Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-02-03
FOREIGN

fOrty persons were killed ana zVV
wounded in riots at Moscow during .
demonstration at the anniversary eel
ebration OF bloody sunday"
Manuel Aguirre Beolanga. it was an
pointed minister of the interior, OF
which department he has been under
secretary
The aviation department of the
French army has been reorganizec
and there has been created an air
iions is president.
Bitter hostility is springing up be-
tween the German and Ausiro-Hun-
garian soldiers on the eastern front,
and actual fighting has broken out. it
was reported from Petrosrad.
The sinking of two French vessels
of more than l SEQ tons and one OF
I lesser size is shown in the weekly re
port of French shipping losses Four
vessels were unsuccessfully attacked.
The Belgian governments terms of
peace so far as they concern Belgium
herself, set forth in her reply TO Pope
/ Benedict's peace note are in sub
/ stance absolute political, economic
and territorial independence.
The value OF the German mark has
| fallen sharply on neutral exchanges in
I the last few days. reflecting loss of
confidence in neutral countries re-
/ earding the outcome OF the peace ne
I gotiations al Br. st-Litoysk and the
I present condition OF internal affairs in
Germany.
The imperial German chancellor,
4 Count Won Hertlne. addressing the
Reichs;ag according to Central News
dispatch. said We hone soon TO con
| clude an agreement with Ukrainia,
/ which would BE- mutually satisfactory
! especially from an economic point OF
/ view"
Al the opening at Nottingham. Eng
land. of the annual labor conference.
4 Frank Purdy, the president. said tha,
/ if Germany would not accept the
terms President Wilson. Premier
| Lloyd George and the Labor party had
laid down as the minimum, Eve must
figh; on"
According TO a Petrograd dispatch
I 10 German newspapers. which was re-
\ ceived by an indirect route. the Boil
sheviki have seized a portion of the
I funds Of the Rumanian treasury de-
! posted in Moscow bank and also
taken the Rumanian crown jewels at
kishinev
SPORT
Maj. W. G. Devereaux. noted polo
! player of the California Grizzlies, 5"
! l+4th artillery regiment stationed at
Camp Kearny. was badly injured and
Cadet Aviator Harry S. Aldrich. pilot
of an airplane, was seriously injured
when the machine turned turtle while
trying to effect landing
The fifteen-round bout between
Fred Fulton and Tom Cowler, which
was scheduled to take place at the
Stockyards in Denver. Feb. /. has
been called off, according TO officials
of the Columbine Club. The bout was
cancelled because Cowier has been
drafted and will be in the service
Joie W. Ray of the Illinois Athletic
| Club. Chicago, was the most promin-
ent athlete at the big indoor meeting
held by the Millrose Athletic Club, at
Madison Square garden in New York.
He duplicated his victory o! twelve
months ago in the same arena, when
1 he mi hn hol liz.
special race half a lap in front of
George L. Otis, University of Chica-
go. and Clyde J. Stout, from Fort
Wayne aviation camp
GENERAL
Chicago's sugar supply is practically
exhausted because of the recent snow
blockade of railroads and the impera-
tive necessity for moving coal first.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor Of
the exchequer. announced in the
House of Commons in London that the
daily average of national expenditure
during the seven weeks ended Jan. Is
was e7,517.OOo.
Great Britain calls upon the United
States for 100000 bushels more
wheat. This was one of the most i'm.
portant statements which Lord Rhond
da, the British food controller. made
in an interview
i Max Breitung of New York is held
at detective headquarters in Chicago
on request from Washington that he
be detained. Breitung was indicted
more than two years ago in New Yorh
on a charge of having completely In
plots to blow up munitions and has
been at liberty under $55,000 bonds.
Sending Smiles" to the soldiers in
the various training camps of the
country through the purchase oi
Smileage Books is to be the occupa
ton of citizens during the week oi
January 2s. During this week every
community in the United States viii
be engaged in this campaign, which
has for its chief purpose the provid
ing Of clean, wholesome entertain
ment for our boys in the training
camps during their leisure hours.
A Paris dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company quotes Coun
, Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian for
| eien minister. as declaring In an ad