The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-12-28
WORLD IN BRIEF

st. Louis.-Five packing concerns
convicted of violating antitrust laws
have paid fines aggregating $62,5O0.
NOme.-Reindeer herds are null
tiplyjng at an amazing rate in Alas
ka, and 1t is predicted that great
trade in reindeer meat will develop
with the states.
New York.-Cities all over the
United States will pr ably join in
monster protest against the depor-
tation of the non-combatant Bel
gians to Germany.
New York-There was a shortage
of 105,527 freight cars in the United
States on December !, according to
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-
dition to lis cannon and 1O7 ma
chine guns captured or destroyed.
London - Food restriction has
gone into force here. Hotels and
restaurants are forbidden to serve
more 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.zJoe 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
and will lose an eye.
San Francisco-A Judge of the SUI
perior court here has ruled that
wife in California cannot sue for ali
mony on a judgment rendered in
another state. Lawyers say the de-
cision will have a far-reaching effect
on the status of divorced couples.
Observation-Disclosures and Mrs.
Wilson celebrated their first wedding
anniversary with motor ride,
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,
Mulvihiil was shot and fatally
wounded here by an Italian "mash-
er" whom he was questioning after
he had seen the man stop young
woman. The shooting occurred in
the Italian district, where there have
been nearly dozen murders in the
last few weeks.
LondOn-It is announced in Ber-
lin that a French battleship of the
Patrie class was damaged by a tor
pedo from a German submarine and
that on the previous day a French
transport, carrying 1000 soldiers,
was torpedoed southwest of Sicily.
The French admiralty denies the loss
of a warship of the Patrie class.
Neutrality-suspicious. General Hugh
l.. 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
military failure.
Ber1in-It is unofficially estimated
here that the losses of the French
army total 100000, and the Brit
ish losses 100000. The Anglo
French losses on the Somme to the
end of November are estimated at
100000, the British share being
given as $4,000. The German losses
on the Somme are declared to have
been less than 100000.
Minneapolis persons were
overcome by smoke and were res
cued by firemen in a spectacular
blaze in four-story building at 223
Third street north. Loss to structure
and contents is placed at more than
100000. 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- f!