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SUMMARY OF THE WORLD'S EVENTS 11644 2 CratirNAT NEWS OF BOTH HEMI- SPHERES BOILED DOWN TO LAST ANALYSIS. ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS 'Brief Notes Covering Happenings In This Country and Abroad That Are of Legitimate Interest to All the People. 'There will vet§ likely be further ad - 'trances in everything in leather lines. Western railroads will petition for ea rehearing of their plea for advanced freight rates in western classification territory, it has been announced. The French steamer Ville de Mosta- ganem has been sunk by gunfire from a German submarine. Sixteen . mem- tbers of the crew, three of them wound - odd, were picked up Saturday. The decoration of the grand cross 'of the Order of St. 'Sava has been feonferred upon John D. Rockefeller in ?recognition of the relief work done by the Rockefeller Foundation in Serbia. A new York fire, Sept. 11, caused damage estimated at $300,000 to a 4 - story building at Seventh avenue and Twenty-sixth street. occupied by the Famous Players' Film company. The department of agriculture has refuend the request of the National Grain Dealers' association that it he - lax the' re&ntiona igainst bleached oata or oats to which water had been added. Announcement is made in France that special schools were being found- ed by the ministers of the interior, commerce and agriculture for the pur- pose of instructing crippled soldiers so as to make them self-supporting. According to figures issued by the registrar general the rate of growth of the population of England and Wales Ittas greatly fallen off. The excess of births over deaths in June quarter vvas 27,418 below that of last year. Jean J. Jesserand, the French am- lbassador to the United States, recent - fly in a public lipeech expressed the ap- arrecattion Ids eountry-tor-the done by Americans in establishing and maintaining hospital and ambulance service in France during the present war. •In a statement of the finances of the 'Panama -Pacific exposition covering 20, to September 5, by Rodney S. Dur- kee, comptroller, a net cash income of $914,605 is shown. The total income for the period was $4,647,018, bal- anced against a total expenditure of $3,732,411. Forty-five hundred cases of toys, be- lieved to be the first shipment of its kind to reach this country from Eu- rope since the British order in coup- on, arrived in New York Monday on board the Holland -American freight steamer Veenbergen from Rotterdam. 'The shipment was held up at Rotter- dam with other goods destined from 6 Austria and Germany to this country, armountiag, it has been estimated, to 3167,000,000. I NOTED PERSONS DIE I Portland, Ore.—Rev. John Flynn, known as Father Flynn, 98 years old, pioneer Methodist minister. San Diego, Cal.—The funeral of A. G. Spaulding, the Chicago sporting goods man, was held here Sunday. Paris.—William Sprague, famous as the \war\ governor of Rhode hiland and twice United States senator from that state, aged 84. Spokane.—Byron N... White,. who has been prominently identified with the mining industry of the northwest for the last quarter of a century. Montreal.—Sir William Van Horne, tfor years prominent in transcontinen- tal railroad development in Canada. lie rose from the foot of the ladder to 'wealth and fame as one of the so- called empire builders of Canada. He was born in the United States, in !M- ewls, February 3, 1843. Big Arson Trust Discovered. St. Louis.—What detectives term the biggest arson trust which ever operated in any city\ was disclosed here Sunday, and, according to the de- tectives, \a multitude of men, several of them capitalists,\ are involved. The disclosures were made by one of four men arrested Sunday while they were delivering four barrels of gasoline to a factory which they had agreed to burn. Seek Exporters' Help on Loan. New York.—To smooth the ways for launching a mammoth credit loan in thin 0 ,,,,, nt7 , *eat Pritair. sed to France and probably also Russia and Italy, the Anglo-French financial corn - emission, it is said now, probably will meet the chief exporters of grain and other commodities from this country. Whether the makers of munitions are among these exporters w.eitild not be .ascertained. I MONTANA SQUIBS Mrs. Mary Ferguson, aged 66 years, a resident of Bozeman since 1882, died recently. yhe. Park county teachers' institute was held Sept. 13, 14, 15 turd 16, at Livingston. Hundreds of students are arriving for the opening of the fall semester at the state university. Postmaster John T. Murphy of Boulder was hurt in a collision of...two automobiles Sept. 11. The First National bank of Libby, Mont, as increased its capital stock from $25.009 to $40,000. A mantle of snow greeted the resi- dents .throughout northern Montana when they arose Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Honstein, a bride of three months, was burned to ashes last week at her ranch home, 10 miies east of Billings, in a fire caused by an oil explosion. The report of the commissioner of pensions shows $447,610 was paid in pensions during the past fiscal year to 2,/58 soldiers and soldiers' widows 're- siding in Montana. . . Walter A. Waite. an old-time resi- dent of Utica, a man of considerable wealth and widely known on the west side, cut his throat while in the county jail at Lewistown. Considerable snow fell in the moun- tains around the Deer Lodge valley Friday night. Usually after the snow- stornilin_ September comes the moat delightful season of the year. George Gronn's preliminary hearing on the charge of killing Steve Farrell on the night of A*. 31 at his saloon on Squaw creek, was held Saturday at Dillon. Gronn was bound over to the district court. The Flat Willow irrigation project under the Carey act, upon which about $50,000 has been expended, is to be completed by next fall. This will call for an exrienditure of around one nearly all Mexican territory. hundred thousand dollars. Driven from his ranch near Sonora. Northern - Mexico,, by bands of Indians how the Pan-American conferees were and Mexican baildits\ Gordon Clark, to act on Carranza's proposal. It was one of the old-timers around eLwis- I understood that would be determined town section, returned to peace and at a meeting next week. From sev- quiet on the ranch of his son near eral sources, however, it has been Winifred. learned that some of the Latin-Amdri- A four-hour session was held Sat- can diplomats are inclined to give Car- urday before the Montana railroad ratizaa hearing, with a view to learn - commission petitioned for by citizens ing what he might propose, if recog. of Gallatin valley to secure better nized—on a de facto basls—w freight and passenger service on the gard to the adjustment of war Indem- north or Menard branch of the Galla- niOes and the protection of foreign tin Valley railway , intefelJts. Carranza, it is said, is ready ., , to give assurances that he will. as Crops that have been cut and a,re soon as a de facto government can still on the ground were recently dam- make arrangements, call general elec- aged to a considerable eitent by snow !thins and that he will step- ;ide for !MEXICAN PROBLEM SOON TO BE SOLVED GENERAL CARRANZA'S PROPOSAL TO AMERICAN DIPLOMATS MAY BE APPROVED. SEE MERIT IN PROPOSITION Armies Under His Direction Have Made Big Gains During Past Few Weeks and It Has Affected the Situation. Washington.—General Carranza' counter proposal to the Pan-American diplomats for a conference with him over international phases of the Mex- ican' problem will be approved, ac- cording to opinion expressed here by officials in touch with the administra- tion. Although Carranza refused to yield to the appeal of Secretary Lan- sing and representatives of six Latin- American republics that he join his adversaries in a peace conference, it was pointed out here that military con- ditions in Mexico had undergone some marked changes in the last few weeks. and in some quarters it was contend- ed that Carranza's claims for recog- nition were entitled to investigation. Since the Pan-American appeal was 'Issued Carranza's armies have pressed pacification of territory in central and northern Mexico, while some reports to the state department have declared that General Villa's forces are disin- tegrating. Frotn authoritative sources advices have reached Watihington that It would be difficult to conduct a con- ference to select a provisional govern- ment in Mexico without the participa- tion of Carranza and his military com- manders, who claim now to command Hearing Is Favored. Secretary Lansing does not indicate • an I 11 falfa now being cut. Should the pres- ent conditions continue for several days, the damage will rue into thou- sands. Threshing is on in full blast in Bea- verhead county and there are about a dozen outfits operating at the present time on the benches near Dillon. The wheat crop this year will be the big- gest and best in the history of the county. The .crop will run from 35 to 55. bushels to the acre. .- W. E. Griffin, the attorney, Who, with three others, was injured 'Sept. 10 when their automobile collided with a streetcar at Butte. Is in a crit- ical condition and his physician', en- tertain little hope for his life. Both legs are broken, his face is partly torn away, and he has internal in- juries. For the first time in six years every employe in the mechanical depart- ment of the Northern Pacific railroad company in the state is working on full time. By full time it Is meant the men will work nine hours - each day and six days a week. The new condi- tioft will be effective tomorrow and capacity forces are employed. The Montana Society of Pioneers at their recent meeting at Great Falls elected officers for the .ensuing year as follows: - James W. Blair, Helms- ville, pfesident; George W. Morris of Dttnnmond - , - Idee — PterildenT - iii. large; J. U. Sanders, Butte, secretary; H. M. Parchen, Helena, treasurer; Frank D. Brown, Phillipsburg, historian; Joe D. Conrad and Charles Heffner, Helena, members of the executive committee. MONTANA. D. L. Chambers reported opening a hardware store at Billings. Louis Arnold has purchased the shoe store of A. Pierce at Helena. Thomas' Porter reported opening a grocery store at Columbia Falls. George E. Bevers has opened a gro- cery and drug store at Billings. Leslie Kensler has purchased the drug store of W. F. Smith at Libby. P. M. Reilly Co., wholesale and re- tail grocers, has been incorporated at Missoula for $50,000. L. C. Hueber and John Forman, gen- eral merchants at Bridger, have dis- solved partnership, Forman continu- ing. C. Y. Wilson of Hastings, Okla., has Purchased a half interest in the gro- cery store of J. H. Maddox, at Boze- man. At the last session of the Montana ?web:attire, falec adv,crtioir, was enacted at the instance of the merchants' association of that state. Acording to reports from Helena, the retailers propose to see that its pro- visions are complied with instead of letting it become a ''dead -letter,\ as is often•the ease with so many laws nowadays. As a revolution claims of foreign governments and Mexico's debts Car- ranza is said to be ready to reiterate assurances he mule last June U. S. MINT RECEIVES $18,740,270. Foreign Gold for Recoinage Sent to San Francisco. San Francisco.—Foreign coins of a value of $18,740,270 have been receiv- ed at the United States Mint In this city for recoinage since June 30, 1915. The superintendent says the deposits exceeded by many millions the aver- age amount of foreign coins received here for conversion into American money. A total of $11,214,014 in English sov- ereigns was sent from Australia; $6,353,066 in gold Japanese yen has been received. Gold bars, melted from Chinese coins, valued at $1,171,200 are also at the mint. A consignment of English sov- ereigns, valued at $5,300,000, is ex- pected from Australia next week. Since last October gold bars valued at $8,355,728 have been received from China. The money was conigned to San FranCisdIS banks and transferred after its arrival to the mint. There is $310,000,000 in gold bars awaiting coinage at the mint. Upon receipt of the. foreign cobalt they are melted into bare. DISMISS FAMOUS SWOPE CASE. --- Prosecutor Lacks Funds to Bring New Trial at Kansas City. Kansas City.—The case of the state against Dr. B. Clarke /Hyde, charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, millionaire philanthropist, will probably be dismissed when it is call- ed in the criminal court here. The prosecuting attorney's office announc- ed it did not have the money to obtain experts to testify. Dr. Hyde has been tried three times. He was convicted of first degree murder at his first trial, but the supreme court remand- ed the case. At his second hearing a juror escaped from the custody of the court officials while the trial was go- ing on. A third jury disagreed. LIVE STOCK SHOW TO BE BIG. Exhibit at North Yakima Will Be Held November 22 to 27. S. B. Nelson, secretary of the Cas- cade international stock show, is quot- ed as Ravine. \TndirotInna pnnt!TPle Ic point toward a collection of the finest live stock in the northwest to be ex- hibited at the Cascade interantional stock show at North Yakima Novem- ber 22 to 27. The owners in Montana of between 35 and 40 carloads of ex- hibit animals hare signified their in- tentions of exhibiting at the Cascade stock show. PACIFIC COAST NEWS Admiral Cameron McR. Winslow has relieved Admiral Thomas Benton How- ard as commander of the Pacific fleet. Napa. Cal., was recently chosen fbr next year's convention of the reorgan- ized Concantenated Order of Hoo Hoo, the national fraternity of lumbermen. G. W. Drake, .secretary -treasurer of the, We Canners' association, gives as his opinion that the corn Pack of 1915 is the poorest in years, Mrs. Eurana E. Schwab, wife of Charles M. Schwab, Saturday Pressed a button in her home in Bethlehem, Pa., that released the new 9000 -ton turbine freighter Famina from the iron works ways in San Francisco. The California state railroad com- mission has refused to sanction for in- trastate shipments the increase in in- terstate express rates recently grant- ed the express companies by the inter- state commerce commission. 'Isadore E. Leventhal, a merchant, was killed and four other persons in- jured. two of them seriously, at Los Angeles, Sunday, when an automobile driven by Ma xMarks, a manufactur- er. was driven over an embankment and turned turtle. Pardoned by President Wilson se eral days ago, Edward H. Voss. wh was serving a year's sentence in the Alameda (Calif.) county jail for i personating a federal officer, is again being sought by the authorities for passing fictitious checks. He bought the cigats to give to the prison off dials. An anonymous -letter received b Mrs. A. Warner of Oakland, Cal., re cently was the means of leading he to the recovery of her child, Gera] aged four, near Oregon City, Ore., af er he had been missing since last Feb- ruary. He was kidnaped while play- ing near his home by a woman in an automobile, and several weeks' search by the California police had proved unavailing. Charles A. Elder, former president of the Los Angeles Investment co pany, convicted July 30 last ,of ha ing used the mails to defraud inves ors in stock, was sentenced to fiftee months in prison and to pay a fine o $5000. W. D. Deeble and George M Derby, associates of Elder, were se tenced to pay fines of $5000 and serve 13 months each. The Puget Sound Methodist lay- seeeent—eonferenee - adul4ed resolution memorializing the nation I conference to discontinue the granting of a $25.00 annuity to retired bishop;. Bishops appointed hereafter, accord6 ing to the resolutions, shall draw such\ pensions as are available from the ge eral preachers' aid fun o ut on avored the donation of one - tenth of every churchman's income. A peculiar. feature 04 the foreign commerce of.Puget Sound for the past fiscal year is the showing that exports and imports were practically of the same volume, $68,000,006, and the pre- vious fiscal year the same condition prevailed, when exports and imports were $55,000,000 each. There was a gain of $26,000,000 in Puget Spun eommerce for the fiscal year, exceed- ing the gain of any other district, with two exceptions, New York and San Francisco, the latter showing a gain of $28,000,000. LONE ROBBER FIGHTS 60 COPS. George Nelson. Los Angeles Bank Robber, Bad Actor. San Francisco, Sept. 13.—A thrill- ing six -hour battle between 60 police and George Nelson, 25 years old, who was wanted for eomplicity in the rob- bery last month of a Los Angeles bank, ended at dawn today when Nel- son's bullet -riddled body was found stretched on a cot in a rooming house. He had ended his own life by sending a bullet through his head. The house where the bandit successfully held the police at bay since before midnight, is in a populous - residential district. Hugh MacBeth, a lodger, who at- tempted to escape from the building when the battle began, was shot, twice through the bead, probably, fatally, by the crossfire. Policeman Peter Hammond was shot through the arm and legs by Nelson. Suspects Held. Los Angeles, Sept. e 13.—Wm. Calish, aged 29, who since boyhood has been a companion of William Juber, the bank robber suspect held by the San Francisco police, and Mary Sigol, the sweetheart of Calish, were arrested here today. Both are being held by the police on suspicion of being im- plicated in the robbery of the Boyle Heights branch of the Home Savings bank on August 20. French Steamer Set Afire. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 13.—The French steamer Sant Anna is on fire at sea, according to a wireless message, The message said: \Steamer Sant Anna in distress, on fire and in need of assist- ance. Position, latitude 40:23 north, longitude 47:30 west.\ The Sant Anna registered 5814 tons and is owned by the Fabre line. Cap- tain Pavy is in command. She is from New York to Mediterranean ports. The United States, for the first time in the world's history, has exceeded all other nations in the value of for- eign exports. It is while you are kill- ing off your next door competitor that the other fellow steps in and gets the business. OUR RELATIONS WITH GERMANY STRAINED NEW QUESTION ARISES OVER SUBMARINE WARFARE. AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS TRICKY President peon Has Requested They Be Recalled la4/ Their Government Owing to Shady Work in Munitions Plants. Washington, Sept. 13.—President Wilson's request for the recall of the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Constantin Theodor Dumba, on account of his at- tempts to hinder industries in this country, by urging his countrymen to strike, has broadened into a situation involving Captain Franz von Papen, the military attache of the German embassy; Alexander Nuber von Pere- ked, the Austrian consul general in New York, an possibly Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. The official vjew is that the ambassa- dor, although technically involved, is not so seriously concerned as the mil- itary attache or the consul general. It is not unlikely that both of the lat- ter may be recalled or dismissed from the country.- • Relations Badly Strained. Coupled with Germany's disappoint- ing and unsatisfactory explanation of the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic, after Count von Bernstorff had given assurances that full satisfaction would be given if it was established that a German submarine sunk the ship, official Washington views the friendly relations with the Germanic powers strained more toward the breaking point than ever before. Hopes that the submarine crisis had been safely passed and that a break between Germany and the United States had been avoided are now dig- plaPed by misgivings. Talk of the pos- sibility of breaking diplomatic rela- tions are heard again. although this time it involved both the central pow- ers, on the theory that Auetria. after having her ambassador practically dis- missed from the country, might stand with her ally in relations with the nited States._ If nothing comes In the nature of a modification of Germany's explanation an American note will teach Berlin probably this week, which will set forth the views of the United States in a brief and unmistakable manner. Germany's declaration tha while she s e opera on of the subma- rines, she admitted no liability for in- demnity, even if the submarine com- mander was mistaken in eblieving the steamer was about to attack him, es- pecially offering to arbitrete the prin- ciple, is regarded In official circles as leaving the whole submarine -question practically where it was left by the Berlin government's unresponsive at- titude toward 'the 1.usitania negotia- tions, , - 'file latest turn in the submarine con- troversy almost overshadows the Dum- ba case. _ Captain von Papen is involved in the Dumba case 'becaltse he forwarded by James F. J. Archibald, the Amer- ican correspondent traveling under an American passport, a personal letter in which he made offensive statements about American officials. Moreover, Ambassador Durnba's letter to the Austrian foreign office, found on Arch- ibald, mentioned von Papen .as hav- ing approved what the state depart- ment in its note to the Austro-Hun- garian government characterized as a conspiracy to crippre - the legitimate in- dustries of the United States. Consul General Nuber is drawn in- to the case because the Dumba letter disclosed that he was connected with this strike plan. Trouble Looms for Editor. High officials now say that the gov- ernment would take - steps of some kind against the editor of a Hungarian newspaper in this country from whom a memorandum was enclosed in the Dumba letter outlining carefully pre- pared plans for putting into effect the scheme for handicapping munitions plants. Count von Bernstorff Is involved technically, because Archibald car- ried a letter for him, but as it was a copy of a statement previously made to the ambassador by Secretary Lan- sing wholly of an innocent character, officials do not regard the German ambassador's attitude in the affair as approaching that of his military at- tache or the Austrian consul general. It is quite probable that until the Vienna foreign office answers the re- quest for the withdrawal of Dr. Dum- ba nothing further will be done in his case, nor the cases of von Papen or Nuber. Bernstorff Denies Report. New York.—Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, emphatically denies that he has used or attempted to use James F. J. Archibald, the American messenger of Dr. Constantin T. Dumba. Austrian ammagador as n message bearer to Berlin. Archibald Sent Back. The Hague.—Dr. Henry van Dyke, the American minister, explains the departure of James F. sArchibald of New York, as follows: \Being informed of a secret treas- onable message from Ambassador Dumba to the foreign office in Vienna; MINING NEWS Gross earnings of the Success mine for August were $152,256, and the operating expenses for the same pe- riod were $30,000, making the net earn- ings for the month approximately $120,000. The H. B. and Zincton groups of claims, 14 in all, located on Sheep creek, near Salmo, B. C., have been leased and bonded for three years by R. K. Neill of Spokane. The purchase price is $152,500, of which an initial Colonel W. E. Mann of Waverly, Wash., has taken a five-year lease and bond on the Polaris group of mines near Osburn, Idaho, and will start at once to equip the mine with machin- er e ye s iith a view to beginning ship- mnt The capital stock of the American Commander Mining Co., owning the group of mines of that name adjoin- ing the Hunter mine at Mullen, Idaho, was increased from $1,250,000 to $1,- 300,000 by vote of the stockholders iu annual general meeting at Mullen. The electro-chemical zinc reduction works which the Canadian Consoli- dated Co. is adding to its Trail smelter will go into operation during December. It will have an initial ca- pacity of 200 to 250 tons of ore a day. Its product will be electrolytic zinc of almost absolute purity. Zinc of this character is worth at present twice as much as svelter, The ex- perimental plant which was first built to try out the process thoroughly has been producing 500 to 1,000 pounds of zinc daily for the last four months. New York Metal Market The metal exchange quotes lead $4.90 asked. Spelter not 'quoted. Copper quiet. Electrolytic, $18. Iron firm. No. 1 northern, $16.256 16.75; No. 2, $16@16.90; No. 1 south- ern, $15.75@16.25; No. 2, $15.50016. Metal exchanges quote tin dull, $33 032 Bar silver, 48%c; Mexican dollars, 38c. SPORTING ITEMS Three drivers in the automobile races at the Minnesota state fair were injured Saturday, one seriously. They were Noah Graf, may be fatally, Sid Hagdahl and Billy Purcell. Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck of Philadel- phia, eastern golf champion, recently won the championship of America at Onwentsia by defeating Mrs. W. A. Gavin - of - iinglarrd; - 4 ta . — Thirty years ago this week there passed to the equine's happy hunting ground what oldtitners of the rotting turf declare was the greatest mare that ever wore harness, the immortal Goldsmith Maid. :e ore the largest crowd that ,ever witnessed a boxing match in this country, 45,000 people, Mike Gibbons of St. Paul outpointed Packey McFar- land of Chicago in a ten -round no -de- cision contest In New York city. Pack- ey got $17,500 and Mike, got $15,000. The eastern tennis players made a clean sweep in the final matches With the Pacific toast stars Saturday. Champion W. M. Johnston fell before R. Norris Williams, while Niles De- feated Griffin. McLoughlin and Bun- dy were beaten by Behr and Pell aft- er 66 -game match, the longest in sev- eral years. • With the last intersectional series of the season in their early stages the outcome of the races in both of the major baseball leagues remains in doubt. The chances appear' to favor Philadelphia in the National and Bos- ton in the American league, the pres- ent leaders in their respective races, but everything depends on the show- ing each makes in the struggle with the teams of the western divisions now in progress. Three Hurt in Portland Riot Portland, Ore.—In a riot precipitat- ed by foreign mill laborers at Linn - ton, a suburb, Sunday night, Joseph Rotose was shot through the abdo- men by Police Patrolman Long. Police Captain C. E. DAV and Detective Thos. Hammersley were injured in the me- lee. A number of rioters were arrest- ed. The foreigners were drinking and started an anti-American demonstra- tion which precipitated the riot. sT. M. Sawyer of Miles City plans to erect a building at Glendive, in which he will conduct a general store. carried by James Archibald, I stopped Archibald, took up his passport and sent him back to America aboard the Rotterdam to report to the depart- ment of state.\ Bernstorff Returni to Washington. Washington, Sept. 13.—Count von Bernstorff, the German ambasasdor, returned to Washington Sunday to in- itiate informal discussion with the American government supplementary to the note from the Berlin foreign office regarding the sinking of the Arabic with the hope of paving the way for formal negotiations for ad- justment of the situation growing out of the loss of American lives in the tragedy. The ambassader is optimist- ic in spite of the growing serious con- imiu in uerman cir- cles that the Arabic note, with its re- iteration of the announcement that subinarines are under orders not to sink peaceful liners iwthout warning, is in accord with assurances already given the State department and confi- dence is felt that an agreement can be reached for arbitration of the question of reparation.
