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SUMMARY OF THE WORLD'S EVENTS IMPORTANT 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. The Rev. Samuel S. Marquis, dean of St. Paul's cathedral, Detroit, sailed from Bergen with Mr. Ford. Replying to a written question by P. A. Molteno, member of the house of commons, Premier Asquith this week gave the total British casualties up to December 9 as 528,227. Contracts for 100,000,000 hand gren- ades for the French government were placed recently with a syndicate of eastern Pennsylvania iron founders. The price was not stated. F. Herman Gade, commissioner gen- eral of Norway to the Panama -Pacific exposition at San Francisco, has been appointed Norwegian consul at Chi- cago in succession to C. H. Haugan, Director Nils Voll has been named Norwegian consul at San Francisco. Joy prevailed in the hearth of Pitts - burg's school children Christmas eve as a result of the announcement by H. C. Frick, millionaire coal magnate, that he will pay in full, as a Christ- mas gift, all the accounts of the 41,000 children depositors in, the Pittsburg Bank for Savings, which was closed recently. At Grass Valley, Cal., Joseph Peona died Saturday making the fourth death among eight men trapped in a small building and overcome by gases of burning powder the day before at Bundy . City. In Sierra county. The men Sought refuge during the detona- tion of 11 tons of powder used to blast an earth bank. The present depression in the Amer- ican lumber industry has greatly in- creased the interest in the export trade and its possible development. For this reason the department of commerce through the bureau of for- eign and domestic commerce, has been h sending out experts to study the pos- sibilities of the most promising mar- kets. ... The Cerro de Pasco Investment com- pany of Jersey City filed a certificate - or dia8dItitioh — *Ith \HieThrtfetary of state recently. The company's author- ized capital was $10,000,000 and its ob- ject was to build and operate railroads. Among the stockholders were F. W. Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan, the estate of J. P. Morgan, Henry C. Frick, Ogden Mills, Phoebe Hearst and Florence A. V. Twombley. • MAY SHOOT EITEL DESERTER. United States Would Let Germans Enforce Penalty. Washington.—Should the sailor cap- tured after escaping from the Ger- man raider, Prinz Eitel, be tried by courtmartial and convicted of deser- tion, it was stated authoritatively at the navy department recently, this government would have no right to ob- ject even if the death penalty be im- posed. The confines of the Prince Eitel are to all intents and purposes German territory, over which German military law has full jurisdiction. It was stated that the commander of the ves- sel could summon a drumhead court- martial, try the sailor and order him shot in full view of the American ma- rines guarding the navy yard. Regarding the order given the American marines to prevent the es- cape of members of the crews of the interned ships it was stated at the de- partment that following the escape of the officer and six men of the Prinz Eitel some weeks ago in a yacht, it was left entirely to the judgment of the marines to determine whether or not to shoot any of the German sail- ors who might try to get away. Mrs. Villa in Havana. Havana—Mrs. Francisco Villa, wife of the Mexican rebel leader, and Mrs. Hipolito Villa, wife of General Villa's brother, accompanied by their chil- dren, a number of relatives and many servants, arrived here Tuesday aboard the steamer Atenas from New Orleans. They announced that they intended to establish a residence in Havana. Nevadans Have Rabies. Salt Lake City, Utah.—An urgent ap- peal for assistance to check rabies caused by mad coyotes among human beings and live stock in eastern Ne- vada was received by Governor Spry Tuesday from Dr. W. B. Mack, quar- antine inspector of Nevada. Dr. Mack says in his message that 33 persons have already been infected . Australia In Big Wheat Deal. Melbourne, Australia.—A wheat deal completed Monday with the British and French governments involves $15,- 000,000, and the price is above five shillings a bushel. A sale also has been made to Italy. A cargo for South Africa has brought the record price of ba 6d. MONTANA SQUIBS Thomas Dunn, on old-timer in Three Forks, died recently. Also Thomas Moore died, aged 68, at Willow Creek. The council at Whitefish elected Mrs. Lester Johnson treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lester Johnson, her husband. Mrs. Mike McDonald, who has made her home in Gallatin county since '78, mother of nine living children, died recently in Bozeman at the age of 60 years. The celebration of Christmas in Butte was the most successful of any Christmas the oldest inhabitant can recall. The mines were closed and all stores and public offices. Senator Myers has reintroduced and will seek to secure the passage of a bill which permits the publication of land office notices in daily papers as well as in country weeklies. Indians on the Crow reservation have sold their horses to war agents at such a fancy price that many of them are riding in\ automobiles and the tribe's bank roll is getting fatter because of the war. Paul Frow, Northern Pacific brake- man, was instantly killed Friday in the Livingston yards by either falling off or being blown off a car. The roof of one car was blown off and it is pre- sumed he was on that car. Albert Fritsh, alias Feish, alias Fritz Strebeck, who made the mistake of working the same territory twice in the passing of bad checks, has been sentenced at Great Falls to a term of not less than seven years nor more than nine. The great scarcity of mutton sheep in this state has advanced the price of mutton 2 cents a pound. Nearly all the sheepgrowers have shipped their mutton sheep and lambs to eastern markets to be sold either for immedi- ate slaughter or as eastern feeders, because of the poor hay crop resulting from the heavy rains last season. William Bates, a homesteader resid- ing on a claim near Dutton, is in jail at Choteau awaiting action in the courts. Bates, it is charged, has made a practice of holding up automobile parties. He worked alone and obtain- ed considerable money, watches and jewelry. He was always well armed and traveled on a horse to the scene of his operations. All joint tariffs on grain from Mon- tana to points south and east of St. Paul have been canceled by the Great Northern railway, effective January 10. It Is said that approximately 75 per cent of the grain shipped from Montana through the Twin Cities . , is carried by the Great Northern. The cancellations will necessitate this. rE\ billing of all through cars of grain at INDEAN TROOPERS LEAVING FRANCE IT IS BELIEVED THEY WILL BE SENT TO EGYPT FOR THE PRESENT. NEW ARMIES IN THEIR PLACES Recruited From the Different Colonies of the United Kingdom—Conscrip- tion Raises Crisis in England's Home Government. London.—The departure of the In- dian army from France for \another field of action\ was the most impor- tant feature of Tuesday's news, so far as the British public is concerned. Whether the new, field of action is Egypt or Mesopotamia is not stated. In both these theaters there are pre- sumably already considerable bodies of Indian troops. It is assumed that the places of the Indians in France have been filled by drafts from the new armies raised on the soil of the united kingdom. British Cabinet Divided. That the proceedings of the British cabinet have not been going smoothly is seen in the fact that after a two hours' sitting Monday the council was obliged to adjourn, no decision on con- scription having been reached, and the discussion having revealed great dif- ferences of opinion. NOTED PERSONS DIE Seattle.—Malcolm McDougall, mil lionaire lumberman and farmer. Albert Lea, Minn.—Curtis B. Jeliar, president of the First National bank. Omaha, Neb.—Victor B. Caldwell, president of the United States bank of Omaha. Liverpool.—Venerable Archdeacon T. J. Madden, archdeacon of Liverpool since 1906. St. Paul, with a consequent increase in expense to the shipper. Damage of probably $100,000 has been caused to the plant of the Emer- son Hardwood company at Portland, Oregon, Monday. With skull crushed, deep gashes on forehead and right cheek and face completely covered with blood and al- so the underclothes which was the only clothing he had on, the body of an unknown German -Hungarian was discovered last week by William Wad - man, underneath the floor of his cab- in with one foot sticking out, near Salesville, a small town 14 miles from Bozeman. The murdered man with a partner, who has disappeared, arrived in Salesville a tiv days ago, and no one seems to k w where they came from or what their names were. Joe Fink is the name of the man, it has been learned. In a Commercial Way. The Reliable Furniture Co. has opened a store at Great Falls. W. Hansen of Great Falls has opened a gents' furnishing store at Stevensville. J. P. McLean will open a general store at Whitefish early next month under the name of McLean Cash Store. F. L. Hill of Glendive and William Tubbs of Minneapolis will succeed Dion Bros., department store, at Glen - dive, about January 1. At 94, Father of 41, Weds. B. Davis, 94 years old, said to be the father of 41 children, 33 of whom are living, was married Christmas Day in Cabool, Mo., to Mrs. M. Macon, 39. Da- vis previously had been married three times. He has been in good health and declared he was getting lonesome. Twenty children of Davis and more than a hundred of his grandchildren attended the ceremony. Revolution in China. Peking.—The government troops in the province of Yunan have joined the revolutionists under Tsai Oo, who' has declared the provinee independent and guaranteed the safety of foreigners. The revolutionary forces now number 3000. Conditions in the province of Kweichow are unsettled, but dissat- isfactions have been reported in the other southern provinces. Germans Better Satisfied. mi,\ n,..- ____ _ _ . prominently the full text of the Amer- ican note on the Ancona. Only, the Tageblatt and Boersen Zeitung com- ment at any length. The Tageblatt says the note differs from the first to its advantage by the objective tnne which preserves the forms cautomary in communications between nations.' Sioux City, Iowa—George W. Glov- er, only son of the late Mary Baker Eddy. He was not a scientist. New York. --Mrs. Emma Folsom Per - rifle, mother of Mrs. Frances Folsom Preston, who was Mrs. Grover Cleve- land. Chicago.—George Franklin Harding, age 85, one of the promoters of the Chicago, Burli4g1911...41---Cillincy _rail- road. Boston.—Dr. Deihl W. Cheever, for more than half a century a leading physician and surgeon in New Eng- land, aged 84. Pittsburg, Pa.—Colonel Edward Jay Allen, age 85, friend of Preeident Lin- coln, member of the staff of General Fremont during the civil war, and one of the first stttlers of Seattle. CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES. Big Shells Burst Over Arras Friday and Saturday. Arras, On the French Front—Hun- dreds of big shells tore the air over Arras all Friday afternoon. The echoes of those were the last compliments of the season, and they had no sooner died away than the life of Arras began to show itself through reopened cellar doors and windows in preparation for the usual Christmas eve festivities. After the usual systematic shelling died down rifle shots and the rattle of machine guns was all that broke the stillness of death that settled over the city. The cathedral stood out against the twilight in ragged ruins like a spectre, with crumbling ruins of de- molished buildings all around giving the aspect of a gigantic cemetery with decaying headstones. The rattle of machine guns struck up again and a few rifle shots rang through the clear air. Toward 8 o'clock the soft strains of an organ were heard from an invisible source. Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit, notwithstanding the war, were in evidence, everywhere along the Ar- tois battle front. Postal Service Doubled. Washington.—The postia service has doubled in the last 12 years, and dur- ing the last fiscal year audited trans- actions reached the $2,000,000,000 mark for the first time, according to the an- nual report of the postoffice depart- ment. Sales of stamps, postal cards and stamped envelopes, the great source of income, netted $258,000,000 for the year. About $200,000,000 was paid out in salaries. Order for $30,000,000 Shells. Philadelphia.—Officials of the Mid- vale Steel and Ordnance company an- nounced Wednesday that the company had closed a contract for $30,000,000 worth of shells fo rthe French govern- ment. It is probable that hereafter the order will be subyet to various firms, the company states. Von Buelow Back to Germany. London, Dec. 26.—Prince Von Hue - low, former German imperial chancel- lor, who has been in Switzerland since last October, but who has denied that he was in that country on a peace mis- sion, as has been widely reported, has left Switzerland for Germany. PACIFIC COAST NEWS The navy department has notified the commander of the National Guard of Washington that the gunboat Vicks- burg, now moored at West Seattle, has been sold to the Cuban government, William D. Mann, railroad man and theatrical promoter, died at Oakland Saturday of pneumonia at the resi- dence of his brother-in-law, former Judge William R. Dangerfield. He was 55 years of age. Angel Buda and John J. Ogle, miners employed at the camp of the Louisi- ana -California Mining company at Qbffa, Cal., were burned to death Dee. 25 in a fire which partially destroyed the house in which they lived. I' Ukiah, Cal.—Buried packages con - taping more than $1000, which was stolen Dec. 23 from a stage between Lakeport and Hopland, were recover- ed Dec. 26 when Albert Counts of Hop - land, self-confessed bandit, led offi- cers to the cache. At San Diego, Cal., Saturday, Mrs. Edward M. Ritchey was probably fa- tally wounded by Thomas Barnes, a former boarder at the Ritchey home. The wounded woman's husband, who witnessed the attack, emptied his ri- fle at Barnes, two bullets taking ef- fect. He will live. Wong Yuen Yung, former editor of the Asiatic News, a paper published at Shanghai, as the official organ of Chinese favoring a return to the mo- narchial fit of government, was shot in the back d killed while attending a Chinese Christmas banquet at San Francisco Christmas night. The assas- sin escaped and was unrecognized. Endeavoring to make their escape after running down and seriously in- juring a woman, according to reports in Los Angeles, Charles Herron a mo- tion picture actor, was killed and his two companions were injured when their automobile overturned. Gormby, the chauffeur, was placed under arrest at the emergency hospital. Miss Flor- ence C. Whitman, 25 years old, a ste- nographer, was the woman struck by the automobile. FORD ABANDONS PEACE TRIP. On Account of Illness, It Is Stated, the Peace Leader Starts for Home. Stockholm.—On account of serious illness Henry Ford has been compell- ed to abandon his trip. The remaining members of the expedition will con- tinue on to Copenhagen and The Hague, with the idea of carrying out Mr. Ford's original plan for a perma- nent arbitration board. The commit- tee has issued the following state- ment: \The illness of Mr. Ford, while not dangerous, is serious. His doctor as- serts confidently that 't1ieTh Ts no or- ganic disease, but that there is urg- ent need for rest. The doctor is hope- ful that the relief from responsibility for the expedition will speedily re- store him to normal heatih.\ Before leaving the party Mr. Ford said: \If I am well enough I will surely join the expedition later. I am con- fident it will continue the same with- out me, and that it will do much to- ward bringing peace.\ Christiania, Norway.—The Norwe- gian liner Bergensfjord with Henry Ford on board, sailed for New York December 24. Mr. Ford stated before leaving Bergen that the peace expe- dition would continue under the aus- pices of the Women's International Peace association. Mr. Ford Slightly III. A message addressed to Mrs. Ford stated that Mr. Ford was only slightly Ill and that he would come to Detroit immediately after arriving in New York. Danish Government Objects. Copenhagen.—The Danish govern- ment will prohibit the members of the Ford peace expedition from holding meetings. Bryan Will Not Go. New York.—Reports that William J. Bryan had contemplated joining Hen- ry Ford in Europe are confirmed, but because Mr. Ford himself is returning to this country Mr. Bryan will not go to Europe. OVER ;500,000 LOOT IN MAIL RECOVERED NEXT DAY Taken From Registered Pouch on the Way to the Station. Wilmington, Del.—Stock certificates and checks worth $500,000, stolen from a registered mall pouch while it was in transit on a wagon, from the Wil- mington postoffice to the Pennsylva- nia railroad station late Christmas eve, were recovered late next day from an old stove at the home of two, ne- groes who were driving the vehicle. The mail pouch contained stock cer- tificates and checks estimated to be worth $850,000. When the pouch reach- ed the station it was found open. All but $360,000 of the securities and checks were missing. The remainder was found in the wagon. The drivers of the wagon, Albert and Earl John- son, who are not related, were arrest - Center on National Defense. Hot Springs, Va.—Congress will be urged by President Wilson to concen- trate its attention upon the adminis- tration's national defense program im- mediately after the Christmas holi- days. EIGHTY RES Logi. FRENCH BOAT SUNK BIG SHIP SENT TO BOTTOM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BY HOSTILE SUBMARINE. MOST PASSENGERS SAVED No Warning Given to Jap Ship, Amer- ican Consul Cables Secretary Lan- sing—May Complicate Matters With Austria. Paris.—The French steamer Ville de la Ciotat, with passengers on board, was torpedoed without warning and sunk in the Mediterranean by a sub- marine on December 24, the ministry of marine announced Tuesday. Most of the passengers and members of the crew have been rescued. No Ameri- cans were aboard. The statement follows: \The steamer Vine de la Ciotat was torpedoed and sunk on the 24th, in the Mediterranean by an enemy sub- marine without warning. A majority of the passengers and crew were picked up by an English steamer. Details have not been received.\ The Ville de la Ciotat was one of the largest steamships sunk recently in the Mediteranean. Her gross tonnage was 6378. She was 487 feet long and 50 feet beam. She was built at La Ciotat, France, in 1892, and was owned by the Messageries maritimes of Marseilles. She was last reported on her arrival at Saigon, Indo-China, on December 1, on a voyage from Yokohama to Mar- seilles. Jap Ship Not Warned. Washington.—American Consul Bris- tow, at Port Said, cables that no warn- ing was given the Japanese liner Ya- sake Maru before she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Dec. 22 by a submarine of an unestablished nationality. The liner, he added, made no attempt to escape. The consul's dispatch, which came in response to Secretary Lansing's call for reports on the disaster, was the first official information on the inci- dent, which probably will be the sub- ject of further diplomatic correspond- ence with the Teutonic powers. Tuesday's report said the submarine was not seen until after the liner had been torpedoed and that then only her periscope was visible. The general assumption is that the submarine must have been German or Austrian. The Yasaka Maru case is generally regarded by officials and diplomats here as surrounding with wide possi- bilities. It has been suggested that Japan might answer the challenge to her shipping by a wide participation in the war, even to the extent of tak- ing part in the operations in Europe. Complicates Ancona Case. As Germany has already given as- surances that her submarine command- ers were under instructions not to at- tack liners without warning there was a disposition to believe the attacking boat was an Austrian. If that assumption proves true it is feared the situation over the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona will be further complicated, and the diplo- matic correspondence with Austria will be broadened to take in the gen- eral subject of attack without warn- ing as it did in the last stages of the negotiations with Germany. Unof- ficial reports of a favorable reply by the Vienna foreign office to the last Ancona note have not served to alter the attitude of the state department in the Ancona case. ASK STRICT NEUTRALITY LAWS. U. S. Attorney General Urges Statutes to Cover Bomb Plots. Washington.—New laws to protect the United States against neutrality violations such as have marked the progress of the war in Europe and the Mexican revolution are asked by con- gress by Attorney General Gregory in his annual report. The attorney gen- eral 'ingested amendments to the pres- ent neutrality statutes to make it spe- cifically a crime against the United States to place bombs or other explos- ives on vessels sailing from American ports, and that it should be made a crime for any person to escape or at- tempt to escape from an interned war- ship of a belligerent nation; and in any event authority should be given to some government department to ar- rest and return any such persons to the place of internment. Another suggestion was that author- ity be given the government to seize arms and ammunition about to be ex- ported in violation of a presidential proclamation of an embargo on ship- ments of that character and to seizs arms and ammunition about to be used in connection with military expedi- tions which themselves now are pro- hibited by law. Another recommendation would change provisions or the removal of persons indicted 14 federal criminal proceedings to the district where the indictments were returned so that a federal warrant may run after indict- ment to any part of the United States with the privilege that the defendant may give bail. Mr. Gregory asked for no change in the anti-trust laws. The optimist bottles up sunshine; the pessimist cans it—Judge. IDAHO NEWS NOTES The organization of the proposed state tax association took place at Boise Monday and Tuesday. J. J. Remington, president of the Salmon River State bank and pioneer of the Grangeake section, died at his home near VMtebird Sunday morn- ing. Because he received no word from his home at Christmas time, Ray Pal- mer, a miner, aged about 45, of Ward- ner, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. After 50 years of married life, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gentry celebrated December 25 at Coeur d'Alene city. They were married in St. Mantes, Pa., 60 years ago. Announcement is made by R. H. Mc- Coy, general manager of the Bonners Ferry Lumber company, to the effect that the company will reopen the saw- mill at the usual time this spring. The Idaho state poultry show, des- ignated and authorized by the Ameri- can Poultry association, will be held at the University of Idaho January 24 to 29 inclusive, conducted by the Pan- handle Poultry and Pet Stock associa- tion of Moscow. Hiram A. Whitted has disposed of his fine 200 -acre farm on Central ridge, near Peck, for $12,000, to T. J. Smith of Lewiston. As part payment Mr. Whiffed takes a five -acre orchard in Vineland. J. A. Stevens has purchased 80 acres of farm land on Potlatch ridge from F. W. Evans for $6200. Charles and Leonard Caine, two well-known young men around Grange- ville, were drowned at 3 o'clock Sun- day afternoon while fording the Salmon river a short distance above Whitebird. Owing to the swift cur- rent they were carried from the ford- ing place into a part of the stream where it was impossible to escape. Old John Barleycorn has but a few days to celebrate his demise in this state. Since 1909 he has been tot- tering toward the inevitable. His fin- ish has been sure and certain. In the six years, when he boasted more than 1000 saloons and several large brew- eries, he has been a sick man and now he is reeling to a quick finish. Unlike his departure from other states January 1, John Barleycorn does not expect to return, according to reports from Boise. Idaho citizens are wondering just how prohibition is going to work out. If the prohibition law of Idaho, which becomes effective midnight, Friday, is enforced the state will be the most arid region in the United States for Gem state people who passed the law boast that it is the most stringent pro- hibition. statute oL_any state in the Union. The law makes possession of liquor for personal consumption a crime, and such possession is expressly prohib- ited. Intoxicating or fermented bev- erages of any kind, including beer, can not be manufactured within the state borders. Provision has been made, after a fight, for liquor for sec- ramental, mechanical and medicinal purposes, for which purpose a drug store can sell it upon presentation of the proper certificate. Governor Alexander has served no- tice that he intends to force the law just as it was passed. Under the search and seizure act a man's home can be entered and a search made for liquor. The mere finding of liquor is evidence of guilt. The governor has even threatened to remove county of- ficials who fail to do their duty. In a Commercial Way. J. T. Jordan has opened a general store at Porthill, the formal opening occurring last week with a band con- cert and dancing. 0. T. Lingo, Grangeville furniture dealer, is having the storeroom in the Schmadeka building remodeled to be occupied by his business. A. N. Carlton, general store at St. Manes, has leased the building for- merly occupied by Shaw's Corner and will occupy the same with his busi- ness the first of the year. FINANCIAL NOTES State Bank Examiner W. E. Han- sen has announced that a charter has been granted to the Farmers' State bank of Winthrop, Wash. The insti- tution is capitalized at $10,000, and the following are named as officers: William G. Hughes, president; R. C Garrett, vice president, and C. B. Jaynes, cashier. Judge Dunn, sitting in the district court at Sandpoint, Idaho, rendered an important decision this week re- specting bank stockholders' liability. In the case of F. L. Churchill, a well- known cedar dealer, versus Byron De- fenbach and other stockholders of the former Traders' State bank. Judge Dunn held that the provision of the Idaho law for double liability of stock- holders in state banks is unconstitu- tional. Canadian Domestic Loan. Sir George Foster, minister of trade and commerce, intimated in an ad- dress at Ottawa, Canada, Monday, that a Canadian domestic loan of $300,- 000,000 might soon follow the recent issue of $100,000,000. f \ ay 1 yr ZOOM,. Washiugton.—A majority of the 25,- 000 employes in government navy yards, shops and stations will receive increase in pay beginning January 1. Everything can be overdone. Many a fellow has been fired with enthusiasm by his moss. •
