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Show n History of PastWeek The News Happenings of Seven Days Paragraphed I NTERMOU NTAI N. Mrs. Athena Stathakos, wife of N. P. Stathakos, banker and merchant of Salt Lake, was instantly killed Sunday afternoon, when the rear left wheel on the automobile in which she was riding with her husband and family broke and caused the car to turn turtle. tur-tle. After twice having been declared "dry" by the majority of the voters, Salem, Ore., again reverted to the 'wet" column Saturday by a decision of Judge Galloway of the circuit court. That Boise, Idaho, has succeeded Reno, Nev., as the Mecca of divorce seekers, was indicated by the arrival there during the present week of a score of wealthy New York women, some of whom frankly admit their mission. Joseph H. Young, president of the Hill lines in Oregon, and of the Spokane, Spo-kane, Portland & Seattle railroad, has resigned, according to unofficial but positive information received in Portland. Port-land. The city of Denver joined hands with the local street railway company and the larger coal retailers to Frank Madia, owner of tafc 5L.1-.2e from which Robert Webb, leader of the band of automobile bandits, which terrorized Chicago last winter, obtain- j ed his car, was killed almost Instantly Saturday by the explosion of a gasoline gaso-line tank in the garage. Henry Spencer, convicted murderer of Mrs. Mildred Allison-Rexroat, has been denied a new trial by Judge Slusser at Wheaton 111., and his attorneys attor-neys will appeal to Governor Dunne to save him from the gallows. Governor Fletcher of Vermont has denied the petition for a stay of execution exe-cution for Arthur Bosworth, sentenced sen-tenced to be hanged on January 2 next for the murder of Mae Labelle at Essex Junction in June, 1911. Foreigners there have sent through the mails alone $3,409,000 to the folks at home for Christmas, according to figures compiled by the New York postoffice. Italy led with 50,000 money orders, aggregating $1,674,000. WASHINGTON. The long struggle over currency reform re-form is expected to come to an end in the senate on Saturday. Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader Underwood and the chairmen of house committees which report appropriation have agreed to keep new appropriations appropria-tions within the amount appointed for the present year which was $1,098,000,-000. $1,098,000,-000. Millions will be pared off pending pend-ing bills. Secretary of Agriculture Houston on Saturday presented diplomas of merit to the eighty-two prize winning boys and girls from all parts of the United States who raised bumper crops of corn and potatoes and canned the largest larg-est quantities of tomatoes. The administration currency bill was submitted to a severe arraignment in the senate Saturday by Senator Elihu relieve a threatened coal famine. The result was the lifting of the blockade on coal delivery which has existed in many residence sections since the snowstorm of a week ago. It was reported at Bingham, Utah, on Friday, that Sam Rogers, shift boss at the Utah-Apex mine, had seen and talked with Rafael Lopez, the Mexican murderer, and that Lopez declared he would not be taken alive. William Tracy has been held by the police as a suspect, believed to be responsible for a double murder by placing poison in whisky, which he gave to Fred Wallace and Thomas Brown, who were found dead in the Starling hotel in Boise. DOMESTIC. Former President William Taft in an address at New Haven, &onn., took a stand opposing compulsory arbitration arbitra-tion of labor disputes, which he said had been found useless, and advocated tie appointment of a tribunal which 6hould refer its. decisions to public opinion for the settlement of strike. Americans, Germans and Spaniards who have arrived at El Paso, Texas, from Chihuahua, Mexico, report that Francisco Villa, the rebel leader, virtually vir-tually had constituted himself dictator dictat-or there and he refused to heed requests re-quests of representatives of foreign governments. Fines of $4,000 each were imposed in the federal district court in New York, upon Eugene Scales of Texas, Kcot OI New iorK. ie ueciareu iuo measure, without statutory limitation on the issuance of the proposed new currency, could bring about an inflation in-flation of currency that would result as "a dreadful catastrophe." Representative Tribble of Georgia has introduced a bill to abolish the so-called plucking board, which each year arbitrarily puts a certain number num-ber of naval officers on the retired' list. Direct denial from the department of justice that there had been any relaxation in the prosecution f white slave cases was laid before the senate on Friday by Senator Kern. FOREIGN. The formal annexation of the island of Crete to Greece was carried out Sunday with imposing ceremonial. King Constantine personally ran up the Hellenic flag over the fort. The Chinese government has applied through the United States legation at Pekin for American assistance In controlling con-trolling the floods of the Hwal river in Monan and Anwhel provinces. The river floods the country each year, causing loss of life and great damage to property. The Unionist candidate won the by-election by-election at Glasgow for the South Lanarkshire seat In parliament left vacant by the death of Sir Walter Menzies, a Liberal home ruler. The city of Omsk, Sileria, has become be-come the outfitting point for an ex- jrTanK xiayue ana winiam crowu ut New Orleans, Morris Rothchild of Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, and Colonel Robert M. Thompson Thomp-son of New York, on their plea of nolo contendere to a charge of cornering the cotton crop of 1909 in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. John Longfield, watchman at the warehouse of the American Tobacco company at Madison, Wis., was killed while on duty by a burglar whom he found trying to open the safe. A shotgun shot-gun was used. DanielDonahue, the lawyer convicted of consipiring to defame Clarence S. Funk and sentenced to pay a fine, was denied a new trial by Judge Pam of Chicago. Judge Landis has set aside the sentence of thirty months in a federal prison imposed on Mrs. Lena Enzler, of Freeport, 111., who recently confessed confess-ed she was the author of improper letters sent to Alta Rosentiel. State railway commissioners of states which have put in force reduced re-duced express rates won their fight at Chicago to prevent adoption by the convention of the National Association Associa-tion of State Railway Commissioners of measures looking to the establishment establish-ment throughout the country of uniform uni-form rates named by the Interstate commerce commission. Miss Jessie Wilson, Miss Willie Stewart and a negro nurse was killed when the automobile in. which they were riding collided with an interur- traordinary migration, estimated at z,-000,000 z,-000,000 people annually, which pours into the country bordering on Mongolia. Mon-golia. Notwithstanding official denials, de-nials, it is known that this great horde is sweeping across the border into Chinese territory. President Raymond Pioncare has talked unofficially with Jean Jules Jusserand, French embassador to the United States; Myron T. Herri k, Unit ed States embassador to France, and others, of the possibility of his paying a visit to the United States during his term of office. Stories of wholesale looting by General Gen-eral Francisco Villa's rebel army on its entrance" into Chiluahua, Mexico, of the despoiling of church treasures, of the robbery of Spanish priests and nuns, of the confiscation of property and exorbitant sums of money, have been received. Report of a separation between ex-King ex-King Manuel of Portugal and his bride, formerly Princess Augustine Victoria of Hohenzollern, were set at rest by the arrival of the couple at London on Saturday. Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander of the American naval forces in Mexican Mex-ican waters, on Friday ordered the rebels and federals fighting at Tam-pico Tam-pico to cease firing, threatening to open upon tliem with the guns of tho gunboat Wheeling if his orders were not obeyed. Both sides compiled with the order. ban train ntiar Dallas, Texas. Labor organizations are allowed to exist In the United States, yet the right cf coalition, union, and free speech Is denied them under the Sherman Sher-man anti-trust law, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, asserted In an address In New York City. Robbers bk:w open tho safe In the general store o? the Buxton & Larid-strwl Larid-strwl con.vany ut Weaver, W Va , and stole $1,700. They escaped after a battle with citizens. Lashed to fury by Home unknown force, huge waves wrought damage- all along i.he ocean nhore of Southern California Cal-ifornia on Friday. At Venice sovonty-(Wo sovonty-(Wo fx:t of an unfinished concrete! pier wfl washed oul. Observers believed that the phenomenon was due to some e.ubmarlne disturbance. Judge Kdwurd Ahlrleh, at. Concord, N. II., on Tuesday, ruled Unit, the mental condition of llarr K. Thaw must, he determined In the federal courts. The cotirl.it announcement wan made at the hearing on Tliaw'H LetlUon to bo admitted to ball. The Russian government proposes the withdrawal of all foreign troops from I'ekin and the entire province of ChiLI, China, Including tho legation guards, the regiments at Tientsin and the troops guarding tho railway between be-tween the sea and I'ekin. Mona Lisa, 1 Leonardo da Vinci's great, painting, which was stolen from tho I,onvro in Paris more than two years ago, has been f on r: tl. It Is now In the hands of tho Italian aul.horit les at. Florence and will bo returned to France. An attempt was mans at Johannesburg, Johannes-burg, South Africa, to ussasslnat.o Sir Lionel Phillips, the leading tfold mining min-ing magnate of South Africa, Throe shots were (Ired at him. Onn bullet lodged In his neck and another In one of his thighs. Ills condition Is declared declar-ed to be not. grave. Tho I'Yench chamber of deputies on Thursday night, voted con Udeiice In tin! government, lifter Premier llouinor-Cue llouinor-Cue had declared the policy of the French cabinet The vote was 20'! to l.'!7. One hundred and fifty dcpulli-n abstained fro'ri V11H11" |