendent of an Insurance company In civil life. COULDNT CLOSE JAWS. Girl Starts College Yell and Doesnt Finish It When Miss Margaret McCarthy, sev-teen years of age.

a pretty basketball player of Ponca' high school opened lig mouth to "root" for Ponca after a game in South' Sioux City, she suddenly screamed with pain and found herself unable to close her Jaws. Miss McCarthys companions discovered that she had dislocated the left side of her Jnw. She was taken to nearby drugstore and anesthetics were applied. Dr. W.

Z. Earl replaced the Jaw in Its proper position. Although Miss McCarthy said she-preferred to do 'Without anesthetics. Doctor Eafl overruled her protest Rah! rah Ponca! were the- ords wiich dislocated Miss McCarthys jaw. ated by an unusual Influx of shipbuilders and other workers In war.

Industries. Merrlam Providing that women shall work only eiglft hours in any day of 24 hours. Eden Raising the kindergarten tax limit from 10 to 15 cents per $100. Gebhart Repealing the act requiring- a quarterly Joint report from county auditors and treasurers, a law which members paid had been gener- Tw0 Thusand Said Ba on Way to ally Ignored. California.

The presidential warrant, however, will not be served until the police have analyzed a letter they found in Melln-coffs possession which gives complete instructions for a dynamiting cam paign of terror in San Francisco and bay cities. GREENWOOD BOMB TRAGEDY it I Police Declare Murder Wgs Plotted, by Nihilists and American I. W. W. San Francisco Twelve suspects In I the Greenwood bomb' murder mystery are held by the San Francisco and Oakland police, who have unearthed Information, they say, that shows the conspiracy behind the murder to bve been hatched by a group of Russian Nihilists and American I.

W. W. that precipitated the' dynamiting of the homes of six Philadelphia Judges early 1 for the spread of Bolshevik propa- ganda. ganda. Oakland That extensive plans for a reign, of terror In northern and central California have been made by hundreds of I.

W. W. members in the Northwest Is the belief of the Oakland who yesterday announced that a vanguard of 480 I. W. W.

had ar- rived in the bay district In the belief that 2000 more are on their way to California, the Oakland towns and cities of the state were 'warned that a well formulated plan for a spring drive of terror through the destruction of crops was planned, by the I. W. to he conducted on the iline 0f the reign of terror In 1917 in the Northwest. The police yesterday began a roundup pt all members of the organization Sheriffs of the various counties have been asked to place a guard on, railroads and state highways and watch all suspicious characters who are un able to give account of themselves wamings to the farmers. TO HONOR PLUMAS COUNTY From Washington, D.

has come word from the managers In charge off the fourth liberty loan that a ship Is to be named after Plumas county. This honor comes because of the high loan campaign. GERMANYS INDEMNITY BILL The Paris Intransigeant prints the report that the indemnity which Germany must pay for the damages of the war has been fixed at a figure between $30,000,000,000 and $50, 000, 000,000., The yearly payments will Increase as Ger manys economic Ufa revives TTn 9m authority to purchase land adjoining ,7 7," It, present and to Issue a series o( ft FmKb- "elr la Botes covering the purchase price. Workers employed at the Mare Island navy yard will pay monthly rents ranging from $22.50 to $37.50 for Unfurnished living quarters in the federal hpuslng annex built near Vallejo. Chico schools will have no spring vacation this year because of the.

Influenza epidemics, which greatly -decreased attendance, thereby creating a loss of Income, which Is payable on the daily attendance. Donald Nicoll, widely known as Nlcoll the Tailor, died last week at Los Angeles. With his father, Alexander Nicoll, he established a chain of tailor shops in number of Important cities of the country. The growing of tomatoes is becoming quite an lmpoitant industry in this state, California now ranking fourth In production, while Los Angeles county Is one of the leading sections for the growing of this crop. An organization whw t0 be burled wlth the Enf.

Water In a River Move a Farm and the Stock Upon It "One of the most remarkable cases of kidnaping ever known in the lower border region of Texas has come to the attention of the United States and Mexican authorities. Jose Cantu, a peaceful landowner and valley farmer, who has lived all his life in Texas, was bodily transferred to Mexico by a recent rise In the Rio Grande. Along with him went 400 acres of his most productive land and many head of live stock. Under past decisions of the International boundary commission, the center of the bed of the Rio Grande is the dvldlng line between the United States and Mexico. The shifting of the course of the erratic river places Mr.

Cantu and much of his property on which is to be the Mexican side of the stream, and. The Harris liquor enforcement bill (S. B. 390) was passed by the Senate yesterday And reported out favorably on the floor off the Assembly, with the dry forces still Intact. There has' been little change In the personnel of those assemblymen who voted for, ratiflea- tlon and those who are supporting Its enforcement In California, a slight Increase favoring the drys.

Assprhblyman Ek swards bill to per- police have dispatched telegrams to mlt the Bale of transfer of certificates railroad officials, asking them to co-of public necessity held by jitney operate with the local authorities In bus and auto truck lines with the ap-j northern towns to keep tramps from proval of the Railroad Commission, boarding freight trains bound Bouth. passed the Assembly this week, as did 1 1 County sheriffs and the police of the he measures of the following assem- blymen: Manning To permit county super- v80r8 to levy a tax of 6.002 to provide assistance for needy blind not to ex ceed $155 for any one person. Odale To require that separate rooms be provded for men and "for women serving on the same Jury when the court orders such a jury to be locked up for the jilghL Kline To require submission of plans for construction of fishways, dams or other obstructions In streams to the Fish and Game Commission have been askei t0 8end 0ut known as the Stockton Elementary Teachers Association will secure for the teachers," they hope, an increase in salaries commensurate with the lm- portant work they are doing. Ralph De Palma, who was to have tried to break several automobile racing records on Southern California boulevards, has departed, for the East after announcing he had been unable to find a stretch straight road suitable for the attempt. The California State Automobile Association announces that the Ridge route to Los Angeles is closed for some time to come.

There are 18 miles of highway being built on this road and It is estimated this section will not be completed until November. Lieutenant W. representing San Francisco capital, recently Inspected the Durham state land ment with a view of Interesting private capital to assist the state In carrying on similar developments In other areas to help returned soldiers. With the seizure at San Francisco of 75 cans of opium valued at $11,250 from the steamer Santa Cruz, recently from Indian ports, the customs inspectors have confiscated 'shipments of the contraband drug valued at $37,050 In 4 the last week from transpacific vessels. G.

Leeson, director upon the ex- ecutive board of the Pikes Peak high- Seay, which enters California by the according to the Mexican authorities, he now 'amenable to the law. I faxes of that country. 1 CUB BEAR STARTLES TOWN Makes Kitchen Look Like It Had Been Hit by Shell. A cub bear, about ten months old, caused much excitement when it walked Inlo Moose Lake. and scratched at the back door of a ree-thurant.

The cook thought It was the owners dog. Her discovery that It was not hegan a series of acthlties lq the kitchen which could have been equaled only by the bursting of a high- explosive shell. When the cause of the disturbance was learned the men of the town formed an escort and drove the cub back to Its haunts. Bears are protected by law, and for that reason It was not killed. Auto Knocks Out Street Car.

Street cars are no longer safe on the streets of Springfield, 111., since an In- creased popularity of the watch-charm variety of automobiles has made its advent here. One of them recently bump- ed Into a street car and actually knock jt 8ideway8 0g track Into the i street without materially "damaging the fore Buch obstructions are built. J. S. Brown To declare cotton gins public utilities subject to regulation of the Railroad Commission.

The Assembly' ways and means committee expected to complete its consideration of the general appropriation bill early In the The measure carried appropriations totaling standing of Plumas among the when It was. Introduced. In- ye8 cj canfornia in the iat liberty the National Guard appropriation of $487,000 and several Items for. educational purposes remain to be discussed by the committee. The Dennett-Martln imitation milk" fmuum-minuu bill, already approved by the Senate, passed the Assembly this week.

The Martin said, was designed to I prevent the sale of a mixture of skim i 1 1.