Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-04-02

EXTRAORDINARY NOHulllOHb TtSuitlnE
from the war the condition of the
trade in America is much better than
had been predicted
The bill intended to provide pen.
sions for widowed mothers passed the
New York Legislature. The governor
said he was undecided whether he
would sign the bill
Mrs. Anna Jackson, widow of Gen
eral "Stonewall" Jackson, died at her
home at Charlotte, N C., March "a. at
the age OF "a.
The Poster Advertising company OF
the United States and Canada has
placed ban on the advertisement o,
whiskey and other spurious liquors, II
Is learned. Beer and wines are not In
cluded.
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson has RENTED the
$4,000 fine imposed on Frederick A..
Hyde as part of sentence OF convic.
ton for land frauds against the gov.
eminent in California and Oregon.
The German embassy's second
charge that dumdum bullets are being
shipped from the United States to
the allies has not been substantiated
by an investigation by army ordnance
experts and the state department has
so informed Count Bernstorff, the
German ambassador.
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan have practically completed con
sideration OF the note to be transmit
ted to Great Britain and France. Civ
ing the views of the United States gov
eminent on the recently proclaimed
blockade OF commerce between Ger.
many and neutral countries.
Postmaster General Burleson has
ruled that parcel post shipments OF
fodstuffs and merchandise to bellig
erent countries in tine European war
will be accepted at the "senders
risk"
Theodore Roosevelt has been asked
to testify before the senate ship pur
chase lobby committee.
Another investigation to determine
whether American shipyards are
building submarines for European bel
ligerents has been ordered by Secre
tary Daniels.
FOREIGN.
DR.. Karl I.iebknecht, n Socialist
member OF the German reichstag, has
been mustered into the army as
member of landstrum regiment and
assigned to service In Alsace.
An evidence OF the unanimity of the
Japanese nation on the Chinese ques.
ton is the fact that the people have
virtually ignored the election discus.
sions. The government party claims
a majority in the balloting which took
place Tuesday, basing their belief on
the friendship of the Independents.
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin
characterizes the Russian invasion OF
Mcneil in East Prussia as being made
solely for plumber and the persecu.
ton Of the populace.
The Chilean government has pro
tested to Great Britain and Germany
against the alleged violation Of Chill.
can neutrality involved In the sinking
OF the German cruiser Dresden.
The British government has refused
the request of the United STATES that
an American consular officer he per.
mitted to take station at the port of
Kirkwall, Scotland, to report on
American cargo ships detained there.
The fall of Przemysl has exercised
depressing effect throughout Aus.
tria Hungary, according to advices re-
ceived here. Especially is this the
case In Hungary. where the danger OF
Russian invasion has greatly In.
creased.
A three months moratorium, sus.
pending the payment of all notes,
mortgages and other evidence of in.
! debtedness has been declared through.
out the territory OF the Villa govern.
ment.
The Russian armies, doubtless in.
spfred by the victory on Przemysl,
are pressing the fighting both In
northern Poland and the Carpathians,
where Germans and Austrians are Civ.
Ing desperate battle to stay the at.
tempted advance OF the Muscovites.
The Austrians are again devoting
their efforts to clearing Bukowina OF
the Russians. and the Germans have
forced the Russian detachments which
recently occupied Mcneil East Prus.
STA. to retire.
British air raiders, according to an
official statement from London, have
succeeded in damaging two subma
rines under construction by the Ger.
mans at HOboken, near Antwerp, and
to have done damage also to the plant,
which formerly was the property of
British company.
Dynamite bombs. placed by Carran.
ga agents, were exploded under a
trainload OF Villas advance guard
near Forlon, on the railroad between
Monterey and Tampico, and forty men
were killed
movement is under way in Italy
to substitute women for men in the
work of industry and commerce in
case OF complete mobilization 1t il