Show NEWS OF ft A WEEK I 1 IK 0 F OHM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happenings that arc are making history tory information gathered from AM all quarters of the globe and given in a pew few line unes intermountain glenry IV Alor Morg genson erlton a draggist was shot and killed at denver when he tried to piment pi event a bandit from es CS caping in a motor cir c ir after the robber had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a jewelry shop carl an austrian seaman Is 1 under arrest at seattle as the result of a federal inesti investigation gation of the stranding of the alaska passenger steamer sp spokane olane off idel 11 1 C november iov No ember 2 22 Wil was a mem her ber of the Sp crew cren denver denner negroes on tuesday took tool the first steps tor for closer operation cooperation co of members of their race in colorado when they filed incorporation papers for the negro commercial association one hundred undred Ii denver members plan to extend the organization over the state two salt lake boys john E hayward and barren miller members of united states ambulance company iso no known as dr II 11 13 spragues unit units were ere injured when the special troop train on the illinois central on nhac which h they were traveling NI was nias as de dc railed near granger III thelma Pl pickford elford seven keirs of age was instantly killed and her father and 51 53 earold ear old brother parley were slightly injured near north ogden I 1 when the buggy in which they were riding was struck by an automobile DOMESTIC the halifax catastrophe catastrophes especially in the number of lives I 1 lost 0 st will vall rank as by far the greatest t in n the history of the dominion the only event that even pren approaches it in that respect Is 19 the sinking el of the canadian pacific railway liner line r Lin press of ireland near father point irk 10 the st law rence river on may 29 1914 when persona persons perished tha the explosion of an infernal ma chine in the express car of train iso no 7 on the northern Isor thern pacific caused the destruction of the car near windsor N D according to information ob tallied b bv officials investing Invest investigating ig biting the tile affair 1 alameda was mas recommended as its the tile site tor for the additional navy yard on san francisco bay in a report to con gross by the special board headed by izoar helm the approximate cost of the tile plant was fixed at joseph Josep liV V stilson national secretary 4 f the lithuanian socialist federation f america was nas arrested at philadel phia by government agents and held in ball for a further be hearing aring december 14 on the charge of violat ing the espi espionage anage act two american aIa aviation tion mechanics one from detroit and the other from buffalo Kuff alo mo and an am american abbu lance drin driver er from Il hannibal annibal mo A v were ere injured in a recent flight while drin driving ing through a village v which aich N w as bombed bv the germans ten women mall mail carriers the first in chicago will begin work tills this week I 1 lifty women lilli also be given post eions in the postoffice post office A report that a naval magazine blew blev up tip precipitating the halifax disaster and that the tile body of a geiman gelman was found near the magazine Is being circulated with the toll of dead steadily mounting it Is belle believed ed that more than 2000 persons perished in the explosion and fire following the collision thurs day morning in tit halifax harbor be a munitions laden french ship and another vessel loaded with sup plies piles for the belgian bellef commis slon the city was practical 15 wrecked man homes homer 3 being destroyed I 1 it NN was as one of he the greatest dis disasters disa astels of the present war the force of the blow which the united states Is 1 able to strike at prussian autocracy will be measured mei d by the amount of material which the nations NOrk workshops shops can cin produce declared frank A it ander anderlie lip head of the government war savings campaign campaigns in an address at lew new lork city the jury in the tho case of nine persons on trial in federal court at kansas city charged with conspiring t to obstruct the selective draft law an late thursday day returned a it verdict of guilty it 0 marsh president of the port barre timber tie company and for bierly ma mavor or of warsaw was acquitted bv a jury in th the e criminal court at opelousas I 1 a of the charge of murder in con connection with the fatal shooting at tit port barre last summer of C bohec formerly manager of the timber company nine W workmen were injured in an tin explosion of gas in the he double hold of a vessel under construction lo n at the loa los aielts ts shipbuilding diddock low C cil 11 pany s plant ut at san light men inen were here killed are las ing mid and inore than twenty tu enty fl five e Ns were ere in r ju aured red many seriously by an all explosion that wrecked tho A T N X T plant of 9 the aetna coln company piny at HU deberg dt lberg a buburu of pittsburg within tile last 1 cent pieces 1 have bein coined to rollee tile pinn pi nn shortage sli caused by impost cioll of wor taxes 14 i f t heads of the express companies before I 1 the interstate commerce commission in the first hearing on their application for an increase of 10 per cent tn in beir rates a tes gald said the shippers understand their need tor for higher rates during the war aar emergency and will present little objection Goer governor nor lindey lind ey of new mexico on thursday signed conditional par dons for thirty the fhe convicts conNic ts the great est number e ever eer er signed at one time in oils this state they the are men whose term end elid soon anti their release esoto to relieve unprecedented congestion in tho the state prison four of the men nero wery serving time for murder one million dollars tor for the bradica lion ilon and slon gion of contagious cat tie tle aisea diseases es and especially tuberculosis will be asked aled of congress congre qs in a bill to be Intro duede by ath charles 11 sloan of nebraska washington america at last Is formally and actu all at tit war nar with noth austria hungary president avidson on december 7 signed the declaration that had been adopted bv bi the senate and house of representatives in less than tour four hours the administration mineral leasing and waterpower water power poNNer development elopement de bills which ha have hate te heretofore passed the house but failed of passing the senate have hane been reintroduced iby by chairman ferels of the house public lands corn com cittee formal approval has been given b by 7 fuel ruel administrator garfield to the plans of the coal shippers terminal pool association for establishing ter minal initial coal pools in the central west niest to facilitate handling of the tile coal 1 supply congress was ivas informed by secretary mcadoo in his annual report that 5 10 4 03 must be provided in adal tion to funds from taxes and bond Is sues already authorized in order to make estimated receipts for the fiscal sear ear ending june 30 1918 equal dis bur immediate action to effect national unification of the railroads either by government operation or by gumpen slon for the war of anti trust and anti pooling laws a federal loan and regu lation of security issues to permit more effect effective ie voluntary operation cooperation co Is recommended by the interstate corn com merce commission in a special report to congress FOREIGN 0 with close to troops the ger mans are hammering aw ay at the brit iba before camarat in dolent massed assaults without how however ever having made any substantial inroads in byng s new lines lirles dispatches from la paz bolivia report that eight civilians were nere killed and thirty wounded and one soldier vv nas as killed and several wounded during the disorders that occurred after the sitting of the chamber of deputies in la paz the central war control body of t the he allies Is preparing to extend all avail able military forces to meet an anticipated german lv e that such an offensive ha has been planned and Is likely soon to be launched Is known but as to just where Is the thing that Is 1 puzzling the ii ar experts it has haa been decided that the rou hanlan troops shall associate them selves with the russians in the proposed armistice though the rouman lans inns have rejected e every tery attempt at fraternization saas an official an no made at jassy suspension of hostilities over the russian front for ten days beginning at noon I 1 has been arranged the berlin war office has announced fourteen teen federal soldiers ni ere killed when alleged fol followers loers of felix diaz attacked and captured guerrero a lexical lex ican gairrison girr gir lson rison town opposite zapata lotas lexas A stockholm newspaper paper reports that former premier kerensa kv Is in a place of complete safety the newspaper save he Is engaged in preparations for the constituent assembly and already has been placed on the list of candi dates at many places throughout the empire the british house of commons has agreed to the disfranchisement of con objects s this will con dinue for the duration of the war and tor for five fhe vears thereafter after several weeks of respite lon don in the early hours of thursday morning experienced another german air r arild dd one of the most determined but the moist most futile vet et attempted thousands of old men women and children who bo sought refuge in the ca caucasus ur acus from the barbarities of the turks in armenia are tire dking from hun ger as a result of the ON overthrow of the elle russian provisional government intimation that germany german Is plan ning to force boes of ag and 17 sears bears into the army are contil ned in an ap peal appearing in the alssen general An that they immediately join the juN juvenile culle corps corp sixteen british merchantmen merchantman merchant men of more than tons tong were sunk by mine mines ot 01 sub iii brines in the past week eek according to alie admiralty statement of december S light gt german airplanes ii were ere brought down on monday by I 1 brendl rend aviators avia avla tol tois the tile war office announces consideration of the question of man power for the prosecution of tile war nur was one of the important matters taken up tip by the intel allied cori conference ference in paris it became known chec the official summary of tho tile results of the cinfo conference retie N waa as made public A dispatch 11 patch received ed december 0 5 broj menna N quotes emperor charles s of austria hungary as its saving in tit an ad d dress ress to an till austro gennan C ernina delegation legation dc lewt the dual nion monarchy monir chy Is reidy re idy at any tin y time fline to 0 o conclude peace that would guirantes gui gilt rantee the integrity of the mon andl r ai |