The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-12-28

AKRON, O.-The Akron Tire COM
pany will make 100000 gas masks
for the government.
W1nnipeg.-One out of every 10
people in Canada subscribed to the
Canadian Victory loan.
Chicago.-The REQ Motor company
has taken a contract for manufacture
ing sharpnel cases for the govern
| ment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gore of Ok
lahoma, the blind senator, is in a
sanatarlum as result of a nervous
collapse and insomnia.
FetrOgfad. r m Err Emperor
Nicholas of Russia has escaped from
his confinement at Tobolsk, it was re-
ported throughout Russia last week.
Ch1cago.-Nearly 1900 men en-
listed in the regular army on one day
last week, and reports show that an
additional 1000 came too late to be
tabulated.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES polled IS
per cent of the total vote in a recent
municipal election at Leipsic, Ger
many, representing a heavy increase
over 1912.
London.-The Roumanian army
as inactivity prevails on the part of
the Russian army along the remain
der of the front.
San F'rancisco.-Two alleged Ger
man spies, G. R. Mutchink and Ernest
Buch, have been arrested here. It
Is said that they had discriminating
evidence on their persons.
Chicago.-More than $50 school,
boys helped the Chicago postal au-
| thorities to distribute the Christmas
mail. For this work the boys re-
ceived from $50 to SO per day.
St. Paul.-The Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee
roads have been ordered to supply To-
comotives to eastern lines to aid in
relieving the freight congestion.
st. Paula st. Paul man last
week bought 81 worth of sugar and
forwarded it by express to a friend
in New England, who advised him the
product could not be bought for love
or money.
Chillicothe, Ohio.-t'Let's give La
Toilette to Germany" said Colonel
Roosevelt in public address. II
can't think of any way we could hurt
the kaiser more than by doing that"
he declared.
New York.-A special from Lon
don says that the real object of Ger
many's expected offensive on the
western front if the capture of Paris.
"On to Paris" is the slogan of the
German press and army.
msterdalm.-Hundreds of Jewish
refugees have arrived in Vienna from
Palestine, where, the Austrian gov
eminent alleges, great suffering is
being experienced by the civil popu-
lation on account of lack of food.
St. Paul.-Philip e. Edelman, an
electrical engineer of this city, has
invented some improvements for
depth bombs for destroying subma-
rines, and his inventions have been
accepted by the navy department.
saltwater, N1inn.-Inmates of the
state prison here donated $1,000 to
the Red Cross. Hundreds of prison.
ers paid the 81 membership fee and
others made special contributions,
some of which were as high as $25.
Paris.-The Canadian government
has established fully equipped uni
versity behind the firing lines to pre-
pare such men as wish to attend it
during leave from the front for bust
ness, the professions and agriculture
after the war.
Paris.-Lieutenant Benjamin Wal
colt fell in his first air battle with
the enemy and was killed. He had
just successfully attacked and
brought down an enemy airplane
when three German planes attacked
him from the rear and he was seen
to fall.
Chicago. prof" ]. r. Ellis of
Omaha, Neb., famous as a "tatooed
man." was shot and killed by police
men in the Loyal hotel after he had
threatened to kill several guests of
the hotel. It is believed that Ellis,
who was armed with a revolver, was
insane.
st. Paul.-John Byrne, II years
old, appeared before Special Federal
Agent John F. McGovern and stated
that he wanted his father arrested for
sedition. The boy alleged that his
father had made his life miserable be-
cause the youngster had bought a |
Liberty bond.
LOndon.-The London newspapers
this week have taken grave view of
the situation on the western front. |
It is believed that the initiative in the
fighting has passed to the Germans,
who are about to begin a series of
desperate assaults to break down the
British lines.
Atlanta.-A most peculiar accident
happened here to George Taylor, pro-
prietor of a restaurant, when by a |
sneeze he fractured his collar bone
and tore the muscles of his neck so
that his head dropped on his shoulder
and remained there till it was sup
ported by bandages.
Paris.-The organization has been
announced of a branch of the army
in France whose sole duty will be to
arrange for the proper burial of
American soldiers who die in France,
and care for their graves. The new
organization is to- be called the
Graves Registration service.
Washington.-Ad dispatch from the