Show mm TALES TERSELY TOLD TOL 0 A RESUME OP OF THE WEEKS DO IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES important events event of the pat past seven days reported by wire and prepared for the benefit of the busy reader intermountain vi mrs rs C G crenshaw aged 38 years who Is reported to have a husband and three small children at jackson tenn was shot and seriously mounded in fig a salt lake rooming house by T C ahrold aged 40 who then turned the weapon on himself and committed suicide the couple had eloped secretary lane approved in november 0 orders ot of designation which have brought under the operation ot of the thirty two acre homestead law about acres of land in colorado idaho montana oregon and north dakota alex robertson night watchman at eureka utah for the past two years was shot twice and instantly killed by elmer horton II orton a miner who was as intoxicated mr air robertson was 42 years of age his slayer is 26 the united states government has offered to a salt lake firm a contract calling for worth of shells and shrapnel for the army and navy dr erbert I D marshall who was arrested at sabetha kans on a charge of murdering his wife in salt lake city shot himself in the head in the county jail at seneca and his recovery Is doubtful tho the washington post says colonel john W young a son of 0 brigham young has announced that he has become campaign manager of 0 utah for the presidential boom that senator du pont font is about to launch colonel young will have his office at 71 broadway broad way DOMESTIC the cambria steel company lackawanna steel comp company any newport news shipbuilding company youngstown steel tube company and either the inland or iroquois plants near chicago are to be merged into another gigantic steel corporation mrs ella flagg young who ho has been identified with chicago public schools tor for fifty three years the last six as superintendent at a ear has retired she plans to make her home in southern california the supreme court of texas has held that acety a city has no power to designate a restricted district tor for houses of III tame fame the decision was in a case from el paso ortle F principal witness against mathew A schmidt charged with murder told on the witness stand at los aggeles the details af pf p seven neven dynamite explosions he produced la in the east and middle west vest rho democratic national convention of 0 1916 will be held at st louis beginning wednesday june 14 at noon the democratic national committee on tuesday named the convention city former president theodore roosevelt has made a bitter attack on president wilsons Wil sons message to congress charles D etchison said to have signed a confession in chicago to the effect that he was an accomplice of frederick T price in the alleged slaying ot of prices wife on november 28 on tuesday went with officers to the place where he said mrs airs price was thrown over a cliff and gave details ot of the alleged crime the alhambra one of the oldest and best known ot of Chi cagos theaters was virtually destroyed by fire edward E mccall ot of new york city a former justice of the supreme court of new york has been removed from office as chairman ot of the downstate public berl bervice ilce commission by governor whitman the federal grand jury at san francisco has resumed its investigation of 0 alleged german conspiracies to cripple the shipping of 0 munitions ot of war to the enemies ot of germany dr karl kari buenz gorge gerge kotter and adolph hachmeister Hach melster of 0 the hamburg american Amerl can line rec recently antly convicted at new york ot of conspiracy y to defraud the united states government were sentenced to serve one and a halt half years in the federal penitentiary at atlanta frank johnson formerly of wheeling IV W va convicted ot of stealing a dinner bucket and a coat and sentenced to life imprisonment under the habitual criminal act has been pardoned by governor 11 D hatfield the interior of 0 the dodge county courthouse at fremont neb was practically destroyed early sunday rooming morning when fire starting from detective defective wiring airine in the basement crept through Ziff offices ices and to the cupola the total attendance at the panama pacific exposition which closed de cember 4 was according to an official announcement the discovery dib covery 0 of a new comet by astronomer taylor stationed at the cape of good hope was announced in a cablegram from copenhagen received at the harvard observatory A bench warrant has been I 1 issued in the federal court at des moines tor for the arrest of P G harmon of corpus christi Chrls tl texas who was indicted recently by the federal fede al grand jury on a charge of misuse of the mails andrew freedman Fro edman once an intimate friend of richard croker and who died 1 in new york city dece december ber 4 1 provided in his will that halt hall his residuary estate estimated at ar shall be used tor for the establishment lish ment of a home for the aged the rev dr frank sewall writer educator teacher for sixteen years president of urbana universe uni university versi ty in ohio and author of the christian ayin nal adlea died at his home in washington in his seventy ninth year the american sugar refining company was fredred by judge king in tho the civil district court at new orleans to hie file within ten en days its answer to the states ouster sult suit federal investigation ot of the recent explosion in the du pont font powder works at W wilmington I 1 del has developed that there is apparently no ground for action by the department of justice washington Chair chairman maix ketchin fitchu ot of the house ways and means committee announced that the democrats w would put through congress before the christmas recess a bill to continue the emergency war revenue law which would expire by limitation de cember 31 this is estimated to raise more than SO annually radical changes in the income tax to 0 reach thousands not now subject to 0 its provis provisions ions and to improve e the ul machinery of collection vere sug ested to congress in the annual re port of secretary mcadoo president wilson and former president tatt taft sat eat on the platform together at washington on wednesday at the annual meeting ot of the american red cross they greeted each other warmly senate republicans will make no partisan fight on the national defense program it if it is not framed by the democrats in caucuses according to senator gallinger the united states has sent to aus tria hungary a note asking for or a disavowal ot of the submarine attack upon the italian liner ancona assurances that such an act will not be repeated some degree of punishment for the commander of 0 the submarine and reparation for the american lives lost plans of 0 the administration al administration ministration to prevent VL ut or punish violation of oe american neutrality were discussed at a conference on wednesday attended by members ot of the cabinet FOREIGN at a caucus of 0 the tree free conservative members of the german belch stag resolutions were adopted demanding as the object ot of peace a Ler germany many strengthened in its position of power and importantly enlarged and re compensated tor for its expenditures through the retention to the uttermost extent possible of all districts occupied it was announced at a meeting of the british red cross in london that a recent one day co lection taken throughout the empire had resulted in the receipt of general villa with 2000 men reached 31 adera chihuahua on the mexican northwestern railroad on the ath according to authentic ad vices important battles have begun or are impending in mesopotamia where aligre the german field marshal battin baron yon von der goltz has taken command ot of the turkish arces forces and la Is about to attack tho the british at rut kut el amara in southeast ern serbia defeat of 0 the bulgarians Bulga rians december 5 in attacks on the french line at Abo Abozar kl demir kapu and Cost morino is reported in a dispatch from athens it is announced that in conformity with the wishes of the government ship owners have placed their steamers at the disposal of the government for the transport of wheat coal and sul phate ot of copper purchased by greece in the united states the sinking of a french submarine boat the fresnel and six steamers and six large and several small montenegrin vessels in the lower adriatic sea oft off the coast of albania is related in the official communication issued at vienna austrian warships have begun sweeping the adriatic sea of italian ships engaged in transporting arms and ammunition to the albanian coast tor for the relief relict of the serbians Serb ians the peace talk which emanates from the vatican switzerland and scandinavia and has been aroused by the proposed questions by the socialists in the reichstag and the popes address in the secret consistory evokes no echo in london it is said the question of taking measures to limit the importation of 0 wool Is being discussed in paris it is even suggested that the entente allies should consider whether it ought to be declared contraband of 0 war an imperial ukase was issued at petrograd Petro grad on monday ordering the enrollment roll ment of the class of 1917 in 1916 german airmen are operating with the turks on the gallipoli peninsula and two of them are reported in an official statement from turkish headquarters to have dropped bombs on a hostile monitor which ceased firing after being struck earth shocks were felt elt at 2 sunday morning in labium latium at folt foil Frosi noine genna caprino and tivoli italy there was aas neither loss of life nor damage to property the crew of the chinese cruiser chao ho mutinies mutinied muti nied and opened fire on n two other warships and the a arsenal at shanghai the muti mutineers were finally overpowered henry fords peace mission lg Is laughed to scorn in paris in both official and unofficial quarters where it is regarded as the most ridiculous episode of the war |