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Show All Corners of the Earth Gjmplete History of the Pit Week Told in Paragraphs Prepared for the Busy Reader INTERM0UNTA1N. The Colorado Coal Operators' association asso-ciation lias withdrawn from the National Na-tional Coal association. The Colorado association includes the large coal operators op-erators in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. The Tacoma Ministers' association has adopted a resolution calling upon the legislature to make the state's divorce laws more strict. The bodies of four men, entombed by a cave-in at the slope mine of the l'acific Coast Coal company at Black Diamond, Wash., were recovered by rescue gangs after more than twelve hours of digging. The purchase of a high powered armored motor ear to be used by the police department here in its efforts to prevent spread of a crime wave in Denver, is announced. The car will carry eight officers, besides the driver, will be heavilv armed and so con structed that it can be driven through fences, wire or light obstructions. John L. Clayton, fireman, of Denver, Den-ver, was killed and all wires on Denver-El Paso Press association circuits were put out of commission when a freight engine on the Santa Fe railroad rail-road exploded near Monument, Colo. Richard Ildner, who conducts a store at a cross roads near Blue Springs, in Utah, was murdered by bandits, who looted his store. Measures to protect Denver from the crime wave which is sweeping the country have been announced by the commissioner of safety. The plan calls for patrolling of every street and alley in the city at least once every half hour during the night by two motorcycle mo-torcycle patrolmen. Prohibition enforcement officers are attempting to locate a "Christmas cargo" of several hundred cases of whisky, believed to have been landed from a Canadian fishing schootter near Seattle. DOMESTIC. Dallas A. Anderson, 30, said to have been prominently known as a politician politi-cian in St. Paul and Chicago, was instantly in-stantly killed at South Bend, Ind., following fol-lowing a quarrel with Mack Atyeo. According to police, Atyeo fired four shots at Anderson, all of which took effect. Dr. Samuel C. Dickie, noted prohibition prohi-bition director, dropped dead at his winter home at Dayton, Fla., December Decem-ber 23. . Organization of an economic "league of nations" to supervise the trade relations of all countries and prevent discriminatory tactics was advocated ad-vocated in an interview at New York with Leland L. Summers, former chairman of the foreign mission of the war industries board. A -woman with $10,000 in bank notes hound to her thigh by a handkerchief was found dead of gas poisoning in a room in New York City. The world famous Venice pleasure pier, fourteen miles from Ixs Angeles, was wiped out by a fire which was brought under control Wednesday. The damage was estimated at between fl, 000,000 and $1,000,000. Two men who were injured may die. A bill to make bank robbery, highway high-way robbery and burglary offenses punishable by death will be introduced intro-duced at the next session of the Missouri Mis-souri legislature. Joe Duke, Go, a trustry at the state prison at Jefferson City, Mo., who has for pome time been caretaker of the state park, was found murdered in bis cabin in the park. Duke's head was smashed witli some blunt instrument. instru-ment. It was believed he was robbed of a small sum of money. Four men are known to be dead as a result of an explosion In No. 2 packing pack-ing mill of the DuPont powder works at Muosic, seven miles from Scranton, Pa. A constitutional amendment making women eligible to hold office wus adopted at a joint session of the Massachusetts house and senate. Fighting with a playmate for possession posses-sion of a stray dog, Frank Verllla, aged 10, of New Y'ork, was stabbed, probably fatally. Officials of the Newborn Iron and Supply works at Newbern, Mo., have kociallzed their plant to prove to the workmen the company's contention it cannot be operated with n profit without with-out n wage reduction of 20 per cent. Paul Sailer, 17-year-old messenger for the security Trust and Savings dank, was robbed of $S1,500 In til downtown district of Los Angeles by ii June bandit armed with a revolver., Worry over depreciation of the j value of a large tract of land he pur-j pur-j chased some lime ago is said by neighbors of Carl Nickelson to have prompted him to kill his wife, three children and himself at Bradshaw, Neb. Thomas Yickery, a white man held on a charge of murdering Jeff ('. Couch, a policeman, was taken from the county jail at Fort Worth, Tex., by a mob and hanged. Demands of the railroad brotherhoods that a national board of adjustment handle all railway labor problems, instead in-stead of the individual company settling set-tling its own troubles, as was the custom cus-tom before the war, will be protested at a convention of manufacturers, merchants, railway executives and shippers to be held at Chicago January Jan-uary 1. WASHINGTON. The senate has passed a bill permitting per-mitting the federal farm loan board to issue mortgage bonds for short or long periods, as market conditions may require. re-quire. Another measure extending the time in which federal reserve banks may hold temporary Liberty bonds until permanent bonds are available also was passed. An amendment adding sugar to the list of tariff protected products has been introduced by Senator Gay (Dem.) of Louisiana. The amendment amend-ment proposed a sliding tariff scale sufficient to hold raw sugar to a maximum of S cents a pound. The house has passed the annual ap propriation bill carrying $2G5,000,0t,H). The bill provides $500,000 for examining exam-ining surgeons for disabled pensioners. pension-ers. General rersbing may act as grand marshal of the inaugural parade March 4, it was stated in connection with plans of the committee in charge of the ceremonies. Carrying $1-1,000,000 less than was appropriated for this year, the annual pension bill was reported out Wednesday Wednes-day by the house appropriations committee. com-mittee. The total of the bill is $2G5,-500,000. $2G5,-500,000. Woodrow Wilson and President-elect W. G. Harding will lunch together at the White House following the formal inauguration at noon on March 4, according ac-cording to plans Just announced. Published reports that Senator Knox, acting as spokesman for Presidentelect President-elect Harding, had induced Charles E. Hughes to become secretary of state, were characterized as "holiday fiction writing" by Senator Harding. ' FOREIGN. A statement charging Japanese military mili-tary authorities with deeds more "frightful and barbarous" than anything any-thing ever alleged to have occurred in Belgium during the war has been issued by the Korean commission, based, the commission said, on authentic authen-tic reports received by it from Manchuria. Man-churia. Military operations have been begun be-gun by Italian government troops against forces in and about Fiume commanded by Captain Gabriele d'Annunzio, who refuses to evacuate the city and permit Italy to put into operation the provisions of the treaty of Kapallo. Dr. Epitacia Fessoa, president of the republic, addressing Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state of the United States, at a banquet given in Mr. Colby's honor at Ilio Janerio, Brazil, said that North and South America were bound by ties of common ideals. An American airplaned riven by Fernando Phoal, n Mexican aviator, flew from Mexico City to Vera Cruz on December 21, the distance, 22.") miles, being made in 2 hours and 20 minutes. The principal object of the flight was to determine the feasibility feasibil-ity of an aerial mall service between Mexico City, Puebla and Vera Cruz. Assistant Postmaster W. C. Petersen Peter-sen was arrested at Honolulu, accused of failing to deposit postoffice funds In the treasury and failing to pay the postmaster general such funds. Great Britain Is fully considering the question of discussing naval building build-ing plans with the United States and Japan before deciding on a building program, Premier Lloyd George said in commons, replying; to a question. Official figures of French Imports and exports for the first eleven months of 1020 were Issued December 21 by the French ministry of finance. They show imports of 32.450,000,000 francs and exports of 2O,773,0(XI,OO0 francs. It is said that crown forces burned the village of Balllnalee, County Longford, Long-ford, Ireland, as a reprisal for the recent attack on the police barracks there in which one constable was killed and three wounded. Shops and houses were destroyed. All taxes on luxuries In Canada, excepting ex-cepting alcoholic liquors, confectionery confection-ery and playing cards, have been abolished abol-ished by ili dominion government through an order In council. The French dispatch bout liar-le-Duc ran aground the night of Docci'i-ber Docci'i-ber 14 near Cape 1 loro. and It Is believed be-lieved twenty iriiMllliers of her crew were drowned. Seventy others were saved. although Jlie ship v. as lost, all Alliens disputed i!d. ' - |