Show RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE afi i happenings that arc making history information gathered from all jb quartiers tirs of the globe and i ghen in a few lines dolores mattson arrested at denver charged with pass ng vor alesa checks has been to her home jn ogden utah her mother has made good the checks and paid all her daughter obligations the wyoming senate has pissed a Y bill submitting as a con at amendment to the people sa of the state in 1918 the bill now goes to the house A joint resolution has been introduced in the utah direct ing and empower ng the governor of the state to assume control 0 the shipments of coal over all common carriers in utah and to call upon the military and powers of the state tor aid in this work it necessary the twenty eighth session ot the nevada leg slature convened janu ary 15 mrs stella newton smith a society i woman of denver shot and killed her t husband claiming the shooting was A in defense of herself and daughter f realizing that he a as buttering from an incurable illness and that life held tout little hope for him joseph B han ni 40 years of age thirty second de f i gree mason juiced at salt lake taking cyanide of potassium the funeral of colonel william F cody buffalo bill was held at den ver on january 14 prominent people from all over the west being present DOMESTIC john P brazelton former wealthy mining man and widely known in mon tana political circles died in oak park a suburb of chicago from a self inflicted bullet wound earl henry chief of the department of mines has announced that min era bad been killed in the mines ol 01 the state of west virginia burng A sun fight between two alleged bank robbers and a posse near oke inah okla resulted in the death of a deputy sheriff the killing ot one ot the men pursued and the capture of the second man after be had been wounded dr W T stell an american lan of guerrero who was reported ex routed by the villa troops that entered the town october last reached the si american lines several days ago ac 1 cording to arrivals at columbus N M from mex co seventy three lives and fourteen ves sels were lest on the great lakes dur ing 1916 according to the annual re lt port of alie lake carriers asso clat on 3 made public at detroth this cassaly casu aly record is the most serious since 1913 charles craw ford of ottumwa wi iowa charged tn court at omaha with aiding and the passing of raised checks in omaha vas bound guilty in 4 the untied states court and sen encee to ten years in the federal uary on each of six counts the sen t tence to tun concurrently back beaton I 1 W W organize f was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail at wis on being convicted of carrying concealed weapons deer are being killed in such num bers in the united states that the da is not far off when none will be seen outside of the state estuaries and parks it charged lar A man known to the at st louis as charles dowling shot and wounded mrs II 11 Gerr cald 23 years ot age so seriously physicians say she will die and then committed suicide the freight car shortage which in was becoming angl serious has decreased nearly 50 per cent since that time according to fis urea for january 1 1917 which the american railway asso claton has jupt made public it Is announced that the withdrawal ot major general troops from meaco and aba bending ot am cassador bas fletcher to the mexican caplan can be expected in the near fifty persons were My hurt ten probably fatally when halt the atlon ot the town ot hart ford pa was trapped in a burning frame structure during a wedding re and dance the mexican american joint corn mission which tailed to effect an ad lust ment 0 the at issue be tween mexico and tho united states biter a ser ca ot conferences that began four months ago was formally als solved on january 15 john M couch of oklahoma city okla shot and killed alsa ISiel lc M dunn hla sister in law alter which he speeded in an automobile ta he con ol 01 music conducted by row land B williams and kled him because williams was favored over him self toy mis dunn john aged 36 an escaped trusty from the jolle prison y walked into the elation at des f iowa and surrendered na who was serving a life sen tence for murder escaped on christ kaaa day oliver brower indicted at naw tort for conspiracy in with the charges against harry K thaw by fred gump jr 0 kansas city has been released in ball without opposition from the district attorney the pangs of hunger drove law rence southall aged 14 a chicago or phan to murder charles II 11 james a car inspector who had befriended him at cleveland 0 the boy confessed say police american farm products attained a gross value of in 1916 making that year the greatest in point of value ot any in the nations exist ence officers of the alabama national were exonerated for alleged bad conditions in camp and the govern mant was criticized criticised for keeping the guardsman guardsmen guards men on the border in a report of charles henis son governor of ala bama after an investigation washington members of the senate steering corn were em estly urged by dent allson on arday 0 o get into alv ly action on administration legislative measures so that the antl e program 0 reforms advocated by the president when he entered the white house might be on the statute beoka by march 4 an omnibus public buildings bill which president allson has given no alce he veto was passed by the house to 02 it carries al hough villa a operations have con fused the situation in northern mexico there Is every indication that the ad ministration Is going forward with its plans for early withdrawal of per shanga expedition and demobilization ot the national guard profligacy and extravagance of the american people in pursuing pleasure sure were condemned in senate by sen ator mccumber of orth dakota in opposing proposals tor an embargo on food products representative boneburg Ron eburg of illinois republican has introduced a resola alon designed to make illegal the pur chase ol 01 government supplies from any foreign firm contracts for armor piercing navy projectiles ot the fourteen and six teen types totaling have been awarded by secretary dan aels to the limited the en glash company FOREIGN more than officers and men were taken prisoner by the russians during the last year and guns cap aured to a russian service organ as quoted in a central news dispatch from petrograd Petro grad word comes from ambassador el kus at constantinople Consanti nople that the num ter of americans seeking to leave syria and palestine has grown from a few hundred to more than a thou sand after a tramp of eight days across the sonora desert lieutenant robert son and leftenant Leu tenant colonel bishop the missing united autes army acta tors were found in a starving condition general ulrch walle commander of the swiss army wishes to mobilize all switzerland a military forces accord ing to a berne dispatch to the petit parisien Par islen the federal council Is said to regard such a measure as excessive A wreck on the vienna arlest lall roid near the towns of and re fall Is reported in vienna telegrams received by tha exchange telegraph company by way of copenhagen seven dead and fourteen injured per sons have been extricated from the debris germany wag withdrawn her chairge of conduct aga ast minister accredited to doumana Ro ser bla and bulgaria the british steamer barrowdale wdale was nto harbor on december 31 as a prize by a prize crew of six teen men saya an official statement issued at swiss newspapers ahsert that masses of german troop are concan near basel says the exchinger telegraph s geneva the swiss general staff la convinced that an invasion ot switzerland s con aed with a view to freeing al sace from the french invader rebels lost 1000 men in a fight janavry 16 with ital an between the city of tripoli and the frontier at tunis shortage 0 in denmark has forced the government for the first time in its history to adapt a card s s tern of purchase to reduce ton the danish west on january 17 passed under the 0 the united states con tor over halt a century came 0 a conclusion with the exchange of ratification of the treaty of cession by secretary lansing and danish aln ster brun the advance of the teutonic allies in roumania Rou manla apparently has been brought to a standstill tor the time being at leas by the reinforced rus and Roum anians it Is considered at rio janeiro as alost certain that the german sea raider which has been creating havoc among entente shipping in the atlantic Is the the armed raider which captured the ap pam and sunk numerous entente ships in atlantic vi aters a year ago destruction 0 allied merchant by enemy submarines Is making i ocean transportation problems in entente countries so acute that even he fixing of maximum rates on transportation has failed to relieve coal shortage in france and italy |