The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-12-12

Tex, indicate that the Carrah|'ta
movement has completely paralyzed
coal mining in the northern part OF
Coahu!la. All this immense Goa! MN
ing district is deserted ana not
pound OF coal has been extracted
since last February
Arthur and Harry James brothers
and Thomas Daily, strike-DreaHers'
were killed and Mary Nicholson SER.
ously injured by rifle bullets fired
into the apartment house IN "hlch
they lived at Calumet Mich.
Figures made public by the general
manager OF tho Armour Packing com
pany at Omaha show that the pack
srs are selling beef ribs and loins 10
retailers at a reduction Of 20 per cent
from last years prices.
There will be no general strike IL
Indianapolis at this time, aud those
striking teamstcrs whose employers
have signed union contracts returned
TO work
Guarded inquiries are being made
nj the state department by represen-
tauyes Of the European governments
as to the prospect for an early terml'
nation OF present conditions In Mex
ico. which are imposing grieyous bur
dens upon foreign interests
Several women tainted and others
became historical and fought police
men in the raidlng Of Chicago gam
bling house conducted by women for
women. Slips showing that more than
$500 had been bet on horse races In
the afternoon were contiscated,
A reward OF $1,000 was offered by
Southern Pacific railway officials for
the capture OF the bandit who held up
the passengers in Pullman car on
one of the companys trains near Los
Angeles and killed Horace +. Monta-
que. travelling passenger agent OF
the road
Representative Ferris Of Oklahoma
Introduced a bill in the house to
grant pensions to photographers who
served in the military telegraph corps
during the civil war.
Hoping he will be able to do what
others have failed to do, President
Huerta fs sending to Europe his min
ister OF finance, Adolfo dc In Lama, on
q money seeking mission
twenty-five indictments against ma
tional and state officers and members
of the United Mine Workers were re.
turned by the federal grand jury ut
Pueblo as the result OF the Colorado
coal strike.
Rather than endure starvation, the
federal troops have evacuated Chi
huahua City, under a siege for weeks,
according to adyices received in Juar'
eg by Gen. Francisco villa, tho rebel
leader.
The international tangle over the
presence in the United States OF j.
Santos Zelaya, former president OF
Nicaragua. apparently was solved by
Zelaya agreeing to return to BARGE
Iona, Spain.
There will be n community Christ
mas tree on the broad plaza at the
east front of the capitol in Washing
ton Christmas eve, with high govern
ment officials participating in the ies'
tivities and the United States marine
band furnishing the music.
Hopes that the cost of living might
be reduced by free importation OF
wheat from Argentina went glimmer
ing when Assistant Secretary Hamlir
sent notice to collectors of customs
that the retaliatory duty on wheat and
its products must be enforced against
most Of the nations,
Six hundred refugees, mostly MeXi
cans, arrived at Laredo, Tex" from
Monterey. Some declared an exodus
OF their countrymen to the United
oldlth
taken place heretofore Is expected II
the National railway lines can resume
traffic.
The unidentified patient, an Eng
lishman, who has been at the county
hospital in Chicago since Nov. q, un
able to tell his name or home, leapeo
from window Of the hospital ant
fled.
An egg boycott was declared IL
Kansas City. The directors OF the
Kansas City Housewives league voted
10 follow out the plan recommended
recently by the national organization
OF the league.
Five gray-haired women OF the VII
lage of volo. ILL.,. who rode Mrs. Johr
Richardson on rail one night last
July because her name was linked By
gossip with that OF her brother-inla"
were found guilty by a jury Eacf