The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-15
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
INTERMoUNTAIN.

Mrs. Julia A. Sager was killed and
nine other persons were injured, one
probably fatally, in an automobile
| collision at Denver.
The fight to abolish the public utili-
ties commission before the Idaho leg
islature was lost when the senate vot-
ed to indefinitely postpone the bill.
The governor Of Utah has signed
the prohibition bill, and Utah will be
dry after August /, 1917. The
measure is one Of the most drastic
ever adopted.
A special from Forsythe, Mont,
says the bodies Of Mrs. c. W. Neon
nell and her three children, aged 5, 6
and 8, we're found huddled together
and frozen to death within 100 rods
Of their home near Vansnda.
Idaho will probably cease to be
come the Mecca for Divorces from
| the east and Boise viii lose its repu-
tation as a second Reno, for the house
Of representatives has passed the
Moody bill, requiring residence Of one
year there before suit for divorce can.
be instituted, instead Of but six
months, as is now the case.
A so-called "bone-dry" prohibition
bill designed to become effective Jan
uary l, 1918, has been killed by the
lower house Of the Wyoming legisIa-
ture. Bills are pending in the house
and senate to submit prohibition ques
tons to a vote of the people at the
next general election.
DOMESTIC.
Thomas j. Mooney was found guilty
Of murder in the first degree by al
jury at San Francisco as the result OF
The preparedness day bomb murders
Of last July, when ten persons were
killed and forty injured.
A lower baby death rate in proper
ion to the birth rae in this country's !
en- largest cities is reported by the
Babies Welfare association in com
oarative study of the records OF 1916
With those of the previous year made [
public at New York
Sharp shrinkage in the resources of
national banks in the chief cities OF
he country and gains showing
strength never attained before on the
part of banks in smaller cities and
towns are disclosed in the comptrol-
.er of the currency's statement Of
bank conditions on December p, the
late of the last bank call, just made
public.
Murder in the first degree for kill
ug a man by running him down in
an automobile was the charge on
which RoIIin Tian, 20 years old, has
oeeu brought to trial in New York
City.
An agreement for a ten-round box /
.ng bout between Jess Willard, worlds (
heavyweight champion. and Fred Full /
ton at Madison Square Garden, New 4
YORK, March 26, is announced
Governors of every state will be (
urged by a committee Of veterans OF
the national guard and naval militia
of New York to take census OF their
national guard organizations to ascer-
tain the sentiment among them re-
garding universal military service.
J. H. Martin, president Of the Far
mers & Merchants bank, was killed
and J. A. Webb, former cashier Of the
bank, was probably fatally wounded in
pistol fight in Webb's store at
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
The Houand-American Line steam
ship Ryndam, which sailed from New
York for Rotterdam January 2s, with
the American consular agent at Lux
emburg and nearly 100 other cabin
passengers, and which was reported TO
be returning to New York, was warned
by a German submarine TO turn back
when about to enter the war zone.s
Ten tank steamers and 100000
barrels of fuel oil were offered to the
government in case Of war by the
Mexican Petroleum company through
E. l. Doheny, its yice-prestdent, who
also offered his private yacht, i
Members of the Florida Citrus ex-
change at a meeting at Tampa esti- 7
mated the damage to fruit on the
trees caused by the recent cold would
reach $1,5OO,OOO. i
BY a vote of 16 to the New
E1GLl pS-ALE senate NS-EeA-ENA q A-AA 80
ing women the right to vote IN presi-
dental, state, county and town cleo
tons
BY an almost unanimous vote the
Ohio house of representatives Tues
day passed a bill to put quail on the
list and prevent hunters
from killing them.
Sailing of the American line steam
ships st. Louis and St Paul, now in
the port of New York, has been in I
definitely postponed.
1t is stated authoritatively that there
Is a perfect understanding between {
the United States and Japan on the
working of the new immigration law i
and that on neither side is there any i
of friction or difficulty. L
General Pershing at the head OF
Ten thousand soldiers crossed the Dor
der from Mexico on Monday, after g
ten months spent in pursuit Of the Il
bandit Villa. a
4 ines Of the New Hats II