The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-29
WORLD IN BRIEF

st. Louis.-Five packing concerns
convicted of violating antitrust laws
nave paid fines aggregating $62,5O0.
Nome.-Reindeer herds are null
tlplyjng at an amazing rate in Alas
ka, and it is predicted that u great
trade in reindeer meat will develop
with the states.
New York.-Cities all iover the
United States will probably Join in
a monster protest against the depor-
tatlon of the non-combatant Bel
gians to Germany.
New YOrk-There was a shortag re
Of 1O5,527 freight cars in the United
States on December l., according to
a report made public by the Ameri-
can Railway association.
Paris - Prisoners taken by the
french in their thrust on the Verdun
front total more than 1900, in ad-
dltion to 115 canno and 1O7 ma
chlne guns captured or destroyed.
- Food restriction has
gone into force here. Hotels and
restaurants are forbidden to serve
o than two courses for breakfast
or luncheon and three courses for
dinner.
Athens-A warrant has been is
sued for the arrest of Eliphtherios
Venizelos, the former premier, on
charges of high treason and of libel
ing the Greek general staff in
newspaper articles published several
months ago.
Chicago.-Joe Letter, the Chicago
millionaire, who is we'll known in
Madison county, where he operated
the Letter mine a number of years
ago. has met with an accident while
hunting in the woods of Mississippi
ana will lose an eye.
a Franc1sco-A judge of the SUI
perlor court here has ruled that a
wife in California cannot sue for ali
mony on a judgment rendered in
another state. Lawyers say the de-
clsion will have a far-reaching effect
on the status of divorced couples.
Observation-Disclosures and Mrs.
Wilson celebrated their first wedding
anniversary with a motor ride. a
family dinner party and a visit to
the moving pictures. They went to
see Annette Kellerman in a feature
film. Republican Leader Mann felici-
tated the president in a speech in
the house.
Chicago - Policeman Edward J.
Mulvihill was shot and fatally
wounded here by an Italian mash
Ell" whom he was questioning after
mad seen the man stop a young
woman. The shooting occurred in
the Italian district, where there have
been nearly a dozen murders in the
last few weeks.
London-It is announced in Ber-
lin that a French battleship of the
Patrle class was damaged by a tor
pedo from a German submarine and
that on the previous dav a French
transport, carrying 1000 soldiers.
was torpedoed southwest of Sicily.
n French admiralty denies the loss
a Warsh1p of the Patrie class.
Observation-Disclosures General Hugh
Scott, chief of staff of the army.
and Major General Leonard Wood,
commanding the eastern department,
in emphasizing the urgent necessity
Of abandoning the volunteer system
as the nations reliance for defense,
characterize the mobilization of the
national guard for border service as
a military failure.
Berlin-1t is unofficially estimated
aeFe mat the losses OF the French
army total 3,800,0OO, and the Brit
.sh losses 100000. The Anglo
losses on the Somme to the
end of November are estimated at
100000, the British share being
given as $4,000. The German losses
the Somme are declared to have
oeen less than SOC, 600.
Minneapolis-Three persons were
overcome by smoke and were res
'ued by firemen in a spectacular
blaze in a four-story building at 223
Third street north. Loss to structure
md contents is placed at more than
500 The fire had gained such
Roadway when discovered that 81
persons who were in the building had
difficulty in reaching the street.
Stanford University, CAL Presi-