Show NEWS OF A WEEK III RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happening that are making information gathered from all quarter of the globe and gaven in a few lanei with more intermountain than leading mill operators in attendance the west coast lumber mens association at tacoma adopted a resolution pleda ing the lumber industry s and resources in the event of war with germany A two days ago swept two houses across the street near W if hudsons Hud sons store at nev one man william ns was hurt but not fatally the slide narrowly miss ed the store approximately indians would be willing to serve in the military forces of the united states in the event of war according to a statement by henry A larson special agent of the indian service made public at denver the record price of hogs on the benver market waa broken on febra ary 28 when the top price of 1340 was paid this Is more than above the high record made seven years ago about men are out of work in great falls mont as a result of a lockout by the grocery stores of that city DOMESTIC five young men late at night mas at police officers gained ad bittance mit tance to the apartment of mrs isarbell Isa ibell C merrall at des moines bound and gagged her and escaped with diamonds and jewelry said to toe worth 1000 and 34 in money charged with desecrate the amer lean flag by it together wilh flags of other nations in the back yard ot the church of thi social revola alon on cauly 9 last the rev douck white and ten of bis followers include ing two women are on trial in new york city numerous applications have been made tor passage on the first armed steamship of the american line to sail from new york officials ot the company announce conditions in th on railroad yards of the middle west are reported to ibe rapidly normal tho senate pud the house ot the missouri legislature voted to submit a constitutional amendment providing statewide state wide prohibition at an election in november 1918 A bill empowering women to vote on constitutional amendments in new mexico was defeated in the senate by a vote of 14 to 9 the bandit who with a companion robbed the bank of Colllns ton la ot 3 and later shot and killed mayor vaughan of Colllns ton member of the pursuing posse was captured in a negro church near Colllns ton harry P black 26 years old of alf aln 0 shot and killed his wife hazel 22 and his mother in law mrs J smith 60 and then killed him self he was separated from his wife one of the leaders of the villa junta at el paso said he had dispatched a courier to villa to propose an alliance between the mexican rebels and the united states government in the event of carranza joining germany as an active ally eighteen hundred men employed by the baldwin locomotive works at phil adelphia la in making 13 inch shells tor the entente allies were laid oft march 1 because of completed contracts ac cording U an announcement by the company prince august Sc brader tyl ed divine healer chos trial tor alleged fraudulent use of the malls was interrupted by his illness died february 28 at the county hospital at los an geles the delaware senate has rejected the woman suffrage amendment 8 to 6 three members were absent twelve votes were required to pass the amendment B G tompkins was killed will fatally shot and jim hott and mrs W A bevington a bystander were wounded during a fight in the cowl house at nashville tenn the associated press issued a statement on february 28 declaring it was able to reveal that germany in plan nang unrestricted submarine warfare and counting its consequences had proposed an alliance with mexico and japan to make war on the united states it this country should not regain neutral W J bryan in a statement issued at jacksonville fla announced be was opposed to granting powers to the president such as mr allson requested of congress seventeen suits to recover an ag gregath of 2720 acres of oil land in the midway field in kern county said to bo worth were filed at la Angele fc by the government on february 26 captain jack crawford Craw tord the poet ecott and close friend of buffalo bill died at his homo in new york city february 27 p A F f five thousand members of the building trades union employed on construction work where several thousand union laborers and hod carriers were locked out are on a sympathetic strike at cleveland two unmasked men locked the cashier of the rice growers bank at wheatley ark in the vault and escaped 2 the texas house defeated finally a resolution calling for submission of the prohibition question to the people of that state the vote was 93 to 41 being two votes short of the ftc necessary to passage harry K thaw Is a physical and mental wreck according to a report made by dr john wanamaker a police surgeon at philadelphia seven dead and twelve injured la the hospital at least two ot whom will die was the toll of an automobile accident at lima 0 washington the senate bill to relieve federal judges from duty when mentally or physically disabled was defeated toy the house with a vote of to germany in a note delivered to the state department by dr paul hitter swiss minister promises the release of the barrowdale wdale prisoners on march 7 saying quarantine regulations will have been complied with toy that date president allson on march 1 in response to the senates call laid before that body official information that the united states Is in possession of evidence which establishes the acthen of the sensational document disclosing how germany intrigued to ally mexico and japan with her to war on this country A bill to empower the president to arm merchant ships but not extend ing the authority ho requested to use other instrumentalities in defend ing american rights against the submarine menace was passed toy the house on march 1 toy a vote of to 13 president Wll sons request of congress tor power to arm ships Is held in diplomatic and official circles at petrograd Petro grad to constitute the second step toward war with germany and to be the logical sequence of the break ing of diplomatic relations with that country FOREIGN pablo dreher a geraadt was ar rested at havana toy cuban authora ties charged with conspiracy dreher Is an intimate friend of jose miguel gomez formerly president of cuba and now heading a revolt against the government of president menocal which Is upheld by the united states government As an act of revenge for the execl alon of an alleged bandit by mexican government troops a large number of constitutionalist soldiers were killed february 28 at a point just south of victoria capital of when a train was wrecked destruction ot a german submarine in the atlantic by the british steamer knight companion was reported by the steamers officers on her arrival at new orleans germanas germanys Germ anys attempt to involve ilex aco and japan with the united states in the event of hostilities between germany and america has attracted widespread attention in chile it Is scoffed at by the press which regards it as a futile move negotiations looking to cainas chinas en trance into the war against the cen aral powers now are in progress at pe kin and in all the entente capitals and their success depends only upon the harmonizing of the rewards to be given china with the amount of cooperation demanded ot her prussian vigilance has not been able thus tar to suppress much illicit traffic in farm products which is being carried on in devious ways in the rural environs in berlin the new mexican constitution adopted at the constitutional conven alon at etaro became effective throughout the republic on march 1 the london dally chronicle thinks germany s attempt with mexico on a par with her other activities but adds it Is not often that such a completely damning document Is brought to light at such a dramatic moment that bread cards would be instituted in france to prevent waste was announced march I 1 toy edford hen lot minister of provisions withdrawal of the german forces along an eleven mile front on both sides of the river ancee in france Is admitted by the berlin war office tor the first time british casualties during february reached a total of 1243 officers and 1715 men according to advises advices from london canada Is making active preparations to take a prominent part in the great allied offensive on the western front this spring the german submarine which on february 12 attacked the french coast at the mouth of the adour river in the bay of biscay has returned undamaged to its base the overseas news agency announces tae women of ontario were virtual ly assured the right to vote when the government through premier hearst on february 27 endorsed indorsed Indor sed the bill of J W johnson providing tor egdal suffrage it Is announced that the third ca aadlan domestic war loan will be opened for subscription on march 12 it ft bo for germanas germanys Germ anys procrastination in complying with repeated american demands for release of the barrowdale wdale prisoners Is bringing the controversy to ft stage of extreme gravity T i f s v ay iy |