Show fleword OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happenings that are making history information gathered from all quarters of the globe and given in a few lines intermountain mrs julia A sager was killed and dine other persons were injured one probably fatally in an automobile collision at denver the fight to abolish the public ties commission before the idaho leg was lost when the senate vot j ed to indefinitely postpone the bill the governor ot utah has signed the prohibition bill and utah will be dry after august 1 1917 the measure Is one of the most drastic ever adopted A special from forsythe mont says the bodies of mrs C W mccon nell and her three children aged 5 6 and 8 were found huddled together and frozen to death within rods of their home near vananda idaho will probably cease to become the mecca for divorcees from the east and balse will lose its reau as a second reno for the house of representatives has passed the moody requiring residence of one year there before suit tor divorce can be instituted instead of but six months as is now the case A so called bone dry prohibition bill designed to become effective jan uary 1 1818 has been by the lower house of the wyoming legisla lure bills are pending in the house and senate to submit prohibition ques alons to a vote of the people at the next general election DOMESTIC thomas J mooney was found guilty af pf murder in the first degree by a ury at san francisco as the result 0 the preparedness day bomb murders at last july when ten persons were killed and forty injured A lower baby death rate in proper ion to the birth rae n this country s en largest cities Is reported by ahe babies welfare association in a cam lve eludy of the records of 1916 with those of the previous year made public at new york sharp shrinkage in the resources of national babka in the chief cities of he country and gains showing never attained before on the part of banks n smaller cities and towns are disclosed in the ler of the curren cys statement of bank conditions on december 27 the iata of the last bank call just made public murder in the first degree tor kill ing a man by running him down in an automobile was the change on which alan 20 bearg old has n brought to trial in new york city an agreement for a ten round box ang bout between jess willard worlds champion and fred pulton at maisson guiar garden now 2 march 6 ia Giver fiora el very sui allt be urald by a committee ot veterans ot national guard and naval militia ot NW york to take a census of their national guard organizations lo 10 ascer tain the sentiment among them regarding universal military service J H martin president of the far mers merchants bank was killed and J A webb former cashier of the bank as probably fatally wounded in a pistol fight in webbs store at fla the holland american line steam ship which sailed from new york tor rotterdam january 29 with the american consular agent at lux emburg and nearly other cabin passengers and which was reported to be returning to new york was warned by a german submarine to turn back when about to enter the war zone ten tank ete amera and barrels of fuel oil were to the government in case of war by the mexican petroleum company through E L doheny its vice president who also offered his private yacht members of the florida citrus exchange at a meeting at tampa estl mated the damage to fruit on the trees caused by the recent cold would reach by a vote of 16 to 7 the new hampshire senate defeated a bill alv ing women the right to voto in dentral dent lal state county and town elections by an almost unanimous vota the ohio house of representatives bues tues day passed a bill to put quail on the songbird list and prevent hunters killing them sailing of tho american line steam ships st louis and st paul now in the port of new york has been in definitely postponed it ts stated authoritatively that is a perfect understanding the united states and japan on working of the new immigration nd that on neither ride Is there apprehension ot friction or difficulty general pershing at the head ten thousand soldiers crossed he toor der on monday ten aw in pursuit of A aca two guardsman guardsmen guards men of the fittl ahlo infantry were killed three were dan genously injured and nine others were bruised and slightly injured friday when army motor truck no 16 collided with a train at el paso joseph wilt was hanged at san quentin cal on friday tor the murder of warner smith in connection with robbery of a germantown cal grocery in february last year smith had been forced to open the store safe and was shot when he attempted to run away wilt contended his in to the last A police surgeon on february 8 made another examination of harry K thaw who cut his throat tour weeks ago at philadelphia and reported to detective headquarters that thaw ja not yet in condition to be removed from the hospital washington Jl aymond B stevens of new hampshire has bees nominated by dent allson as a member of the shipping board to succeed bernard N barker who resigned soon after be ing confirmed by the senate an expert hospital force sufficient to care for any army of a million men could be mobilized toy the red cross within a few days after an outbreak of hostilities in the belief of officials at headquarters of the society in washington the federal reserve board has tak en steps to safeguard any member bank threatened by a run of foreign born depositors and will aid any bank in the country whose stability la thus threatened by a vote of 78 to 6 the cenate expressed confidence in the presidents course adopting a resolution submitted by chairman stone of the foreign relations committee endorsing the withdrawal of american ambassador gerard from berlin and giving to german ambassador bernstorff his passports sweeping provisions for comman deering vessels and other shipping facilities cili ties in case of war or threatened war are contained in a bill introduced in both senate and house what promises to be the initial step oward enforced military service in atah in times of peace was proposed in the military introduced in the upper bouse last week by the joint committee on military affairs FOREIGN A british torpedo boat destroyer of w older type the british admiralty announced friday struck a mine in ae english channel thursday night ind sank all the officers and all of bo crew except five were lost the steamship baltic of the white star line has arrived safely at eiveri liveri ool according to a cable message here had been fears that the vessel lad been sunk the spanish mercantile marine which in july 1914 consisted of bessels with an aggregate tonnage of up to january 31 had sus losses of ships to the value of about pesetas by reason of he war the swedish government rejects president Wll sona suggestion that ther neutral countries join with the jolted states in severing diplomatic ela tiona with germany and declares its intention to follow the strictest neutrality aa long as it is possible fetro grad news papera tear that the welfare of the entente allies might b menaced seriously sly it small neutral countries adopt president Wll sona and follow the example of lh united states the troops have captured sallly on the front in frasce according to an official communication at london an american negro fireman on the turino george washington was killed according to a report received by tho american embassy at london one of the survivors Is calvin ray an american citizen of salt lake the british pa steamer call forkla of the anchor line bound from new york tor glasgow was torpedoed at 9 wednesday morning off the irish coast and sank in nine minutes with the loss at forty one lives the germon foreign office has asked james W gerard the american am cassador bas to sign a proposal reaffirming the treaties of 1799 and 1828 the ambassador referred the government officials to spanish and swiss intermediaries me diaries the netherlands government through the american legation at the hague has formally declined to accept president Wll sons suggestion that it follow the course of the united states and break diplomatic relations with germany the argentine note declares the government regrets that the german emperor has thought fit to adopt measures so extreme and that argentina will conform its conduct as always to the principles and fundamental rules of international baw it Is announced that the british passenger liner california has abeen torpedoed without warning and that an american citizen was among the survivors kang george in opening une british parliament on february 17 said that the response of the allies to the inai of the president of the united states outlined their aims as far as could be done at present the peruvian press Is unanimous in condemning the action of germany in respect to naval warfare several newspapers demand that peru declare itself on the side of the united slates france and england have formally granted safe passage through the al lied blockade for count yon Bema and hia eulac i ma |