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Show NEWS STORY OF THEJW WEEK A Complete History of What Hai Been Happening Throughout the World. INTERMO'JNTAIN. ' No coal famlno' threatens Salt Lake this winter. Though other states are advocating tho uso of all kinds of wood for fuel, Increased coal car tonimgo has prevented a shortage In Utah. Tlio quorum of twclvo apostles has unanimously sustained Holier J. Orant as president of tho Church of Jesus Christ of I.uttei day Saints. 1'rosldcnt (Irnnt nimimnced that ho had chosen Anthon II. Lund and Charles W. Pen rb.se as his first and second comwolbrs, respectively. Two .Seattle shipyard unions, with nbout 1111,000 ineiuliers, It became known Saturday, have voted to strike December Decem-ber 0 as u protest against the execution execu-tion of Thomas J. Mooney, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, convicted of murdering a victim "f n lininh explosion. Out of all the millions' spent by the war department In the purchase of army supplies during the war, only n very small mini was spent In the west, barely more than $t'-000,000 In nil, nnd two-thirds of this total was spent In the state of WiiRhliigton. Colorado's first woman rural mall carrier, Mrs. Mottle U. Ault of Ken-drlck, Ken-drlck, won that distinction by defeating her husband, U. 13. Ault, and two other candidates In competitive examinations exami-nations held to determine who would get the appointment. DOMESTIC. Oeorgo W. Wlckershnm, attorney general In the Tntt administration In nn address at New York before, educators, edu-cators, lawyers, bankers and merchants engaged In International trade who ore members of the council on foreign relations, re-lations, advanced the opinion that the constitution makes' It mandatory Upon Up-on Vice President Marshall to nsinmo tho office of president, If Mr. Wilton leaves the United States' to attend tho peace conference. Letters Intercepted by federal authorities auth-orities led (o tho arrest Tuesday of Ira J. CMnlley, an automobile motor engineer en-gineer with offices In Chicago, on churgi of having' tried to obtain plnns of the Liberty motor by bribing an em-plnjo em-plnjo of a 'Detroit automobile company. com-pany. Fourteen enemy-owned scnts on tho Now York Stock Kxchnnge. tho New Orleans Cotton Kxchnnge, tho New York Cotton Kxchange. nnd other markets have been seized' by A. Mitchell Mit-chell Palmer, alien property custodian. Sclipol children from all parts of tho United States, somo In Hawaii, and a few from Japan paid tribute to tho memory of James Whltcomb lllley, poet, when a statuo of tlio Indiana writer was unveiled nt Greenfield. Ind., November 20. m Greenfield win tho blrtbploco of Sir. lllley. Soldiers who liavo been Incapacitated in overseas service and who nro convalescing con-valescing In tills country will bo assembled as-sembled at twenty-seven camps for organization Into convalescent detachments. detach-ments. John I). Hynn, who recently resigned as director of aircraft production of the United States nnny and as second assistant secretary of wa lias been re-elected a director of tho Anaconda Copper .Milling company. Tho flight of tlio Longhead biplane from Santa Barbara, Cal.. to Washing ton, D. O., was abandoned, following ii fall at Gila Bend, Ariz., In which Pilot O. S. T. Sloyerhofer was slightly hurt nnd his mechanician, Leo V. Flint, was severely injured. Tlio machine was badly damaged. Army transportation officials announced an-nounced that the steamers Sllnneknhda, Liipliind and Orta, which are bringing home 7000 American soldiers from Knghind, probably will uirlvo at New York about December 1!1. Hundreds of soldiers, sailors and marines broke through a cordon of police surrounding JItidlson Sipinro, New York City and attacked International Inter-national Socialists who laid attended u mass meeting where Bolshovlkl doctrines- wero expounded. Tho men mid women attending tho meeting, wero driven from tlio hall. Theodora N. Vail, president of the American Telephone" & Telegraph company, com-pany, Is to becomo tho personal adviser ad-viser of Postmaster General Burleson In tho organization of telephone, telo-graph telo-graph ami cable systems under government govern-ment control, Major General William Crnzler, commander com-mander of the department of tho northeast north-east and former chief of ordnanco, announced an-nounced Sunday ut Boston that ho hud resigned from tho army and Hint tho resignation had been accepted, effective effec-tive Junuary 1. After forty-two yean of huril work In tho army GenerM Crozlcr-snid ho felt he wus entitle J to a rest. Nome, which bus suffered severely In deaths through tho Influenza epidemic epi-demic Is struggling to glvo aid to native villages to tho north nnd east In which tho toll of death Is still alarming In two days thirty nntlves died In ono of theso villages and reports said that fully 100 moro deaths wero probable. 'Alaska Is looking forward to n now "stampede" north beginning next spring, according Jo northerners who nro spending their winters at Seattle. Already plans nro being mndo for placing plac-ing returned soldlors nnd sailors qii tfiw soil of tho northern territory. Secretary Baker expects soon to sub' mlt to congress a request that an appropriation ap-propriation bo"mado to relievo war Workers who will bo released when reorganization re-organization of tho war department to a peace basis begins. Withhold on to 'Undo Sam's Insurance Insur-ance " as n slognn, n nntlon-wldo campaign cam-paign to Induce soldiers nnd sailors to ro.oln their government Insurance after ihey return to civil life has been Inaugurated In-augurated by Secretary SIcAdoo. Bednctlon of present wage scales In tho United States will ho opposed by tho workers, Frank Slorrison, socrotnry of the American Federation of Labor, said lu a statement dealing with recoil st'ruction as it affects labor. WA3HINUTON. Kx-President Toft Intends to "hammer "ham-mer nway on tho league of nations Idea." Ho madu tills declaration at Pittsburg, Tuesday, after bo nrrlved'for an address before th chamber of commerce. com-merce. The organization of four-mlnuto men' of tho committee on public Information will conclude Its work and bo disbanded dis-banded December 21. By a "partisan vote of the senate finance fi-nance committee, tlio total amount to be raised by taxes. In 11)20 wns fixed lit sl.oooiboo.ooo. Naval estimates for 1020 hnvo been reduced $1,180,:UI,000 as tlio result of tlio signing of tho armistice, Sccrctury SIcAdoo has been Informed by Secretary Secre-tary Daniels. The orlglhnl estimate on a war basis was $2,0 l l,:S07,000 and this lias been reduced tii ?M(5.'),022,00d. - Demobilization of tho 'American expeditionary ex-peditionary forces already In progress with tho movement homeward of sick' and wounded, will bo hastened by tho return at an early date of eight divisions divi-sions of national guard and national nrmy troops, eight regiments of const artillery and two brigades of -field artillery". Permanent control of all radio communication com-munication through acquisition nnd operation by tho navy department of nil sliore wireless stations In tlio. United States used for commercial purposes is planned by tho nrtmlnlstrn. Hon, undor n bill now beforo congress. con-gress. FOREIGN. It Is understood the question of tho extradition of tho former German emperor em-peror Is being considered by Drltl&h law officers of tho crown, who are working lu closo co-operation with tho French authorities. Difficulties between Peru and Chile, which resulted lu recall of consldnr representatives by each nation from tlio principal cities of Its neighbor, hnvo been overcome by nn apology on tho. port of the Peruvian government. It Is officially announced thut remans rem-ans withdrawn her counsuls from Chllo as a result of the renownl of nntl Peruvian rioting In Iqulquo and An to) fngastu.und Chllo has withdrawn Its counsuls In Peru. ' The Bosphorus having boon clenred of mines, allied warships hnvo entered the Black sea nnd visited vurlous ports from Varnn around the southern coast to Novorossysk. A number .of American suibmnrlno 'chasers, accompanied by tlio parent ship Bucknell, hnvo left Queeiistown. After an Inspection of Iho German battleships and cruisers held by tho entente and final settlement of their ownership by tlio pence conference, nil the vessels probnbly will bo sunk, as apparently there Is no disposition on the part of tho entente to risk tho controversies con-troversies that would bo likely In ease of mi nttempted division of them, says a London dispatch. It Is learned on authority that tho allied governments are considering a plan of milking Joint application for the extradition of tho ex-knlser. Since tlio former emperor Is nt present at Aln-erongen Aln-erongen castle, Ilollnud, such application applica-tion would bo madu to the Dutch government. gov-ernment. It Is estimated that there are OO.OOu cases of Infiuenzn In Porto ltlco. The suffering In tho rural communities Is reported to bo Intenf.e. There have been many deaths as a result of tlio epidemic. Tho first woman to bo appointed mi ambassador has been noiiilnnted by the Hungarian government for tho pot hi Switzerland. Sbo Is tho Hungarian writer and pacifist, ltoslkii Schwlmnier. Several thousand American soldiers sailed for homo from Liverpool on Saturday on tlio tlio liners Lapland and Sllnnehaho. It wns a stirring scene ns tho men marched from tho railway station and local enmps to tho landing stage, amid tho rousing cheers from tlio throngs of people along tho streets. The German frontier was crossed ut sovernl places Sunday by American signal corps units and ambulance workers. Short trips wero mndo Into Blionlsh Prussia, wliero tho Inhabitants Inhabit-ants nro reported to hnvo shown the Americans every consideration. Kntento troops nro iiinrthlng on Kiev, according to advice to newspapers In Switzerland. General Skoropadskl, Ukrainian dictator, has surrendered, and General Denlklne, lender of ontl-Bolshevist ontl-Bolshevist forces, has been named his successor, with tho consent of tho en-tcn en-tcn nations, It Is said. Disavowing any wish to Intervene In Amerlcnn criticism of tiio visit of President Wilson to Paris, the London Times says that his presence in Paris is much desired. Subscriptions to tho American fourth Liberty loan In Japan reached n total of ?800,000. Amoi can residents or travelers constltutod'pi"ctleally tho en-tiro en-tiro number o'f subscribers. - William Ilohenzollern, tho former ! German emperor, has not left tho grounds of Amerongon cnstlo since ho was Interned there, Dutch newspapers say. |
