Show BRIEF REVIEW OF A WEEKS EVENTS RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT happenings IN ITEMIZED FORM home homa and foreign news gathered from all quarter of the world and nd prepared for buy bus men intermountain in the presence of 0 people simon simen damberger was inaugurated as governor at the state capitol at salt lake on january 1 samuel V stewart democrat was inaugurated january 1 for his second term as governor of 0 montana in a quarrel over a bottle of 0 wine lorin henstrom 18 years of age was seriously wounded at logan utah by means of a razor in the hands of bryan gillette imposes alexander was inaugurated governor ot of idaho on january 1 it Is his second term work of constructing the salt lake branch line from pico station to santa an ana CI cal twenty tour four miles will begin at once this line will cost plans tor for carrying their respective fights to a finish are being considered at portland by both employers and union leaders involved in the shipbuilding strike which caused 1400 men to leave their work in two plants on december 20 90 john wilkes booth last of 0 the famous family of actors was buried sunday at leadville colo he was 68 years old and was the grandson of junius brutus booth the tragedian and nephew of edwin and john wilkes booth As a libeler of george memory paul haffer of 0 tacoma roust must serve tour four months in the county jail haffer published an article accusing the first president ot of the united states of 0 drunkenness and other irregularities DOMESTIC governor hunt democratic claimant to the office of governor ot of arizona has refused to allow governor campbell who has just taken the oath ol of office to enter the executive offices three little boys were buried alive at newport news va in a tunnel they had dug beneath a bluff at the edge of casino park overlooking looking james river the lloys were sons of prominent local citizens and lived almost within stone throw of where they were playing sixteen cars of a santa re fe troop train carrying new york national guardsmen guardsman guards men were ditched near augusta kans no one was seriously injured A summary of the results of the work mens compensation during the first year of the operation of the system in pennsylvania which ended december 31 shows that agreements haie been app approved carrying during the year was paid to dependents of persons killed who have still to ie be paid to them under the terms of the act on a street crowded with theatergoers goe john stearns steams proprietor of a restaurant at lincoln neb shot and killed mrs nora nelson a dressmaker and then shot tm blin self dying la in a few moments one hundred and twelve rhen men who were on american steamships torpedoed and slinky by german submarines in european waters arrived at new york january 1 on the spanish steamer alicante from barcelona raymon torres and his wife both more than 80 years of age were electrocuted when they tried to go under a barbed wire fence to attend new years services at the ancient san xavier mission at tucson ariz A coroners jury decided that an electric power line had broken and fallen on the tence fence dealings in bonds on the new york stock exchange during the year which closed december 30 00 totaled a par value ot of and set bet new record the total la in 1916 1915 was 95 lieutenant colonel jose igelsias ot of the carranza garrison at juarez created some excitement on the international bridge by shooting a mexican cab driver in the head following a dispute over fare ley icy pavements caused another death sunday at chicago john stryker died as the result ot of a tall fall on the tee ice stryker was car superintendent ot of the chicago surface lines dr hamilton wright mabie liable associate cl te editor of the but outlook look died at his home at summit N J he was 70 years of age and was born at cold springs N Y ile he Is survived by a widow and one daughter war enthusiasts who maintain that a nation will lose its inherited virile virtues by not going to war are not supported eup ported in their theory by present biological conduct in the opinion of dr jacques loeb head of the department of experimental biology of the rockefeller institute farmers and their dependents practically 40 per cent of 0 the population of the nation never had a better year than 1916 in spite of short crops due to tremendous prices received tor for what was grown no crop was an exception IS G alize vt ot the board of supervisors and a prominent farmer was waa shot ahot and instantly killed at quincy mass by mrs lira winston tubbs according to stories told county boffl officers the tragedy was a result ot of remarks made by aby alize several months ago 0 south carolines carolinas new child labor law prohibiting the employment ot of children under it 14 years ot of age in the textile establishments went into effect january 1 and employment of about 2400 children automatically ceased according to figures orif of the state department of agriculture re an eight hour lay day and a six sm day week for all working women ing servants was indorsed endorsed indor sed at the closing session of meeting ot of the illinois womans comans legislative congress at chicago washington thomas W lawson of boston arrived in washington on january 1 prepared he said to testify before any congressional or other committee in relation to any phase of the stock exchange business the advisability of restoring tariff duties on wool mool rubber and coffee and of increasing the present tariff on su gar is under consideration by treasury department officials and in congress as a means of averting the threatened deficit at the end of the next fiscal year secretary mcadoo estimates that under existing revenue laws the governments ern ments deficit on june 30 1918 will be three billion dollars Is the value put upon the 1916 output of american mines in estimates made to secretary lane by the geological survey the directors of the american peace society have called an open meeting of peace workers to be held in washington january 20 tor for the purpose of considering a definite program tor for international reorganization designed to secure a lasting peace as soon as the present war is over president wilson has tentatively agreed with administration leaders in congress on a bond issue to meet part of the treasury deficit which confronts the government for the fiscal year ending june 30 1918 estimated at about FOREIGN turkey has abrogated the treaty of parts paris of 1856 and the treaty of berlin of 1878 as not binding upon the ottoman empire following a sweeping victory at the polls of the citizens league at kitchener ont formed when the name ot of the city was changed from berlin to kitchener with a view to reverting to the original name a riot was started by the men ot of the batta llon lion who are on furlough and the city Is under martial law one hundred persons are believed to have been drowned in clermont CI ermont queensland australia by a flood which washed away the main street and all the houses in low lying places the attack of 0 the teutonic forces in roumania continues with unabated vigor and the russian and doumanian Rou manian troops have been obliged to make further withdrawals the arrival ot of 1917 was welcomed on the western front by the british and french soldiers as a beginning of the end ot of the great world war the announcement of the abrogation by turkey of the treaties of paris 1856 and berlin 1878 coming close upon the heels of the receipt in berlin ot of the entente reply to the central allies peace offer was regarded at amr amsterdam by close observers as of tremendous significance relative to the future developments in the peace agitation in reply to the proffer of germany and her allies for a peace conference I 1 the entente allies in a collective note declare that they refuse to consider I 1 a proposal which Is empty and insincere the official order issued by emperor nicholas stating that the time has not arrived for peace negotiations tooh the leading place thursday in both the news and editorial sections of the evening newspapers of london the french armored cruiser was torpedoed in the mediterranean sea on december 27 and sank in halt half an hour according to official announcement no owing to the coolness 0 of the crew and the arrival 0 of patrol boats there were only tour four victims two of whom were killed by the explosion the historic chateau in france which was the birth place of Alar marquis quis de la fayette has been purchased by americans to be restored and perpetuated petua ted as a memorial museum and home gustave Le deflers Let lers flers the noted german aviator who recently was decorated with the order pour le ie Il merite erite has haa been killed in an air engagement on the western front marquis de Villa villalobar lobar spanish min ister to belgium has started for madrid after a visit to berlin according to a report in diplomatic circles here the minister Is charged with a heavy mission an appalling tragedy closed the old year in the little french canadian village of st ferdinand de halifax near lake Wd william lliam in lle gantic county quebec where forty five idiot girl inmates of a convent asylum perished in the tire fire which destroyed that institution continuation of the conference of the mexican american joint commission without regard to the question ot of withdrawing american troops from Il mexico exico is proposed dy by general car ranza in his message refusing to ratify the atlantic city protocol |