Show RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happening that arc making history information gathered from all quarters of the globe and given in a few line P intermountain A conference of gold producers of hie western states to consider the gom and to work out some plan to the production of gold in the west has been called jointly hi governor boyle of nevada and the american mining congress to be held in ileno on august 12 the army hospital to be established at I 1 ort douglas utah for the treat anent of wounded soldiers returned from france when completed will accommodate a maximum of 2500 men seattle city officials before the caal tal issues committee appealed for authorization to issue worth of bonds for building extensions to the municipality owned hydro electric plants which they said were dined by shipbuilding and industrial transportation requirements due to war private william II 11 edwards of salt lake city was sentenced by an army court martial at camp lewis wash to serve 25 years at hard labor at alcatraz island prison on the technical charge of refusing to obe an order a to alfen the arms enlistment and anent card the twenty second annual frontier show the real wild west event of the northwest opened jul 24 at chey enne with thousands of cowboys and from all parts of the west and i northwest in attendance bbowers brought slight relief to the die fighters in the pen dO rellIe ann aksu and selway forests reports to the federal forest service at missoula mont state DOMESTIC latin american diplomats the guests of the shipping board at an inspection of the hog island shipyard were told by chairman hurley that ahe great merchant marine now being built by the united states must bring prosper lt to americas neighbors as well as to this country or the pride of the united states in the achievement would be diminished ten special wardens avni be sent to alaska soon to prevent violations of the fisheries law rive will be detailed in southeastern alaska and the others to alie copper and bering alv er prince william sound and cook inlet tw enty one persons w ere indicted at isea lork by the federal grand jury on a charge of being implicated in the theft of beet consigned to the united states army I 1 allx frankfurter chairman of the w ar labor policies board has telegraphed to governor stephens of california a denial that while acting as secretary of president W allson s medium commas slon lie an opinion that v thomas J mooney was guilty of the san preparedness day bomb plot george sylvester publisher of V Ic weekly of new york and t f formerly editor of the fatherland which wis barred from the malls because of its pro german views has ad that he received approximately from count von dr constantan ln theodor and others for disseminating propaganda in the form of pamphlets and books in alie face of a threatened strike of seamen on the great lakes which would tie up alie transportation essen elal to the war program the shipping board has issued a statement beclar ing that the board does not feel that fiere are any grievances to justify a at this time A dedication of all its strength and resource to president allson in the conduct of the war and against pius elin absolutism was pledged by the catholic educational associations adopted at the closing session of alie associations fifteenth annual meeting i t at ban francisco M inroads upon class 1 of the selective draft registrants in the past two weeks by the nay marines and ship building and other industries were so great that army officers nave predicted hit men of class 2 w be called to hie colors in september unless wages are raised by congress thousand negro registrants qualified tor general military service were called to the colors on july 23 by provost marshal general crowder they will entrain between august 3 and august 5 and will come from forty f one stated and the district of co soldiers in the cantonments canton ments and abroad Is taking a large proper alon of the country s farm products august requirements of the army the department of agriculture estimated will call for pounds of potatoes nud 1731 pounds of onions at cantonments canton ments when the steel company plant at ew castle pa poured steel on u recent sunday if was said to be alie first time in the history of the steel industry in the united states that this was done on a sabbath during the sum aluir dr stephen ale 0 the free avna rogue in sew lork Is working ns B adny laborer at a local marine con flon dr amse said friday that lie took up the work because lie believed it alie autv of every man who could not enter military service to con tribute directly his labor to essential production for war needs district attorney charles M rick ert of sin I 1 according to the sacramento bee sent a letter to governor miliam D stephens requesting him to make public the communication he lias received from president allson regarding the thomas J mooney case in order to curtail the consumption of fuel oil newspapers on the pacific coast roust cut down the number of heir editions and pages sufficiently to ave at least 25 per cent of the print piper now being used it Is asserted washington the railroad administration lias announced the appointment of three special investigators to represent ane division of labor in settling wage or employment disputes throughout the country professional baseball players are ghen until september 1 to seek essen elal employment or be called to the colors in an order issued by baker on july 26 alie age limit for civilian applicants to the central officers training schools lias been raised from 10 to 4 vears the war department announced july 25 announcement Is expected this week of the decisions in about railway wage appeals which have been heard by the national war laboi board all alie street car cases will come together motor trucks and passenger cars for use in the army have been standard iced the war department has an bounced noun ced and orders have been placed for of all types the american public has been asked to go on a sugar ration of two pounds per capita monthly beginning august 1 0 meet a world shortage and to care or the immediate demands of the military forces ages of railroad have been increased to ca cents an hour by director general mcadoo with proportionate onate advances for assistants and miscellaneous classes in mechanical departments FOREIGN premier lloyd george has announced in behalf of the government that all men who are wilfully absent from work after will be deemed to have voluntarily placed themselves outside the munitions industries the provisional government at amsk iab assumed supreme authority in and proclaimed siberia s independence according to a reuter dispatch from berlin second lieutenant Co effard of the rench army has broken all records in aerial fighting according to the newspapers he won fifteen aerial victories in fifteen days the Ilu manian press bureau says that according to the spanish cm baksys doctor at constantinople 50 er cent of the rumanian prisoners have died from typhus in turkish camps cuba will send at least one regiment of regulars to I 1 ranee as well as all the volunteers who offer themselves ac cording to the military service bill adopted by the house of alves an investigation bv the government of argentina develops the fact that german endeavors to acquire colonial lands in southern chile caul the recent outbreak there near lake beunos alres on the frontier w alch vv is reported as being caus cd by bandits the stars and stripes the american soldier newspaper published in I 1 ranee announces that it will abandon its sporting page until an allied victory brings peace up to ane present seventy german divisions have been identified in the present fighting zone and the battle therefore may be regarded as the biggest of the war the british war cabinet has decided that it the munitions strike continues the strikers of military age will be dratted promptly into the army according to an unofficial statement printed in morning newspapers from the aged civilians who were left in chateau thierry Th lerry details were learned of the german occupation of the city and of a visit by the kaiser the latter arrived on the marne on june 3 he expected to stand on hill and watch his troops debouche from belleau wood reach the paris highway in the rear of the prepared positions and capture la I 1 orte then meaux and finally paris but be dlan t the giant we star liner jus has been torpedoed and sunk oft the coast of ireland eleven lives were lost according to careful estimates warranting acceptance says heuters Keu cor respondent on the french front the germans have employed between 60 and 70 divisions since july 15 and harlost hav lost men killed wounded and prisoners carev bushels of wheat Is stored in australia tin australian stiv eminent has 83 cents per It uhel and to this the common wealth has added 12 cents biking the price 95 cents to the producer in buenos alecs the cash pi ice for wheat is per basliel cash torn Is selling there for ga cents per bushel follow ing a report aiom alie british consul at la paz that a germ in raider Is ot the mexican coast all vessels in the twelfth naval have been advised to observe special precautions in alie submarine zone |