The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-03-01
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Arc Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
IRTERmounTAln.

george Z. HATFIELD, so years OF age
q director OF the Security State bank
was drowned In tho ogden river a
Ogden. Utah. when he fell from a loi
while crossing the stream.
Governor Lister OF Washington
signed The "honedry" prohibition bin
In the presence OF officers OF the w
c. r U. and other advocates OF the
measure
In pisa 10 meet the situation with
sober thought aud TO be prepared for
call 20 arms In defense OF American
rights upon the high seas. United
States Senatof.eieet william II. King,
in speech at ogden, Utah. declared
that In his opinion war between Ger
many and the United States cannot
be ayeried.
c. NJ. Sutherland. aged 80. dropped
dead while dancing q quadrille at a
dance in sallda. Colo. his home for
many years
Three negroes. Leslie Fahley, flar-
rison Gibson and Henry Han, were
hanged at White Sulphur Springs,
Mont There was but one scaffold and
the men were taken out one at time,
The men were convicted OF killing
and robbing Michael Freeman, a white
farm hand. on a freight train near
Judith Gap. October last
DOMESTIC.
The state 'bone-dry" law was sign.
cd at Topeka Kans.. on February 20
by Governor Capper and Immediately |
became effective. II Is considered
one OF the most drastic prohibition
measures ever enacted Into law
Application OF the Illinois Central
and twenty-seYen other railroads TO
enjoln enforcement OF the Illinois 2
cent passenger rate was denied on
February 20 by Associate Justice
Clarke OF che supreme court.
The Missouri Pacific lines in Kan.
aaE. formerly known as the Kansas
and Colorado Pacific. were sold at
public auction on February % for 80.
100000 to r. H. Nelson and D. A.
Holmes, representing the reorganlza.
ton committee. and Kuhn, oLeb &
Co, New York.
Thirteen persons are known to
have lost their lives and more than
100 have been reported injured In
series Of tornadoes that swept por,
tons os Alabama, Georgia and Mis-.
slssippi
Eleanor Combs. i07 years OF age, /
said 70 be the oldest women tn In.
dana, died February 23 at Sullivan. /
Ind. She was born October 10. 1910, !
at Salem. Washington county. Ind
and In ali her life had never been be-
yond the borders OF the counties OF I
Greene. Sullivan and Washington
Three negro highwaymeu neid up a \
southbound Illinois Central passenger
train. known AS the Cuban special. at I.
East Junction. Tenn. but failed TO so !
cure any loot
A 4monthsold Berkshire boar sired
BY Ep0chai. an English hog. sold for
81 900 al the annual sale In connection :,
with tho American Berkshire congress :.
az Lafayette, Ind. ]"
John Craig 20 years OF age, an ex. :,
pressman. who lives alone 10 hut on !,
the outskirts OF Omaha, was found
in a field near HIS hut
A food disturbance occurred In the -
West End district OF Boston when Il,
large crowd OF men. women and chill. l.
iren Invaded grocery and provision I.
store and carried away some OF les
ftoek
An Anthems dispatch 20 Reuters =
lays that food riots among workmen ~
Il Piraeus have led 10 the closing OF u'
N shops and the custom.house. -
The wcmens suffrage bin passed ~
n the lover branch OF the Indiana
eEislmure February %, Il previous. &c
y had PASSED by the senate aud now uU
.oes 60 Governor Goodrich. ~
Many empty freight cars are roll .n
ug west az passenger train speed 'hI
rom conFcated railroad yards OF the "a
vast. according 70 Interstate com ~
aerce commission adNoes from its ~
Investigators
when refrigerator car was open ~
q az Popder Ne5., d B. Faulkner OF 81,
= Plata. No. was found dead and tn'
sul Elmore Of Kansas city was vi
Jund unconscious Both had inhaled &c
harcoai fumes from a heater,
Tho governor has signed a bill ha
lssed by both houses OF the legisla, ter
IRE giving ohio women the privilege ha
voting for president AntlsullTa ga
lists have announced they viii call a a
,terendam on the law this fan IN an Hu
Tort 70 nudity Il. rim
The soeaiied boxing 0ill to legahze a
srtain kinds Of fighting in Indiana OF
as given q knockout blow by the ink
wer house u the legislature der
Fred Mace OF Los Angeles. motion 7
cture comedian. was found dead In Am
ew York. having suffered a stroke in
apOplcxy while exercising to reduce ing
Z weight res
In the last sixteen years, while em. 7
Dyed as carpenter az the criminal Bre
urt building al Chicago. Julius John. OF
n built the scaffoids on which deli
entyoue murderers were hanged. He OF
ID Monday Of heart disease. aged Sc. holi
Mayor Mitchell instructed the police. T
alth and charities departments to reic
axe a thorough investigation OF food war
additions throughout New York city say.
d report TO him at once. II
Agents OF the department Of justice say
rested two men in New York 80
arged with violating the federal law Won
ainst carrying on a military enter ton
Sc against foreign country. ri
Hogs sold within cents Of S13 new
ndred notpds ar tho TfugCy, stoo1y oD0