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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY CHICAGO 111 July 2 Weather forecast Illi ¬ nois and Missouti Fair tonight somewhat warmer in north and west portions Thursday fair and and continued warm Wisconsin Generally fair to ¬ night anil Thursday Cooler Thursday and in north west portion tonight General forecast The indi ¬ cations are for generally fair weather with tem ¬ perature above the seasonal normal in this forecast district during the next 3G hours hoursPARIS PARIS France July 23 France will offer to take over American military property in France consisting mainly of docks railways and real estate at onefifth of its cost to the Americans according to a statement given to the Associated Press today by Louis Morel undersecretary of state for the liquidation xjf stocks M Morel said that what seemed to be a low offer in reality is liberal because much of the military construction will be iof little value in peace time and much of the property such as railway equipment was designed for a usa different from that required for French operations operationsPORTLAND PORTLAND Ore July 23 Wavering forces of several thousand men arc fighting under heavy palls of smoke in widely scattered units today mastery over innumerable fires raging in the forests o tlie northwest With continued high winds rush ¬ ing over a region suffering from a protracted drought heroic efforts to stem a condition which threatens to dcvelp a holocaust are being made in Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho forestry forestryofficials officials in these states report WASHINGTON D C July 23 Although there was sporadic firing of firearms in some of the negro districts until early this morning the major casualties in last nights clashes between whites iand negroes consisted of only one wliite man killed and another probably fatally wounded Scores Ewere Injured in varying degrees as a result of blows and fists clubs and stones arid the wielding iof knives but in hone of these cases were the wounds expected to be fatal fatalI I PARIS France July 23 The renewal of the Iciemenceau governments lease of life by the vote of confidence in the chamber of deputies yesterday j has been followed quickly ijy tangible evidence of ithe governments intention to arrange for the hold iing of elections as early as possible This evi jdcnce comes in the fprm of a bill introduced in the j chamber reducing the number of parliamentary dis jtricts in the department of the Seine palpably in anticipation of parliamentary elections electionsI I WASHINGTON D C July 23 Thomas J iMooney did hot receive full Justice in his trial at i San Francisco for alleged connection with the I Preparedness day bomb explosion according to a report by John B Densmore former special agent of the department of justice who investigated the case for1 the government The report dated No vembcr 1 118 was submitted to the house today i in response to a resolution resolutioni i WASHINGTON D C July 23 Private owner ¬ ship and operation of railroads merged into twenty or thirty great competing systems under the super ¬ vision of a federal transportation board with a statutory rule of ratemaking assuring to the roads a net return of 6 per cent was offered to the house commerce committee today as the plan of the national transportation conference conferenceEL EL PASO Texas July 23 Francisco Villa arid Gen Felipe Angeles have disbanded their forces until September and announced to their troops they would go to Japan in an effort to obtain ammuni ¬ tion for the Villa revolution Americans who arrived here last night from Chihuahua City reported reportedPARIS PARIS France July 23 The meeting of the national committee of the federation of Labor which ended late last night brought out statements appearing to indicate that the general strike which had been proposed for July 21 but which was called off before that date was abandoned because it was doomed in advance to failure failureWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C July 23 Military forces have taken charge of the electric and gas plants at Athens Greece because of a general strike of workmen at Athens and Piraeus according to dis patchOs today to the state department Railroad traffic and the publication of newspapers have been crippled by tie strike strikeSAN SAN DIEGO Cal July 23 George H Primrose noted minstrel died in this city early today follow ¬ ing a severe illness lasting a month He was born in London Ontario sixtysix years ago A widow and a brother survive him here hereHELENA HELENA Mont July 23 Sevencent street car fares for Butte have been granted by the Mon tana public service commission which recently conducted a hearing on the application of the Butte Electric Railway company for an increase from 6 cents centsPARIS PARIS France July 23 The Japanese delega tion to the peace conference today issued a denial of assertions that the Shantung settlement in the German peace treaty was in exchange for the with diawal of the Japanese contention regarding the racial clause in the league of nations covenant covenantPARIS PARIS France July 23 Negotiations between German and French delegations for the transfer of tlie coal mines of the Saar valley begin today at Siiarbruckeri The delegates are mostly mining ex ¬ perts WASHINGTON D C July 23 The United States will sign the treaties with Bulgaria and Turkey it was announced today at the state de ¬ partment WASHINGTON D C July 23 Congress was asked today by Secretary Lane for a special appro ¬ priation of 500000 to fight forest fires in Idaho Montana and Washington
